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What a fantastic collection, good to hear that she has an interest in them, hopefully she will add to the collection. Thanks for sharing the images. (they look more gold than copper )And technically most of the coin in this section are new aquisitions which technically are also in the wrong place as there's also a thread for that. Some stunning stuff there Declan, dös she have children, i'm avaliable for adoption

Is this the old dear who had all that nice Gold Declan? Did she ever sell it? No - it's a different old dear! I've known her for years but she only told me the other day who her Dad was. No idea, of course, how important his collection was. For most of his life, his family didn't even know he collected coins. And no, she's still got the gold - she got quite interested in it after all that. She may even end up buying some more....! She only needs to sell the single most valuable coin and she could afford lots more! I remember! DNW estimated £20-25k for the Sharps-Pixley 1828. Not a collection I'm ever likely to forget going through...

Here's another recent acquisition. It's an 1853/2 halfpenny in a high state of preservation, a scarce coin. Its pedigree is ex Dr. Basil Nicholson collection.

The tops of the numerals and bases of the lettering do seem to indicate metal flow outwards at the time of striking, so it may have been struck without a collar, or there was a fault with the collar. I would have expected other parts of the design to have suffered if it had been in a vice unless carefully done just to the perimeter. The metal flow would indicate a collar issue to me, weight is mid range so definitely not a planchet issue.

It was exactly this day 10 years ago that the 17th real member joined the forum. With the exception of me, I think he's the only remaining early member from those early days that is still very active. He keeps an eye on things here a lot better than I manage to. Ladies and Gentlemen - Our moderator, pillar of the community, informed friend, Charles I shilling nut. It's TomGoodheart. Thank you for being here for a whole decade.

I was looking at the membership list the other day and happened to notice that it was your 10th anniversary soon. And you deserve a bit of a fuss over it.

What!?!? Me?? Gosh. Who knew? (Not me obviously!) I'm not sure if that's brilliant or a bit sad, but thanks everyone! And don't worry about going to the trouble of a gold watch. A sovereign will do just fine!