Rob

Usually, modern things that are off-centre are struck without a collar. What's the edge like?

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I know the forum software doesn't like more than one link in a post, but I'm not sure if it takes previous links into consideration.

As a bit of a solipsist, I have no problems personally you would associate with a herd mentality. People? Take 'em or leave 'em depending on how I perceive them as individuals, starting from the principle that most people are decent.

Stuart. I don't think it really matters what insignia are on the planes - there will always be goodies and baddies irrespective of the identifying mark. Replace Germans or whatever with mushrooms and eventually the mushroom will be synonymous with evil. Human nature looks for something or someone to rally round. Safety in numbers or herd mentality, call it what you will, against the enemy or danger that must be there and is the default position. As desirable as it may be, it will take a great deal to change opinions despite the events of WW2 being 70-80 years ago. A few years ago, my wife (who is German) looked after an autistic Jewish child on a one to one basis. The family were great, but when it came to taking the child to school it was a different matter. A large number of children were at a loss. Obviously conditioned to think ill of anybody German, she was looked on with great suspicion despite the attempts by teachers and the head to explain that she was doing good. If you don't have broad minded parents, you are unlikely to achieve a balanced view from your ethnic or religious group in your school, social club or place of worship as these were often formed to create a rallying point for the culture or the 'oppressed'. Part of any nation's culture is remembering the historical wrongs done to your people as it provides a glue to maintain the group. Putting the past in the context of the time is hard. Being outward looking and treating everyone the same is even more difficult as it will inevitably be at the expense of your group's cohesiveness.

Looks like 6+G, but the pictures aren't the best.

There are no die numbers on halfpennies. A few 1862 halfpennies were struck with letters by the lighthouse, but numbers were only used on some 1863 pennies, silver (2/-, 1/- & 6d) from 1864 -1879 and gold from 1863 - 1874 sovereign and 1863-1871 half sov.

Legends and dates are frequently seen overcut. This was done to either change an old die to the current date, or to recut blocked characters. With use, a die becomes blocked with compacted rubbish - usually metal dust from the act of striking. As the die is otherwise ok, i.e. not cracked, recutting letters allows it to have further use, thus saving on the expense of a new die. It is particularly common in the Victorian period.

Given the legitimate owner, I think you can safely assume they have been researched. Conspiracy theory says it was Scottish Nationalists , after all, it was the Scottish coins that were stolen, not the English.

It's not that simple. An idea of the target together with approximate numbers to each section is as follows: Persons in whose name a coin was struck, including the episcopal issues. - 250 Denominations - 130 Metals used including the various degrees of fineness or debasement - 50 Examples of an attributed designer' handiwork - 190 (This is the one with the largest prospect for expansion) Initial or privy mark including overmarks - 330 Mint locations - 150 Miscellaneous which includes errors, metal sources, minting techniques etc. - 90 This list makes some sections difficult to complete without duplication, and in some case impossible. eg. the 26 new designers used for the Olympic 50ps are on coins with the same basic obverse as are most of the decimal issues. There are a number of mints which only existed for a short time which coincided with historical events. These will also be impossible to complete without duplication.

I don't have a main focus area. That's the point of the collection. Anything which offers variation in design is acceptable from Celtic through to the present, but although I try not to duplicate, sometimes it is necessary to have different years with the same basic design. e.g. the maundy reverses are essentially unchanged for nearly two centuries, but occur with a reamped obverse every time the monarch is replaced. I will confess to being unable to completely break up the Soho G3 halfpenny section and so only disposed of approx.30 pieces with the aim of having an example of each Peck type (DH1, DH2 etc). The cast -offs were examples in different metals of the same design.

Me, specialising...............in diversity The ultimate oxymoron.

I don't understand P&Ms. They aren't rare, or at least some aren't, but invariably go for silly money. I used to have one in gVF which was a bit short, so sold it as I couldn't live with it given most are full. Lo and behold the price then rocketed, to the extent that I couldn't even buy a VF one for what I sold it for. I know the facing busts are a novelty and it is unusual to have a foreign monarch on a British coin, but these prices are simply dumb.

The content is appropriate, but spelling/grammatical mistakes suggest there might be a Grauniad influence - Dailly and enterence, full stop after Shock, capital A in Auction should be lower case and Isis is a proper noun, thus requiring a capital letter. Apart from that it's fine.

Surely with the above spelling, you are referring to the Grauniad. The Dailly(sic) Mail usually gets the spelling right, but then spoils it by trotting out scaremongering drivel.

Just the odd stupid question? Don't hold back because nobody will mind.

Sovereigns will be worth bullion value as a minimum, currently sitting at just under £185 each, for any half sovereigns divide by 2. The coppers are worth about £3-4 per kilogram scrap - not collectable in that condition. The badly worn silver will be worth melt only. Up to 1919 it is 0.925 and from 1920-46 is 0.500. Anything later will be cupro-nickel (see coppers value) and only really worth a premium to scrap if in uncirculated condition.The Victorian silver will be worth a bit more, and I see a pile of halfcrowns which again the value will depend on condition and dates.

But with the hole is only worth melt or thereabouts.

Does anyone know how much the Middleton/Ryan/Bullmore piece sold for off Roddy's last list? Just wondering as this isn't the same as an auction.

Me too. The last one (15 months ago) went for 56 all in, but the portrait wasn't double struck. Most legends have a bit of double striking, but that doesn't detract as much as a d/s portrait.

No, don't think so. They mostly have edges like this, and the thought of sticking 120g of silver around your neck on a piece of hairy string wouldn't be very comfortable.

Does anyone know where this has come from? I don't have a catalogue with it in, or at least not illustrated. Plenty of others though. How come this is in unlisted varieties? It's Morrieson 1643 A-2 dies and Hawkins type 5, so we're about 170+ years behind the times. I haven't checked Snelling (1762) yet.

I think that £50K is a case of hype. The obverse has a considerable amount of double striking in obvious places - King's leg, horse's head. That won't help the price.

And conveniently fuzzy images to disguise the WRL.

The clarity of the legend seems at odds with the poor relief which is universally dire. You rarely see a sovereign with so little relief, particularly as the date 1925 is not too far from the end of the period when they circulated. Also, why does the extra bit have a crescent around it. It's almost like a cast was made and the extras dropped into a preprepared hole on the 'die'. It's one to avoid methinks.