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Wow now that is different! Looks like Rhodium is the way to go...... but calcuim?

Oooooh we are into the 990's now ....time for Chris to get rid of some more spam ne thinks?

Ahhh what a softie you are Richard! Interesting idea (I am afraid it would be out of my price range) especially if it increased in value over the decades. Are there any porfoilios/bonds where money is invested in very rare coins - apart from that American pyramid type scheme we were introduced to a while back - oh and Rob's bank account !

Yes you are right Richard and there are a few out there - look what I found!here

I clicked on this expecting to see a ceramic coin! Got me wondering what other materials coins have been made from....

Not if they are chocolate biscuits!

It looks like a scan to me and they can tend to look a bit rougher than photos.

I often see Victorian shillings listed as having “rare†die numbers. How is this known? Are there recordings of the numbers of die numbers produced for each year somewhere? Does the rarity of a number have much effect on the value or is this just another Ebay hype?

I think you would need to post up photos for members to comment on this properly. Although we didn't go decimal until 1971 I think that there were lots of proof coins struck with the 1970 date.

interesting? Myth 4 especially.

Just out of interest, how much does it cost to get a coin slabbed?

Tinned - its late.

From the supermarket on the timnned meat section.

This is fun here Looks like they have missed off the Welsh one pound leek reverse and this ? - bunch of carrots?

Gosh a forum god in less than a year! Happy aniversary!

Yes I think most of the siver Victorian coins were in the 180 degree alighnment until 1887 when they changed to the same way up for both sides.I say most because I thing there is one that coin - groat? - that is different. Sorry to disappoint you, but still if it has a hole in it it was at least treasured by somebody once.

Trying to look on the positive side and to regard it as an aid to rid me of a time consuming addiction....

Er, I was refering to the original cut out coin that I posted as the penny

It's a penny Bagerap I have one of those 1911 "types" too. There seem to be quite a few on Ebay at the moment. I wonder if you can tell an individual maker from the way it has been cut here and here Strange how they all seem to be the same year...

And don't forget Dundee cake which is round like a coin.....

I'm not usually a big fan of cut out coins, but this one is well designed and executed. I managed to get all the white "crud" off with a cocktail stick!

Yes and my boys think the half penny to be "old"!

In your dreams... I was kind of hoping that if we started on food (and now sex) we would end up on coins

And what about an unrecorded die number...

Thanks chaps for your replies. So there could be the potential to publish the first definitive study (and high grade collection) on die numbers and rarities for someone out there then! I wouldn’t have any interest in this myself, however given that some collectors collect what would be considered to be minute and often hard to distinguish variety changes, I am surprised that it hasn’t happen yet. I do find die numbers useful for helping identifying the various reverses as shown in Davies mind!