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Great, thanks for the link.

My example is low grade too, a lot of deep scratching, but as you say, a clear example.

Excellent coin. On the reverse just at the tip of the teeth, there seems to be almost like a very thin linear circle running all the way round. Is this a line or just the photo?

I have one too (ex Michael Freeman). Are both your Farthing mules with obverse 2? I believe there are mules with obverse 3? Colin lists it on his site, I've never seen one in hand or pictured. My example is an obverse 2.

My friend owns an 1860 Halfpenny mule he has owned it for years, I think possibly since the 1980's, its the only one that I know about and the only one that he knows about too. He mainly collects Pennies but does have a few other rarities collected. Is it a TB/BB as OP says or BB/TB? It is the toothed obv. beaded rev., it is the same coin as in the picture Bernie posted. Bernie confirmed last night that it is the same coin that we know of.

My friend owns an 1860 Halfpenny mule he has owned it for years, I think possibly since the 1980's, its the only one that I know about and the only one that he knows about too. He mainly collects Pennies but does have a few other rarities collected.

Thank you

I have just recently made a website using Wordpress too, Its the first time I have made a website and I found it very easy to use for a complete beginner. I went for the £95 package which covers 2 years. I've never tried any other website builders but I would recommend Wordpress so far. I made it for my daughters elongated pennies she has collected http://www.scottishpennies.com/ . A couple of collectors had asked me to send lists with the coins I had/needed but attaching all the photos on email took too long, so I decided to try out a web page instead. BTW, might be a long shot but if any of you guys have any of these elongated Pennies from the UK you want to sell, send me a PM. I quite often get some of these in bulk lots mixed with tokens etc.

Hi Dave, it looks like a rev H to me. As you say, G is different in the lighthouse style and base, wide date etc. and Britannia's helmet is a different shape too. J also has a wide date and the sea finishes further from the linear circle as you say. Reverse H should have 4 incuse lines running down from the lighthouse top which would make 5 raised lines. The 2 extra windows sit just above the pair at the top and are much much smaller and shallower than the 4 obvious windows, very easy to miss or even discount them as windows. Even on this coin the windows are just visible http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/img.php?a=124&l=733&f=r&s=l

Hi Darth, your pics etc are fine. Most of the coins you are selling are common but you have every one described are either 'rare' or 'very rare' and like Dave posted above, it's something that puts me off looking at more listings too. If you did have a scarce/rare coin or note, then the listing would not stand out at all in a list with all the other 'rare' coins. Take the 1938 Penny, 1988 year set, 1973 50p, 1970 proof set, there are well over 100 of each of these on eBay for sale every week so there is a lot of competition. If your not in a hurry to sell them, list as a Buy It Now at a price you would be happy with. The ever increasing Royal Mail postage costs are also not helping the sales of lesser value items. My daughter used to collect and swap Kinder egg toys, but when the postage system changed from the 1st/2nd class to the new letter/parcel sizes it ruined it, these are over 1" but weigh just a few grams and must be sent small parcel for a couple of quid. Just not worth her doing it now.

I really like that, far better than the usual cut out coins.

I won 4 of the 9 lots I bid on, 3 were at my max bid and the 4th was £40 lower than my max. my max on another lot was the same as the hammer price, I didn't win it so I guess floor bids must take precedence or maybe just the way the bidding worked out?

Usually a few days. Its a long wait.

I have used London Coin Auctions 3 times previously using proxy bids. Being in Scotland I can't attend very easily. A few lots I have been the winning bidder at my max bid, but these were at the top estimate amounts, but I've also left a £250 bid and won the coin for £170. I've left 9 bids this time with a few above estimates so I will see how they go.

Hi Prax, here are my totals for the 4x 1874's F69 6+I I have 3, 1 in good VF, 1 in fine and 1 in poor F76 7+I I have 1 in poor F77 8+G I have 4, 1 in aFine and 1 in fair with 11 1/2 teeth date and 2 in poor with 12 teeth date F78 8+H I have 1 in poor

Maybe there is less hype than the Kew gardens because it was never actually released into circulation with that date, only on the collectors card. Therefore type collectors could get a 2011 version (mintage 2.2M) easier and cheaper, designer collectors could get a 2011 easier and cheaper. All the check your change collectors filling the Royal Mint folders only need the 2011 version for the olympic folder as the other 50p folder for commemoratives doesn't have a slot for the 2009 athletics. The kew gardens however would appeal to all of the above types of collectors.

They can be bought in any quantity from the Chinese sellers http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/6237744587.html?orderId=63774643856043

looks good to me, most of the time the rim of the coin narrows to the edge of the clip as can be seen on the reverse the best on this coin. Most manufactured ones have a full squared edge to the rims. Quite often too, on the opposite side from the clip it can show a slight weakness to the strike of the rim (I don't know why, but if anyone has an answer to whay that is I'd be interested to know.). Because of the sheer volume of 1971 bronze that was minted, this is the most common date to find with clips. There is actually a 1971 unopened roll of 1/2pences on eBay just now for sale with the clipped coin half way down the roll http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-ROYAL-MINT-ERROR-CLIPPED-PLANCHET-SEALED-IN-HALF-PENNY-ROLL-/201267361982?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item2edc7838be

As the title suggests, I am looking for an 1828 or 1830 Half Farthing reverse B with the helmet and trident below the legend. Grade is unimportant Thanks

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September auction at London coins had a pretty convincing no H with an obverse 12 which was ex Seaby http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/img.php?a=146&l=2720&f=r&s=l http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/img.php?a=146&l=2720&f=o&s=l As a general rule there are no 1882 no Hs with obv 12. The ex Seaby coin was one of its kind in it that it was a higher grade (GVF) coin with 'almost' no sign of a H. The collectors (in my opinion) who purchased the coin not because it was a no H but because it was an ex Seaby coin. Further there have been no 1882 obv 12 coins in fine plus grade without the H and all experts agree that there are no 1882 obv 12 no H coins. This case is similar to Bamford's 1876 no H penny. In Gouby's book it is clearly stated that Bamford himself did not believe that it was a no H but kept it regardless as it was a one of a kind. When the coin was listed in auction it was not listed as a no H penny but as ex Bamford and it did attract considerable interest. In similar fashion this is ex Seaby is also wanted not because it is a no H but because of its provenance. I agree that this coin will be a blocked H, which is why I said it was a pretty convincing obv 12 and not a confirmed obv 12. I don't know who the buyer of the coin was but I wouldn't have thought the £1500+ price tag would have been based on it being an ex Seaby coin? I realise provenance is worth a premium but not that much?

September auction at London coins had a pretty convincing no H with an obverse 12 which was ex Seaby http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/img.php?a=146&l=2720&f=r&s=l http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/img.php?a=146&l=2720&f=o&s=l

I agree with B+C Collector. Coin 2 has the reverse F, which is rare paired with any obverse. There are a few identifiers but the thick plumes and round top lighthouse are the easiest i.d. points on lower grade specimens

Not to mention the 1862/1 ... we'll ignore the different date placements What are Michael's rarity ratings? I know that with Freeman R8 and R9 stand for "not especially scarce", but I assume MG's are different. Michaels Rarity scale is: A1 - Abundant C2 - Common N3 - Normal S4 - Scarce (201-500) R5 - Rare (101-200) R6 - Very rare (51-100) R7 - Extremely rare (26-50) R8 10-25 possibly known R9 - 2-9 possibly known PU - Possibly Unique The term possibly known is used to allow for the possibility that some of the known rarities have been double counted when a coin has been sold from one collection to another without the researchers knowledge. The () numbers given are an approximation

Hi and welcome, the Penny in LCA that sold for £1500 was an open 3 1863 Penny. The difference is in the style of the number 3. Open up the pictures on London coins and compare a normal 1863 to the open 3 1863 and compare the diagonal strokes of the 3s, thats the biggest difference. Open 3 has a curved diagonal stroke and the normal 3 has a straight diagonal (the same as yours).