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Thanks to Chris my old page is now available at https://www.predecimal.com/GIII/

The 1200 dpi is for analyzing and comparing the punches and it's only just enough. Stu's scans are probably in the 600dpi range and is quite sufficient to compare the dies for now and hopefully there'll more sunlight in the future to get a close-up picture of the over date. 🙂

Thanks Stu! - PM send - If the scans doesn't work out we'll just have to wait for the sun will show up again at some point...

Thank you so much for the offer! However, I have a few copies + probably another handful or more waiting in Gary's collection - so I should be covered with these types.

Reverse seems to be identical to my J914r which I've seen with 3 different obverses - and now there's a fourth... While corrected punches (or errors) are fairly common with counterfeit dies, a re-engraved date (or other parts of design) is rare. It may turn out to be an important coin for understanding the use of punches within the series - So, I would very much like to have a 1200 dpi scan or a clear set of photographs of both sides.

Another somewhat crude group C die - fairly common - Here's a better example.

This obverse is uncommon - The only other one I've noticed is in Gary's collection. Do yours have the same reverse?

Could you please upload a photo of the reverse - I don't think I have this variation.

This is a fairly common contemporary counterfeit. J015o / I801r in my current system. It's connected to a number of other dies of various groups - it's the 7th coin in this die chain

Well, sure - that would be great! I thought the Internet Archive had it all by now - but it's not of much use without pictures.

Made a mistake in my previous post. Right after I got back to Denmark I send Gary a few pre-Geroge III counterfeit shillings, for which he thanked me in a mail about a week later - And that was the last time I heard from him. As I understand his collection or part of it will be auctioned later this year.

Yes, the Steppeulvene page was mine - It just got to expensive to continue with it. Gary thought that I should have it, since I worked out a useful system of separating the main groups. I'm grateful that I got the chance to buy his collection and hope I can take the next step (which is a throughout study of the punches) later this year.

Hi Guys! I'm still around but haven't had much time for coin study lately. Gary was about to start a new cancer treatment which unfortunately proved to be in vain. As he knew he might not be recovering, he offered me to buy his collection of counterfeit George IIIs shillings at a very fair price. So I jumped on a plane and spend a pleasant evening with him where we wrapped the coins in rolls with paper and looked at some of his vast collection. Next morning the very day he would start the new treatment, I returned to Denmark - and never heard from him again. I haven't yet had a chance to look at the coins, of which there are apparently over a thousand. Instead, I've been working with my own collection in the hope of being able to refine the group divisions and perhaps arrive at a more correct classification for the whole series. Only when that's finished, I will start classifying Gary's coins.

Do you still need them?

That's an old forgery - possibly contemporary. So far I've seen 1841, 1844 and 1846, all with the same reverse.