Hussulo

It is. With this new ongoing court case I wonder what will happen if the US government win over the Longboards? What will they do with the 10 new c1933 $20's: 1) Destroy them. 2) Legalise them and sell them to collectors. 3) Donate them to museums.

And since then 10 more have come to light. "from the family of Philadelphia jeweler Israel Switt, the illicit coin dealer identified by the Secret Service as a party to the theft who admitted selling the first nine double eagles recovered a half century earlier. In September 2004, the coins' ostensible owner, Joan S. Langbord, voluntarily surrendered the 10 coins to the United States Secret Service. In July 2005, the coins were authenticated by the United States Mint, working with the Smithsonian Institution, as being genuine 1933 Double Eagles. Currently, the coins are held at Fort Knox under lock and key. After the announcement that the US Secret Service had recovered the coins and that they had been authenticated, Ms. Langbord publicly claimed that she inherited the coins from her father via legal means, and continues to threaten a federal suit concerning the surrendered coins. To that effect, Langbord has apparently retained the services of the attorney, Barry Berke, who represented Fenton with the only monetized 1933 Double Eagle." from Wikipedia. the case is still in court. Also it is no longer the most expensive coin in the World. Recently a 1794 dollar sold for record $7.85M: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37265346/ns/today-money/

PS. not only Irish but they made them depicting Edward VIII and for various countries like Cyprus etc.

They are not real patterns, they are modern fantasy pieces. I think they may have been produced by Richard Lobel or for Spink to sell at a patina sale? Not worth a lot and I'm not keen on the fact that they haven't got replica or copy stamped on them, I guess because they aren't copying a real coin they can get away without having to do so but I'm sure many novice collectors have been fooled by them.

To celebrate our free trial month in April over on Coins4u.net I would like to have a giveaway. The prize: This is ONE of four replica medals I purchased a while ago. It is quite large and copper coloured, although I don't know what it is made from. They all have a similar theme which is that of hot air balloons. If you would like a chance to win this medal post a reply in this thread. One entry per person only and the winner will be randomly drawn. I will post it anywhere in the World to the winner at my expense. Winner will be chosen on Mon 5th April and announced here. All entries must be in before 10pm GMT on Sun 4th April. Good luck

the winner selected randomly out of a hat by my wife is..... 1949threepence Congrats 1949threepence PM me your address and I'll get it in the post to you.

Spink 2010 prices it as £750 VF and £1750 EF. I haven't got my copy of Collectors Coins GB 2010 yet.

PS this giveaway is for ONE medal only.

Hi Azda, Its a nice coin. The top part of X in REX is filled in, which is a chip in the die. There is something on the N in BRITANNIA possibly another chip in the die. I don't think its an N struck over something. Honestly although interesting, I don't think these error would warrant a premium for the coin. Error collectors usually look for major errors (off centre strike, brockage etc.) on coins and variety collectors usually look for a change in design or an error that has been man made like and overdate or over stamped letters like or an N over say an E. You could list it on ebay starting at what you paid for it and list the errors with the hope someone might be interested and it might do well but if you send it off to a major auction or a specialist, I don't think the errors are major enough to get them too exited. Hus

I agree. At first I thought maybe it's AW using an alias but his writing style is different. Some of JAG's first post were entertaining but they went down hill fast...

Perhaps worth around £5 to the right buyer. The thing is most error collectors only go after or pay big money for the more major and striking errors like brockages and off centre strikes. I find them all fascinating though.

Here's a link to an article including a picture of it: http://www.coinlink.com/News/world-coins/goldbergs-acquire-legendary-king-edward-viii-1937-proof-set/ Wow what a set!

There was no Sovereign Hussulo, it was a halfcrown, perhaps polished with brasso, nevertheless, it was silver, honest Sorry my mistake I meant halfcrown. thats what happens when you try to converse on three different forums simultaneously. Occasionally things get muddled but I stand by the rest of my statement.

Yes pretty cool error. It is a die brake, the ones on the edge are sometimes refereed to as a die cud.

Check out this link you might find it useful: http://www.coinsgb.com/Grading.html Grading is a bit of an art form and can take years to master. It can vary from coin to coin depending on type and date etc. A good bit of advice I would give would be to keep an eye out on reputable auction house listings to see how they are grading coins until you start to develop an eye for it. Alternatively look at reputable dealers lists and pictures on line and study the coins to understand how they came about the grade. The highest points wear first but sometimes you have to take into account the softness of a strike. P.S. I have come a long way but don't profess to have mastered it yet.

Welcome to the forum and some sterling advice from Peter. I would recommend buying some books reading and trying to learn to grade. I would also recommend buying from respected dealers or if buying from ebay don't take much notice of most peoples grading as 9 times out of 10 they are over grading the coins. As for the link to the Sovereign it has been harshly cleaned and no where near Unc. Only really worth bullion value.

Id be interested. Someone on here might be able to tell you more about them as well.

I agree with Chris and Peter but you never know. Do you have a set of digital scales you can weigh it on? and a picture would help.

What effect the internet is having on our coin collecting habits? Well I've noticed that buying gold coins for my World gold collection has became a lot more expensive. Makes me wish I started many years ago. It seems due to banks and the economic situation the whole World has gone gold daft, which has had a knock on effect on gold coins. Fractional farthings haven't went up a big deal, which is good for me. Are prices moving due to supply and demand or dealers understand that the market has a number of new collectors that do not understand our grading which opens a new window of opportunity? I don't know how much the prices for other coins have changed as I haven't followed them but like anything else its down to supply and demand. Obviously unless some hoarded coins are found there aren't going to be an abundance of nice grade older coins and the more people wanting to own one means the prices will rise. I guess the freedom and communication capabilities of the internet have helped, it has brought to the market more coins and collectors from oversees. What is really driving prices the lack of material or dealers? The dealers play their part but again its mainly down to supply and demand. I also think there are more investors entering the coin market. Banks have fell out of favour and people are looking for new places to invest in. Hus

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Apparently according to Robert Matthews (former Queen's Assay Master at the Royal Mint.) Who posted about it over on my forum: "It ... included precious metal alloy coins and their replacement alloys e.g. cupro-nickel." I always thought it was only done for gold and silver coins.

"No coin whatever is issued from the Mint until a portion of it has been assayed by the Queen's assayer. When that process has been gone through, one coin of each denomination is placed in a pix, or casket, sealed with three seals, and secured with three locks, the keys being separately kept by the Master of the Mint, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Queen's assayer; the pieces of coin so secured are given to a jury to assay and compare with the trial plates which are kept in the ancient treasury in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey, the keys of which and of the pix in which the trial plates are deposited are in the custody of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Lords of the Treasury. The process of comparison is called the trial of the pix." Peter Cunningham, Hand-Book of London, 1850 I recently purchased a manuscript referring to the trial of the pix dated 9th of March 1836.

It reads: When folded up on the front first picture: Order in Council for the Tryal of the Pix of the mint dated the 9th of March 1836 ~ Front page At the Court at St. James's the 9th of March 1836 Present The Kings most Excellent Majesty in council It is this day ordered by His Majesty in council. that the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy council do meet at His Majesty's exchequer at Westminster on Thursday the 24th of this instant March at ten o'clock in the forenoon for the Trial of His Majesty's Coins in the Pix of the mint; and the Right Honourable the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain and Ireland is to require the wardens and company of goldsmiths to give attendance on their Lordships at the place aforesaid; and the Second page The Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury are to direct the Warden Master Worker and Commissioners of His Majesty's Mint with the officers therein concerned to be present. I cannot decipher the signature