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Bloody US eBay and their infernal cookie requests. 😠 I backed out of there tood sweet.

Just before decimalisation? I'd go with shillings and sixpences dated 1816. Halfcrowns had ceased being legal tender, florins were decades away, and crowns didn't appear for a couple of years.

He makes the Emperor Caligula look like Nelson Mandela.

The way it shows most is coins where the wear is more obvious. Pre-1920 large silver rarely has more than half a grade difference between obverse and reverse. The shallow portraits - most obvious on halfcrowns - are often encountered with more than a grade difference. For example, the obverse not even F but with a reverse hovering around the VF mark. Yes, between 1914 and 1918 it can be difficult to find fully struck up examples due to the huge increase in mintages during WW1, but it's not hard to find examples in EF especially as many were hoarded. However, I'd amend my original comment to say "harder to find the shallow portrait in high grades" rather than strictly UNC - you only have to look at that portrait and it begins to wear. Agreed - and all the way to 1926, maybe even 1927 too. But the ones I meant are a small number of pennies where there are flecks of yellow (brass?) long after the lustre has gone. These metal flecks are actually embedded in the metal of the flan and give the coin a very odd appearance.

I think the shell casings applied more to bronze? You do see some 1920 and 1921 pennies (huge mintages) with brass coloured flecks in them, even on worn coins. I personally think the grey tinge was more to do with them not quite getting the alloy right - you also see very yellow examples between 1920 and 1922. Did you find it as easy to get UNC examples of halfcrowns and florins between 1920 and 1926?

That's not usual - the 50% 1920-1926 issues are generally much harder in UNC, as the shallow portrait wore very much faster. However it's probably true to say it is more noticeable on florins and halfcrowns. If any 'shallow portrait' denomination was going to be put aside, the shilling was more likely.

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The whole coin is decent - we all make allowances for H & KN pennies with worn hair detail. You should see my EF+ 1919H - no hair detail at all!

I do like those very early milled coins.

Interesting - very nice coin .. but it says 0 bids?

very hard to find in top grades even with worn obverse dies.

As he's only the Vice President, does that make him just a half pense?

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Yes - they were hoarded in bulk in the early years following the debasement of .925 silver to 50% in 1920. Many people, not just collectors, wanted the higher silver content. That's also why you see so much high grade silver from 1942-1946 after the removal of silver in 1947. As for the 1920s issues, yes fewer people hoarded them as they were debased, but it's also partly due to the shallower portrait from 1920 which meant the larger silver wore much more quickly.

I'm not sure - they moved more than 25 years ago! I think it may have been number 11?

My sisters lived in Boscombe for years! Undercliff Rd near the beach.

Heracleum Mantegazziani!! ("Mighty hogweed is a veg" as one of my Uni friends thought they were singing..)

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Do you know its Freeman number?

Yes, a better picture. At least AEF I'd say.

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Nice one - a useful gap to fill. I'd personally rate it NEF/GVF but nevertheless a tricky better grade to find.

I might find this more funny if I wasn't myself a snowflake (surely one of nature's more beautiful things? and each one unique..) and proud of it.

Pictures here please, would be much appreciated, or else please post the link to the precise page you mean. Thanks.

Can you put pictures? I've only ever seen it as a vertical dash with one end slightly wider than the other.