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I saw that one but didn't think obverse was too great may be just the picture just didn't like the dark patches. But it seems they were blighted by that on the half pennies perhaps a metal mix thing?

Yes, I specoialise in Short cross and have around 100 at the moment. Probably around half are cut halves, which I only buy if they are cheap, in good condition and I can identify the mint and moneyer. I have picked up examples from the rarer mints that way, such as Carlisle, Worcester, Rochester and Wilton and of course Rhuddlan. I have quite a few voided long cross (Henry III) and long cross pennies (Edward I-III) too and some other hammered pieces from various kings, a few groats and some Commowealth pieces. Oh, and I have a collection of milled crowns too.

F26 is a reference from the Michael Freeman book. Pennies start at F1 1860 and continue to F257 1967 for all the bronze pennies in the book ....The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain The F obviously for Freeman.

I like the fact they are always prepared to give voice to both sides of an argument. I had a letter published in it the other day concerning the ludicrous suggestion that the UK should have an imposed internal border with the EU just before the Brexit 'successful' announcement was made. To the paper's credit they published 4 letters on Brexit from opposite standpoints. Wouldn't get that in any Murdoch mouthpiece, or the Grauniad et al. They have regular writers that clearly have political leanings one way or the other, but to their credit have always had editorial political independence. Long may it continue.

Mystery solved perhaps! The Royal Mint now has a webpage for Trial of Pyx pieces... https://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/events/trial-of-the-pyx/

Collected bronze and Cu pennies for the most time but in 2013 sent them to LCA to be auctioned off and decided to go for proofs only. Originally was a hobby but now as I age its an investment. I have been buying from Drake Sterling in Australia some proof sovereigns. I have made up 1902 proof long sets, 1887 currency sets, some modern sovereigns. I have a collection of California gold fractional for interest only. I have a load of pennies, mostly BU still here, must get round to selling. Never posted before as never really had any need to just a watcher and learner.

I haven't read a newspaper since they stopped wrapping my fish n chips with one.