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  1. Peckris 2
    I remember in the late 60s I'd calculated that if I cashed in savings certificates I'd probably near enough have the £5/5s/6d the local bookshop had quoted me to order a copy. Somehow though, there were parties to go to, albums to buy, bicycles to repair .. and I never bought it then. You're right, a fiver was a small fortune back then, though still reasonable value for Peck.
  2. Peckris 2
    Yes I think that's the reason. It wasn't merely "refurbishment", it was total modernisation, i.e. the replacement of the steam powered presses with electrical ones. This possibly means that the 1882 "no H" London penny was the first issue on the new presses?
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    The classic example (for me) was the 1961 halfcrown "designer initials omitted" which appeared as such in several price guides. But then some people found intermediate examples where the initials were partly or faintly there, and it was downgraded to a filled die and most people lost interest. you won't see it even mentioned now.
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    TOY COINS

    Peckris 2 replied to DrLarry's topic in Free for all

    Did you mean Samian Ware? Copper red glazed luxury pottery often with sophisticated embossed designs, and the maker's stamp?
  5. Peckris 2
    do you have a link to the 3d's?
  6. Peckris 2
    the copper Britannia necessitated a bold and deep cut design. it probably wouldn't have translated in shallow form to bronze? so a new flatter design was brought in. having said that, I do like the bronze reverses.
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    TOY COINS

    Peckris 2 replied to DrLarry's topic in Free for all

    the only ones I have are the 'baby head' Albert POW, "12 pence make 1 shilling"
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    Yes, we went from a large thick copper with a bold and heavy design, to smaller thinner bronze with what had to be a shallow design. Major change.
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    My own tuppence ha'penny's worth: they encountered so many problems over the first 4 years of bronze that they eventually managed to iron them out. Also, it must have involved such a gargantuan effort between 1858 and 1863 that they may have decided to cut not only their losses but reduce such enormous expenditure.
  10. Peckris 2
    So true - and is undoubtedly the reason that good top-grade examples of the 19H command such high prices, as good as 18KNs at least. My own example has virtually no hair detail at all, yet the obverse legend has virtually no wear, Britannia's shield and fingers are near perfect, etc.
  11. Peckris 2
    Is your VF example for sale, Mike? If so, do you have pictures? PM me if so.
  12. Peckris 2
    Meanwhile I withdraw from Kherson but leave the announcement to my generals so they don't associate this colossal failure (sorry, "strategic realignment") with me.
  13. Peckris 2
    Yes, but you can't really class lifesize plastic 20p's as toy coins .. even if they are!!
  14. Peckris 2
    I'm pretty sure I've worked out what ILTF stands for! But CD ...?
  15. Peckris 2
    Looking not 100% unlike Emma Peel in that picture..
  16. Peckris 2
    eh?
  17. Peckris 2
    Looks like the dark haired girl is about to fire off a text on her iPhone... The guy's saying "Right, I'm going to stick his burnt sienna where the sun don't shine"
  18. Peckris 2
    Pity the pictures don't expand - it will be really nice to see those bigger as it looks a real beaut.
  19. Peckris 2
    HOW MANY PSYCHIATRISTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB? Only 1, but the lightbulb has to really want to change..
  20. Peckris 2
    They don't call him the "Victorian pencil" for nothing! Thank gawd he's gone, though I'd prefer even him to Cruella Braverperson.
  21. Peckris 2
    I bought a 1919KN from a schoolmate. My first dealer purchase was a silver 3d (GV) dated perhaps 1933? which was at least EF and cost me around 6d of my 1968 pocket money!
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    A year later, the 1970 Coins and Medals Annual (later to morph into the Coins Market Values annual) listed some interesting prices, including the following two: 1932 penny BU ..................... £50 (probably around £500 at today's RPI?) 1797 twopence BU .............. £35 The 1932 penny has probably doubled in price, i.e. a long way behind inflation, whereas a genuine BU 1797 would probably fetch £1000 in that grade.
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    Precisely NO-ONE has said that. Everyone apart from Truss has talked about regularly reviewing the situation.
  24. Peckris 2
    It's nothing to do with philosophy - if in the event fuel costs go back to what they were within a year, then the 2 year promise is indeed unrealistic. Ok, it might not - probably won't - happen but a review every 6 months would certainly keep an eye on what's needed.
  25. Peckris 2
    That's fascinating - I have a farthing of the same date with exactly the same effect (even more dramatic?):
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