Rob

Looks to me like anything will pass the audition.

Impossible to say with that angle with a small image. You need as big as possible and perpendicular to the coin.

There is no reason why any digit or letter should not be recut. In the Victorian era, dies were regularly reinforced by repunching a letter to 'unblock' letters. A 3 would be no different in this regard. It is important not to get too hung up over repunched letters which are not errors, just a normal feature when taken in context.

Happy birthday. Am I missing a do at your place because it's like the Marie Celeste on this forum today?

Maybe a Cartwheel Penny or Twopence. You won't pick up an Anne farthing or Gothic Crown in suitable grade to rate as an iconic piece for under £1K.You might also include an example of an 1860 bun head bronze coin; an example of the last pre-decimal issue; a Saxon or medieval penny and finally a pre-recoinage shilling. The problem with iconic coins is that they tend to cost more than £1K because of what they are. Chickens and eggs spring to mind.

Quite normal. When I turn in sometime between 2 and 3, Scott takes over for the night shift.

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