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The Royal Mint shop is selling a 1906 florin for... 942 pounds. Slabbed by CGS as "EF78", it looks more like a good VF from the photos (too much wear on Britannia and in the sea for it to be EF in my opinion). Even in EF, they sell for about one-third of that price. Maybe they looked at the wrong line in the catalogue and priced it as a 1905!

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I also emailed them and they've replied asking for further information. I sent back their images with the tooth count illustrated. 130 teeth on either side - numbers which don't exist on genuine coins. Also sent them pictures of a fake 1869 penny with the same obverse/reverse, pointing out that that an 1881 penny would have a an "aged" portrait. And referred them to my varieties website for further info. They have now replied and are going to remove the coin from their auction.

Sixties boy here. Born in 1957, used to use pre decimal money for the bus on the way home in Nottingham in the sixties. Fourpence it was. For reasons unknown my mother bought me various Whitman folders, and I started to save coins out of change - although my father had to help with shillings and florins etc. Even then, there were pennies and halfpennies going back to 1860, and even a reasonable amount of 50% silver - but not one pre 1920 silver coin ever went through my hands. Collecting must have finished around 1971 , when it all went decimal - nothing old to collect anymore. And there it all stayed until I moved to NZ in 2000. There used to be a few coin and stamp shops here in Christchurch. As NZ used UK coins until 1933, and NZ versions were identical to UK, there was a surprising amount of stuff. So I expanded the range to include, 1/4d, 1/2d, 1d, silver and brass 3d, 6d, 1/-, 2/- and 2/6, back to 1860. The only requirement was that it had to be cheap. I suspect the entire batch of 1875H pennies ended up here, I found a dozen at least - on a trip back to the UK I did some swaps with Micheal Gouby. This is strictly date collecting, but some decent was around for a few pounds. I had a small amount of pre 1920 silver, and bought a number of coins from Frank Milward. I also managed to get all decimal proof sets up to 1999, mostly by buying in the US, then picking them up from my Aunt's in Philadelphia. Not sure what happened a couple of years ago, but I started trying to complete all coins back to 1860, (but only up to 2/6). Everything, apart from pre 1892 florins and eventually 4d, is in Whitman folders, just because. Local shops still get some odds and ends, one very useful find was an 1863 shilling in a collectable condition, cost me 2 pounds. The bulk of the rest has been from ebay, which has to go though my big sister in Essex, which means a long delay. The collection is for me, a lot of date fillers and nothing expensive. Recently I decided to go back to 1816 with silver, apart from the rare stuff (42 by my calculations) I have most of the rest - in theory I could have used it to go home on the bus. 31 Whitman folders - over a thousand different coins, not a great value, but fascinating. Next will be the stamps, about 50 albums that came from my grandfather, father, and father in law - but that will be for a different forum. Some highlights. 1863 shilling as above. 1862 shilling ebay, 25 pounds. Circulated 1927 florin, 17 pounds 1862 florin, broach marks on back, 20 pounds 1905 halfcrown - 200 pounds ebay 1870 sixpence, fine. 25 pounds. Detecting find at Chatsworth house 1998. Some other stuff from Cambridgeshire Coins and Michael Gouby. Everything kept in a late 18th century desk previously owned by a something great uncle. A great aunt used to make jigsaw puzzles - I also try and collect those - and did I mention my chess playing great uncle and various books he wrote? Now, if anyone has filler grade things like 39, 40, 41, 43 or 48 Victorian half crowns let me know! Sixties Boy Christchurch New Zealand.

Very pleased to have captured this absolutely superb 1857 Bramah 23a penny (no serif on 7 of date) in not far off UNC condition for a very reasonable sum. There are two very slight marks, one just under underneath the date and the other to the immediate back of the Queen's neck, but apart from that it's flawless. Seller sold as date only example, and to be honest, it would have been cheap even for that.

Don't think it's gone too well for them. Not a cool look for the school bully when the weak kid in the playground starts slapping him around unafraid.

Or maybe they got their price from Sovereign Rarities

yeah, I told them about the expertise on this forum. I also told them that genuine pennies don't have a bust that is so deeply engraved with such 'modeled' hair and bodice details.

Vicky's pictures

Didn’t think to look at that. But did try to find it and have - it is die 17. So this variety is limited to that die. Thanks.