davidrj

I'm trying to put together a catalogue of pennies "30mm ish bronze coins of the world" - for my own amusement, though it may develop in future to a website or ebook. Illustrations mainly from my own collection, but there are those elusive types that you can never find or are way out of my price range Stuff from Auction sites such as Colin Cooke or Heritage are straight forward, i can include a link and if I were to ever publish I could seek permission to use their image But what about Ebay items? who owns the images? Thoughts welcome David

They are Pyx pieces, internal mint tallies of numbers (actually tons) struck best reference is the detailed study by Michael Gouby here Rob posted a picture of his a while back. but can't remember which thread David

Thanks Rob, was this a private pattern, or one by the royal mint in anticipation of the move to a decimal currency? I can imagine the outrage of the likes of the Daily Mail if the RM were now to mint a coin bearing the word EURO or FRANC David

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I collect pennies and similar coins from around the world The 30mm french bronze 10 centimes series which began 1853 was the model for the GB bronze pennies from 1860, plus a plethora of similar coins around the world who were signatories (or associates of) l'Union Latine . This was an attempt to standardise both gold and silver coins so that they would be interchangeable for trade across borders (a 19th Century version of the Euro). Many had a short lived attempt at standardising bronze also Britain and Germany did not join Interesting article here with photos of coins and unadopted patterns Surprised to see a single coin illustrated for the UK - a silver I franc piece For a better view, got to the link, click on the thumbnail, then click on larger thumbnail (couldn't capture a bigger picture) not my area of interest, but does anyone know anything about it? how many were minted A full article on L'union Latine can the found on wikipedia

Chambers dictionary says "origin obscure" but defines quid as "pound sterling, formerly a guinea"

Hard to say, such items never appear in priced catalogues, but there is a market for numismatic curiosities and counterstruck coins Only the market on the day will tell you, if two people really want it .......... David

That's a classic case of acid bath (post-production, of course). Typically all the detail remains in a semi-ghostly form, but the planchet goes very very thin. Hmm, not sure - Stress lines on obverse might indicate a split flan

Found it! it was in the footnotes "Overstruck on a worn English halfpenny of George II. 31mm copper" Also known overstruck on worn George III farthings and shillings "These are pocket pieces made by the staff engaged upon the minting of these tokens for their amusement at the SOHO mint, Birmingham" David

Best reference I have is The Encyclopedia of the coins of Malaysia Singapore and Brunei 1400-1967 by Saran Singh. download Remick's British Commonwealth Catalogue is unhelpful and refers the reader to Pridmore (I don't have a copy) Could be a trial, but it's reported that the Cock with 4 tail feathers is considered extremely lucky, so maybe a gambling token or souvenir piece interesting one though David

I think your problem HAX is that there is unlikely to be a Malacca coin specialist on this site? There may be someone with a general interest in coins of the whole region? Maybe scott knows something. He has worldwide interests. The design looks like 1 keping Singapore merchants' tokens from the early 1830's, these were struck in copper at the SOHO mint in Birmingham, normally about 21mm diameter, about 1.5 to 1.7 gm A trial on a 26mm lead blank is reported, as are normal sized proofs in copper and brass Can you upload a better picture please,? hard to make out the date, What size and weight is it, and is it copper? David

I think your problem HAX is that there is unlikely to be a Malacca coin specialist on this site? There may be someone with a general interest in coins of the whole region? Maybe scott knows something. He has worldwide interests. The design looks like 1 keping Singapore merchants' tokens from the early 1830's, these were struck in copper at the SOHO mint in Birmingham, normally about 21mm diameter, about 1.5 to 1.7 gm A trial on a 26mm lead blank is reported, as are normal sized proofs in copper and brass Can you upload a better picture please,? hard to make out the date, What size and weight is it, and is it copper? David

Some attempts at creating a 1933 penny are more successful than others David

I think that's a fair assessment. Most of us are in 3. but working and dreaming for 2. I'm a "1" but have a few which put me in "3", "2" is a dream for me too David

I quite like this one

Very similar to the Afghan Taliban in their philosophy

You can peruse a non-current CCGB guide here David

Thoughts on this one ?? I make it Obverse R - R&I in BRITT joined, I'm not convinced David

Or you could stumble on an unassuming wooden box like this one (nb the video link doesn't work properly) David

Looks like 2+D, N over sideways N (Z)... barely visible but the die crack by the date is a giveaway. Not quite as rare as people make out but a nice example and price probably about right... I agree, N over Z, the other clue if you look carefully is the re-entered O in ONE, the two always seem to go together (Gouby 1860 JA). Mine has the same die crack also David There's another (low grade) one here if anyone needs an example, once seen they are very easy to spot David

F.165 I make it. Streets ahead of mine though. yes, mistyping on my part F164A in any condition is still on my want list, as is F169 David

Strange that a 1d collector didn't know what he had.Or maybe its an inheritance.Even if it was the latter the actual collector would surely catalogue what he had. Just bought his 1908 penny Fr169 mule, much better than the one I have David

No, nor me. If I ended up with a BU ghosty and and a BU without, of the same date, I'd probably create a new variety and keep both. Although it gets a footnote in Peck, the 1918KN bird's foot is only a dicky die, but it gets the same treatment in my collection. A slot for 1918KN, and a slot for 1918KN BF. A well struck ghosty is fine by me, Any serious collector of George V knows that the obverse die tweaks were an ongoing battle by the Mint to reduce ghosting, to me excluding examples of ghosting from a collection seems daft. The ones without ghosting in some years can be considered the freaks David

Not an established Ebay dealer, feedback of just 10 Seems to have acquired a half decent collection if you look at his other listings David

Looks like 2+D, N over sideways N (Z)... barely visible but the die crack by the date is a giveaway. Not quite as rare as people make out but a nice example and price probably about right... I agree, N over Z, the other clue if you look carefully is the re-entered O in ONE, the two always seem to go together (Gouby 1860 JA). Mine has the same die crack also David