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Whoa there! Gold doesn't tarnish or discolour, which is one of its main attractions as a metal. That doesn't look gold at all. So unless it's a bad photo and is a gold colour in real life, I wouldn't jump to hasty conclusions. It might be a gold washed lead counterfeit, or copper. In fact there looks like traces of copper lustre? mary234, can you take a photo or scan showing the true colour of this coin? As far as design is concerned, it looks good, but the colour is quite wrong.

I'd go and track down all those gorgeous Matthew Boulton Soho and post-Soho proofs and patterns of the copper series. I'm pretty sure that would absorb most if not all that cash supply! (Yes, I also love those Willy 4 'shield in mantle' proofs, and the Vicky Goth crowns )

I'd concur with nearly all of that - my only difference is that I can see lots of detail on that Bull Head halfcrown and would (given a decent picture) possibly grade it a bit better than VF and give it a value of say £40 - £50?

Well there is always a positive and negative side to things. One positive is that there is lots of information out there to help newcomers, and also plenty of online dealing (not simply eBay). The latter is one of the negatives : too much rubbish is up on that site, overgraded, mis-described, doing no-one any favours in the long term. There is no substitute for the face-to-face help you can from a dealer, and from handling coins with no obligation to buy. But there have always been charlatans and crooks around, thankfully a minority, I don't think the internet has changed the balance so very much. Supply & demand will always become the bottom-line market driver, except in times of feverish speculation (& in my time there have only been two of those in the UK market, 1966-1970, and 1979-80.) That's the same formula my friend : supply & demand. Lack of material is an increasing factor, as the supply of good quality pre-decimal coins is a finite resource getting smaller by the year.

Well, yes - but he's looking for a more difficult answer than that surely!!? I mean ... EVERYONE kno that

Gorgeous, though I do hope those marks on the bust are actually on the plastic & not on the coin? Way out of my league but worth keeping the pictures.

Nah. Any coin that ever came into the possession of Rod Stewart ... though that may amount to the same thing?

1. Massive fan of the humble Spud myself, in all of it's manifestations. 2. Technically, it was a Catholic I believe, Pope Leo X who bestowed the title on Henry VIII. He subsequently tried to remove it when Henry 'went feral' but by then he wasn't listening and kept it. 3.If you haven't already looked into it, the 1935 Crown is interesting from a military standpoint. It's a very common coin, but it's design, it's story and it's antecedents might fill an evening. 4. When I go down to the garden shed, I take a picture of Mary II with me.... Pope Leo X, that well-known Protestant? Actually, I believe that Henry VIII was the one who used that title first? Though it is stretching credulity rather far to describe Our 'Enery as a Protestant! 'E may have split from Rome, but to all intents and purposes the Anglican Church with Our 'Enery at the 'Elm, was still as Catholic as they come. Just not Roman Catholic. So my answer to your question is - no Protestant did! My Quaker antecedents force me to leave at this point, if the discussion is to resume on a militaristic theme!

His Lovely wife.....

That part is easy enough : when you click Reply, the edit box has "Attachments" below and a "Choose File" button. Click that and navigate to where the image you want to upload is, on your computer, and there you are. As to the type - 150k maximum size, JPEG, and you're good to go. To get the image, either scan each side, or photo with a camera that can focus close enough.

One slight problem with all that... all our current Royals are supposedly descended from someone who could not possibly have been fathered by his "royal father" as he was away fighting in France at the time. (Edward IV?). At any rate, Henry VII knew full well his claim was spurious, which is why the Tudors spent so much time on propaganda shoring up their (illegitimate) claims. Indeed, Henry VIII had the descendants of the "true" bloodline executed, but one or two of the grandchildren survived and became - a long way down the line - the Earls of Loudon. That's a bit of a potted summary I'm afraid, but that period of the Wars Of The Roses saw so many shenanigans, so many claimants to the throne! And don't forget that William of Orange - of blessed memory (Glorious Revolution :-) - only had the most tenuous connection via his wife. It's all very dodgy ..

No good (probably your camera can't get close enough for a sharp focus?). Take a scan of both sides of your coins and post those instead.

If the reverse lettering ONE PENNY is part or mostly worn away, then basically they are still not worth more than scrap really. If lettering is complete and Britannia's shield is also pretty good, then definitely worth keeping. (I.e. genuine Fine or better .. and VF and above is sought after)

The Royal Mint will still exchange those for face value, but there's the cost of getting them there...

Is this your penny? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1955-Y.-Australia-Penny-!!!RARE-PERTH-MULE-OBVERSE!!!_W0QQitemZ110472096399QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20091221?IMSfp=TL091221162001r1726#ht_1713wt_1007 If it is, then the winning bid should be a useful guide for you.

If you have a local reference library near you, and they keep a volume of KRAUSE WORLD COINS (you need the 19th Century volume), that will be a starting point, and will list value in US$.

Indeed. V. nice - especially the halfpenny.

I could be tempted, would you cover postage? Have just double checked, this is what comprises the collection: 24 Half-Crowns 29 Florins 33 Shillings 19 Sixpence 1 3d I Make that £8.0375 face value Paul The key dates are 1925 (2/6, 2/-), 1930 (2/6), 1932 (2/-). If in superior condition (at least GVF+), you could add to that list :- 1924, 1926 (2/6, 2/-), 1925 (1/-), 1930 (1/-), 1932 (2/6), 1934 (2/6). 1938 silver is also ok if minimum EF.

Well, that's certainly not the official line! Freeman had 20 levels of rarity ranging from the barely scarce to the unique. And even the "professional" scale, which runs from R to R7, doesn't rate R as particularly rare. Rarity is a comparative term, not an official one. A 1954 florin in BU is very hard to find, but it's only "rare" by comparison with e.g. the 1967 florin. All George V Wreath Crowns are rare, but 1928 Crowns often come up in sales, so many dealers would rate it as scarce only, especially in comparison to the 1934. It all depends where you're looking from.

I'm not particularly taken with it, to be honest. And that 1934 Crown looks EF at best. Still, I'm sure both will find buyers at prices that make our jaws drop.

Welcome to the forums Haloc Yes, that was the normal alignment at that time. I think it was not until the Jubilee 1887 series that they changed to en medaille, i.e. same side up.

I agree with Rob - I'd place it a little less than EF (obverse) to be honest, but the reverse is certainly EF and has beautiful toning. At book you would certainly expect to rate it a sub-£3k coin, but at the right auction, with the right buyer, who knows? Book price is only a guide for key dates of a series. I envy you your coin! The only early Victorian halfcrown I have is 1844, which is really not rare at all.

Here's a picture of an almost proog penny, slightly touched, the cost for this is €350, makes the 220 pound look silly. Nice proog (well, I suppose a proof is "almost a proog", alphabetically speaking ) Seriously, that is one nice penny.

The first one is a flaw from the base of the F which then passes below the legend to the right. The second is just a double cut 1. The third could be due to a filled die or weakly punched in the first place. The fourth again looks to be a flaw. It doesn't appear to be a 1746/5 which is a recognised variety. I don't think there is anything to get excited about with this coin as all the evidence suggests it is struck from a worn die that may or may not have had remedial work done to extend its life. As it isn't in the best condition it is difficult to say precisely. hhello again everyone. i have just found this photo on a coin dealers website. this coin is being sold as a 1746/5 sixpence and looks exactly the same as mine with the same errors in the same place is this dealer right or wrong? At first glance - wrong. I can't see the date close up, but it doesn't look to me like a 46/5. I have the 1746/5 halfcrown and I admit that as an overdate it is fairly subtle, but you can see it.

My guess is that the die suffered wear (or broke) on the "I" in GRATIA, and was repunched. The T may also have been repunched. Difficult to say about the G - it's possibly G over G? The G in GEORGIUS is an interesting distance from the other letters.