Rob

That's quite an old Viz. I recall that advert being posted on here 5 or 6 years ago, maybe more.

This gives cause for thought and needs a careful looking at. https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/world-coins/great-britain-george-iii-1-2-penny-1774-ms64-red-and-brown-ngc-/a/271912-36390.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515 A small attempted piercing(?) by the rim at 6 o'clock below the date and in a 64 slab. The shadow says it is probably twice as high as the datal figures deep. That's too much for a flaw, which in any case looks too round for my liking.

Try hearts. The Hanoverian shield has hearts on it as noted on the 1787 coinage, so would be appropriate for anything commencing with G1.

I wonder who is sitting on them? But I suppose one or two fits the criteria of any number........

It's horses for courses, as someone somewhere will like it whether it is dipped, retoned, cleaned or whatever. Last weekend at Wakefield I had a guy visit the table who was upset that he had a coin that he'd tried to clean, scratched it, and now couldn't find a buyer or even give it away (I also refused to accept it at no cost). He had come to find an uncirculated replacement coin he could clean. When I pointed out the error of his ways, he said he likes his coins to have a nice shine. I guess there's nothing wrong with trashing value if you have no intention of selling - ever.

Does anyone have any knowledge of the missing moneyer's name for the attached? The obverse die is Allen 138 with a distinctive fleur arrangement, raised right eyebrow and angled collar. However, this die is used at Canterbury, paired with a RICARD ON CAN reverse. Unfortunately only the mint signature LINC is visible, meaning this is a rare use of a Canterbury die at Lincoln. A potential explanation lies in the Pipe Rolls for 25 Henricvs II (1178-1179) which note that the moneyers of Canterbury travel to various places throughout the year (Lincoln not specifically mentioned) at a cost of 27s.2d (Allen, BMC, London 1951 p.cviii), along with three other die and moneyer movements. Interestingly, one of these was the Ipswich moneyer, Robert, who was at Northampton at this time, was taken to Lincoln at a cost of 6s. What was happening in Lincoln in 1178-9? Allen doesn't provide an explanation for this movement other than a suggestion it might be in connection with the new coinage introduced in 1180, but without evidence, it is only speculation. Equally, a similar movement could have taken place at some other time. A significant event in Lincoln, preferably with either the King and/or the church hierarchy present would be good corroborative evidence for this movement. Anyone?

It stinks here. The moon is red and the air is like everyone is having a bonfire. It's over a dozen miles away as the crow flies, but the smoke is everywhere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-manchester-44612761/stalybridge-and-dove-stone-fire-moorland-reignites

Looks like some nutter has set fire to Saddleworth Moor again. Two days of sunshine doesn't make for drought conditions, and although it can burn underground for a long time, I can't see it being smouldering remains from last summer.

What will happen when the 52% who voted leave and are being told they must change their mind, don't? I think most are pretty p'd off already. This whole affair has been plagued by a parliament that is working its collective b******s off to ensure they don't do as instructed. Essentially, the decision to leave has been hijacked by 600 MPs. Maybe it would be better if some members claimed political asylum in the EU seeing as they hold the EU closer to their heart than their desire to represent the wishes of the people. Whatever, I can't see the current system surviving as you were, and think there is a serious possibility of political anarchy in the short term with only the schizophrenic SNP (want to leave a union/don't want to leave a union) and the Lib Dems who will support anything European remaining intact as coherent units. The entire political structure is on the point of breaking, if it hasn't done so already.

Thanks. So 'This PC' has replaced 'My Computer'? Why bother unless to deliberately obfuscate?

Does anybody know of a replacement program for 'My Computer' in Windows 10 that I can get to download now that facility no longer exists? I'm trying to access a CD, but didn't realise that you can no longer see your drives. Serves me right for up downgrading.

But what is its value? Can't be 0 as its very existence precludes the square root of nothing.

I reckon the A is a commemorative issue in recognition of the naval landing on Rockall in the summer of 1862, i.e. it's a tent, with the lighthouse an artistic impression of planned development.

So that means there will be two economies, the legal documented one and the black one. Who would have thought that the Italian way of life would come out tops courtesy of Brussels?

This is bad enough to elicit a moan as it is precisely things like this that lead to ever higher numbers on slabs. Overgraded items languish in their slabs to the end of time, whereas those with a chance of receiving a higher grade are broken out and resubmitted. How this got anywhere near a 60+ number escapes me, but it only encourages the resubmission of a less bad example to try for a 64 or 65 label. From the next DNW sale, a 63 slabbed P1051. https://www.dnw.co.uk/auctions/catalogue/lot.php?auction_id=507&lot_id=50957 And my EF example of the same type, which I would contest, wins every time.

Same dies, but mine is the later one of the two. On my reverse the flaws across Britannia's stomach are branched, whereas the slabbed one is a single line.

Of course he knows it's a fake. The 22g weight is mentioned so he can claim he wasn't trying to deceive - but just couldn't resist leaving the temptation to the ignorant that it might just be real.

None? Any more is a slippery slope.

Not sure it's deliberate. The catalogue illustrated shows the Scottish first issue of Charles I on which the King is unconventionally facing right. The one time where the left-right alternation doesn't apply because it's facing the same direction as the James I Scottish coinage. The real faux pas is the failure to correctly identify the reverse. Scottish reverses have two Scottish arms against the English one.

Stewartby notes on p.332 that varieties exist missing either I, n or V from Henricvs, but doesn't mention rarity - however, it is likely there would not be more than 1 or 2 dies of each of these.

Does anyone else think the recent changes to the DNW online catalogue viewing has been a retrograde step? You used to be able to click on a full screen link and magnify images such that they literally filled the screen. However, digital 'progress' now means it is blown up within a hopelessly small area covering a fraction of the screen, which makes viewing considerably more difficult.

I deleted the images to stop clogging up the thread. I originally added them to prove the upload facility was functioning properly.

Presumably it would have been similar to the 1910 patterns engraved by A G Wyon, unless it was decided they were inappropriate for whatever reason and together with minimal demand for the denomination in everyday life, the crown was dropped.

When I drag images into the attachment area, as long as the total size doesn't exceed 500kB, then it will accept as many as you want to add. e.g. see attached. Is it a compatibility problem?

You won't find any expansion on the generic full reading in North. There are many legend combinations in this period, so the best you can do is a lot of reading looking at as many past sales as possible, with Lockett, Montagu, Ryan, Dangar, Fletcher and other important named sales a good stating point. Small sales are likely to have a description of reign, denomination and type only. North 1383 states trefoil left, mullet right of shield. You are wrong about quatrefoil in your OP - it is a trefoil. There is a shortage of readily accessible references for gold of this period. Brooke, (NC 1930) discusses the quarterly marking in connection with the pyx trials, but only gives the generic legend. I don't think you need pay too much attention to the mis-spellings seen in this series, as they appear to be common. According to Stewartby, FRANC is the normal spelling, FRAC & FRAN are unusual. Anecdotally, EXALT/EXCVLT etc together with their various readings are very much 'think of a combination'. Mistakes are frequently seen. Sorry, I haven't compiled a corpus of Henry V gold, so can't be specific on varieties.