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1902 low tide penny example

Why oh why do people insure? Put your coins somewhere safe.It isn't rocket science.Split the collection.My Daawg makes a big noise. There is no way I would insure.

Thanks. I will leave it as is. If circulated as Rob says, what kind of grade will it be? I can only see a couple of very small scratches, one in the beard and one on the head. Rims are still quite high. Thanks.

I thought Corbyn was impressive last night. Much better than I thought he would be. May was her usual self. For me, the poor showing was from Paxman who is a shadow of his former self. As you say though, Peter, they're all lying wankers. Wouldn't trust any of them. Also why do ukip choose leaders who seem vaguely like comic cuts characters? First Farage, now Nuttall.

Hey Craig...don,t keep us in suspenders....how did the story end??

What Ian said ^^

I would always take a genuinely toned coin over a lustered shiny one. It gives character and a life rather that a flat perfect disc. I would leave it alone, it looks lovely

As I mentioned in the acquisition thread, the initial mark on the half groats appears to be lis over a full rose and not a half rose as quoted by Spink and Seaby. Potter and Winstanley quote the type I mintmarks as Halved Sun and Rose, Halved Lis and Rose, Lis on Rose, Lis on Sun and Rose, Lis, Cross Fitchee and Rose. The halfpenny also appears to possibly be lis over a full rose and not Lis on half rose or Lis and Rose dimidiated. Is this time to reappraise the early initial marks as listed in Coins of England? A full corpus of the known halfgroats is shown below. The top row is obverse 1, the bottom row obverse 2. The top left coin is the one with a Richard III reverse, the bottom left coin is the best known of those available, ex Cuff 946, Martin 135, Murchison 111, Shepherd 198, Montagu 674, Lord Kesteven 29, Murdoch 391, Walters 493, Lawrence 679, Carlyon-Britton, Norweb 305 and Shuttlewood 36. I don't know where it is at present.