Rob

The first side is self explanatory, the second if it is a Baldwin ticket would list the people the coin had been offered to and may include the person from who it was acquired. I suspect FM43023 is the source from which it was acquired, but can't think of anyone or any sale it could refer to. 762 would then be the number of the Baldwin client to whom the coin was offered. But it's possible it was 762 the coin was acquired from and FM..... was something else like a stock number?

I think they are the same dies. Same number of inner circle beads on the RHS from the top right point of the shield to the D (this section not double struck on either coin), same distance of the lettering relative to the inner circle where not double struck), additional small flaw RHS of the St. George's cross horizontal bar and the same sharply cut off point on the centre of the top of the Irish shield.

Add £1.20 for a signature.

Rather disturbingly, he has only listed it as 'Scarce', so God knows how many are out there.

Peck 730

thanks

Hi. Anyone have a copy of BHM for the reference number? 38mm dia, weight including clip 22.28g. Struck in Tin. Thanks.

Can it be genuinely described as a mule? There is nothing wrong with using a proof die for currency once the proof run has finished as you would expect to have a perfectly good die that could be used again. You certainly wouldn't deface the fields to produce a 'current' die.

End of the war and surplus capacity? Presumably Heaton and KN diverted resources to war work from 1914-18. But a universal shortage of labour as men were either conscripted or volunteered might also be a reason. Did both Birmingham mints have presses that had been temporarily sitting idle, but could be used while the RM equipment was repaired, given the large output and reduced servicing during the war years. Did H & KN strike coins incognito during the war years using RM dies? I don't know the answers, but if anyone can shed light on the wartime operations at the various locations it would help.

What does companies house say about the company's business and trading figures for say 1990-1995, assuming that the company name is mentioned somewhere in the magazine. Annual returns on file might shed some light on their financial situation. Any director resignations leading up to the time in question?

It also looks as if they are using a common shipping/tracking system with automatic flagging up to the receiving country once entered into the system rather than examining packets individually because it says they will notify you when it arrives in the uk. It's only possible because you have an account which you can settle via email. Phoning card details wouldn't work.

Forget that. Suddenly seems to work, but no idea why.

Can anyone remember what the sequence is to get the registration pending removed so you can bid? It's still f*ing useless

Looks like someone made a hole and then plugged it.

Drop my what a line?

I'm surprised at the low number of 1918Hs. Even allowing for the large number of H & KNs extracted by this time, the presence of a large number of 1919s makes the data seem a little skewed.

Something that doesn't seem to have been mentioned previously is that the 1960s decade was a period of flux in this country and the Empire/Commonwealth countries. Although India parted in 1947, it was Ghana in 1957 that really set the ball rolling, with most countries gaining independence in the next 10-15 years, which coincided with new currencies and therefore issues. As many countries used the Royal Mint to supply their new coinage, blanks for these issues could be a possible source of many off-metal strikes. A lot of currencies are nominally similar in diameter and weight to our own currency, so as long as we are talking about regular metals - bronze, Cu-Ni etc, there is a distinct possibility that they were genuine mint errors.

Yes, or as trials.

There are a few double obvs and revs before this. e.g. The Anne halfpennies for both sides, the W3 third iss. dbl obv. 1/2d and the Chas.1 1676 dbl rev P490

It's easier just to look up

I've always offered them separately if requested. £20 for the predecimal and £7 for the decimal - the latter is particularly popular given the number of modern collectors.

That's a bonus for the astute, and applies across the board for all TPGs. I've bought dozens of wrong labels

Like any other TPG, you buy the coin and not the label.

Yes. What about them?

I have difficulty believing double obverses or reverses were errors because you only see the odd example. On a production run you will make a good number before making the discovery that you have cocked up. They would then be left with the choice of extracting the offending pieces, or letting them pass into the system. Probably more pertinent is that the die will usually have replaced a failed/worn out die, so with the knowledge that you need to replace the obverse (or reverse), you will actively seek a similar replacement. Putting two of the same in the machine is therefore only likely to happen at the very start of a run. The best chance of having double anything is when the press is initially set up for the desired striking conditions, i.e. force applied.