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Mr T

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  1. Mr T
    I agree - I think the design isn't too bad all things considered but it does have a cartoony look to it.
  2. Mr T
    What is plate 432? Is it a Canadian provincial coin?
  3. Mr T
    Has anyone read The Diary of Leonard Wyon? It was published by Spink a few years ago: https://spinkbooks.com/products/hard-at-work-the-diary-of-leonard-wyon-1853-1867-by-attwood-p-bns-sp9 Is there anything new or interesting in there related to the coins he worked on?
  4. Mr T
    Has anyone got their hands on a copy yet? I'm tempted to get one from https://spinkbooks.com/products/english-silver-coinage-since-1649-7th-edition-maurice-bull?variant=40339604963522 but is there much new in the 1816-1970 section? I don't expect so as Bull doesn't go as in-depth as Davies but the 1837 mule sixpence slipped under my radar in the 6th edition.
  5. Mr T
    It looks like Baldwin's have a new website and have thrown out all of their previous auction catalogues as a result. Would anyone happen to have a .pdf of the catalogue for auction 95 in 2015? I'm looking for details on https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1242&lot=2305 and https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1242&lot=2307
  6. Mr T
    https://media.baldwin.co.uk/auctions/Baldwins Auction/BA catalogues/Baldwins auction 95 - catalogue.pdf
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    Useful links (members posts)

    Mr T replied to azda's topic in Free for all

    Oh nice - they're back.
  8. Mr T

    Coins for 70th Jubilee

    Mr T replied to Sword's topic in Decimal Coins

    The centre one's not too bad.
  9. Mr T
    Nice - though at 26 pages I'll have to put some time aside for this. Thanks for posting.
  10. Mr T

    Prove it's a proof !!!

    Mr T replied to 1949threepence's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    I agree - to me it's only really a proof if it's mirror finish with frosted devices, though I know in many cases that's wrong. My understanding was that a lot of 19th century proofs (and possibly early 20th century) "proofs" (i.e. without contrasted finish) were just nice early strikes anyway, but were labelled as proofs.
  11. Mr T

    1902 Crown - Sydney Mint?

    Mr T replied to Pavel's topic in Confirmed unlisted Varieties.

    In the 1970s a guy named David Gee produced fake 1902S two and five pound coins (in gold) - I thought this might be an off-metal attempt.
  12. Mr T
    Agreed - probably they didn't want to pay the developers of the new site to bring across the old data.
  13. Mr T

    Halfpenny ID check

    Mr T replied to mrbadexample's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    Although I think he means 1881 as 1880 is P and P*.
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    Halfpenny ID check

    Mr T replied to mrbadexample's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    I ended up getting a response from Iain Dracott - C1 is C# and J1 is J#, and 1880 has the following die pairings: 15+O, 15+O#, 15# +O, 15#+O#
  15. Mr T

    Hlafpenny Flan?

    Mr T replied to oldcopper's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    5mm-6mm difference - I think it probably is a halfpenny planchet.
  16. Mr T

    Hlafpenny Flan?

    Mr T replied to oldcopper's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    Too early for Cyprus or Straits Settlements and British Honduras is what I was thinking of when I wrote Guyana, but the British Honduras cent was copper and 29mm - I think there is probably more than 2mm missing there.
  17. Mr T

    Hlafpenny Flan?

    Mr T replied to oldcopper's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    That's more likely - maybe Guyana or Cypress? I didn't hunt down a bigger picture but I can't see fishtailing on the letters which is supposed to confirm an undersize planchet I thought.
  18. Mr T

    2022 50p coin

    Mr T replied to Sword's topic in Decimal Coins

    Not bad.
  19. Mr T
    I'll have to dig out what I have at some point but I've never purchased anything specifically as a matte - have you ever seen an unbroken cardboard set with matte coins in it? My memory may be playing tricks on me but maybe I saw one on ebay years ago. And what does a matte actually look like? I know the uncirculated coins have a brilliant finish and proofs have cameo surfaces with frosted designs.
  20. Mr T
    Yeah the more I think about it, the more I think I've seen not many matte coins for sale - there are some Cook Islands matte coins for sale on ebay now and... I'm not sure. I agree that toning can play tricks.
  21. Mr T
    I can imagine - my Franklin Mint interests are only the Cook Islands and Solomon Islands, and the 1982 and 1983 Solomon Islands coins are rare. Clearly the bubble had burst by 1982 so I can only imagine how tough it must be to find anything from 1984.
  22. Mr T
    This got me thinking - was it just Davies' observation of both types of threepence and sixpence or had only threepence and sixpence production started when the alloy was changed?
  23. Mr T

    Halfpenny ID check

    Mr T replied to mrbadexample's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    Not sure - of the notes I've made for myself the only thing I can make out well enough is those bottom two berries and I think on obverse 13 they should be different sizes, whereas on obverse 11/12 they are the same size.
  24. Mr T
    Not sure about the mattes either - I think there was a Cook Islands matte 50c piece for sale on ebay recently and it was rather expensive.
  25. Mr T
    Well done - are there 1984 proof sets?
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