Coinery

This harks back to one of my biggest gripes with the slabbing principle...what ticking time-bombs are being locked away with the coins? Not that I'd want to stir that old debate up again!

Ignore verdicare, just a bit of water! If it's really stubborn, you could use acetone ( not the nail varnish type with conditioners included) but, be warned, some coins can occasionally finish with a light purplish tinge when tipped in the light! It's not terrible, and doesn't happen that often! I acetone all my copper, bronze and .500/CuNi coins, just to rid them of any invisible grease! If you've got gritty gunk in your beading, don't rub the coin, but swish it to remove what you can. The main point being, don't rub the gritty gunk all over the surface of the coin and hairline scratch it. My actual advice would be to leave any clean to the buyer, I wouldn't play around with a valuable coin unless you've experienced a number of failed attempts on some lesser-valued coins! Welcome! I'd keep it and start a Victoria or penny collection!

There's got to be a chance, I suppose? There would be space for the stop to be entirely hidden under that i, and there could've been more than one die re-used this way. However, I wouldn't buy it as one, though, as I'd definitely want a 'peeping stop' die-variety to substantiate the claim. There must be endless varieties out there, which are now impossible to 100% confirm, it's only in cases such as your suggested part showing stop, that you can name it. Unless other die features clearly link it to a li obverse.... Without a long-winded post, I think you know where I'm coming from. Basically, without other die identifiers, I don't see how he, or anyone else, could ever call it ii/i He can call it what he likes and that is the rub. Listings on ebay are full of spurious claims, and the higher the catalogue value the more frequently they are encountered. I too would like a little corroborative evidence in the form of an identifiably identical 1851 die to say for certain. And if he'd spent the last couple of weeks pulling that kind of truly verifiable evidence together, he sure as hell wouldn't be leaving it to rot on his hard-drive! It would've been proudly copied and pasted into a very grand description on eBay!

There's got to be a chance, I suppose? There would be space for the stop to be entirely hidden under that i, and there could've been more than one die re-used this way. However, I wouldn't buy it as one, though, as I'd definitely want a 'peeping stop' die-variety to substantiate the claim. There must be endless varieties out there, which are now impossible to 100% confirm, it's only in cases such as your suggested part showing stop, that you can name it. Unless other die features clearly link it to a li obverse.... Without a long-winded post, I think you know where I'm coming from. Basically, without other die identifiers, I don't see how he, or anyone else, could ever call it ii/i

Oooops, sorry, completely lost this thread, AND the plot, for a few engine repairing days! Anyway, I digress! Here are the 'approximate' 2013 Spink prices for your coins, provided they are uncleaned, ungrazed, unholed, undented, undinged...you get the picture! You 'may' get around 50% of that value on an eBay sale (of course, you could also get 99p for a £100 coin, or £100 from an idiot for a 99p coin), though selling on ebay is a whole chapter in itself. Anyway, I hope the below book figures for a 'good for grade' coin are useful to you. The very best of luck! Three pence 1882 F+ maundy is Bullion only, currency £7-8 1911 F maund. & currency is bullion only. 1912 VF £1-3 for M&C 1915 F bullion 1919 F Bull. 1930 VF+ M. £3 C. £8-£10 1934 VF M&C Bullion 1935 EF M £12, C £2 1940 VAC ??? Currency = EF £5, UNC £25... 1941 VAC ???? Currency = EF £4, UNC £25 Sixpence 1888 EF £35 1918 VF- £10 1928 F Bullion 1931 F " " 1933 F " " 1934 VF £3 1937 VF Bull. 1938 F " " 1940 VF " " 1941 F " " 1942 F+ " " 1945 VF " " 1946 F+ " " Florin 1922 F- £4 1928 F- Bull. 1929 F- " " 1933 F- " " 1935 F " " Half crown 1922 F+ £5-7 1926 VF £20 (there is a 'No colon after OMN variety, which is £50 in VF) 1967 Love only! Two shilling 1938 VF- £2 Four pence 1845 EF Maundy £15, Currency Groat is £80

Looks like you are throwing up after consuming one of those horrible blue designer drinks. Serves you right. Agreed. This one is better: We have so very much needed one of those in the emoticon pane!

If they were the only 5 coins I ever owned I'd be happy!

No problems, I'll post it up on this thread tomorrow!

Hi Ako26, they all have value! It's refreshing to find an old-school grader! Your father was very conservative with his grading, rather than the 'everything is uncirculated' contingent you get on eBay et al. If all the other coins have also been graded by your father, it's probably going to be an easy 'ish' exercise to price them, provided they are not polished, holed, green or cleaned! Most of the lower grade coins on ebay tend to make around (or less than) half of book price (book, meaning the major UK price guide, Spink's Catalogue) so, if you have those figures, you'll know, more or less, where you stand! If someone doesn't pop up those prices overnight, I'll get them to you tomorrow! I think your dad would have been most welcome here...there's a seriousness about his grading and documenting that's endearing!

Maybe I'm not looking in the right place, but I've never been able to access any images at all from a US TPGC?

I'd happily pay top Spink's book for AC's though!

I'm using an iPhone now, and I haven't a blinking clue! I know we iPhoners drive poor old Peck crazy with our eBay item numbers, instead of 'proper' links!

I'm presently trying to buy myself a floor sander, as I've got around 18 square metres of Victorian pine to sand for our floor in the boat!

There is now a pinned thread on the forum that will also help with posting images! Welcome aboard!

Nuffink for me! The wife forgot until Steve Wright was on playing love songs for the chaps! I don't mind!

You'd better get a good lawyer, Hello17!

Maybe not kill Hello17, but I think it would be wise to kidnap titla until we can fully establish there hasn't been any leak?

Not sure! Though I guess I ought to, being a living God an' all!

How did you calculate ESC1738's ob to enter the scene in 1880? Any idea who the late re-runs would be for? I'm just thinking, if the RM were to re-run a G6 set, would I really want one as a collector? The obverse die uses the bust punch employed on sixpences from 1880 onwards, but is dated 1839. One went through Heritage(?) earlier this year. This is the basis for the assumption that 1839 sets were made possibly up to 1887. We know that there were at least 3 halfpenny obverse dies used (the latest being an 1843 recut and also a number of dies for the £5 Una & t'Lion. The 1839/41 obverse die is heavily polished and the hair not in very good shape (see unlisted varieties section) implying a heavily rusted die was bought back into use. The condition of the die is such that you would think there was none better available as any die for sets made pre 1860 would surely be taken from the normal die production activities and dated accordingly. It isn't cast in concrete, but I assume the recut date coins are later than 1860. Sets were made for collectors. Post date production applies to the early 1970s RM sets too. So, another aspect to set buying...do you have an original issued '39 set on '39 planchets, or a set on planchets nearly 50 years younger? Thanks for the enlightenment, Rob!

How did you calculate ESC1738's ob to enter the scene in 1880? Any idea who the late re-runs would be for? I'm just thinking, if the RM were to re-run a G6 set, would I really want one as a collector?

Nice penny One day (sigh) one day This time next year... ...we'll be milly on airs, Rodney! You don't have any old pocket watches in your attic, by any chance? Unfortunately not, but I've got a couple of bolts in the attic floor which hold up the chandeliers that need cleaning The best one!

You mean I could've had a bash at a second example of a 2 in legend? You mean.........it wasn't you that bought it??? Yes, bit of a slip up there on my part! Looks like they had the 'l' in 1565 unfortunately.... Still, you have a threepence...the 15 in 1565 variety!

...just as the coin description is equally randomly selected from a list of possibles. True enough!

You mean I could've had a bash at a second example of a 2 in legend?