Peckris 2

...may be the face that's aged o'ernight no trace of pleasure at her shite may be the treasure or the price I pay eBay

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Those all had the post-1874 obverse, so yes.

Looks like the 10p is a slightly scarce issue?

'Published' mintages (i.e. in catalogues and guides) are taken from the Mint's figures. There is no separate source. CCGB is your best bet for figures from the late 18thC.

"STUNNING TONE". True - the sight of it was like being struck with a blunt instrument. She was lucky to get £98 for it, with or without assistance...

I've now checked - it's also at the bottom of p108 of my 4th edition. He does say "very worn" so there's no way to check whether it was a homemade thing, like cleverly tooled 'double headers'.

I can't recall ever seeing a silver token - is that 6d in the exergue?

Which edition of ESC? There's no mention in Davies. It's puzzling to know how there could be a mule of 2 different reigns. A misstrike of both reverses would give each date, though it's not easy to work out how it could have happened. On the other hand, if there's an obverse and a reverse, it would be impossible to date the obverse.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-X-Britains-First-Decimal-Coin-Set-Job-Lot/222902686379?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D57477%26meid%3D6ae85f00aa9f48799400ba1e1f0faa87%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D283563238828%26itm%3D222902686379%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 The astute buyer could pick up 6 of the things for £13:95. And you could have 5 Vesta Chow Meins while you carefully examine each set... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vesta-Chow-Mein-30-x-161g/123773600694?hash=item1cd17b43b6&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&enc=AQAEAAAC0KvsXIZtBqdkfsZsMtzFbFsbX3WcW5fmB%2Fx7ZbaZTyexjVDWupr16EXJ%2BvwyDOHntd2r7blij0npmTFGrNDuR7CyqS6yfhqAfu%2Ft9K4EkrC8MhUkm6wUK4kapQ4U3%2FN9S2CIkUCyQveKF8BcqX85G1tc930J2%2F7NUbXL12Z2sgztJ6LquJE%2F5tjzIVZaJ%2BAvnDqSA4Qh4qmdQDdwRDKNKAzUWKazAwxbQ99uOIdmY4D0ORPvkKsuE%2BsLGfc7toGbGrYDsJSFDOH2HUxKfp%2BmG%2BdSIHltTu9QR58XbIdtRTXmSDtCcMjxFkVrFc9pI%2BMe%2FPp3tqrmQKF51H1GAe7PDqS3uxoNyp49To7izGvDiG4ZLbl1f0ZfYyLD%2FODFyNr2X%2FG6lf1F72CL%2FC%2B0%2FLwdLRa7E72xNlAMnjtEi5RYVIjMpKhqloRSOUlx2EAgMZos8kMQ8TRlTeidOCvIT8zNO6%2FAucdcp6T0KJ4zaSzrD5cASdEcg9zTiu77erPh%2FVCDmk8DBCGlGro7YvhkPRXuADtMnAgqgmvPK14Ba8VOZ11VBIId20Sm%2BM05LinyPIQYHw7HYOpkX%2FjvGCbgGVxzg2WTFLyOUEhjh2PQnWhbX48fDW%2Fc7alVdF0Btak4IbgZ24wnQ%2FOQ1yLj1%2F9W8av9uFpfvnRj3K37cuE5OiHCQKVXVqCP29oARVUzioxQN4pO8LXwEi33USiMO9875FbXySWTvizbwkU2DP0uz5edPYFqnmWQuopbY4eHs4rlHhjF%2BjLb%2FpGHgFdN3WVShkBK0RKrbO7IkBTSV%2F%2FMmeP2YUL0kOZUj15cTAQljQJlfnBD1p1hLYmmKom73%2FQMk8B3%2FO%2FJ9ERXxpEHLX1%2FJKdjVtI3wVor0Z%2B3fMHkue1XnR0NtyqBIzCKM5wjrgXSDSyGS5bRKPlGd0pDhMKLKN6gbIV8YeOjEwwmw4PUccFiv4usrQ%3D%3D&checksum=1237736006947443393133e1424695f8616ec57a8acf

That's amazing for a tenner. The seller obviously didn't know...

There's so much hair detail on that I thought it was Obverse 2 until I looked closer!

Nice, but another grossly overworked obverse die!

It was actually the 1968 pack not 1971!!

I think you're confusing currency and commemorative coins. With the former there is no secrecy - the published figures before 1953 are for coins minted in a given year whatever date was on them (I believe 1953 was the year it changed, Mike?). As for dealers, their interest is to preserve the status quo not stir things up. With commems, the situation is reversed. The RM uses perceived scarcity to sell its issues so sometimes it pays to conceal the actual figures.

Possible, though it could equally be the cut out for the obverse, which I seem to remember Whitmans always had?

The following questions arise: 1. If buried under a church's foundation stone for most of its life, why is it now in such bashed and battered condition? 2. If stolen in 1970, why was it put into a common or garden Whitman folder instead of being sold to a private collector? 3. Why is the cardboard recess for it in such poor condition compared to the other coins? 4. Why does it bear a startling resemblance to the replica 1933s produced a few years ago? 5. Why does the damage look like it's been done deliberately? 6. How come such a poor speller has no problems with PROFESSIONAL and NUMISMATIST?

Yes. If it was 1m it would be a scarcity on the level of the 1925 halfcrown. It IS scarce - rare in top grades - and definitely worth collecting. It has always been a 'key date'.

I wouldn't give any kind of verdict on the lower penny. The whole date has been marmalised - look at the 1, the 8, even the 6. They are all to some extent distorted and damaged.

"Only" verdigris - what about that bloody great scratch on the 2d?

Ah, the collapse of the £. Yes, that WILL cause tears.

Difficult to say about the pointing, but I can see at a glance that it's the earlier reverse, 1911-1913.

Is that CrossRail excavating a tunnel? Ah no, it's Winston turning rapidly in his grave.

I was joking, but glad you got the reference.