Coinery

Haven’t seen this in-hand, yet, but I’m expecting it to hold up pretty well. Bought from Eric Knowles of all people.

An unbelievably great thing you and your family are undertaking…a huge inspiration to those of us who spend time moaning about our lot in life!

Much MUCH better in-hand, on a huge flan…extremely happy! An absolute bargain at £200 delivered!

What a great double act…absolutely brilliant!

I’ve watched this over and over, shared it over and over…something special about this one, but can’t put my finger on it! It’s sexual, it’s natural, it has equality embedded in it…sounds like I’m a madman, but it has such a fun and healthy ‘feel’ about it! Clearly I can’t describe it, but a great moment…love it!

I watched a number of the lots go out today and couldn’t believe the prices! I wanted lot 136, the Elizabeth sixpence, but that sold for over £450 with juice! I thought I’d get the halfpenny however to sell on - not a particularly nice flan OR coin really - but £167 for God’s sake!

You could be waiting a long time for that answer I reckon!

Apparently you just ‘remove [the] surface residue’ and, hey presto, everything’s amazing! Superb spot @oldcopper

Phenomenal, Rob…HUGE respect 🙏

May as well hang a rarity around your neck if you’re going to! I’ve always had an old E1 sixpence on leather cord around mine…lost 2 along the way though! I often think of the pool attendant in Greece who’ll likely have stumbled across one of them!

Wow, what happened?

Crazy prices…honestly, some of the shoddy Edward pennies I saw were silly money! Maybe everything was? Maybe just DNW?

The 4 is much more up for debate in your example

I’d have to go with some kind of 4 involvement myself. Is there any way of ruling out (or in) any of the theories by looking back over the dies with regards to that distinctive bead below the 5?

Just got in from work…your post really moved me! 🙏

I guess with a Victorian penny being worth around 50p today, it would make it worthwhile! I guess the better forgers would be concentrating on the silver or gold, leaving the lowly coppers to those whose life was transformed simply by their affording to buy bread? I don’t buy the mangled ‘genuine’ penny theory. I’m inclined to think that someone made up some cast dies and had a play. Just out of interest, and I couldn’t find any when searching the images, does that misaligned ‘I’ in Victoria exist as a variety?

Gorgeous, real head-turner that!

Someone practicing with homemade dies for forgery, possibly?

I was willing to pay up to £160 for the two, been watching the lot for ages…it just happened to fall right between my two nightshifts and I, in no uncertain terms, ballsed it up!

I think so many lower-grade detector finds are spit and foil to clean, that anything is possible. When hammered is really crappy, and consequently aggressively cleaned, the end result is a flat, washed out, and uninspiring coin. I believe the deep-layered cabinet tone of old collectors’ coins on good metal, is what we’re all really looking for.

Really cheeky one…would someone be kind enough to share an image of the current Spink prices for the 6th issue E1 halfgroats? I appreciate current auction sale prices are the best search and measure of true worth, but curious:)