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What about either of these @Rob? %5BURL=http://s1270.photobucket.com/user/coinery/media/MG1resize.jpg.html%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i1270.photobucket.com/albums/jj620/coinery/MG1resize.jpg%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D

You certainly know your stuff, Kal, many thanks for the info., really interesting! It's a very convincing piece on the surface of it, I'm surprised the counterfeiter went to such lengths to produce the die-crack, only to spoil it all by leaving out significant detail like those you mentioned? The dies even had pitting. An interesting coin regardless...I wouldn't say no!

Trouble is, Peter, I'd end up taking you to the pub! I've just started a new job this week! Back to nursing! Work means £s...and £s means coins!

Very acceptable loss! Years ago I used to have that information, but have since misplaced it. I used to buy the silver off eBay, calculating how much the coins would weigh, based on the wear, and then bid accordingly! Not an overly successful silver buying project, but I did develop a good feel for acceptable weight loss at the time! As was mentioned above, it's a valuable exercise to weigh a few and build a small database!

Is there any chance at all that die clogs could be the answer, rather than it being a forgery? Is there any evidence of clogs developing on the other examples? Also (a massive long shot), could it have been a pre-1921 smart Alec removing devices from a genuine coin to generate an undocumented variety? I only offer the argument because it looks so good, and appears hammered! Making new 'original' fake dies is one thing, but making fake dies that replicate known issues and positioning of devices is an altogether different animal! would certainly love to know more!

And rightly so! Henry VI seems to turn up a lot of nice quality coins. It's great to get hammered!

Some silver testing kits aren't sensitive down to .500 The one I've got (bit old now) will give a blinding result for sterling, but a really unsatisfactory result on debased coins.

Welcome aboard, prep! You know you're doing the right thing!

Interesting post, Ziggy, many thanks for taking the time to add it here for reference!

We've got another fish on the line! Reel 'im in chaps, reel 'im in!

Nice coin! Doesn't look like a die flaw, though, that would present as a ridge? Could it be the stress lines of an old crease, it runs perfectly straight through the letters, suggesting it's also not a flan flaw?

Someone had a nice little piece of numismatic documentation on the cheap! Plate coin too! 49.99 or best offer, with free postage. Sad to have missed it! 172545824097

Yes, I was surprised that the design software/templates were not fluid enough to be mobile friendly when it was first launched, I assumed it was teething troubles that would be ironed out eventually. I more or less understand the issues, but you do have to walk a long mile today to find a piece of web software that hasn't been designed to accommodate mobile and the various operating systems.

C'mon, WC, you know you can do it! ?

This is what's been my biggest issue with the 'new' site! SO much scrolling! Plus the advert containers means the text 'slides' all over the place when I'm doing so!

Sorry, Clive, I still haven't worked out how to grab a link from an app. http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Henry-III-Class-VIIa2-Canterbury-Mint-henri-ex-J-P-Mass-collection-/172545824097?hash=item282c885561%3Ag%3AFtYAAOSwKtlWnrNi&_trkparms=pageci%253A5638f425-0956-11e7-b06c-74dbd1804f4f%257Cparentrq%253Ad1014c4315a0a5e0d67f3578fff3e191%257Ciid%253A1

Don't forget to ask about any coins you are buying! Coin dealers sell everything from fine to uncirculated...you just have to ask, and a good dealer will always be straight with you! You just need to know who they are! Enjoy the ride!

Oh, mine's a pint!

Rob https://www.rpcoins.co.uk/ you can also find him at the fairs! Declan http://www.declanmageecoins.co.uk/ and his Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/declanwmagee/?locale2=en_GB and Colin's farthings site http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/

If you like a farthing, Colin of aboutfarthings is also a great guy, and running a great website!

I've bought from both Rob AND Declan, both very knowledgeable in their fields! Rob was there when they made the very first coin, and has remembered everything that's happened since, and Declan will also do you very nicely too...both know a quality coin, and won't lie to you about it! Declan's also got a pretty groovy Facebook page if you're into that sort of thing, and both have got websites!

Lovely 'little' brace you got there, MBE! Getting the hang of that camera, Paul...you're getting off some really nice shots!

Oooooosh!

Now, mostly a coin photograph will make a coin look better than it really is, if it's carefully taken. However, not always! Last night I referred back to the images of my recent penny post in hammered to take a quick look at the serifs (using a computer), as it was easier than getting the coin out! Now, I took the pictures using my iPhone, and uploaded them using the same tool...looked OK I thought? Anyway, imagine my horror when I looked at my iPhone images on the big screen, and saw a corroded, encrusted, eroded, coin, with thick dark crustaceans all over it, instead of the rather nice quality coin I though I bought? So, take a look at the serifs on the 'I' I had to get the coin out quick and take another look! In fact the coin's fine but, my goodness, how that iPhone image of mine had lied. Look at the difference!

A classic example! Apart from mine, that is! Edit to add: a classic HAMMERED example! The milled surfaces are even more problematic with the scourge of reflection/refraction of light, etc.!