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Hussulo, I collect them, or should I say have a collection I formed many years ago. Are you after anything in particular, info or images, as Colin has managed to put a lot together on his Farthings site. John

Franklin Mint produced a set of coins called 'Coins of all Nations' in the late 90's, they were the current coinage at the time of every country, where law permitted, before the Euro, in mint condition, sealed onto an A4 sized cardboard sheet,similar to the GB mint sets, with a National stamp and some information on the country and currency. I've seen some on Ebay for a couple of quid each, might be possible to cherry pick to make a commonwealth set. John

I have come across a number of Encapsulated British Coins in my Ebay searches, that the grade given to the coin is no where near the visible condition. In most cases the organisations are unknown to me, are these capsules available for general purchase and dealers encapsulating and grading these coins themselves? or can these capsules be opened and reused, the original coin graded being swapped out. I'll post a couple of links when I next come across one.

Thankyou both, Hussulos link to the PCGS article is particularly interesting, the NNC looks fairly similar to others I have seen, very amateur and cheap looking labels. My searches, usually by date, bring up these encapsulated coins occassionally, and I have seen MS65 graded coins I couldn't pass as VF with the obvious wear, digs, scratches etc..

I have listed the following book on Ebay A Guide to the Varieties and Rarity of English Regal Copper Coins, Charles II-Victoria, 1671-1860. London: Methuen & Co., Ltd., June 1929. viii, 128 pp. The book has never been reprinted and therefore extremely difficult to find. This book covers from the first dated English Copper coins of Charles II (1671) up to the last Victoria (1860), the fore runner to Pecks and includes varieties not listed by Pecks and so unrecorded by most modern day collectors. I am unsure how to post a link so have copied the top bar below http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...mp;Category=274 John

Soory can't spell Numismatic, shpuld have used my spell checker!

I have copied below a reply I made a couple of weeks ago to a similar question, hope this helps. An excellent guide to upcoming Auctions, worldwide, is the attached site, these further provide links to the Catalogue or Auctioneers actual site, and once registered proxy bid for its members. http://www.sixbid.com A similar site for local auctions and smaller sale rooms (only within the UK) is The Sale room, updates are daily/weekly, searches can be preformed on items/dates of particular interested over all current auctions listed. Also features 'live auction centres' to join in the action. http://www.the-saleroom.com John

St James Auction 7 - Feb 2008, had a set described as in original case, details may still be avaliable on line John

The most comprehensive book I have read on coin manufacturing is 'The art of coin making' a history of minting technology by Denis R Cooper, published by Spink & son, ISBN 0907 605 27 3. Copper variations are not very well recorded genrally and mint records very scarce to non existant for the Copper period. Most books like Bramahs and Pecks only record a few of the most well known variations. John

looks like a Halfpenny, a quick accurate check for Coppers without the denomination in the Legend is the diameter; 34mm Penny, 28mm Halfpenny, and 22mm farthing. The condition of this coin is quite poor so unfortunately no real value financially, but it is still a piece of history.

It looks like a Bavarian Speilmarke penny, 12.5mm diameter in Copper and the legends are Obv Bavarian Speilmarke; Rev one Penny. John

The only book I have seen that solely covers these types of coins is 'Toy Coins' by David J de Sola Rogers, published by Galata in 1990. I have looked through but can't see your coin, although the Obv is very similar in design to the Prince of Wales models by Hawkins and Magnay, this seemsto be the only recorded coin with the legend 'Victoria queen of Great Britian' that is dated. Spielmarke use the same legend but are undated. John

Tom, One of the Forum members gave the following link to a digitalbook site a few weeks ago, I am fairly sure all the BNJs are there as free downloads, http://www.digitalbookindex.org/_search/search010coinsa.asp John

Common mistake I see all the time is Halfpennies listed as Pennies and Farthings listed as Halfpennies, because they have no denomination/value on them, the easiest way to distingiush them is the daimeter. Copper Pennies 34mm, Halfpennies 28mm and Farthings 22mm

Problem with these sets is that they wwere distributed by Westminster Collections and Pobjoy direct, so retail prices were always very high in comparison to value, similar to Royal Mint Commemoratives. I haven't seen any of the sets listed for sale, lots of the Coin/Stamp covers though, and the web wasn't about in the seventies so it would be difficult to track down any information from the original release or give a realistic value. All that said, the Royal Family are still a good worlwide collecting theme, the sets are limited in number and, if you are happy with the price you paid, it was a good purchase. John

Royal Wedding Princess Ann & Mark Philips (Great Britain) 1973.Set of 6 Sterling Silver Medals proof in case with COA. Westminster Abbey, The Glass Coach, Royal Yacht, Horse, Honeymoon I think this was a Pobjoy Mint issue, 6 coin set, 5000 sets in sterling silver, 3000 sets in Silver with 22ct gold, 300 sets in 22 ct gold and 30 sets Platinium sets. Other sets included covers with the royal mail stamps, those were a Silver medal or a Bronze/Brass medal. Pobjoy is the biggest independent mint, based in UK, mints mostly commeratives for commonwealth countries. John

Michael Gouby is the author of the website Michael Coins (http://www.michael-coins.co.uk), he has published a couple of reference works on Bronze Pennies and the mintage thereof, and I believe he had a hand in updating Freemans work republished last year.

If you are sending to a Buyer, it is their risk and choice of postage, as you have found out. Give an option of normal, recorded/registered post, Special Delivery and explain the risks /compensation levels, above all get proof of postage. I always send proof of postage by email after I have posted, either a copy of the receipt or the tracking number, depending on the methods used, that way you have covered yourself. Incidentally,PayPal/Ebay insist on tracked postage as part of their terms and conditions of use for all items over a certain value. If you are receiving goods, again your choice, you know the risks, the two coins I lost were bought very cheaply for what they were, bargains are the most likely to get 'lost in the post' John

Unfortunately what he says is true, registered and recorded post are 'designed' for documents and the like only, coins etc are not covered and the maximum insured value is only £27.50. It is in the Post Office term and conditions, only avaliable from the Post Office. Always ask for Special Delivery for about £4.00 item is insured min, £500 up to max. of £2,500 at additional cost, usually no more than £5.50 total cost. It is worth the additional cost for anything of real value, the item is tracked from source and signed for at the point of delivery so fraud is very rare as all numbers are unique. I have been refunded twice by Ebay/PayPal for 'lost in post' items, the sellers made up tracking numbers which the Post Office proved fraudelent. As Chris rightly said, when buying abroad, a customs ticket usually has to be filed, this should describe the goods and their value, postage cost should include insurance to this value, usually AirSure or Internationally Signed for, both are trackable. John

I had an email from his son this morning confirming they were made by his father in the sixties, I've pasted an extract below. Hi, Thanks for your enquiry. My father, F. J. Jeffery, had these made back in the late 1960's. They were the obverse only replica of the rare Edward VIII Brass Threepence of 1937, cast from an original coin in resin. I am sorry I don't have any further information than that, and we no longer have any examples I'm afraid. Hope this information will be of some use to you. Let me know if I can help you further. Kind regards, Richard J. Jeffery, F J JEFFERY & SON LTD. John

I have found a reference to a uniface Threepence piece in 'Toy Coins' by Rogers, described as a Edward VIII replica made for collectors I have copied it out as typed. 1035. Threepence Brown plastic 22mm 2mm thick. 12 sided plain edge. Uniface EDWARDVS VIII D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP: Stuck to a circular white card: a cast from the rare brass Threepence Maker was Fred J Jeffery of Melksham, Wilts, it is noted that he also produced wooden farthings circa 1966 John

Personally, I would have paid a little less, but I was the underbidder, an Interesting piece What intrigued me was, that although William bust and Britainniars shield are overstruck, there is no rim line or traces of the legend on either side, as part of the overstrike. If the full strike ocurred first, I would have expected to see traces of the rim and legend as well. If the planchet was partially struck, before the full strike, then the chin of the overstrike surely would be obscured or just a trace, and the trident would be through Britainniars arm. I would be interested in hearing more about the coin and seeing some clearer images once you have it. John

My Avatar is the Obverse of my 1849 Copper Penny, almost full lustre, that I bought it from a private collection many years ago, it hasn't any provenance. John

I was looking up 'slang terms' for old money and came across a little fun quiz, link below, how far can you get before looking at the answers http://www.funandgames.org/quiz_old_money.htm John

Below I have posted a link to a site that gives slang terms for Money, Silver threepences and sixpences have been termed Joeys, and dictionary references are quoted, but the writer feels most references are regional. Makes interesting reading though. http://www.businessballs.com/moneyslanghistory.htm#slang money meanings and origins John