Peckris 2

George VI's effigy was very similar to his brother. The reverses of farthing, halfpenny, penny, shilling were all reused.

"They're dead Jim"

Unfortunately, few have as many as the blond excrescence.

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Not exactly subliminal!

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That's no more a coin than my last poo.

I wouldn't, but could I just point out... 1. Freeman's rarity estimates (apart from the very very rare R17 or rarer, or the relatively common) should be taken with a pinch of salt. They're based a lot on a large withdrawal from circulation, but pre-1971, so anything R14-ish is not AS RARE in relation to scarce or common varieties which got melted 2. Values for varieties are extremely dependent on the collector base for them, i.e. popularity. 3. Current status, for which you need to do some research (have any been sold recently?)

I couldn't do any quotes or replies in Firefox yesterday. Then found I could in Chrome. I found an obscure fix for Firefox so I was just testing it worked. Mods can delete this, no problem.

It seems to be working again today, so no worries.

Firefox won't let me reply to anything or create new topics. Anyone else having problems? Using ancient version of Chrome to post this... Anyway, just wanted to say that beaded borders are quite distinct once you've seen them.

...our dad murdered us every night before we had to go and work for 25 hours a day licking the lake dry wi' no food or drink before we went home to our shoe box. And you try telling that to young folks today. They won't believe you.

Too late

My vote would be a recut 3

Worth buying at that price!

But three of your 4 examples were house, car, and pension. Sorry, but those really are necessary (though car could be managed without IF you live in a city AND you don't have a family).

Weird. It's rated more scarce than 1914 (lower mintage) but much less than 1911-1913. I am very surprised by the Bull rating, but maybe it's an error?

In the early 70s I was a volunteer on archaeological digs - the golden rule was that anything you found in the 'spoil tip' you could keep as it was archaeologically almost useless having been removed from its context. I found a decent Julia Domna denarius there which came up VF after vinegar treatment. I was an impov student sadly so I sold it to a dealer when I got home. I think I got about £7 for it which was decent back then! 'Juno' reverse? That's not one of the more common ones.

There's quite a few women - usually wives or daughters of emperors who then succeeded them, for example Plautilla and Julia Domna to name just two.

Still waiting to know what this variety is - I thought there was only one type of 1915 florin?

I don't know this variety. What am I looking for that's different to the normal one?

First, if you're going to concentrate on silver, you don't need to worry too much about fakes. Gold and - surprisingly - large copper from the early Empire are more liable; copper is very hard to find in good condition and the pieces are quite large. Compare that with small bronze from the later Empire such as Constantine, which survive in enormous quantities. Roman is not hard to find especially silver (denarii and antoniniani) and small bronze, and you can pick up examples in quite high grade for what seems to be modest outlay. For example, imperial denarii of non-rare emperors can be found in EF for often less than £100. Huge numbers were minted and many are found and put up for sale. Hence the lower chances of being faked. These coins are "ancients" rather than "hammered" as such, even though the minting methods were similar. They tend to be quite a lot thicker. Silver quality varies a great deal, and the antoninianus (similar to the denarius but lower denomination) ended up being merely a silver wash over bronze. That does not of course make them less collectable. Then you have the Republic (BC; pre-Augustus) where coins were struck in lower quantities and are consequently pricier. It's almost a separate area of collecting

There's a HUGE difference between 'desirable' and 'necessary'.

I doubt it

I'm not very impressed by their identifying Plautilla (wife of Roman emperor Caracalla) as "Plantilla". It's not even a typo as that's the name consistently used.