chris

hello everyone i have recently found a penny while metal detecting this is to be an 1897 one penny i would say at least vf condition preserved well in the ground due to clay like soil. i have cleaned the coin up and was about to put it in with the rest of me penny finds and found that it was a high tide variation thanks to mr perkins,s collectors coins gb 2009, which in every coin i find i checkup with this book, i have looked on fleabay for this item but cannot find one for sale. does anyone have a clue on its value or any interest in this coin thanks everyone

hello i have a sixpence dated 1758 but have heard there is an overdate for that year. i have added a small photo does anyone know if this is one as the 8 does look a little suspicous from the rest of the numbers thanks

gooday everyone back in 2008 our coins changed but they still mintesd small ammounts of the orgional designs for that year. now when the mintage figures were released back in feb/march 2009 the 50p was set at 700 and something thousand coins and have just checked the royal mint website and it seems they have changed this to 3.5million is this another mint error or do thay change these numbers around?

hi everyone as we know, back in 2008 the new shield designs came out. a few mess ups at the mint what with the 20p and such. ive came across a 5p coin that is upside reverse. now i remember someone saying that if a penny from this year could be found they would pay £1000 for an example like this with the upside reverse design now theres no point in adding a photo as its a five pence coin. is this a one off error or is there millions like this out there??????

hi just a quick question, is the 1887 sixpence with jeb on truncation a rare coin. obviously it is the withdrawn shield type and how much would one of these be valued at about ef condition thanks

good day to all have this penny with what seems to be an incomplete "1" in the date, i have been unable to find another example apart from a half penny dated the same year with pretty much exactly the same break it on the bay at the moment can post link if im allowed probably nothing to get exited about but thought i would ask as im new to pennies

i have an 1877 penny with what i would say is off 45 degree counter clockwise, is this a usual error for the bun head type coins?

very interesting indeed i am more of a silver collector personally but have decided to have a go at pennies starting with bun heads first and il see how i feel later on back to the 1893 penny itself though i have a numerous amount of them and realise theres the elusive 3/2 so i decided to take a photo of the dates and compare have attached a different looking one. what do you think? (this one is a penny this time )

wish id never started this penny mlarky i have an 1860 i have managed I.D,d as L.C.W (can only see the W now) below shield but my obverse seems different from an example recently sold on an internet auction site as you can see by the photo of the bust there is a decent sized gap between the bust and the teeth the example i have seen basically smothers some of the teeth any explanation or obverse id would be outstanding

what are we looking at, Chris? Weak lower serifs? ok.... its harder to see now ive uploaded it here but im sure i can see a 6 lurking behind the 7

here is another from my collection this is one of 3 1870 pennies i have probably being a bit paranoid tell me what you think before i put my thoughts on i

late night, the photos of a half penny

sorry ignore me on this one (operator error)

Morning all i havnt been here for a good while but im back!!!! i have aquired a George II 1723 shilling with the french arms at the date, instead of the Engish arms does anyone know the reason why this was done as i cannot find any information regarding this thanks all

Is the die axis inverted as normal for coins of this era? I ask because we can deduce the die was made with a square spiggot from the William III transposed errors, one of which has the date at 9 o'clock, but in that case the only arms in the correct position are the French ones.

Just an error Chris, a scarce error though. ahh an error, just looking, i made an error as well George I not II also the ssc is actually css No, that IS SSC - the initials stand for South Sea Company. sorry Peckris, what i meant is that the normal coin starts on the first quarter on SS or South Sea. The second quarter display,s a letter C for Company if you were to read my example from the date as a normal example, it,s then read C, then SS

well... il say it was less than £100 wasnt described as a french arms though and the obverse does have some really old scratches to the bust only but i suppose it is the reverse that is more important

Yeah, I never figured out why that is. The initials are after all of the South Seas Company, whose (Indonesian) silver was used to make the coins. But C SS it reads ... Nice find! thanks its a very interesting piece, me thinks that the inside of the coin was inscribed correct including what should be ss c but the outer lettering was 90 degrees off the mark

Just an error Chris, a scarce error though. ahh an error, just looking, i made an error as well George I not II also the ssc is actually css

and the same as above psink 1456

would like to see if im right with a few examples i have i am learning slowly but if i am wrong please feel free to correct us thanks up first i think an Edward 1st Durham class 9B1 spink 1408

Edward II again durham class 11B spink 1456

its 9ct gold and made to look like a sovereign ring. this would have been sold as a george and the dragon coin ring back in the day. the disc would have a bezel to fit over and into the ring. now days they stamp these all in on piece disc and bezel with the lugs to fix them into place. nice piece really and would make a nice necklace or ring again

hello everyone as probably most of us do on here is collect decimal change that interests us from circulation now i only keep one coin of each type that interests me anything else gets put back into circulation for someone else to seek, but have started to run out of space for these coins and have decided to put them into 2x2 flips as this is a cheap method for storing them. would i be ok to just ad these coins right into the flips or is there some type of preservation method that anyone would recommend, or not even. This would be long term storage so any thoughts taken on board. ive sorted out my trays, given the kids all the coppers and copper plate stuff in capsules and am left with everything 5p and up. minus my 2002 manchester games set all coins are pretty much ef or better. now to all the anti coin cleaners out there, your safe to keep your pickets and pitch forks down, tis all good, im not bringing the bleach and brillo pads out just yet although i dont agree myself with coin cleaning i wouldnt want to see these coins ruined in time due to something that could have just been easily removed before hand. what about one of those coin baths, anyone got one? now wheres that 800 grade sandpaper.......