Rob

Phishing bots must be scraping the barrel. Today, website visitor numbers are up 4800% on the normal 50-100 per day.

There has long been a discussion about whether the William I PAXS pennies were the last issue of William I or the first issue of William II. Pax issues were usually issued at the start of the reign, so this would increase the number of W2 coins dramatically, if true. Unfortunately person(s) who deposited the Beaworth hoard didn't leave an accurate time stamp for the deposition.

IMO it is only worth considering a difference between a proof and VIP proof if the latter was presented to a known and named VIP. You basically have an above average strike with any issue and the RM will give the best ones (or any first strikes) to the people highest up the social order of eligible recipients. So Charles is guaranteed a visually perfect example, whilst you and me are not important enough for them to care. However, if there are sufficient above average examples, then you would expect to see trickle-down. Whatever is out there is by default the norm for any issue.

It's random. The only things rejected with greater frequency seem to be those with an attachment

HENRI ON CANT who only operated at Canterbury in 6b,c,d & 7a,b,c according to North. It isn't a 6b, so Henry III. Wrong style lettering for 6c & d. So class 7. Wrong portrait for 7a. Wrong beard for 7b except for 7bD, but here no flat topped A. So class 7bD or 7cA by my reckoning. If you exclude the flat topped A criteria, then 7bD would be a better fit than 7cA as it looks coarser than the Canterbury 7cA in North.

God knows

That worked, but haven't posted for a few days. If this works, it might be hanging up on the timestamp

Russia?

No idea. I wouldn't have thought so given he joined the mint 64 years ago. He was retired when he came to us and gave a talk, and that was over 7 years ago

Get Graham Dyer's opinion on them. Although not there at the time of striking (joined in 1961), there isn't a great deal he doesn't know. He is still in contact with the RM museum, and it would be right up his street. They would communicate your enquiry to him, assuming he is still in good health. (Haven't spoken for a few years when he picked up on a separate enquiry I made to them, and he was able to contact me and help update my records and therefore knowledge with a piece I wasn't aware of). I would take his word as close to gospel as anyone's.

Ditto

But this post has just worked fine.

It seems to work sometimes and not others. On Saturday it was impossible to reply to the Oasis post, but today was fine. But when I tried to edit it, I couldn't, because forbidden reared it head again.

No, we live on a nice quiet cul-de-sac where houses change hands every 5 or 10 years. All bar 4 of the houses have the same residents as when we moved in 43 years ago in 1982/3. It's near the main roads but a little patch of forgotten Prestwich and on the road to nowhere. In the few months at the end of 82 when we moved in, 4 houses changed hands due to the original owners passing. They had all lived there for 45 years. None of those houses has subsequently sold. For years, Jim in no 4 was the newcomer (moved in 1987), but since then a couple more original residents have passed and the other one has changed hands a couple times. No incentive to move. No interruptions, burglaries are measured on a unit/multi-decade basis. We've had one on the street since we moved in and the wife saw off a potential offender trying to get into our patio door with a well directed plant pot. In her best Deutschlish (she hadn't been in the country very long) - VOT ARE YOU DOING?! GO AVAY! as she lobbed an offensive cactus at them. Happy days. It has served us well. Great for bringing up kids because the street is a safe play area, and all the houses have reasonable gardens being 30's builds.

To expand - a few beers, a packet of cigars and a garden chair to recline in. Happy days. The lyrics and music were crystal clear. Saved myself a few hundred quid there. Just need more beers for tomorrow's concert.

Just listening to the free Oasis concert tonight in Heaton Park. Good audio as it is only 3/4 mile away. Richard Ashcroft is currently performing, so waiting for the main act to come on. The house cost 23K 43 years ago, but we've probably had that much back in ticket costs over the period. Tried to post this at 7:45, but kept getting a forbidden message whichever way I tried, but now works for some reason.

I'm getting a forbidden trying start a topic on the free Oasis concert in Heaton Park tonight. But strangely, not now? Why would this be a timing thing at some point during the day?

If your coins sing to you, I suggest you go and see a nice man in a white coat. There is a medical treatment for symptoms such as this.

He does have some very nice pieces and has studied this in great depth. I'm hoping he might produce a book. I'll ask him when when we go for a beer in the next 2 or 3 weeks. Honest man, just your typical nerd who gets transfixed on a certain topic and lets it run.

Many hammered coins have an area of weakness unless it's a clean even strike. Small areas of weakness are quite normal. It really depends on what the flat surfaces look like under a glass. Abrasions are quite distinguishable.

A clear case of the tail wagging the dog.

Low estimates also help ensure the lots sell. Having to relist the lots at a lower estimate in the next sale is a pain in the ass for an auctioneer, and means the same lot twice, which raises the question in a buyers mind as to what was wrong with the coin for it not to sell. .

H. I suggest you pick up an old copy of Coins of England. This would give you a good heads up on what you have, as many types/varieties are illustrated in life size pictures, and would also allow you to do some preliminary investigations. It doesn't have to be the latest, as the only prices that have gone through the roof are the top end coins or anything in high grade for the type. The type itself is mostly what you need to know. A worn coin will always be that, and price wise typically not something for an investor mentality. There are few exceptions to this broad rule.

Yep. Portraits, Britannia, letters and numerals look normal. Just a typical corroded detector find.

Today was quite busy at Huddersfield with a rush early doors, though the quid pro-quo was an early finish. It was dead by 1:30. On the plus side, at least people were spending money this month, unlike last month when I took the princely sum of £31. That was officially the worst fair I have ever done.