Chris Perkins

700,000 is indeed very low for a circulating coin, but it's still plenty to go round as there are not 700,000 coin collectors in the UK! The only way it would be worth significantly more is if that so called London Mint outfit go on telly and offer people money for them! It's just like the 1988 £1 coins. A lower mintage, attractive coins....but 21 years later they are worth £1 in circulated condition.

Really. It works for me, I'm going to try after writing this. (And I wrote this using the Edit) What does it do exactly? Does it let you ammend text and then not submit it?

It only gives you 5 mins to prevent people changing what they have written at a later time. So it's all set in stone.

Post a picture. If it's only visible in certain lights then it may not be such a big deal.

Depends on the date/rarity of the sixpence and how the dent affects eye appeal. I would probably price it down (and mention it). By how much really depends how bad it is.

That could just be the light. But seriously, it is so easy to strip the copper off a steel coin. I used to do it as a kid in the early 90s when they first issued copper plated steel coins.

Historically we Brits don't seem to care much for mis-strikes do we! US errors are usually (but not always) expensive, but they also depend on the type of error, type of coin and severity of the error. A blocked die leads to some interesting 'features' but of all the error types I think it's probably one with the least value..... dependant on the coin type/age and severity. And of course, demand; it's basically all down to demand.

To be honest I don't think it's worth spending any money on it! Even as an off metal (genuine error) it may not be worth much more than £10 anyway. Does it look like steel, rather than a 10p which is cupro-nickel and more 'chromey'? It should be slightly magnetic. Do the letters and other details look slightly sharper than a normal one of the same date? If they are slightly sharper then it's an indication that they are missing their thin copper layer.

And is it 1994? If so then it's copper plated steel.....and that's what they look like when the copper has been chemically removed (not hard to do).

I've got a 66 florin which has the entire left hand side legend missing. The Queen is properly struck and the reverse is fine. It's bizaar.

Seen co-author Pam West's website? I don't think there's a forum but she does post news about new issues. http://www.britishnotes.co.uk/

Just bumping this on the off chance that someone here with hammered knowledge might see it!

The varieties of 1992 10p and 20p (mentioned recently in the forum, but I can't remember where). But rare doesn't always mean expensive because there isn't as much demand for those as there is for the mule 20p. And also, the mule 20p is a variety which is easy for the public to identify, unlike the others. And it's just the 1983 NEW PENCE 2p that's rare. Due to the 20p hype people have started contacting me with stupid 1970s and early 80s NEW PENCE coins, which is of course perfectly normal! And people are also reporting all kinds of other errors, mostly on 20p's because everyone is looking closely at 20p's.

No, I think the massive hype (although, being in Germany I've missed most of it) is enough to get the public to rally round. Anyone with some spare money probably sees the 20p's as a good investment. I doubt the story has been exposed in the USA, and if so then probably not on a large scale. Another thing that people always tell me is that the 'Royal Mint' are trying to buy the coins back for £50. This is not true, it's the so called 'London Mint Office', an outfit that love to be confused with the Royal mint, but are instead peddlers of crappy commemorative coins and re-packaged old rubbish that are barely worth the metal they are made of.

You are wicked. I'd like to find one of those late 60's fake 50p coins made from cutting a half crown down to size.

That kind of listing really represents everything that is bad with ebay. Ah.....Listing has been removed I see.

I'm advising everyone that phones me to put them on ebay and benefit from the artificial hype. I don't think you'll raise many eyebrows here because the coins aren't actually that rare and anyone that wants one either has one or is no doubt waiting for the price to find it's natural level before buying one. Right now they go for around £200, so go for it.

Try Collectors' Coins GB 2009 too, it doesn't repeat the same editorial each year, and is cheaper.

You may find some nut to give you more money for them (you never know these days, there are lots out there), but personally I'd spend them, save ebay fees, save the hassle and put £10 petrol in the car!

Interesting, you wouldn't think it would be worth makes fake 20p's. The 'all silver' coloured coins are perhaps easier than nickel-brass or bi-metal.

The hammerers were usually a bit lax with the die axis, they tend to mainly be quite random.

I can't see anything! But I suspect a little mark/dirt/ink that's barely visible won't really interest many note collectors. Go and spend it!

Edward IV second reign I settled on Ed IV in the end I think. Spink no.?

Last one. According to the ticket: 'John Class 5b cut halfpenny of London. h(ENRICV(S REX). +ILG(ER ON L)VN.

A cut half penny. According to the ticket: 'Henry III Voided long cross Class IIIb of York. h(ENRICVS) REX.III. TOM(AS ON EV)ERW'.