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OK I cracked..being a died in the wool predecimal collector.I bought all 26 10p's yesterday....ban cheap red wine I say. I have tried to find mintages.The only thing I have learnt is that most of the Olympic 50P's are not found regularity in circulation. Proves coins are fascinating a new generation.Imagine if a newbie collector buys a Kew 50P (probably Chinese) and then finds out he could of bought a few quality Ed1 pennies. I bought a BU Kew 50p for £3.50 back in the day...low mintage no brainer...daily mail /Sun readers it will soon be buying me a few quality hammered.

In the Hall of the Mountain KIng for anybody excitedly looking through a mass of pennies for one dated 1933.

Considering how much I'd had to drink before I wrote that, it came out remarkably comprehensible.

This might just be possible under an FOI request, as could a list of recipients. There aren't any security and minimal commercial confidentiality reasons to deny producing such a list - unless of course, there isn't one. They might not wish to reveal the identity of foreign governments using the mint's services. I was brought up on the understanding as Peck says, i.e. that the non-set years were called VIP proofs because their restricted numbers dictated a very restricted number of recipients. These people may or may not have been VIPs (whatever that actually means), but clearly were not given to all and sundry. Suitable candidates for receiving proofs would be certain cabinet politicians such as those directly responsible for the coinage; the designers, though clearly they wouldn't need subsequent examples to the first set received; the Royal collection; foreign dignitaries or anyone of similar stature you could think of. The list is not very long. A politician or former politician with an interest in coins might be able to shed some light on this.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1983-Bronze-20p-Coin-error-confirmed-by-The-Royal-Mint/273163162323?hash=item3f99cb12d3:g:y8kAAOSwepla1SH~ nice to see a genuine error coin

I think the only reason that was pulled was due to the genuine seller being informed, & he complained. Could be wrong though...

Take the last digit of the price away, and it might be a more realistic ball park.

Hi Mike, picture of obverse of that F32 Type 2 is attached as requested. It is not actually in my own collection, but can be seen on Richard's rarestpennies website as his example number 8. The only example of F32 which I have retained is the one also shown on his website as example 12. Despite the low definition obverse picture of example No. 8 I can now see the V to linear circle distances differ.................thanks to Bernie pointing this out.

Or Penny Lane (Beatles)? Or Kiss Me by Sixpence none the Richer?

I don't know if it covers your period of interest, but have you seen Martin Allen's 2012 British Numismatic Society paper "The Mints and Moneyers of England and Wales 1066-1158"? Download the PDF from: https://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/2012_BNJ_82_5.pdf

Or for all the crap, a good dose of the Sex Pistols. Something to Pogo to and capable of distributing the dross far and wide

It would be incredibly useful if the Royal Mint would make a list of these. No names, no pack drill, but just a summary of which denominations in which year, for actual VIP's.

To photograph edges, first get yourself an old fashioned torch. One with a central bulb and, more importantly, a reflector. Take out the reflector and throw the rest of the torch away. The new LED versions are much better anyway. Standing the reflector so that from above, it becomes a dish place your edge marked piece as horizontally as you can in this bowl. As you're lowering it in, check that you can read the edge description. i.e. it's not upside down. This makes the later stuff easier. Now as you hover over the coin with your camera at an appropriate angle you'll see the edge inscription reflected in the bowl you have created, only now it will be in mirror writing. Take your pics and then reverse them out in your favourite editing software.

Don't like maybes. So much speculation. It shouldn't be beyond the capabilities of anyone who thinks they have a heavily frosted 1977 proof to test the silver content against the regular one. Nobody can use the excuse that the regulars are hard to come by, and there is no shortage of microscopes fitted with EDX. BM, RM, the local uni,... I'm not sure why people are so exercised over this naming, other than the smell of filthy lucre. Heaven forbid you get one that looks like a 'VIP' but isn't accorded the title. The world will end.

Obviously I am going to have to try this Warren Zevon - I have to admit I had not heard of him before. What genre? P

There are more varieties of 1858 than possibly all other copper pennies put together. It was all down to the delays involved introducing the bronze with which the Mint had major problems. So they used and reused the 1858s. Then the delays continued so they had the 1859, finally the very rare 1860 just before the bronzes were ready.

Looks like the Tsunami variety to me

No this is half the missing coin type.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/One-Penny-1934-Spectacular-Minting-Error/312104695992?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649 Is this the missing waves variety please ?.