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One of these please

I found 2 of the 1964s in the same 2000. Again, not easy.

Good stuff. Looking forward to seeing the new acquisitions, and happy recycling

Hi Frank, Happy New Year and welcome. I'm relatively new around here too, having returned to collecting recently after a long lapse since boyhood. Sounds like you're already enjoying finding and buying interesting coins at sensible prices. £16 for a really nicely designed, 116 year old bit of silver in perfectly acceptable condition is a bit of a result, really. That said, I do agree with the advice others have already given about how it can be worth paying a bit more for one that's a fair bit nicer. I bought a 1900 halfcrown about 6 months ago from the colincooke.com site which was graded GEF by them and which to me looked absolutely lovely for the price being asked. As you might have seen in another thread in this area, I went to the Midland Coin Fair last month and would certainly recommend it as an experience in terms of getting to look at loads of coins, and asking questions. I met Rob there too, and bought a coin from him! Have fun collecting. I agree that there's no need to have a theme or anything, but I suspect that some denominations or monarchs will naturally appeal to you more than others. Personally, I wanted a decent grade example of every circulating predecimal denomination from the quarter-farthing to the crown, and a decent grade example of every monarch. Ideally I would like a decent example of every monarch's bust going back to say George I, but that's probably too ambitious for my coin cash flow! As a general rule for my coin cash and given the sort of collection I have, I would rather buy a better grade example of a relatively common date for a given type of coin, than a lower grade example of a rarer date. However, for any general rule there will inevitably be exceptions, especially if those exceptions appear to be available for a good value price in my opinion. As an example, I bought a 1905 shilling about a year ago from this very site. It's 'only' NF/AF but is a good honest coin which I'm delighted to have.

Happy new year to all! Hope everyone is feeling ok this morning A nice 1918kn is on my list this year.

There are loads of gaps that need filling in all denominations, but one specific very basic mundane, ordinary but difficult to find variety would be nice, and that is a 1965 sixpence with the 'I' of 'REGINA' to a gap. You wouldn't believe how difficult to find this type is. I've got both types of 1964 but not 1965, and I have been looking for about 15 years, so this would be nice to find in 2016. And very likely inexpensive - I'm a very cheap tart to run. No gothics or Una and the Lions for me.

Here's what it looks like

Mack, This is not just like your die clash, but something has started to happen on this one. Maybe earlier in the minting cycle? All the Best Bob On the Web at: www.RLCcoins.com On Facebook at: RLC Coins