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David Macmillan nurses are hero's.She passed with love and care. Take care David and know are thoughts are with you. When I lost Mrs Peter 22 months ago Predecimal was always an option (and often used).If you need to talk I am here...a complete stranger but an option for you.

I don't think that mintage figures were generally recorded for many coins before the great recoinage of 1816. You're right though, the second bust is quite a bit scarcer than the first bust. Those coins have seen a fair bit of action, in a good way. Nice little bits of history you have there.

was 10 pm as i was walking of the field last night in the Moonlight, love them last signal on the way back to the car hammy's, nice Sixpence of Elizabeth I, Mint mark is not clear, Went back this morning but no luck, there's always this evening though ;0)

Hi. I have 2 x 1723 George II SSC Shillings. Heads 1 & 2. Is there mintage figures for this year as head 2 seems to be a lot scarcer than head 1. Thanks.

Crazy isn't it. People paying silly money for coins wacked with an axe or whizzed with a grinder. Common sense tells you it's deliberate damage. I just cannot understand the mentality of these buyers. A fool and his money are quickly parted.

It does make me wonder if I shouldn't be taking a hammer / chisel / anvil / grinder to my nice £1s to make some errors. There are some seriously stupid people out there.

Gosh, i,m sure my neighbour has an angle grinder. We're going to be busy tomorrow! ! Thanks Stu.

This 1922 trident dot variety is both interesting and unusual. However, it should be pointed out that the likely origin of the raised dot on this coin is rust on the die. Such rust can lead to a circular pit in the hardened steel die, resulting in a round dot when the coin is struck. This has recently been studied in some detail, and below is a link to this article in the Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia. http://www.numismatics.org.au/pdfjournal/Vol27/vol-27-article-1.pdf Best Regards, InforaPenny

I have just noticed this thread and have one also. As the thread is a few years old wondered if the numbers have increased alot ?.

Yes David, Peter's words ring true. I don't know anyone here personally but a better bunch of people I feel would be hard to find, Do pop in and chat with us and share what is going on. It was nice for me to read that your Ann-Marie was cared for well, and obviously surrounded by her loved ones as she departed on her final journey.. Take care - Garrett.

I think the answer is simpler than it seems Victorian copper pennies and Halfpennies from all had serif 4s up to 44, where the serif was only used for half the coins struck, both serif and plain end. After 44 all 4s where plain end, the next example where 4 was the last number was in 54, these have crosslet ends, both Halfpennies and Pennies. It could be that the 4 being the last number in the date was subjected to more stress and therefore damaged, a more sturdier design was used, the crosslet, and used in subsequent date ending in 4

Excuse the bits - colour picture, hopefully better for checking. Acorn over ermine on the reverse only.

Elizabethan coinage for some strange reason never seems to command the same prestige as the other Tudors, despite being arguably a classic and clearly lengthy period of the dynasty. I personally love it, and your rarer acorn coin, Rob, must ride extremely close to being one of the best about...at least I haven't seen one (since you first presented it on here) that I've desired more! a beautiful, beautiful, coin! Now you've inspired me to take a cursory look for a die match! I'll switch the antiquated old dell on later and take a look! :-)

Close, but no cigar, so one die eliminated.

Two pence. Very slightly over that if you melt them down for scrap, as I understand it.