Richard III gold coin find

[swAgger]

Interesting article and nice find by this lady. Got me wondering if anyone on the forum does detecting as a hobby?

https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/2017/12/detectorist-finds-rare-richard-III-gold-half-angel-coin.html

[airmac]

Used to go detecting on the battlefields around here. But it's mostly illegal here since major are under protection because of all the old roman artefacts and such that keep getting found here. Although i never found any coins did find a 12 handgrenades 

[Kman]

"The gold half angel of Richard III is one of “a handful” of the coins surviving today"

"The coin has an estimate of £15,000"

Seems quite cheap really for a rare piece of history, I wonder what it will end up selling for. 

[swAgger]

54 minutes ago, Kman said:

"The gold half angel of Richard III is one of “a handful” of the coins surviving today"

"The coin has an estimate of £15,000"

Seems quite cheap really for a rare piece of history, I wonder what it will end up selling for. 

I thought that sounded cheap too, considering. Might be a "come and get me" estimate.

[Kman]

51 minutes ago, swAgger said:

I thought that sounded cheap too, considering. Might be a "come and get me" estimate.

My guess is 75-100k, based on nothing  since I know nothing about it 

[fehk2001]

go pass there twice a day how come I don't know  

[sovereignsteve]

1 hour ago, Kman said:

My guess is 75-100k, based on nothing  since I know nothing about it 

Doubtful, more like £20k

but like any auction of unusual pieces, if 2 bidders want it...........

[metalslug]

It is on todays DNW auction

https://www.dnw.co.uk/auctions/catalogue/lot.php?auction_id=467&lot_id=868&search=1

Will be up for sale shortly.

Link if you want to listen live https://livebidding.dnw.co.uk/bid_live.cfm?evtId=0FDEDFEBD6C6CEF889FA0B830CDEC7C7AD5B7979

Just make sure your not tempted by the bid button  

[metalslug]

Went for £34,000 + commission (so around £42,500). Very nice find.

[swAgger]

Yes, good for her! More than a few kids in her school will be asking santa for a metal detector, now