Rob

Given this has now reached 7 pages, is there any way of indexing, or having sub-folders so that similar areas are grouped together? e.g. British Milled, British hammered, European, Tokens, Rest of World - obviously not exhaustive.

I had one once that was brass plated copper

I've noticed that rim nicks are not marked down by the US TPGs having seen and bought an MS64 in that state, as with the NGC slab above. However, in the former case that may have been a function of out of sight, out of mind because the plastic hid the edge defect and I didn't know until l got it out of the plastic. It was far more obtrusive than the nick seen above.

The US interest is probably pro-rata to the number of slabbed items. Many US coins in high grade are slabbed because the market dictates it. The bulk of British coins are not slabbed and so many Americans will not take the 'risk' of buying an unslabbed coin. Long may it stay that way, as it keeps decent quality at an affordable level. Another consideration is that Americans are collecting their own coins, but the market is just as healthy over there for Spanish American or other regions on account of their diverse immigrant populations. Relatively few are of British ancestry, and even that is ignored to be divided into English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish from conversations I have had in the past.

Says it all. The secret to any successful business is to have happy customers. When you return goods, the customer has already wrestled with the decision of shall I/shall I not return it and is likely to be less than happy at this point. I know I haven't bid with one auctioneer since they refused to accept the profusion of jewellers' rouge as evidence that it had been cleaned. And the person making the decision does know better

Found it.

There is a picture of them side by side somewhere on the forum, but I can't remember where I posted it. I'll have to see if I can find the original. Maybe 5-10% are straight 8s. They aren't that common.

You could if it was described as mint state or unc when it was manifestly worn, but graded anything less and you would struggle as it is a matter of opinion. I've rejected a coin for that reason, but it would have to be clear wear and not just loss of toning to the high points. At the end of the day we will all allow a bit of leeway, but a handful of auction houses do try and test the limit.

This is right up my street. The content will be really important if it contains any Royalist York coins as it might help in the dating of the various issues. The local events in 1643 may also help tie down the time it was buried. http://bcw-project.org/military/english-civil-war/midlands-and-east/lincolnshire-1643 Looking forward to the report.

Talking of Wood's patterns, was it you who bought the 6d in Bole?

Everybody knew that before the vote. It was even discussed on here.

Ah, I do that when a caller asks me if I need any windows. I'll just go and check..........................

Good news. They aren't that sharp. Seem to be getting daily calls from someone purporting to be from BT requesting email contact detail about the internet connection, which we don't have. Gave them another daily spammer's contact details info@kffln.com and Judith Carey if anyone can use them for wasting their time

Grueber & Keary, English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon 2 published in 1887 (reprinted 1970) lists a coin with identical readings. That is why I said an image of another example would be useful as they made copies of things in the BM around the turn of the 20th century. The Ready electrotypes of milled coins weighed the same as the original, being identified by an R on the edge - something that is not possible with a flan as thin as a hammered penny. Modern copies of hammered coins tend to be noticeably thicker than the original however. I couldn't find anything doing a past auction search, but that is not altogether surprising given the number of rare to unique examples of a specific die pair.

The full mint reading shouldn't put you off. The shorter the name the more likely it is that the mint signature will be longer, but the whole is dependent on the spacing used by the engraver. IOLA, DORR and SCVLA are often encountered with full readings, but so are longer names such as STIRCOL and ARNCETEL. Examples are also known where the mint reads EOFERPICC, the last letter repeated to ensure there was no vacant space. I don't have any images of a STIRCOL ON EOFERPIC, so can't say if it agrees with an existing die pair, but unless there is something obviously wrong such as weight or thickness, I would think it was ok. Obviously any copy would likely be an exact replica of what is probably a unique die.

One gilt 'Soho pattern' a few years ago was a painted currency Christmas bauble. I told them, they disagreed, I said I was going home. Their minder asked if I wanted to leave any bids. . Silly man. I walked out and bought a York halfcrown from Lloyd Bennett instead.

Perhaps this thread should be deleted given the evidence?

If it was a penny it would have been well known decades ago. Victorian groats don't float many boats.

Looks like a straight 1848 to me. https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/lot-archive/lot.php?department=Coins&lot_id=227791

G over sideways G on an 1848 groat obverse die. A quick perusal of past auctions came up with one other example of this obverse - DNW 107, lot 849, but that was paired with an 1848/6 die according to the description. So two new varieties unless anyone knows otherwise? Nick, Vicky?

I'd melt both

I'm not sure why they continue to list them. I returned it because they were cinquefoil stops. A couple others I have seen advertised as stars were also cinquefoils in hand. Cinquefoils were introduced in 1844, so any stars would have to be old collars used at a later date. I think it is possible that wear or fill has resulted in the misattribution. Hocking doesn't list any collars, so that is unhelpful, but given it would require the collar to be used in conjuction with an 1845 obverse, the regnal date on the edge being VIII in both instances, the best and probably only way of resolving this may be a ruling from the Royal Mint - if the information exists.

That's because general consensus is that they probably don't exist. I've never seen one and have never heard of a legitimate one. I bought one at auction which was returned, not as described. Significantly, Lingford didn't have one.

The same applied to Briot's coinage prior to the Civil War. It appears that getting the weight right was a perennial problem.

The only way people can go against the establishment is to put their money where their mouth is. If you want a healthy local economy (which is what most of the protest votes are about), you have to support it. That means not having strawberries with your Christmas dinner, buying goods produced within your country and not necessarily demanding the cheapest option, i.e. using the five pound shop and not Poundland. Isolationist and protectionist as it is, there aren't enough jobs to go around because of production efficiencies and labour costs, but that is the goal that people want even if they can't articulate it. A truly healthy local economy (and people do mostly live in a local vacuum) has a workforce that is close to full employment. Money generated within communities that can be used by the same people so that nobody feels left behind. In that environment it also defuses the immigration issues because virtually everyone is doing passably well. It is this sense of community that globalisation has largely killed off.