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I think that they should arrive in a couple of days. Does the mail system work well in the UK? I'm in Munich Forna, they arrived yesterday

Can you Show US something with silver, pre 1920, such as a 1905 Florin or halfcrown? The before and after melting point would be great

I have to Be honest, when i 1st started collecting Coins i had nö idea of the spectrum. I initially started with German Coins but obviously being in Germany i was competing against a nation. I sold what i had then decided on British coins, again my collecting thoughts were all over the place and was buying allsorts until i stumbled across a BU Penny and 400 for a Penny on this site. My point is, it does'nt matter what we think about collecting habits, if i could afford rarer coins i'd simply buy what has eye appeal to me, whether proof or not, i'd love more rarities in My collection, if i could afford them then i'd have kept that 1905 halfcrown, unfortunately its not the case and we have to respect everyones buying habits whether we like it or not.

This one is from the Colin Cooke site quote as "Pattern by Andre Laurillier. Freeman 786. R19. BMC 2284. As struck with underlying lustre. 1 of only 4 in existence" Don't know how much it sold for though

I never take a picture in direct sunlight Derek, i find the pics distort somewhat, generally shaded natural light. Rev of same coin

You are right: lot number 568. I graded it EF. But I'm not an expert. Your opinions are about the same on its grading. I received it last Wednesday, the 18th. I paid via bank wire a week before. I see, lot 575. The penny and the farthing seems in high conservation. I know nothing about fractional farthings. I paid last Friday and still waiting I bought lot 575 just for the Penny, the others i will sell on ebay

This coin comes from Belgium. Ahhhh yes, thought i'd seen it before, from the Veilinghuis auction 6, lot 568, although they do state that the coin is UNC (SUP) and is obviously a lesser grade. I bought lot number 575. Do you have your coin yet? i'm still waiting on mine

Black foam background, no tripod, 8MMP cannon camera with marco mode and natural light

Wanted some opinions of this penny. As i've seen before, pictures can always be deceiving but this isn't expensive. It would also be unlisted if it is what i think it might be. So what i'm looking at is the E in REG. E over P? 2 reasons, the middle serif is curved, or looks to be, plus the bottom serif has what looks to be a join near the scratch, the large scratch is angled but there is another which looks to be an attempt at joing the serif to the leg of the P/E Anyway opinions welcomed, as stated it seems to be unlisted

its an 1862 Peck, but its been cleaned

I think i've saw this coin a while back, did you buy it from France, i'm sure the Guy i bought that 1905 Halfcrown had this for sale

You think pvc is hard to get out of Declan, you should try rubber, now thats a bugger Oh wait, wrong forum Delete delete

Well as i said, for 4,70 it was worth the punt, you never know. Its in the copper scrap jar for another day on fleabay

In hand E

A good thread and hopefully i can at least resolve this penny issue this week when it arrives, i'll get the scope on it and post as many pix As i can and then probably more debate

Been trying to play around with the gallery picture i have of this coin until it arrives. Peck has said that whatever it is is overlying, which i'm intending to agree with. The middle serif of the supposed E, to me at least, curves. The bottom line of the E has 2 things, 1 an angled scratch and 2 a straight line with what could be either and small ding, or, an attempt to join the serif to the E? Anyway, just posting my thoughts, its still not arrived, so its all theory right now. It still looks like an intertwined small C and L to me

Geezus, Is everyone on ebay stupid?

Hahahaha, brilliant HARDER MINT, you learn something new everyday. His ME page describes himself "With numismatic passion in our blood" seriously? Maybe you should locate the harder mint then mate

Well hopefully it will be here between Thursday and Saturday, and for 4,70 its not gonna kill me even if it is nothing, it'll go on ebay if its some sort of illusion of the camera.

Ok, well i've managed to buy it for a whole 4,70 + 1 euro postage

Perhaps I'll be the first then For a similar shilling-size silver coin minted in Germany - I've seen a figure of abuth 44,000 for each die and 66,000 for a coin about the same size as the six pence. But if the dies were not properly hardened the production figures would drop considerably (fx half of the above). So my guess is either that's just what happened; or the production figures were higher than my sources indicate. A History of Modern English Coinage (by James Mackay - Longman 1984) "In 1787, when the market price of silver dropped substantially, some £87,000 worth was coined for general circulation, mainly in shillings and sixpences." [guess the figure includes guineas?] The Splendid Shilling (by James O'Donald Mays - New Forest Leaves 1982) "In 1787 the price of silver declined slightly and the Bank of England ordered £55,280 in new coins from the Mint" ...and just found this which includes the sixpence figure http://www.numsoc.net/sixpence.html "The silver coinage of 1787 was ordered, not by the Government for general circulation, but by the Bank of England for distribution at Christmas to its favoured customers. As the price of the silver required was consistently above the Mint price of 5/2d an ounce, the coins were struck at a loss, which the Bank accepted. £55,280 worth of silver at the mint price was turned into 746,480 shillings and 712,380 sixpences at a loss of more than £1,100. Each coin was struck carefully to the highest standards achievable with the manually powered presses of the time." Guineas are made of gold

It actually looks like a small c intertwined with an L............Strange

If you pm me your Email address David i'll forward the picture, does'nt Look a ding to me, the whole middle serif curves

Here's hopefully a larger pcture through photobucket

what i find bizzare going from the ebay text is that apparently the only started minting pennies in 1893 Queen Victoria ONE PENNY 1901 Reproduction Coin Several varieties of penny were minted in the course of Queen Victoria’s long reign. They fall into three main groups - the “Young Head†coins, first issued in 1893; and the “Old Head†issued between 1893 and the end of the reign in 1901.