1949threepence

Incredibly lucky, and lived another 44 years.

I'm zeroing in on a couple, and I just wondered if anybody had any thoughts as to how scarce they are, given the extreme commonality of their non recessed counterparts? What, 1 in 10, 1 in 20? Obviously Freeman makes reference to them, but no quantitatively. Thanks in advance gents.

You'd think so wouldn't you, but maybe they've still got some unsold sets and will only give a final figure once this is available. Although these days who knows what reasoning is in place (if any). Most large organisations seem to exist in some weird parallel universe, in which the logic function has been disabled.

But at least your acting wouldn't be stiff, even if the overall performance was a bit limp. So I doubt they'd be asking you to come again.

Got a job at a winery and was very unfairly passed over for promotion - probably just sour grapes on my part. Then worked for a brewery where they also ignored me, which made me really bitter. Finally worked for a dairy where I did get promotion. Well the cream always rises to the top. Still a bread and butter job, but I milked them for all the money I could get. That was in 'Uddersfield by the way.

I used to work at a soft drinks factory but got the sack because I couldn't concentrate and wasn't cordial to others. Then I tried being a velcro salesman but couldn't stick it.

I wanted to sell computer parts, but then I lost my drive.

Some of those fakes are getting frighteningly good.

Not really Richard. You'd probably get more sense from the cat than the reply you get from them, I'd bet.

Had to laugh at this - a 21st century version of the 1962 Bernard Cribbins classic "Right Said Fred"

My mistake. Apologies. Mike

Working OK on Chrome, Kev. Also no probs on android tablet.

Neat find.

Like Jerry, the 1863 die No 2 under date is unfortunately out of my league, and the die No 4 is little more than a washer (albeit a very rare washer). I want a F38, but not a counterstamped one. Nothing much else there of massive interest, although I've made a note of one or two of mid interest in case they don't go at main auction.

Message sent to you Ian.

Just been looking through the collections on Colin Cooke's site, LCA and elsewhere. I couldn't see a single 1919H with more than a modicum of hair detail. Even on practically BU specimens. The dies Heatons used must have been very worn. Same applies to 1918H.

Thanks Bob. Anyway, it's him, irrespective of which name he chooses.

Not boring, I assure you. But obviously may be confidential, so will leave that with you, Pete.

They are indeed. I note Lee Brownson has got one on offer for well over £1k at Colin Cooke. a/UNC, but to be honest, not that marvellous. Nonetheless exceptionally rare in that condition.

I do......maybe it's a psuedonym, or his middle name. Any rate, here's the note he sent with the coin.

Well you say that, Pete, and I've heard it before on here a number of times. But it's John Jerrams isn't it. In e mail exchanges between us, he signed himself as "Stephen".

E Bayer Topcarp2 Richard. Accepted a best offer.

After 8 plus years, i think I've gone as far as I can, for the time being, on the 1860 to 1901 series of pennies. I still have some very obvious gaps, but the rarer pieces are very difficult to come by, so my acquisitions from this series have slowed to a trickle. As a result I've branched out to the pennies of George V. Most of these are relatively easy to obtain in UNC at much lower prices than the bun series, but there are some rare ones, or at any rate, rare in high grade. The KN's are among the few in that era which have an exceptionally steep price/grade differential. I'm therefore very pleased to have obtained this 1918KN, which, unusually for any pennies of that WW1 era, has an exceptionally good strike, with very good hair detail on the King's head. There is a tiny metal flaw between Britannia's arm and the trident, and the tiniest blemish to the right of the trident, neither of which detract. But that apart it's issue free and has noticeable residual lustre and nice even toning.

Cheap at half the price !!!

Hmmm.............link Huge edge knock mangle, or striking flaw as the vendor asserts? Sorry can't seem to transfer a decent image onto the page, but it's in the link.