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"JD" or "ID", I'm not sure which. The names James and Isaac were both fairly common back then so it could be either.

Seriously, good luck to you, and thank you for posting. I don't want to dampen your enthusiasm but modern commemoratives rarely fetch their issue price on the "Secondary Market" - there's a lot of kids and pensioners out there these were bought for, and very hard to sell later on unless you take a drop on the price paid. This is especially true of the Pobjoy Mint, whose output is akin to "limited edition" plates really. One or two of yours may have silver in which is currently sky high, e.g. the Kennedy half dollar. Get what you can for them, is my best advice. The Queen was 25 years on the throne at the time of her Silver Jubilee in 1977. 1977 - 25 = 1952. Simples!

I'd be more convinced you weren't spamming if you'd bothered to reply to my (genuine) questions about this the first time you posted. As it is, I couldn't now be bothered to read anything you post in future.

Yes there are Calvin, but they aint Billy and Mary. It's certainly some type of evasion but, unless anybody on here has more knowledge/experience than me, it would be impossible to pin it down. ??? One, surely - it's too central on the flan to be two. Where's the second head?

The R over I is actually fairly common - and it does seem likely that the I may have been used to strengthen the R, as has been suggested.

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Don't forget Chrome and Safari if you want your website to be viewed on all smartphones, most tablets, the majority of laptops, and even Macs. And while you're at it, there's Opera enthusiasts out there (I'm not talking about those wobbly-voiced sopranos who never seem to know which note they're singing ).

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You're welcome - I only found about this from 1887Jubilee who identified one of my 1887s as that! There are a few farthings where an I has been used to recut/strengthen the upright of a letter on a die, but there is a clear diagonal line on that one and also something just above the front foot of the R. They may just be cracks as a result of the strengthening, because I can not think of any other letter..but it may be worth a closer look!! Colin, read again - that picture IS of the R over V. Numismatist was talking about one of the other three (no picture?)

Sigh, I ordered one new from my small-town bookshop when I was 16. The price then was £5:87. Alas, the call of vinyl and girls was stronger (yes, there is an "and" there... ) so I never collected the order. Fast forward 30 years and an auction where paying the best part of £100 for one seemed reasonable enough It probably wasn't too far away from that £5:87 in real terms. It certainly was a long way from it in terms of disposable income to spare on buying a copy of Peck.

You're welcome - I only found about this from 1887Jubilee who identified one of my 1887s as that!

According to the types in Davies : it's definitely not Obverse 1 as the top of the ear is not visible it's definitely not Obverse 2 as the colon after the G of DG is too far away As to whether it's Obverse 3 or 4, the main indicator is the pointing of the first N in Britannia [coughs politely]. However, the shape of the hair drifting down from the chignon looks like Obverse 4 not 3. If that's the case then you're looking at somewhere between 1880 and 1887.

That sounds more like the R over I (apparently there's a lot of these.)

I've never regretted my early milled purchases, and my regret is not filling in many type gaps earlier when they were cheaper and I had money To me, their only downside is in the lack of variety of reverse designs. For a hundred years or more, all you got from crown down to sixpence was the quartered arms in shields (ok, there were roses and plumes and stuff like that, but you know what I mean); and on the coppers, just the same louche Britannia. Having said that, we didn't get rid of Britannia on all base metal coins until 1937.

I wish there had been pictures on that page!

Jubilee Head shillings they're not! I've never seen any difference and if you need a microscope ... my interest flies out the window Hi there I have got one of each example and there is a noticeable different to the naked eye (albeit not massive). I'd say there's about a millimetre extra space around the portrait - most noticeably at the bottom of the neck where it goes near the inner rim of the coin. Hope that helps? Don't be offended but decimal micro-varieties just don't do it for me. If there'd been large and small 10p's / 5p's circulating for the year they changed over, and if one type was much scarcer than the other - THEN I'd be interested. Or, if 1985 50p's weren't also available in BU year sets, I'd be interested in that too. I might be interested in the rare large 10p varieties, as they are apparently truly rare.

I THINK (don't make me swear on it) I've seen those tiny Roman bronzes around 5mm, or thereabouts?

When you say it's not for the novice, do you mean by virtue of it's cost? The cost is a bit steep I agree, but I think it's worth it. Not for definitive varieties in the bronze era, as later books have been produced which are far better as others have pointed out. But there's 200 years of copper and tin that preceded bronze, and of those, the extraordinary output of the Matthew Boulton Soho Mint plus the Victorian Taylor restrikes of the same, have never been bettered than Peck's coverage. Plus, it's a wonderful educational resource with good long articles about the production techniques of the time, etc. And a great set of illustrated plates of all those tiny differences, rare patterns, proofs, and so on.

Good question Debbie, i'll throw my hat in the ring with a Maundy 1d off the top of my head. Anyone else? British only though Hammered farthing is pretty small. There are some tiny Roman bronzes, end of Empire stuff. Can't remember exactly what they're called but the prefix "minim-" comes to mind.

Oil? My dear chap, where have you been the last decade or so - it's all gone! Of course, if you guys want to scrape the barrel, be our guest But if you really think even the arch skinflint Cameron thinks the last remaining few drops are worth a vote ... you're deluded!

Jubilee Head shillings they're not! I've never seen any difference and if you need a microscope ... my interest flies out the window

Wow, someone sneaked in and took a photo of my own example! Seriously, it's almost identical in every respect.

Oo er. For all the misapprehensions that exist about the golden age of a bygone era, you have to admit that life was a lot less complicated growing up when we were young. The only boy guides were those at school open days and scouting for girls started during adolescence. Much, much easier then. So true!

Azdas wallet It looks like it could be a planchet flaw or post mint damage, I would go with planchet flaw because it has that flaked look Azda's sporran surely. No they only use sporrans when they're wearing their skirts Peter. Wallets are the every day issue for them. Usually with waterproof ziplok fastenings and a titanium carbide outer casing with double tig welding to stop them from accidentally falling open, say whilst standing at a bar in a group for example Either way, in the two years that elapse between them voting for independence and their economy collapsing so they beg to rejoin the UK or else fall into the sea, they can wear what they like, call things what they like, and we will still be entertained

Ok so lets just call it a checked skirt. I wonder if "Och Aye" is where "O.K." originally came from? Just a thought... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okay