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Thanks geordie! Infact thanks to everyone for being so helpfull and supportive.

Many thanks Chris, I will do!

Very interesting Rob. Is the 1835 5/4 a rare overdate as I cannot find any refernces to it in any of my books?

Now if you could make your own coins, that would be good fun. Your right Geordie it is lot cheaper to do, but not always to buy.

Is the 1835 a 5/4? I don't know Rob here's a pic. What do you think? I know what is realy obvious is that it has a large die crack running from the last l to the s in gulielmus.

Great pictures guys! here's a link to mine, I'v only got 3 pics uploaded at the moment: http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i317/hussulo/paintings/

Great coins Collector. I may be wrong but I think I have read somewhere that reverse brockages are rarer than obverse ones in British coins. I don't know if its to do with the position of the dies? maybe the obverse dies are at the bottom therefore coins tend to stick to the obverse die more? who knows.

Good luck ken I would love to see your Sovereign.

Here is a picture of a brockage penny I have got. You can tell a brockage coin becouse one side is incuse. A brockage occurs when a coin is struck and then stuck in the system then a new planchet is fed in and struck. What happens is the original coin that was stuck acts as a sort of die and leaves an incuse reverse image on the other side of the second coin. Plaese look at the picture of my penny to see what I mean. P.s. this is a full or 100% brockage you also get partial brockages which only have partial details of the stuck coin imprinted on the new one. Also if anyone has any error, brockage , double headed British coins I would be willing to buy them of you at a good price as I am starting to collect them. Please PM me.

I have a two headed Victoria bunhead halfpence, but it is actually two halfpenny’s that have been either sanded down or cut and then joined at together. It is only slightly over weight but you can faintly see the join mark around the edge. You do sometimes get genuine two headed or two tailed coins which happen as a minting error. I would weigh your coin or check round the outside to see if you can see any join marks.

I'll scan in the page and email it to you shortly. Thanks Rob. Much appreciated. Done Thanks Rob, email sent.

Hi can anyone give me any info or pictures of, lot 1207 in the Herman Selig sale held by Spink on 2 March 1999. Thanks

I'll scan in the page and email it to you shortly. Thanks Rob. Much appreciated.

Somebody posted this coin on onother form. Is it a fake or a pattern? 1802 cartwheel penny otr two pence? The person more interested in the inscription but is 1802 not an impossible date for such a coin and they are normaly dated on the reverse. So anybody any thoughts? maybe the date has been etched on?

You were right Chris, here is a pic of the reverse.

Thanks Chris, I'v got Peck I'll check later on.

Cheers Chris, Kind of what I susspected, so that was probably the date he made the inscription. Thanks for the conformation there were chartwheel patters made but they were for 1/4d etc and non made in 1802 am I correct?

Wow just when I start to think I am understanding "proofs" it seems there is alot more to learn, but I do love this hobby and I'm sure given time I will. It is definetly an interesting field of numismatics.

Do you think this coin is made using the sandblasted dies as apposed to the normal proof polished dies? The frosted bust etc suggests to me it is and according to my Coincraft 1998 book they where some (vip) sandblasted die minted threepences of that year.

Thanks Rob, I'm unsure about this 3d now there definetly is a contrast of tone between the bust and feild, however the bust does not appear frosted when observed from all angles like your 6d. I think I might have to go with normal proof striking on this one.

Recived the coin today, the bust does appear to be frosty but not as frosty as the pictures suggest unless you change the angle and move it around in your hand. So I'm unsure as to whether its a really nice "normal proof" or a "sandblasted proof". However the normal proof 1953 threepences I have seen don't display any cameo affect. Rob does your 1958 6d appear as frosty and cameo no matter how you hold it, as it does in your pictures?

Based on the image I'd say yes. Interestingly and as an aside, my 1960 VIP proof 3d is not from sandblasted dies and is only a polished die. I don't know when the changeover took place as I don't have any intermediate years or whether both polished and sandblasted pieces were produced for this year. Thanks Rob you have confirmed my hunch, lets see if others also agree. If they do It could be purchase of the month for me. I haven't seen your 1960 3p but your 1958 sandblasted 6p ia a real gem. Based on the image I'd say yes. Interestingly and as an aside, my 1960 VIP proof 3d is not from sandblasted dies and is only a polished die. I don't know when the changeover took place as I don't have any intermediate years or whether both polished and sandblasted pieces were produced for this year. Thanks Rob you have confirmed my hunch, lets see if others also agree. If they do It could be purchase of the month for me. I haven't seen your 1960 3p but your 1958 sandblasted 6p ia a real gem. P.s. According to Coincraft 1998 edition there were proofs minted for most years of Queen Elizabeth II threepences, but only in 1953 do you get a proof as well as a proof from sandblasted dies.

Wow that is some coin! I prefare the first view as well.

Hi can anyone help with this token its 36mm wide?

Very informative article, thanks for sharing Scottishmoney.