Rob

Try the link at the top of this page, or barring that, John (argentumandcoins), Stuart (coinery), Derek (redriley) or me on this forum. I don't think Clive (historiccoinage) has things this modern. Others - Michael Gouby, Colin Cooke, the list is endless. Apologies for anyone I've forgotten. You've forgotten yourself Rob (rpcoins). No I haven't.

Looks like you are throwing up after consuming one of those horrible blue designer drinks. Serves you right.

Try the link at the top of this page, or barring that, John (argentumandcoins), Stuart (coinery), Derek (redriley) or me on this forum. I don't think Clive (historiccoinage) has things this modern. Others - Michael Gouby, Colin Cooke, the list is endless. Apologies for anyone I've forgotten.

I need a Henry VII sovereign to tick the dragon mintmark box for the collection. It's a good job I can fill that slot for a mere £110K book in VF for the type IV. Better remember to do the lottery next Tuesday

My collection suddenly feels very inadequate.

And what a good choice that would be!! Don't trust this man. His name belies his true character. He accumulates farthings so prodigiously that you won't get a look in. Collect something else. I don't care what as long as it is something other than pennies - too many penny collectors at the moment.

You must have been collecting for a while now, so presumably you will soon decide what to specialise in. Farthings and fractionals by any chance?

I always take choice to mean that it has very good eye appeal. Choice for grade would probably be more accurate as it can apply to any grade.

I concur

Right about the too many. What was the attraction? I hate to think how many I would need to drink to pluck up the courage and purchase that one. Hey. That's a perfectly acceptable grade for a rare date. Mine isn't much better, if at all. We're not all stinking rich, you know! Right about the too many. What was the attraction? I hate to think how many I would need to drink to pluck up the courage and purchase that one. My one is so worn I like to upgrade...even the horrible pennies. I would like to get a top 69(wouldn't we all chaps ) The 71 was an example and I can get rid of the existing. Speckled Hen or no, I think that's a perfectly good example for the date. When I dealt I had no end of 1864's ranging from poor to VG+ - they were all snapped up. So an 1871 in Fine is not to be sneezed at. If I could afford a GVF or better example, I'd buy one. This one of those situations where I find the red felt in the bottom of the tray recess quite aesthetically pleasing. Anyway, I have an example of a bun head young features penny, so I'm sorted. Just the Minton required.

Right about the too many. What was the attraction? I hate to think how many I would need to drink to pluck up the courage and purchase that one.

I drive an asthmatic dog kennel. Keeps cutting out, the elastic band takes a long time to wind up and it starts to complain beyond 70mph. But it gets me from A to B A car salesman once commented that if I had waited two weeks I could have had a new reg car on 1st August. I replied that when I sold a car, nobody cared what reg. it was and I had never been asked how old it was either. 2 questions was the norm. First was it working, second how much MOT left on it? Usually I get rid when the engine dies.

It should say Ar or Arg for silver. I think it stands for Agent 999, who joined a hell of a lot later than James Bond The OP is correct. Ag (argentum) is the recognised symbol for the chemical element silver. I know that, but AFAIK the coin world has never used the chemical symbol for silver? Spink, for example, uses AR for silver. I'd never noticed that, probably because I don't generally collect silver coins! Better that AR incorrectly refers to silver than the chemically correct symbol for argon. You might find your investment disappears into thin air.

I concur. You have used a 5 where an s would have been more appropriate. This is a very helpful forum.

Rob you snob. We did the lounge,dining room and hall in laminate. We now have a cartoon dog. The first 20 strides he stays in the same place....especially when the front door is rung BTW I've just had a speckled hen with the remains of Fathers day brunch...trouble is it was the last one.....a cuppa then 40 winks looks on the cards. It isn't my house, just one I'm doing up. As it cost marginally more than laminate would have done, it should add to the resale value. The problem I have is that our kitchen yet again resembles a builder's yard. I recently moved a full kitchen out of our kitchen and fitted it - only to replace it with a couple cubic metres of wood.

The US one has been reduced from $85K. Maybe he thought that it was too much to ask .

They are consistently inconsistent. They also list the 1807 proof halfpennies, which were not Soho products, but made by Taylor much later. See my article in the 2007 BNJ showing how Taylor made the 1807 obverse die. The coin which provided the evidence is in the unlisted varieties section of the forum. They also list the 1848 godless florin, again a pattern, though one obverse and reverse design were eventually adopted. Golden rule - don't make rules because you will inevitably break them. Thanks Rob. It's good to know I'm not missing the obvious! A reasonable division could perhaps have be made between coins that were legal tender (currency & proofs) and those that weren't (patterns), but clearly this isn't the case. And the Petition and Reddite crowns, and the Cromwell coins which were never authorised by Act of Parliament, G3 five guineas, 1787 pattern shilling by Pingo - specifically noted as a pattern, Dorrien & Magens shilling - specifically order to be melted as they were unauthorised etc. etc. It's all over the place.

Getting replies out of the RM, museums or any academic institution is like getting blood out of a stone. I have literally dozens of questions somewhere in various institutions' inboxes which have been ignored. Rule of thumb appears to be if it can be answered without searching then ok, o/w forget it. This would be ok if the information could be obtained by some other method. Unfortunately, the status quo tells me that most things have been saved 'from the nation' as opposed to 'for the nation'. You could try an FOI request. Personally, I have found the RM museum to be worse than useless with a score of 0 in response to requests (7).

Yes, put it away and use a proper computer. iPhone pictures or any other taken on a mobile are usually too poor to be of much use.

First thing is don't clean it other than with soapy water if it is garden dirt. If it is silver and tarnished, leave it. Post a picture under 150kB using the attachment facility below the box you type into, or alternatively use a link to a hosting site such as Photobucket. When we can see what it is, we can better advise what to do.

Only a bottle of Old Speckled Hen for me. Oh, and I picked up a few tons of new solid oak flooring. Slight overkill for the house, but selling on the 80 sq.m we don't need should pay for the quantity we require.

They are consistently inconsistent. They also list the 1807 proof halfpennies, which were not Soho products, but made by Taylor much later. See my article in the 2007 BNJ showing how Taylor made the 1807 obverse die. The coin which provided the evidence is in the unlisted varieties section of the forum. They also list the 1848 godless florin, again a pattern, though one obverse and reverse design were eventually adopted. Golden rule - don't make rules because you will inevitably break them.

Did you make a note of any prices? I had bids on a few things, mostly farthings. There were some nice ones in the sale. Ahh so you were one of my competitors!! Quite possibly. Were you there, and which pennies caught your eye? I was there...but it was Rob's post I was responding to, I had my focus planted firmly on the farthings I came second on two, a bit short on a third and blown away on another. (farthings)

Trial in 4 languages. Spanish, English, German, French in the order on the coin.

I concur. Question for anyone. It says 999 silver. Is the 0.001% paint?