PINMAN

Agreed. Not exactly something that you'll come across, every day of the week.

Must've used quite a lot of pressure to achieve this effect, hence being out of shape, obviously. Oh well, you live and learn, and it didn't cost a fortune, thankfully.

I recently obtained this coin, and was just wondering if anyone else had ever seen such an error before, similar to this ?. Love how the reverse looks as if it says "Half a Penny". As you can see, it's fairly out of shape, and don't miss the part date repeat at the 4 o clock position.

Just imagine if you could,though.I can visualize the scene. shopkeeper....."Haven't you got anything smaller ?" .

A big thanks to all,for you replies.After several attempts,the following pictures,are the best that my lower end camera,could manage,i'm afraid. After reading your reply,i checked out the Royal Mint website,and this coin is in fact,a fake.The reverse should be three lions,for that particular year (1997). Other than that,i don't know how the vast majority of people could tell,that this coin isn't actually a genuine one.To me,it just looks like any other well circulated 90's coin.

Let's assume for a moment,that this coin actually isn't a fake.If that were the case,do you think that the miss alignment,would give it any real significant value ?. I'll try and provide some better pics,at some point tomorrow.

When you spin a Pound coin around,shouldn't the obverse and the reverse,both be the same way up ?.I have checked countless other £1 coins,but unfortunately,all the others that i currently have,are all different designs,to the coin in question,so i have nothing to compare it to.......although all the others do have both sides facing the same way up.This may well be the way,that this particular design was minted,but it doesn't hurt to enquire.Please observe the attached pic. Forgive the poor quality of the pic,but it should be good enough,to see what i'm going on about.

They do exist.....i received one in my change,today.First one i've seen,though.

The sellers name made me laugh.

Well,if it was me,i'd probably end up parting with them via an online auction,such as coins4u.net,or Ebay.Should you decide to do this,then groups of around 50 - 100,may be your best bet.

According to my book,20 pence each.Without meaning to be rude,i can imagine you having quite a tough time,trying to part with that many,if that is your intention.

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I agree,especially regarding the value,although it's still a nice piece to own,all the same,even though it's practically worthless.I personally believe,that having something like this as a standard feature for the first couple of years or so,would've been an excellent idea,especially since the change over caused tremendous confusion for some people,particually the older generation,who were so used to the old money....hence the appearence of the conversion charts,that were around at the time.

Whilst browsing through a stack of decimal coins,i came across the coin below.I was just curious as to whether anyone has seen this particular stamp before,or anything vaguely similar,even.Is it possible that this is a one off,or is it more likely to be one of many which exists ?.

Good job you did....obviously a forgery,at such a low starting price

Be sure to bid on this absolute (very RARE) bargain,and make certain that you bid a significant amount,so that no other bugger outbids you . Or,you could always go with the very cheap "Buy it now"option,just to be safe Link

Hi Chris.Your offer (plus covering the postage costs),is acceptable,but before we go ahead with this transaction,it may be worth me sending you a list of other bits that i'll be parting with,just in case there's something else that takes your fancy (or you can let me know what your currently after,if you prefer).I'll probably end up getting rid of the vast majority of it,since the money could be put to good use at this moment in time.I'm not too worried about parting with it,since i can always get back into this great hobby,once we've aquired the few essentials which we still need. BTW,if you'd like to see a few pics of these Halfcrows first,then that is no problem with me....just provide an address to where you'd like them sent,and i'll deal with it within the next few hours.There's none with holes,and nothing bent,either. Please PM me,when you get the chance.Thanks. Steve.

Hi all.I've got a grand total of 500 pre 47 Halfcrowns,which i intend to sell on Ebay,at some point within the next few days (don't really want to part with them,but we are moving in around a months time,so the money would come in very handy....(moving is a very expensive time,as you probably already know)).I would imagine that they'll sell for around £1 per peice,on average....maybe a little more if i'm lucky (the vast majority are around about fine condition....some a little better,some a bit worse,and nothing rare,either. What i'd like (if you would be so kind),is your opinion on how to sell such a vast amount of pre 47 Halfcrowns....any thoughts regarding this,would be very much appreciated.For example,how would you personally split this lot up ?.5 lots of 100 ?....10 lots of 50 ?....20 lots of 25 ?,or what. Also,what is the best way to protect myself,against to odd bugger,who may claim to have never received their coins ?...is standard Recorded delivery good enough ?.Before you answer that question,lets assume that i went with the 10 lots of 50,option....would i be covering myself okay ?. What if i was to include something simular to the following,within the auction....."Please note that all items are posted at buyers risk.I do not accept any responsibility,for items that may go missing in the mail. Bidding on my items,means you accept these terms".Is that a good idea,or would that actually put some people off of bidding (i do have a 100% positive feedback record,involving hundreds of transactions). Could someone tell me please,what the total weight would be,for 50 Halfcrowns.Thanks. I don't expect anyone to have all the solutions,regarding the above,but any little bit of advise,would be most welcome,and appreciated.

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I couldn't agree with you more.Having said that,i do admit to buying a few coins off of Ebay ( some good items,do show up from time to time),and although i've mostly been lucky with what i have purchased,there has been the odd occasion,when i've had the wrong coin sent to me (not the actual one pictured within the auction,even with "what you see,is the actual coin that you will recieve" stated.). First time this happened to me,i got a very generous discount....even though i would've prefered to have had the original coin pictured,since it was in a better grade,i was still more than happy with the outcome,with the saving i had made. The same situation came about once again,a few weeks later on,and this time,i was told to keep the coin which had been sent,and the correct one arrived a few days later on. Other things to worry about,include coin pics which have been darkened via a paint program,to hide the fact that it's been cleaned at some past point....and pics which have been sharpened too,to give an appearence of a better grade coin,than it actually is.I could go on and on,the list is almost endless. BTW,my sincere apologies,for taking this thread off topic.

It certainly must be something like that (the first couple of bids are possibly genuine),although i don't personally see the point in doing such a thing...since it's not really funny or entertaining in my opinion.

Sold for almost £400,for a single £1 coin.It's not exceedingly rare,just a common circulated coin which isn't worth anything...well,a quid,obviously.I can't understand what the attraction was.According to the seller,it was won at his local from a "deal or no deal" fruit machine.Surely you'd have to be half crazy,to spash out that sum of money on a next to worthless coin.Perhaps it's me who is missing the point,here ???.

You've obviously heard of the old saying about having more money than sense....well this auction certainly proves that point Link

I also say that the first one is the best of the bunch.Actually,the first one looks as if it's in a far greater condition than the third.....quite an amazing difference.I've often struggled to get reasonable results,partly due to the fact that i've only got a cheap lower end camera. I've found that if i move further back,and take some snaps,then zoom in via a paint program,i get far superior images than my previous efforts (not that i was all that close in the first place). Not that the above will apply to yourself,since your no doubt using far better equipment than i possess,but may be useful to somebody else,hopefully.

A big thanks to all,who have kindly provided me with some real useful information,i really am most grateful.I'd certainly like to have all the available info on these different varieties which exist,not only increase my knowledge of such coins,but also for the odd occasion,when i may come across something,when such available info,would prove to be useful. Having said that,i'm not too sure that i'd personally go out of my way,to hunt out such rare minor variants (or even unrecorded stuff)....but like i've said,it would no doubt come in handy from time to time.Thanks once again,to all for your time....i'll certainly check out the book suggestions.