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The small lettering occurs on some 1894s also, but are very scarce. Davies 1013 1894 obv 1 rev B

Thats a great idea pinpointing them on a map. I live in NE Scotland, 120 miles from the nearest coin club, safe to say I'm not a member. A 5 hour round trip just wouldn't be worth it. Are there any other members here from Scotland?

It means that the last numeral in the date has been re-cut or re-stamped over the other numeral. In the 2 examples you gave the 8 will have been re-cut over a 7. This was done to use up old dies from the year before (or in some cases 2 years before). Some overdates are very clear as there was little effort put in to erasing the original numeral, others are very feint and difficult to determine. Other overdates such as the 1861 Pennies with the 8over6 occured by error with the wrong numeral punch being used to strengthen the weak numeral. Michael Gouby has some close up pictures on his site of some overdates www.michael-coins.co.uk. hope this helps.

closer shot of T/B the date

I have an example which seems to be the same dies as the 1st one mentioned. Missing/weak colon dots etc.

Thanks 1949, I've put it on my watched items now.

and the whole rev. I'm still looking for an 1863 open 3, they always sell well over my budget.

yep, I looked out my Pennies and had a look, certainly is an open 3. It is the nicest one I have seen also, nicer than the one Colin Cooke had a little while back in the auction and it sold for more than twice the price!. I only use a phone for the web as I currently do not have a computer, hopefully my phone camera is ok at pics, here is a close up of my open 3.

I agree the minor differences in obverses of the 1953 1/4d, 1/2d etc is nothing exciting. But the '53 Pennies with obverses having teeth and plain borders is another matter, I would be pleased to come across one of those.

Is it just me (no pun intended) or does anyone else think it is a standard 3?, the top and bottom curve in far too much for it to be an open 3.

true peck, size is important. I have seen quite a few Shillings on Ebay getting sold as the rare Sixpence. And funnily enough there were no sizes mentioned, trying to con folk into thinking they're getting a bargain.

oh, also all shillings have JEB ON truncation the same as the pictures.

the pictures you have are of a Shilling,,not a Sixpence. there are differences between them, the easieast one is that Sixpences have the cross on victorias crown toucing the border teeth, Shillings have the crown well clear of the teeth. So the coin in the photos is definitely a Shilling. Sorry to disappoint.

I read somewhere that the JEB ON trunc was a die that was meant for a half Sovereign. Can anyone confirm if thats true or not please? Thanks in advance.

Spink is only a guide really. I found when dealing that there are myths that prevail, and to be fair, Spinks are simply one of the many guides that perpetuate them. For example : 1936 pennies have a market value only a fraction of what is quoted, and are pretty much unsaleable unless BU. George VI pennies are almost worthless unless BU - ignore prices for EF coins. 1894 halfcrowns are very scarce and yet hardly rate higher than average for the series. Ignore prices for farthings in VF or lower from 1911 onwards. 1958 halfcrowns in AUnc aren't at all scarce, yet look at the prices! Bun farthings aren't worth what they are quoted in EF unless rare. 1754 farthings, 1758 shillings, 1787 silver, 1806 halfpennies, 1816 silver, 1887 JH silver - all really common, never pay catalogue value. although 1887 jub is generally common, there are the scarce and rare varieties among them,like the properJEB ON TRUNC 6d, you couldn't class that as common surely

Ok, so you have quoted the Spink price, so you obviously have the book. There you will see 2 prices for the coin in UNC, you stated the JEB is below the bust, so what you were actually quoting was the JEB on the TRUNC price of 250, yours is the type below the TRUNC with a UNC price of 25 pounds.....Spink 3928, the other price is for the JEB on Viccies shoulder, this is where you have got confused azda, I was telling him that his coins were the 'below' type, not the 'on' type. I am not confused at all. I think you have me confused with the op!?

the 2 Sixpences have JEB 'below' the bust, not 'on' the bust. These are very common and worth a fraction of the value of the 'on' bust variety.

all Elizabeth 6d are very common especially 1967. even top grade 1967 wouldn't get 50p. most folk would probably send it to the melting pot for face value 2.5p.

a pic would be nice. what grade does godd come under? a plastic thing? a bag, an envelope, a capsule? a piggy bank?

oh oh doesn't sound too pleased most places that sell coins are easily found on the net. Other places have their adverts in the coin news monthly magazine, which is available at all good newsagents

maybe HELLO sits down?