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A big thank you to everyone in the NHS and spa medica after my sucessful eye cateract operation which means fantasticly inproved sight . While I am not prepared to say I will never need glasses again , it is a posibility.. I strongly suspect cateract operations might be subject to charges as there are so many people getting them now Many colours are much enhanced and I am sure in a week or to my coins will be as well .

I think the NHS make the very very best job of a terrible hand they're dealt by the government. Sadly, the social care system is broken. It's been the lead story on BBC News the past 2 days. I have to find ever-new ways around trying to solve the lack of care I need. But I'm happy your op went well, and I'll join the applause for everyone who made it possible.

While provenance and pedigree will always carry a premium it is terribly important to grade accurately when assessing value. The two examples sold through LCA were accurately graded by them as 'bold fine' and 'better than fine and bold', though the latter had inexplicably been rebadged as near extremely fine when offered for sale by Coins and Banknotes. If you compare your own coin with the two LCA coins you will see immediately it had been overgraded when sold to you as 'a bold fine'. My own assessment of your farthing would be no higher than very good (VG). With regards to scarcity, these are not the 'extremely rare' variety they were once thought to be and while those in grades above fine will always be sought after and achieve decent prices mediocre examples are not difficult to find. I have five 1673 no obverse stops farthings in grades fair to very fine+ and with both reverse dies for normal and wide dates. Joe Lee (farthingshalfpennyerrors.com) also has five in grades good fair to good fine+. As for value, my advice would be look to the LCA sales and adjust downward accordingly. There's one on eBay (wide date), which is a little better than yours, being offered for £190 but the listing has been there forever and I doubt it will sell at that price. You'll see I've included photos of three of my five with this mail. These I grade 1) near fine 2) bold fine 3) very fine+. Last year I had the near fine coin listed on eBay starting at what I considered a very fair £95. After several months of no interest, and after having reduced the price to £75, I cancelled the listing.

I reckon one of the real strengths of this forum is it's unchanging continuity and very light touch moderation. Apart from one or two technical bells and whistles, I'd say it was virtually the same as when you last posted in 2008. I joined in 2009. With regard to the coin's value, I can't really help as I'm not a farthing specialist. All I can say is that Peck lists BMC 525 as "extremely rare". Given the auctions you mention above and the recent rise in coin prices, probably £300 is close to the mark. I'd say provenance or pedigrees are still very important. Collectors really value provenance, especially those that go back a very long way. The one you have, albeit scribbled out long hand, is very detailed and comprehensive. ETA: by the way I'd just add that with regard to the Coins and Banknotes specimen, Eddie Price does tend to charge top dollar for his stock. He does have some very very high end stuff though, and I notice that the ex Bamford F21 penny he was offering for £2,750, has now disappeared from his website. It doesn't say sold out, it's gone altogether.

Greetings and welcome back JMD!

Hello stranger. CDC is Colin Cooke's initials.

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