craigy

lets see some pics ;0)

this mock up, what denomination is it and the peck number ??? i'll drop the museum a message, they might have one in the collection, they seem pretty happy to reply to me

on the The Royal Mint Museums Faceache page, here is the text to go with it The Jubilee coinage was introduced in the summer of 1887 but the change in designs extended only to gold and silver coins, the bronze coinage continuing to bear the same fondly regarded Bun Head effigy of Victoria. That there should be a Jubilee Head pattern penny of 1887 in the Mint collection is therefore of some interest. One explanation is that the Mint simply ran out of time. A firm deadline had been set for the issue of the new coins, in June 1887 and, given the enormous amount of work that attended the preparation of tools for all the gold and silver denominations, it is not surprising that the Mint had to abandon any thought of also including bronze

have been out quite a bit thru the hot times and managed a few hammered, nothing special, this one is rather interesting, i think it's a Richard II London half penny, looks almost like its plated, or is it seriously debased, doesn't look like a fake or a Johhny foreigner, the legends look correct, any thoughts welcome , its not been cleaned with anything, just distilled water

you know the more i look at it in the flesh it looks a gold color, to bright for silver i'm starting to think it was gilt at some point, i know it looks silver in the picture but having handled 100's of hammered in all states and cleaned and as found i've never seen a silver like that , i could even go as far as saying it looks goldy coloured in the pics above

well straightened, i leave mine as i found them now after a couple of mistakes lol

what 3d you on about ?

defo Henry III, that face is so distinctive,

out detecting last night and this beautiful late neolithic/early bronze age chisel was sat looking up at me from the surface,

https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/q/thames+pick i see what you mean to point

it cam from within sight of the Lower Thames

silver proof 2016 peter rabbits selling for £800 - £1000 on flea bay, makes them look cheap at £300 earlier in the year, never seen a coin go for so much, self perpetuating and shows no signs of slowing down

cheers, not sure if you can call that a coin though, more like a fragment hahaha annulet issue has annulets in 2 quarters ?opposites

been treading the same bit of field for a few weeks now, only bit detectable, i've got this down as Henry VI, Calais mint thanks in advance

MR Ingram loves a bit of LCA lol

no expert but i think it looks iffy https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Charles-1st-Silver-Pontefract-Siege-Shilling-Coin-C1648-Lozenge-Shaped/263755569849?hash=item3d690e9ab9:g:G8IAAOSwhIZbIT2U

thats weird now its finished the link take me to another coin, and i know jjblencoe is a trusted ebayer, this is the link now https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/263755569849?nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l10137

looks fine to me

seems like some strange stuff going on at the mint, no official release but the bay is awash with them https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=paddington+bear+silver+proof+50p&_sacat=0

if i'm sitting on my bog i can say a hooded lady on the wooden floor,

Called spinks during the week asking about the TPG at the London office, they didn't know when it was happening and referred me to NGC

i agree

yes i noticed this too

the remains of a Bristol penny, still stuck in its little bed