Peckris 2

1882 were nearly all minted by Heatons and therefore carry the H - a few were minted in London (just to test the new electronic presses?) and are very rare. I'm baffled by the George III coins though - pennies weren't minted until 1797, "cartwheel" type. There's no 1773 or 1775 pennies, but there were halfpennies which are noticeably smaller than bun pennies unlike your 1773. The 1775 looks very wrong and is probably an 'evasion' type, i.e. a contemporary forgery produced in the US. The 1773 "penny" looks more like a genuine halfpenny should apart from the size , but is also probably wrong - REX is wider spaced than on a genuine example.

It's just that the "penny" goes back such a long way - from the denarius (the d of £sd), through the stater, and through medieval times to the present day. It's still the basic curreny unit below 'pound', but the 1p piece is a poor descendant.

I believe their local council is to rename Wells-next-the-Sea as Wells-in-the-Sea?

I agree about getting rid of the coppers, they're completely useless now. However... I'd still like to see one of our coins being called a "penny"! Not the 5p of course, as kids would get quite confused that "5 pence = 1 penny". Perhaps we could have a new denomination called a 'penny' - any ideas?

Here is a gold coin with a similar obverse: https://www.baldwin.co.uk/product/atrebates-regini-eppillus-gold-quarter-stater/ I'm afraid my knowledge of these is almost zero.

The one that awarded double votes at the Round Table??

I'm happy to go with that. I do realise that politically I'm in the minority here, but most of you guys don't have a problem with it.

The other thing you have to consider is that what's left of the H has been artificially rubbed away on a worn penny in modern times, then the whole coin distressed in order to hide what was done.

His constituency is Newark apparently. I wonder if Kemi Badenoch has reflected on possible anagrams that could be made...?

The problem with those H buns is that being so close to the edge, the H is much more prone to wear than the date digits. I've lost count of "wrong" 1882 pennies offered for sale as "no H " pennies!

If oldcopper can provide a link to the conversation he mentioned above, then I'm quite prepared to read it and to apologise if it's appropriate, i.e. if what he says is true. However, I've received nothing but vitriol from him in the past, but I don't expect him to admit that. I've only ever blocked one member of these forums. He knows who he is.

I'll try that for the forums where it happens. Most work normally though.

In some forums - e.g. Items for Sale - I was paging through endless supposedly unread topics (the "Next unread topic" button was at the bottom of every topic which should only be there for actual unread topics). Eventually - after wondering why so many people were selling stuff - I noticed the dates of each topic were a few years old! Has there been a software change very recently?

I saw most of his Davos speech - honestly, it was just a raving ramble complaining about everyone except his own team, yet claiming ridiculous false achievements in his first year.

Unless his full name was Harold Trumpsson?

What's not showing is the faint scuffs on the obverse where it was probably rubbed at some time. Probably affected the price?

I'm not seeing the images in any of your posts. All I get is a large black square with an X top right to close it, and a small broken square in the centre.

Interesting posts, though absolutely nothing to do with Brexit!

I picked this up for about £200 over 20 years ago: I wouldn't rate it as a thousand pound coin but should be well over what I paid!

Hi. It's this one, identified by @1887jubilee as one of many (minor) patterns of 1887 silver: It's the 6d on the left - note the far 7, and the first 8 with a higher 8 beneath it referred to as a "horned 8" on one example in an auction lot.

George IV crowns aren’t so very hard to find and are much cheaper than William IV (the hardest).

The 1897 dot penny, and the 1946 ONE' penny were given prominence in an early issue of Coin Monthly (beginning of 1968?), and are arguably the most collectable - ironically caused by their comparative lack of rarity therefore giving collectors a better chance to own one.

There's any number of online HEIC > JPEG converters.

Type collections don't just contain common coins!! (I speak from experience..). Also, I do have date runs for a few favourite series, e.g. George V halfcrowns 1927-1936, and bronze pennies 1895-1967, though I don't lose any sleep at all over the odd gap such as 1914 in UNC, but I would love a high grade 1946 ONE' penny so I do take your point about filling gaps. But as I say, I really don't lose sleep over most gaps I have.

how weird, I'm sure I just replied to this, but where is my reply???