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Amongst other thing, I bought this in the recent Baldwin's token sale - 1789 St. Paul's Thanksgiving Service commemorative halfpenny. D&H lists this in copper and brass, though this piece was clearly gilt before striking, as metal flow has partially exposed the underlying copper in the shadow of the lettering. Anyone have, or know of, a brass example to compare? I've still got the copper piece listed if another example was needed for comparison. Ta.

Watched 'Quatermass and the Pit' the other day- fantastic! Interesting dialogue exchange in the middle: Professor Bernard Quatermass : Roney, if we found out the earth was doomed, say, by climatic changes, what would we do about it? Dr.Matthew Roney : Nothing. Just go on squabbling as usual.

It wasn't bought in hope as it's part of a large collection I bought recently, just that the toning is the right shape and size for a filled and repurposed die. On the assumption that number 1 must have existed at some time, it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that the die was filled and used for currency pieces. The only reason I posted is because there is a slight disturbance at that point. When dies are filled, the surface is never completely flat, hence an open mind is useful. Unfortunately I no longer have ready access to an electron microscope.

I've bought several like this hoping it was a number - perhaps even the fabled number 1 - but it never is !

Tantalising. Was it or wasn't it? There's a disturbance in the field in the correct position.

https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/prices-realized/ 144 is the Roman and 145 the British

I presume they'll still be on the CNG website archive.

Yes, sorry, I was just talking about the copper as it would have more relevance to them buying the more expensive Workman pieces.

Thanks, just looked at your rarest pennies listing. Once again, I feel we're all indebted to your perseverance assembling these sites. Especially those of us newer to collecting these, and with not much free time to do a fraction of the exhaustive research accumulated therein.

Ah- but isn't that where the real fun is?

Problem is, those "occasions" can be very rare.

I sometimes wonder whether, if I won the lottery and bought a big pile of rarities at an auction, which lets face it, is rather easy to do, I would get half the pleasure that I get from finding a worn rarity at the bottom of an old tin of crap like has happened on occasion...... ...and I can show off the found gem on here, instead of just hiding a pile of expensive bronze in a bank vault where no-one can see them.....