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  1. Coinery
    Not the best macro shots from my phone, but a doable portrait…for me at least
  2. Coinery
    Brilliant! A relief to find them with different dies. Many thanks for that…that really is a cracking little 6d of yours! Would take some beating, even with a common mark!
  3. Coinery
    Nice little win of a superb sixpence. Weak portrait but, to be fair, exaggerated in these auction images…actually much better in-hand…will try and post another image soon. I did try to look out the images of your 1573 @Rob because it worried me a little bit to find another little-worn acorn coin, but I couldn’t find them to compare the dies.
  4. Coinery
    No, they were actually washers
  5. Coinery
    Just to clarify, I wasn’t proposing it was the force of one coin falling against the other. I do know we did some strange things with coins as kids, with just a couple of things springing to mind, such as opening modelling paint tins, making cross-pistol mechanisms from old penny pieces and, maybe relevant to this situation, we used to squeeze chunky washers edge-to-edge in a vice until they’d finally fly off like a game of buckaroo!
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    An interesting and clear overmark on eBay, but really surprised to see it sell for £464 I don’t think I missed anything?
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    Also, that the thicker side-bar of the ‘A’ corresponds (namely right on the raised and left on the incuse), makes for a far more likely clash of edges post production.
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    Definitely looks incuse…I’d wager someone has hammered the edge of one coin against the other at some point, or some similar mechanical crushing of coins at the mint.
  9. Coinery
    Wow, with just on exception, the half crown, all the Elizabeth hammered is eBay fodder!
  10. Coinery
    Beautiful reverse too!
  11. Coinery
    Well look what I’ve just had the very good fortune to spot for sale and procure…thank you once again Mr Tout!
  12. Coinery
    You could be on to something here 🤣🤣
  13. Coinery
    You could even argue in this case that cabinet friction can actually lift the value and eye-appeal of certain coins, where the design is nicely and artistically picked out by contact with a surface…where the tone has been partially removed to highlight the detail like a well-executed brass rubbing.
  14. Coinery
    I’ve always held it to mean the minimal removal of tone from the highest points of the design, spoiling what might otherwise be an immaculately toned coin. Nothing that you could call wear, but definitely a less pleasing coin on account of it.
  15. Coinery
    Have always admired these big coppers…lovely coin!
  16. Coinery
    Only just seen this! Wow, could easily be a 1967 BU penny, it’s that good!
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    They never even bothered to respond to my email, I sent 2 other examples too. I’ve just taken a look on their app., they’re certainly in no rush to pull it, it’s still ticking away.
  18. Coinery
    And now CNG are at it too in their next timed auction, Lot 664…I don’t get it, it’s so obvious in hand, everything is wrong about it! To be honest, a lot of the Elizabeth coins in this ‘Cloudesly Collection’ look ‘odd,’ I’d love to buy the lot of them, just to look them over.
  19. Coinery
    And it sold for even more the second time! An unbelievable £116
  20. Coinery
    What is wrong with people? Currently £84 plus postage on eBay! It’s not like it ain’t obvious! 265717824427
  21. Coinery
    Brilliant! Can’t get enough of him
  22. Coinery
    Here’s an example in the bottom right of one coin that didn’t correlate with the template. It has larger rings on the ‘chains’ too. BCW state there’s only one portcullis punch, meaning either they are wrong or the ‘no mark’ coin is suspect? OR they refreshed the bolts as the punch broke up and started to spread?
  23. Coinery
    Ah, yes, I see what you mean! I found a template I made up for the portcullises whilst looking out your coin. Very useful for spotting some of the counterfeits.
  24. Coinery
    Just had another look at your one, the anchor is set further right on yours!
  25. Coinery
    I notice the cypher over anchor is still the only overmark missing in the halfpenny section of BCW’s 2021 memorial update. Amazing that they’d never come across one…hens’ teeth and all that!
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