Chris Perkins

There were half a dozen frantic posts containing different snippets of text and images about this one coin! I've deleted the useless parts and merged the important parts. You can reply to yourself in your own topics, there's no need to create a new one each time.

It's a forgery which would have been silvered when new. Brass GeoIII halfcrown forgeries are pretty common.

Hmmm, I notice that Tony Clayton has started linking to a stamp dealer (that like so many stamp dealers, seem to want to dabble in coins too). That's odd, I emailed him in the past and he never even replied! I'd happily pay for a presence on his well ranked pages. Does anyone know Tony Clayton? Sorry to change the subject slightly. I also offer free UK coin pricing in the form of the ebook version of Collectors' Coins GB 2005, which is linked to as a PDF from near the bottom of http://www.rotographic.com

I expect it's the latter! How much was it?

They don't exist I'm afraid. I've been thinking about getting some printed for a while actually! I can help for the Euro coins though, Lighthouse do a range of pages and albums for Euros. If you go to the homepage, download the Lighthouse PDF, they are in there. Then you can search by catalogue number and purchase them (or email me).

I have a £100 face value bag of 1965S, all as new. I've sold a few hundred but have loads and loads left if they are any good?

I have about 40. I've been through them all and can tell no differences between the R, C or H's! And I don't think any of them would make MS65. Sir Winston's manly forehead on the eyebrow and his slightly sagging cheek around the mouth area are all bashed about. Not always obvously when you look at first. And there are usually scratchs in the large fields on either side of Her Maj.

Yes, I would have thought so. They are a big chunk of 75% copper. Or even just as Cu-Ni there contain enough metal to make 3.5 fifty pees.

I'd better have a look at the little pile I've got then. Usually I can't bear looking at them for too long, but this needs investigation.

Oh you must be joking! There's not seriously a Churchill Crown variety!? Can anyone post a picture of the 2 different types, as I'd be interested to put it in Collectors' Coins GB 2009.

Unless my eyes are deceiving me there is something there. What is it then?

That'll never make MS65 with that massive deep scar on Her Maj!

Or, even better, the 2005 edition of my Collectors' Coins GB is in the public domain, at the bottom part of this page: http://www.rotographic.com/ Is a link with the name Collectors' Coins Great Britain 2005. That is the book as a PDF file. The 2008 edition is now available as a printed book, but it isn't free!

I've probably got over 40, but like you say, they're usually a bit battered. Most of them came in rolls and regardless of what way around the coins were, they always seem to rub each other! I'll have a look for a really special one.

Before 1860 they were copper (quite high purity I believe but obviously not 100% pure). After 1860 they were made of bronze. 1860 to 1923 they were 95% copper, 4% tin and 1% zinc with slight variations. From 1923 to 1942 the composition was fixed at 95.5% copper, 3% tin and 1.5% zinc. 1942 to 1945 they were 97% copper, 0.5% tin and 2.5% zinc. In 1945 they reverted to the pre 1942 composition and in 1959 they switched to the 1942 to 1945 composition, which was used right into decimalisation. (Source: The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain, Michael J Freeman)

The Royal Mint, one of the worlds most established minter of coins seems to need links from private coin dealers such as www.predecimal.com. I assume this is so that that they might be able to sell more of those wonderful modern commemorative items that they produce for Sunday paper 'collectors' and not to mention those lovely re-packaged and overpriced older items that they sometimes source. The disclaimer on the email states that the message is for the addressee only, so at the risk of getting into trouble by copying and pasting it, I will summarise the contents of said email: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ We feel the content of our website may appeal to the visitors of your website. We would be willing to provide you with information that may be of further interest to your visitors (I assume that probably means info about new issues, or quite possibly even adverts for the RM disguised as info). We have provided a copy of the code to place on your website to provide a link to us. Please contact XXXXXX if you need any further information, bla bla (no mention if them providing a reciprocal link in return). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ So I asked if a reciprocal link would be provided in return, which is generally the rule for cross linking websites in order to improve search engine ranking, otherwise it's like asking someone to give you something for nothing: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear XXXXXX, Would the link be returned from the RM in my direction? Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To which the reply was along the lines of: Unfortunately the Royal Mint cannot offer reciprocal links at the moment. Right. To which I replied: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear XXXXXX, In that case, I won't bother if you don't mind. Nothing personal, but it's only fair that websites linking to each other to improve search engine rankings both play their part. I must say though that it does look a little 'Mickey Mouse' that the RM, one of the worlds oldest minter of coins and a relatively well respected institution is punting around sniffing out private websites or coin dealers (with good search engine rankings) just to try and get them to link to them, without offering a return link! In recent years it has become quite clear that the Royal Mint need to create coins for 'collectors' as well as doing their original job of making coins to spend. I appreciate you are a business but you have the very important 'Royal' in your title, so was the Queen asked about this new marketing strategy?? Chris Perkins www.predecimal.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What just happened there!!?? Did the ROYAL MINT just ask me to link to them in order to improve their exposure online?? For me this raises a few questions: Is it right that the nation's Royal Mint should need to ask private businesses to link to them? Does that not lower them to the level of a schoolboy's blog? Can you imagine any other official or semi official body doing the same? Is the RM not funded by the taxpayer?

Even under those circumstances I wouldn't link to them. I'd only link to them if they stop behaving like 'Westminster Collection' and start behaving like the Royal Mint again.

The lights light up when you push the Corvette logo and the affect is 'breath-taking'. Those Americans always have to go one better don't they! We normally take a little while to catch and I can't wait for the Triumph TR7 £2 coin with tiny pop up headlamps that pop out when you rub the Queens nose! Hang on, this year is the 33rd Anniversary of the Introduction of the TR7, I think I'll suggest it as a 2008 design.

I saw a Scandinavian auction site once where the system extended the length of the Auction automatically by something like 30 seconds whenever anyone placed a bid in the last 10 seconds, or something like that, I can remember the exact times involved. That put a stop to all sniping. I'm in 2 minds about sniping. As a seller it's great to see the price of an item shoot up in the last seconds. As a buyer it is of course frustrating to loose something by the next increment in the last seconds.

That's a George III halfpenny. 1806 is a pretty common date in average condition.

Are you in America then? It might be quicker to pack them up and send them to me. Other members here will vouch for my trustworthiness, and if you have no interest in them it could eat into your time sorting them out, and you may find at the end of it that they have little worth. Anything I buy is either bought for 60% of how I price it, or in the case of coins not of good enough standard to be sold to collectors I always pay face value or scrap value (which can mount up with silver coins) whichever is higher. Actually I received a parcel just now containing scrap silver coins, should be about £250 worth I think.

She looks an utter dog in that! I'm sure I remember her being pretty in real life. The Queen looks odd too. What a load of complete rubbish. A crappy coin issued for 80 families on a tiny island near South Africa. Just in case anyone doesn't already know: This coin is not legal tender anywhere, it's just a novelty item. Don't buy it!

Thanks very much.

Yes it would be good if you could post them to me: Firma Chris Perkins Hauptstrasse 33 Burkhardtsdorf 09235 GERMANY (send them via Airsure, insured up to say £200 just in case) If you like I can reply in here with my offer, and I'll send payment (once agreed) as either BACS or a cheque.

Impossible to say as each would have to be judged individually. Even if all are 'Uncirculated' there are still other factors that affect the values. They could each be worth from £5 to £30 each or even a bit more. If they are all high grade though they would be perfect for me to buy and put on this website. I always look at each coin individually and make an offer based on how I price then for sale.