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Peckris 2

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  1. Peckris 2

    Old Coin Monthly's still outstanding

    There's a major confusion due to a mix up between 1919 and 1919H. Apart from that, the estimated numbers seem very close to the actual found for 20thC pennies. Though I'm slightly baffled by the zero estimates for 1922 and 1926, I'd have thought some of each would be expected.
  2. Doctor Doctor - The Thompson Twins Doctor Elbowbump Elbowbump - 5000 Volts A Nightingale built In Berkeley Square We Gotta Get Out Of This Place - The Animals Tiers - Ken Dodd
  3. Peckris 2

    Changes to Treasure laws in UK

    I believe Eddie Grundy might have some valuable advice?
  4. Including: Neil Young - The Needle & the Damage Done Roger Whittaker - Durham Town Elvis Costello - Pills & Soap & Gel
  5. Railway employees threatened mutiny until their bosses laid things on the line.
  6. Furniture in the House of Commons has been height adjusted after an MP rushed in and tabled his amendments.
  7. Peckris 2

    Changes to Treasure laws in UK

    A single rare bronze, whatever the emperor, wouldn't be classed as treasure trove. In fact, AFAIK, single coins never are.
  8. Not to mention Spinal Tap...
  9. Peckris 2

    186? Queen Victoria One penny

    You would expect to see the whole date, yes. However if it was only partly clogged so that the 4th digit was in lower relief, it would be the first to be worn away fully. My guess is that it's a late 1861 (Obverse / Reverse being the commonest types, i.e. as used for 1862-69) with the 1 worn away and not leaving any traces.
  10. Peckris 2

    1697 William III Sixpence RFX for REX?

    Yeah, that's a possibility also.
  11. A farmer, a priest, and a lawyer were travelling across country when they hit a small town and decided to stay overnight at the inn. The landlord said "Sorry guys, I can only put 2 of you up, but there's room in the barn for one of you." The farmer said "It's my day job, I'll sleep in the barn." An hour later there's a thunderous knock at the door. The landlord opens it and finds the farmer there. "Sorry mate, your cockerel thinks it's dawn and won't stop crowing, I can't sleep there." The priest says "If it was good enough for our Lord, it's good enough for me. I'll sleep there." An hour later there's a thunderous knock at the door. The landlord opens it and finds the priest there. "Sorry, your cow is pregnant and won't stop lowing. I just can't sleep." They all look at the lawyer until he shrugs and says, "Ok, if I must, I must" and stomps off to the barn. An hour later there's a thunderous knock at the door. The landlord opens it and finds his cockerel and cow there.
  12. Peckris 2

    1697 William III Sixpence RFX for REX?

    Could be die damage - if you cast your gaze onwards to the bottom left of the X you will see that it's missing its serif.
  13. Peckris 2

    Book or information on minting

    I don't have a book recommendation - I'm sure others have? However, the things you list are not errors as such - they are deliberate changes to a die. It is quite possible that such are intended to correct a mistake made, but as those are down to 'human error' then there can be no definitive attribution. Some though are down to re-use of a die in particular overdates.
  14. Thanks, but I'm off to bed, very tired! I might listen though see if anyone else asked.
  15. Peckris 2

    What does this mean

    I just had a look, and it looks very much like the later obverse has been dropped into an altered obverse where the original (older) one has been cut out, in the way that double header coins are created.
  16. I think I'd probably be quite high, having advanced MS ... but there's a theory that people with damaged immune systems would have to have the antibody injection and I don't think that's ready?
  17. Peckris 2

    What does this mean

    Ditto the supposed 4 (or more?) separate varieties of the 1957 'calm sea' halfpenny, which mostly seem to concern the tail length of the 7 and its precise pointing. Most of us probably couldn't care less! Just knowing you have a high grade calm sea is enough for most of us I'd guess.
  18. You wouldn't get anything in your Inbox (the envelope symbol up top) but you might get a Notification (the bell symbol).
  19. If you prefix a predec member's name with @ it highlights their name - @Rob @Peckris 2 @coinkat. I don't know if that generates a Notification (above)?
  20. Yes, there is an overall lack of sharply clear detail on the Type I, not only in the areas mentioned. Just one thing : did the Mint also sell their crowns in the Festival of Britain cardboard cases? I appear to have one such that is apparently Type II
  21. Pictures were also missing (at first) in the 1951 Crown topic. It doesn't hurt to remind members that asking us to comment on detail description needs a relevant picture!
  22. Another difference is the horse's head - much more detail on the Type II I think Rob may have the answer : the dies used at the Festival of Britain may have either been a different engraving, or were allowed to wear more than the Mint equivalents.
  23. Peckris 2

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    If it looks like fake news, if it walks like fake news, if it quacks like fake news...
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