Paulus

Steely shades of blue-grey, already wishing I had held on to my 1919 that was like that

That's pretty special Nick

Techie question for you Matt ... I used to upload to Photobucket then link on here, but nowadays all my coin pics are on my coin collection website, and I simply paste in the URL. The Forum software then embeds the pics (which are typically 2400 x 1200 pixels and over 1 Mb). Is the Forum still using my web site as the source for the pics at this point, so if I remove them from my web site they will disappear from here?

We still want to see them, don't we Matt? @Nordle11

Well I have done my best to photograph my 1951 crown from the set (red box, black ribbons). I have a Spink receipt from 1952 for it too, which is nice Half Crown and Spink receipt also pictured

VERY good suggestion ...

Anyone else watching this? Tonight's episode had brief references to young Viccy arguing over the portrait of her face on early coinage, very speculative but I found it enjoyable even though massively dumbed-down, as is normally the case

My 1951 proof set is in a red box. The reason for my question surrounds the 1951 crown in particular ... yes it is stunning but in the individual boxes it s plentiful and fetches £5-£10. Not sure the example in the 'proof' set is any different. Spink describes it as 'proof-like' and worth £15 in UNC (2015). I thought the Penny would be the most sought after of the 10 coins in the set. What I like about it most is it came with an original Spink sale receipt from February 1952 for £1 15 shillings Maybe there were both red and green boxes for these sets, as for the crown alone. I'll take pics and post soon

Question - I have a 1951 Proof Set which I have not looked at closely or photographed yet. Is the crown in the proof set any different to the very common boxed one?

I believe these coins were available in very high grades over 10 years ago much more cheaply than we find today, so I would love to see what collectors have from 6d to crown I'll kick it off with my best, a Half Crown

LOL, sixpence boy!

Any LIMA crowns out there?

Tremendous reverse Rob, need to re-engage your camera experts

Well that one is jaw-dropping Great pics too

Make a mistake in the title of a new post and you're buggered! 'You' to 'Your' please @Nordle11!

Very true Rob, I guess in essence I am questioning the use of the term 'bullion coins'. If they become collectable then they deserve a place alongside any other numismatic item, but to me the word 'bullion' then becomes almost irrelevant, except to indicate why they were struck in the first place! Maybe I have answered my own question ...

This is something I don't understand at all! If you are buying bullion why pay way over BV? In this case the cost of slabbing alone would have been more than BV! I must be / may be missing something ...

From the 'too good to sell' Pearce Collection? Very nice indeed

I have posted this once before a good while back, but can anyone add some flesh to this? I've done some google research, but all I've really discovered so far is that the British Workman’s Public House Co. Ltd. was part of the Victorian temperance movement ...

Were there just the 2 designs of these? I've been lazy and not checked D&H yet ...

Your local chemist should have some and it's pretty cheap, about £1 for 50 ml. Don't use nail polish remover!

Anyone can visit here and, without even logging in, see any content that is not in the 'Members Only' section (as far as I am aware). If I were any dealer, auction house or grader, I would visit here regularly, especially if that means I will be reading frank and honest comments, potentially about my own business ...

Not at all unlikely

And in removing this capability they have again broken the links to the CGS/LCGS coin pics from their London Coins for sale listings