Peckris 2

The florin and shilling would still be with us if the Mint hadn't reduced the size in 1992 and 1990.

That's very naughty. As you say, a modern replica 'aged'. It's not even a proper George V penny altered (e.g. 1935) which people are willing to pay up to £200 for in order to fill a gap.

You have done very very well! Edward VII halfcrowns in high grades are worth good money. Let me get the least valuable out of the way first: the two 1902 coins might just about get £100 each, the 1910 perhaps £250, though more to the right buyer. All but two of the others - 1906/7/8/9 - would be worth at least £300-£400 each, maybe more if we could see bigger pictures (the difference between EF and Uncirculated is the difference between e.g. £300 and £700). Now for the best news: the 1904 - if nearer to UNC than EF has got to be worth well over £1000. The 1903 is the rarest (after 1905 which you don't have); it may have been cleaned, but should still be worth between £1500 and £2500, though it would be good to see bigger pictures. Can you post a larger picture of each coin? You'll need to make several posts to get round the size limit for each separate post.

Anyone got a link to it?

Two of those ARE shillings - the 5p and the Irish shilling.

It's less than VF in my book, but who cares with a rarity like that!

Strangely, the 1806 is so so common in lower grades but much scarcer than the penny and farthing in top grades.

He's never run short of food even once in his pampered life!

I agree with Richard and Jerry - there's nothing there that couldn't be accounted for by a difference in grade or die wear, or an infinitesimal recutting of the tiniest details.

Tip: place the coin GENTLY into the dip for ONLY TEN SECONDS. retrieve gently and rinse thoroughly in clean water, then dab dry gently with a clean lint-free cloth. If that doesn't remove all the discoloration, learn to live with it.

I would say Poor/NF The reason it's so worn is that no silver was struck for currency between 1758 and 1816 (you can forget rarities like the Northumberland shilling, and the 1787 shillings and sixpences were special issues for certain banks customers which is why so many exist in high grade as they mostly didn't circulate). So the poor old George II shillings got so much use before 1816 that it's no wonder they got worn!

Thanks. Your latest pictures are much better, and I'd say your coin is not a problem - it's struck slightly off centre, but that's not unusual for early milled.

I agree - it looks kosher so probably a misdiagnosed denomination. But I'd say $150 is still B bit on the steep side for the most common 2/6 in the series.

What denomination is it? Difficult to comment without knowing the size of it. I would guess 6d but if you could enlighten us...?

So what's King Kenny all about???

Nice to see another Liverpool supporter on here!

Unusual to see a token with the king's head?

Good Fair / Fine + There's not enough hair detail on the obverse to rate as F

If you're in Preview on a Mac, go into the Tools menu, then Adjust size...

Yes please - PM me.

Looking at the size of the legend characters I would say it's a farthing (though not so easy to tell from an angled picture) . A halfpenny is just a bit smaller than the later florin, the farthing is roughly the size of a 6d.

Definitely a halfpenny. The easy way to tell is to look at the size of the legend characters in relation to Victoria's bust - on the halfpenny they're proportionately much bigger than on the penny.

Strange. To my eyes the treated coin is DARKER.