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It just doesn't work like that, either legally or (often) in practice. Hence why so many have separate bank accounts and independently pursue separate careers. So if she had refused, anybody blaming him personally could and would be instantly accused of considering the little woman to be no more than a chattel, there to obey her husband's wishes.

It would be great if we could uncover some record of what went on at the time, just so as to clarify the situation. I looked at that link which was supplied recently, giving the Royal Mint annual reports from 1870 onwards. Sadly absolutely nothing about design and variety.

My own bet is that Heatons produced their own dies in 1882, just as they almost certainly did in 1874 and 1876. 1874 was a mixed London mint/Heaton mint year, yet reverse I was clearly unique to Heatons. Plus they were the first to use obverse 8 (Freemans 77 & 78), an obverse not used by the London mint in 1874. So did they produce this and London were sufficiently impressed with it to adopt it themselves from 1875 to 1879. Reverse K was also used solely by Heatons in 1876, and then only fleetingly by the London Mint in 1879. As you say though we'll never know for sure.

So let me ask you then - if she'd refused to give up her favourable tax status, would you have held him personally responsible?

I'd still love to know what would have happened if she'd publicly refused to give up the non dom tax status. Would he have been expected to order her to do so? - trap there just waiting for the unwary individual who made such an implication. There are faults and corruption wherever you look in politics, not just on one side. Blair took us into an illegal war which killed tens of thousands, and ends up being Sir Tony. He doesn't hold the green card any more, and whilst it was incompatible with his position that he did, the fact he gave it up before these "revelations" renders the point somewhat moot. I can't somehow see it firing public anger.

Spot on there. We badly need a viable and strong opposition to keep the elected government in check. We also need to know what Labour are for, not just what they're against.

Richard, would you be interested in the one we talked about in this post from April 2020? ETA: although if there is any protrusion, it's certainly not top left, as with Ian's example, more top right.

I've never counted the number of teeth on an 1864 crosslet, but the last 4 can appear in different places. Most notably as slightly more distant from the remainder of the date, faint and somewhat blurry, like this one. I have actually seen one worse than that. I don't think anybody but the most ardent specialist would care, especially given the general rarity of these coins in high grade anyway.

Thanks Gary.

I knew I'd heard about this before, but couldn't remember where or when. It concerns the rumour, started in the late 19th century, that a gold ingot had been accidentally added to the metal mix for the 1864 penny blanks, and that consequently some 1864 pennies had gold in them. It became a craze which spread over to as late as 1907. David Pickup wrote an excellent article about it in the July 2021 edition of Coin News, if anyone is interested in reading about it.

Hi Ian - yes that was a really interesting, if still totally inconclusive discussion. I don't think we'll ever know for sure.

No idea what the raised line you refer to is, but the coin is certainly is an 1858/? Some say it's an 8/9, others an 8/3. Not attributed by Peck, but Bramah (page 107) describes as follows:- This type is not especially rare, although I've never yet made out the two dots referred to. The knob and vertical line are clearly very obvious.

Somebody's 'avin a larf with that offering. Is it the comic relief bit of the auction?

Pretty much exactly what I thought. It's logic Jim, but not as we know it.

To add to what @Rob said above, the other very obvious failing of Putin is his lies. Nobody can trust a single word he says, so with regard to any negotiations either now over Ukraine, or in the future over anything else, he will be on the back foot, as nobody will take his stated commitments seriously.

Very pleased to have captured this absolutely superb 1857 Bramah 23a penny (no serif on 7 of date) in not far off UNC condition for a very reasonable sum. There are two very slight marks, one just under underneath the date and the other to the immediate back of the Queen's neck, but apart from that it's flawless. Seller sold as date only example, and to be honest, it would have been cheap even for that.

Don't think it's gone too well for them. Not a cool look for the school bully when the weak kid in the playground starts slapping him around unafraid.

Always worth looking at. Cambridgeshire Coins are very careless and don't seem to look for rare varieties. I once noticed that a Freeman 148, 1897 high tide penny in GEF with lustre, had been sold for £75. If only I'd got there first. Seen other examples as well. You'll never see a Freeman reference on their site. Welcome to the forum sixtiesboy.

I agree.

Yes, the King's cheek is afflicted by multiple tiny abrasions - looks like no shave stubble. As you say, worth about a tenner, and once again we see that absurd premium placed on quite ordinary coins by virtue of their being slabbed.

Very clever, and a little bit like this so called Freeman 189, 1920 penny

Right- sorted !!! I did firstly try calling the local ASDA store, and the person I spoke to didn't know what I was on about, and asked me if coinstar was a new app. I then did what I should have done all along, which was to google it. This link explains it fully and very clearly. Obvious once you read it. Reject coins are just left to pile up in the reject tray, and anybody quick enough can nab them.

Right, I'll go and check it out. But to be honest I've still no real idea what the set up of the machine is, or how you pulled the coins. Still a mystery to me. I'll report back. I might ask one of the staff.

No, I'm just curious about the set up on the machine. Is it just there to be taken? Sounds odd that you can just go up to the machine and take it without anybody saying anything, that's all. I mean if there's one in a local supermarket here, I'd be interested to know how to get them myself.

Right - so you as ordinary Joe Customer can just detach the reject box of your own volition and walk off with it? That doesn't sound quite right. Sorry, there's something I'm not quite getting here.