Rob

Yes. Super coin. It was Nicholson 207. It seems to have spent most of its time living with the wrong attribution. Wrongly described as a thin flan in the Seaby Bulletin in 1982 and 1983, it was bought by Nicholson who recognised it for what it is (thick flan). It was bought by Stone in Nicholson's sale, then went through London Coins in the following November when he sold up. It came on the market again in Dec. 2005 where it was once again described as a thin flan, an attribution that helped my cause immensely as it sold for nearly £1K less than it went for in Nicholson. Doubles all round.

That's a bit better than average

Someone was having fun at the mint. It isn't a hole milled out and a farthing dropped in place because you have farthing and penny detail intermingled. So it looks like someone took a farthing die and gave it a clout with the penny underneath. I note there is no picture showing the other side, which I suspect might provide incriminating evidence.

But it isn't silver?

This requires a toned hammered silver thread. Blame Paulus for the restricted fayre.

A scan that didn't look totally flat.

One more. A P834.

That's your lot for now as other than similar types, none of the others are uploaded to photobucket and I can't be a****d to do them at the moment.

And finally a Godless Florin. It has gone now because of the rim nick and other marks, but ticked the pretty box.

Cromwell shilling

A pleasing OH shilling.

1805 silver pattern halfpenny. This was harder to find than I expected.

1966 Foley pattern crown

Frome Selwood one shilling token

1848 florin pattern with ONE DIME reverse.

1888 double florin

1807 silver proof halfpenny

P1372 silver proof 1806 halfpenny

1820 shilling

How do you get rid of this stupid /url at the end of the picture?

I see 9 cars. 2 old, 7 new, and presumably all very expensive to buy. I like the concept of a steam powered car though.

Christ. That's a job and a half. (sic) you don't have to reply.

It might imply there will be some VIPs for interested parties. Is there going to be any big celebration in Belgium?

An awful lot of silver gets dipped and the earlier the coin the more it tones and the more likely it is to get dipped. A vicious circle. Personally I think cleaning or dipping to excess should be made a hanging offence. If people don't like toning, then walk away and leave the coins to someone who will appreciate the aesthetics. The toning will obviously reflect the surroundings and general environment. 1787 shilling below.

Colin got it from Peter Viola, who in turn got it from Spink. It was listed in the Circular in 1992 and was previously in Spink sale 16 lot 824. The vendor in 1981 probably got it from Baldwins as it doesn't appear to have surfaced in an auction prior to that.