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Presumably this means the coloured card containing the year and RM logo etc? I only ask, because I once encountered a nutter at the Midland who claimed he wasn't interested in any proof set that didn't also have its plain white (outer outer) box. As far as he was concerned, a set wasn't complete without it.

Do bear in mind that some 1950s cupro-nickel (especially florins, a few halfcrown dates, and an even lower number of shillings) are very tricky in UNC and quite pricey. If you get there and find this is so, you might want to put a 'finger in the place' for now and start on George VI - many of his coins are easier to find in UNC.

You could always break up sets from 1972 to 1982 - their packaging was inferior and their secondary value as sets is pretty derisory. On the other hand, those years contain quite a few 'set only' coins so you'd make quite a decent markup on them. (Though you might get a decent price for the 1972 set.) After 1983, when the packaging improved, the issue price rose, and the secondary value is higher, I agree it's not worth it.

Wow - does this mean the forum itself can now be called a god?? That's a good number though - it also means I've made getting on for 8% of all posts! (Eject that man in the back row who shouted out "And they're all rubbish!")

I wonder if they would be able to prevent ghosting with all that metal being sucked out of the obverse. I guess it would also be the first coin in modern times with two busts. Sucked out of the reverse, you mean?

I think you will find we are a constitutional monarchy that pretends to be a democracy We have a constitution?

After nuking the french quarter. Tell the Queen she is welcome to take over North America, and the USA! Anything to get rid of our current President (or lack thereof!)..... If the opposing party rules Congress, your President has about as much real power as our Queen.

It is true that the 1950 and 1951 mintages were supplied for the West Indies. However, once news of the 1950 low mintage got out a year later, collectors had as many 1951s as possible shipped back again, which means they were always easier to find in BU than the 1950. So many were shipped back, in fact, that even in the 1960s they were sold in bulk ("You want 10? 100? No problem.."), and snapped up as an 'investment'. It was very hard to find one in your change though, but 1953s were possible despite only existing originally within the plastic sets.

If Sam Fox is to appear on the reverse, and the thing has 12 sides, it gives a whole new meaning to 'threepenny bits'.

Well, certainly 50 years! The classic Austin A series appeared in 1951 and its final variant - used in the final Mini - was used until 2000. I think the A / A+ got shoved into just about every Austin / BL / Austin-Rover small to mid-size saloon. Not a bad lifetime! And it was a good engine.

There's a lot of sense in that, scott. The 1952 sixpence is not rare in any sense of the word, but its mintage is 1/13 of the next scarcest (1938) and a tiny fraction of the commonest (1948), so it's always going to be regarded as a genuine 'key' date. The whole problem with this is that key dates have been taken from change since coin collecting begun. The key dates are probably the most common coins around. That is also true, from George V onwards. However, I think it only applies to 'average circulated' specimens.

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There's a lot of sense in that, scott. The 1952 sixpence is not rare in any sense of the word, but its mintage is 1/13 of the next scarcest (1938) and a tiny fraction of the commonest (1948), so it's always going to be regarded as a genuine 'key' date.

Yes - I've always understood the formula to be "condition" "rarity" and "popularity"; a high scorer on all three would keep the market price high. (In general terms, we are discussing denomination / dates not individual specimens, so condition doesn't really enter this particular topic).

When you say "equal", you don't mean "equal", do you? Then the inevitable question would be, "Why buy an identical specimen to one you already have?" I'm guessing that when you say "equal" you mean "the same grade", but not the same toning or eye appeal. In which case I can well understand your predicament - was the one you let go really not as desirable as the one you kept?

The nickname for the new coin will be 'Twin Peaks', then?

16. You will forthwith return McDonalds to wherever it came from (no, one does not wish to know). The same applies to Starbucks. 17. You will instruct your chemist shops (we have no "drugstores" outside Brixton and Moss Side) that 'rubbers' are for erasing mistakes in written documents, such as all those Amendments you take such pride in. If you wish to prevent other mistakes, use a condom please. 18. There is no such thing as free speech. You will henceforth pay $1 for every 1,000 words used. I anticipate that meaningless phrases such as 'at this moment in time' will wither and die on the fiscal vine. 19. You will consult us before declaring war on any other nation except Belgium, Australia, and France. 20. You may have Canada.

What about a Vitesse? Worth it just to burn off drivers who think it's a Herald The Vitesse was a mean car 40 years ago when burning up Austin 1100s but the only thing one would burn up now days is the engine oil. This is quite true - but it's still a straight 6 so I'm assuming it could be tuned into quite a mean machine? MeanER, anyway. Obviously you'd have to upgrade the shocks and brakes, and change to radials, not to mention doing something about that appalling rear end slide .. but it could be done?

But this seller misses out the u, too. That is definitely American!!

I think you would have to compare a 1934 wreath crown with (1) other wreath crowns and (2) crowns generally. Compared to other wreaths, which are all very scarce, the 1934 is not exceptionally rare. However, all wreath crowns are scarce to rare compared with most other crowns, certainly from 1818 onwards, excluding Gothics. However, I take Rob's point too - wreath crowns form a constantly changing and fluid market, with pieces appearing all the time. So yes, they are scarce to rare in an absolute sense, but they are not at all difficult to obtain.

Actually 'colourized' used to be the British spelling, while the Americans alternated between '-ised' and '-ized'. Then the Brits decided to go with '-ised' and the Americans said "Right! We'll go with '-ized' then."

What about a Vitesse? Worth it just to burn off drivers who think it's a Herald

It depends 100% on the particular coin. If it has eye appeal that made you fall in love with it and bid to win it - DON'T SELL! But if you look at it and think "Another would be just as good, maybe even better", then it's a no-brainer really.

Yes, I had a Mk IV Spitfire too - my replacement bonnet was fibre glass (only one I could afford!) and it regularly unclipped itself at speed and rose a foot into the air. Bonkers is right! But great fun to drive.