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other side of the 1900, and the 1926 which I think is normal effigy because the colons are evenly spaced and the BM is positioned to the left.

I've had a close look but im fairly certain that none of the pennies are of the different varieties mentioned; there's just a lot of them. I've decided to put my judgement to the test and try and grade them: From left to right the first one, 1949, I would say is EF and they go downwards from there. 1900 I thought was high VF but it has come out very badly in the scanner - to the eye it is a far more even tone. the next two I graded 1914 low VF and 1902 Nearly VF, 1890 I judged F and 1882 P. How is my eye? I will scan in a better one of the 1900 one and a scan of the 1926 which I think is normal effigy.

Going through them I'd say a lot of the victorian ones are junk apart from one nice 1900 one. From about 1902 onwards they all are in a reasonable condition. I would say they are a solid base to start a penny collection from which I may start doing, despite my original aim to reduce the clutter in my room they now take up 2 drawers of a chest. It doesn't look like there are any rare ones amongst them but they are definately a nice start. Around the silver crown is " | ANNO REGNI LIX. | |DECUS |ET TUTAMEN. " The |'s are very thin lines that run between the words which I included in case they are of any importance.

Also I scanned this penny because I noticed it looks like someone has tried to cut it in a couple of places and was wondering if there is any well known reason for this or use people cut pennies for. Otherwise it also gives a good indication as to the condition of a lot of the 1860's-1910 pennies: Thanks again, and also I was wondering if there is an image size limit or if these are ok

Here is the 1819 coin:

Cheers for the replies, I've binned the sandwich bags and started laying them out in an empty chest of drawers and it looks like the coins aren't that old, the bulk of them being from King George V's time. So far I have 30 Victorian one penny pieces from 1862 to 1901 with most of them being very well worn with most of the older ones having just outlines of any detail. There are 42 one penny pieces from King George V's time with an unbroken run from 1902-1921 with a few later ones dotted around. Also under King George V there is one 1935 six pence piece, one 1928 Florin and one 1921 shilling. Under King George VI there is one 1948 Half Crown, one 1940 three pence piece, 5 six pence pieces - 1943-44, 1948-49 and 1951. There is also the 1901 Maundy Money set and the 1819 George III coin that I'm fairly certain is a silver crown. There are a lot of mixed coins from the 1950s onwards from Elizabeth II with the only standout ones being a large 1977 commemorative type coin and a 1963 Half crown.

Hello, I am a new user to this site and was hoping members of this forum would be able to advise me on what to do with a store of old coins I have in my desk. I am a student and coming back this summer I was doing a clearout of junk from my room when I rediscovered some old coins that have been sitting in my desk for the past decade. I can't really remember how I got them but they've certainly been there a while and they hold no sentimental value for me or anyone else in my family, I being the only person showing any curiosity in them. As they stand they are in 5 sandwich bags each containing about 20 coins, 3 full of one penny pieces ranging from about 1901-1960 with a few extremely worn earlier ones. The fourth sandwich bag is full of half penny pieces from about 1930-1969, and the 5th bag has sixpence pieces and a few other larger silver coins again from about 1930-1960. Finally there is a brown hessian-type pouch with an envelope labelled 'Maundy Money' and a large silver coloured coin which is the oldest of the lot being dated 1819 with George III, I think it is a silver crown. In the envelope is the Maundy Money which I do know a little about and was surprised to find. All four coins are there dated 1901. I am going to sort through this to give a more detailed picture of what I have found, but as a I go through is there anything in particular to look out for or anything I should avoid doing to the coins, or any way I should store them? Thankyou, I understand this may be a bit of a long post but I look forward to any replies if you have read this.