Paddy

A book dealer in the market has left me with two Glendining's Catalogues, which I do not need so I am offering them here in case anyone else can use them. They are: "British Crown Pieces" formed by F B Nightingale Esq, for sale 24th October 1951 and "British Gold And Silver Coins, also Commemorative Medals, Cabinets, Books" Part III, collection formed by J C S Rashleigh Esq, for sale 10th June 1953. Both catalogues are in Good condition, the latter a bit worn at the spine, but neither much stained, marked or torn. Intriguingly the dealer says he has "a whole boxload of similar" at home, so if anyone is interested enough I can get those brought in too. I do not know what these should be worth, so please make me a sensible offer, to include postage in the UK.

Just to bring up to date - the box of catalogues promised by the book dealer has disappeared sadly. He fears he binned it during lockdown. He is now aware of our potential interest and will let me know if any more turn up.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-58268540

I phoned the book chap yesterday - he is now worried he may have binned the box of other ones! He is searching but I may not discover the result until next Wednesday.

OK - I would prefer UK address. Can you PM me your email and postal address? I will send a paypal request for funds. Rob has PM'ed me - interested in all the rest, so I will try to get them from the book chap in the next week or two.

How about £8 for the 2 including postage in the UK? Do you or anyone else want me to get hold of the rest? (I don't want to be lumbered with them if nobody wants them!)

As mentioned in Penny acquisitions, these came to me yesterday. If anyone on the forum needs one, please PM me. I believe £45 each including UK postage is reasonable - we can discuss individual coins to make sure the one you get is up to your standards. At this stage I will say "one per household". If they do not all go, I will open discussions on a bulk deal to a dealer. Here is one of them:

... and here is C

Sorry for the delay - I had called it an early night! Here are the other two (in two posts). Call these B and C with the one above A so we know which we are talking about. I have seen your PM - I will send you request for money - just ignore if you change your mind.

This is the best one left I think. Slightly weak strike and a little discolouration over the King's neck. If you would like it, please pm me your email address and postal address. I can then send you a paypal request for funds. P

Yes Mick, I have 3 left. Obviously the best have been picked off. Of those left, one is pretty good but has a weak strike in the centre of Britannia, one has the weak strike and some patches of lost lustre. The last has a strong strike, but some lost lustre. If any of those sound possible for you , I will take and post tome pics for you. P

Does this one look good enough for you? PM me your email address if you want it and I will send you a Paypal request for funds. (This seems to work better - people have struggled making payments just using my email address.)

Yes - I think it is evidence of weak strike rather than wear. Each of the 8 coins has a different level of detail in Britannia, but the rest of the coin is so sharp I think it has to be weak strike.

That is good. @hazelman - if you PM me, we can get one on it's way to you. @PWA 1967- happy to discuss the rest once everyone has had a chance at singles.

Here is one of them for detail:

Well this doesn't happen often. At the market yesterday a chap brought me a small box of coins including 8 1908 Pennies all around AU! I believe they are all F166, so not desperately scarce, but uncommon with this amount of lustre. I cannot possibly use all of these - I will post in the For Sale section in case anybody needs one.

Does the name Roger Bickford-Smith mean anything to anyone here? A friend of mine, who has become a coin collector in the last few years, mentioned that his uncle, the above named Roger, was a keen Penny collector - probably in the 1960s - and was writing a treatise on some aspect of penny varieties when he died quite young. My friend would be keen to know if any papers or articles by him still exist.

It certainly sounds possible - I will pass on to my friend. Can't be many people with that name writing on coins! Thanks,

Wow! Makes it quite a score then! I think I paid about £30 for the 4 penny, 3 halfpenny, 1 farthing and 1 brass threepence Whitman folders mostly complete! That one better go in my collection then.

... and finally a 1916 in rather good condition:

Next 1864 with Crosslet 4:

This one is 1863, I believe dies 6 and G so F42 - common but quite nice:

I mentioned picking up a decent Half Crown - 1927 proof version - in a bunch of Whitman folders this week. I also got a full range of other folders in the series - mostly full, much in low grade - but a few pleasant surprises like these (one per post): 1860 Beaded border - I believe dies 1 and B so F6 but please correct me if I am wrong.

Yes, I know it has been mounted and repaired, but still an attractive design. The Hapsburg chin was the clincher for me:

He has it as a "Private Listing" so you can't even see the pattern to his shill bidding.