Coinery

Thanks, Peter! Any ideas where I'd get a list 51? Do similar studies exist for the William III copper?

You certainly cast a very wide net, Dave! Where on earth do you start with paper money? I basically got it for its history. Its an operation Bernhard forgery and the serial was'nt noted for this date. It has been now. Just missed an original white isse Tenner in an auction from 1935, bugger!!!!! All totally over my head! Though I did once, a long time ago, decide if Ed7 had any notes, I would collect them! I still don't know to this day whether he did or not?

That's really worrying as the number is still coming up invalid for me on both coins! I've emailed them for advice. Doubly annoying as they were both great buys! Had a prompt reply from NGC saying there had been a glitche in the system over the weekend!

Whilst the tooling in this particular instance is intentional and not meant to deceive, I thought some close-up images of the fields on John's Victorian Penny was worth posting here, if only so that benefit could be gained from the realisation that the missing Trident Staff, Shield (where the carver in this instance has created a NEW, amazingly level, field), and Bun, could equally be a missing dot, colon, serif, absolutely anything, actually!

Continuing from the beginnings of a discussion about apparent rarity, here is an unbarred A's in Maria 1694 farthing, on the usual poor cast flan, added to which is a more than acceptable level of reverse corrosion. The question is: Spink catalogues this unbarred 'A' coin at nearly 3 times the value of the regular barred 'A' issue in Fine. All these unbarred A 'rarities,' William III copper included, seem to be turning up with regularity on the Bay, are they overpriced, are they as rare as thought?

You certainly cast a very wide net, Dave! Where on earth do you start with paper money?

Hope your mum is OK and, hey, no response is ever needed, just thought this thread was as good a place as any to chuck a couple of links on for you!

Very nice Richard, I'd be happy with this one, though a bit of a side-step from your usual Charlies, however!

I've got to hand it to you, Will, and all credit where it's due, you've been incredibly mature and polite under fire! Good luck in your ventures, I wish you well, just not really my bag!

I'll keep putting them here FYI http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/George-V-silver-shilling-folk-art-love-token-/261042728247?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item3cc75bed37

Don't order a Ferrari! There are a few others on here with their fingers much more on the pulse, price wise, I'm sure they'll be adding to this shortly!

The reverse has been recessed and hand carved to pass away the hours! If you look at the reverse, you can still see the trident (3-pronged spear) at the 1 O'Clock edge, very cleverly done, but just a 'regular' 'graffitied' penny!

Hi Hammers, and welcome aboard! Another very clever piece of trench art, I'd say! Though Lord knows how those poor men of WW1 every found the time or equipment to carry out some of the amazing works that are out there, it's beyond comprehension. These pieces really are amazing collectable in my eyes, not worth anything like what they should be, given the context of their origin.

Even clicking on this link? Try clearing your browser cache and then try, or use another browser. Bingo, thanks, Clive...switched back to Explorer from Firefox! Damn!

That's really worrying as the number is still coming up invalid for me on both coins! I've emailed them for advice. Doubly annoying as they were both great buys!

I know the seller He also has a convict penny on there for just under £2k Doh! I'm just not paying enough attention, John!

And another from the same seller that won't input???? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1849-GODLESS-TYPE-FLORIN-SLABBED-MS62-/200774683149?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item2ebf1a8a0d He's got a massive feedback at 100% and been selling since 2004, NGC issues, or Fake???

Just run the number of this coin through NGC as I was hoping for a bargain, and it came back on two attempts as invalid! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1821-GEORGE-1V-GOLD-SOVEREIGN-/200774678002?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item2ebf1a75f2

I love this one! Still cheap too! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1682-Crown-engraved-as-a-love-token-/261042136645?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item3cc752e645

I always thought that the Kingdom of Unknow had never issued the pink and black denominations? C'mon, what's the problem? It's an english Edward XIV threeqarter-pence, copper sovereign, without stops, legend starting at 24 minutes past seven! Some people just want to be hand-held through the entire process!

He's got himself a bargain at £130! How easy an anniversary solution is that? C'mon, Mr Debbie, it's cheaper than flowers and taking her to the pub! An' she'll love ya for it!

So difficult with images, but my money says it's not good...I can't tell if that's haymarks or underlying base-metal pits! It is horribly tooled however. The hairlines beside the forehead don't even bother to follow what was a curl! Sorry, Dave, hope you didn't spend very much on it! What was making me itch was just above the 2nd V in GVLIELMVS , it looks to be flaking, thats when alarm bells started ringing Back on the phone, now, but I think it was the central reverse too that was 'uncomfortable'! See if you can stick it to the back of a speaker magnet! I know people will go mad about this, but I wouldn't be without my silver testing acid! I'm not recommending that this is done as a routine thing but, for those head-scratching challenges you occasionally come across, if you touch a tiny spot on the edge of a coin, especially one that you feel confident hasn't been plated, you'll get a positive reaction one way or the other in around 2 seconds! I alway do this next to a running tap and thoroughly rinse it the second I've got the information I'm after. There is absolutely no signs left afterwards! The great thing about the test is it only tests positive on high-grade silver, it doesn't change colour at all on silver alloys at .500. Whilst it may seem sacrilege, there have been coins in the past that I have enjoyed an awful lot more for applying that final scientific conclusion!

So difficult with images, but my money says it's not good...I can't tell if that's haymarks or underlying base-metal pits! It is horribly tooled however. The hairlines beside the forehead don't even bother to follow what was a curl! Sorry, Dave, hope you didn't spend very much on it!