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Wow thanks @Rob that is great! Much older than it looks. As it is not in my collecting area, I will be looking to sell it on - what sort of value should I put on it?

OK - I will take the consensus and go back to school! Grotty though it is, it will be in my collection for now as 7+H was not one I had before. (Now in the penny folder.)

Just had a polite thank you note from the genuine seller, which is kind of him.

This one was in a job lot and cost me nothing. Trying out my variety detection skills, I think I get this to be 6 and H - Freeman 67 - am I right? The neck seems to narrow to be Obverse 7 or 8 and the narrow date is the feature of Reverse H... I know it is RANG by Peter's standards, but we have to start somewhere!

I have picked up this one today @UPINSMOKE - not in great condition, but it may be one you need? PM me if you want it.

I have reported to Ebay as a Fraudulent sale and also messaged the genuine seller to let him know what is going on. I hope he takes action and that may resolve the problem.

I had a chat with my local Computer expert and it seems we have Google to blame, not Ebay. All the ad space on Ebay is handled by Google Adsense and Ebay have no control over what appears there. Adsense is the system that detects your browser history and tries to put up ads relevant to you. Often you get caught out clicking on an apparently empty area of screen and trigger the Ad that is still loading to that space - hence a pop-up or redirect to another webpage. Google do very little checking on who rents space through them, so it may be a genuine and innocuous ad, or, in the worst case, a site that is attempting to install malware on your computer. Hence why it is insane to go on the web without good antivirus and anti malware installed. Adguard and similar things will block 90% or more, but nothing is fool proof. Perversely you will get les ads if you use Google Chrome instead of Microsoft IE as your browser - not sure if this is because Chrome is better at detecting malware sites, or if Google is deliberately down-rating the IE experience... It's a jungle out there!

Holy shmoley! I am glad I am not chasing after variations!

Another batch, including some shillings, finishing Sunday 15th evening...

I have another small bunch of British Farthings, brass threepences - also a silver threepence and two silver sixpences - on Ebay finishing tonight (Sunday). I will probably post another bunch to start tonight and finish next Sunday. See: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/pbowen24/m.html?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEFSXS%3AMESOI&_trksid=p2053788.m1543.l2654

There has been an interesting thread in the Members area regarding individual pre-decimal collections as a percentage of my collection. It was suggested there might be interest in a similar thread for decimal coins, so here is my starting list. Counts must be for individual different coins - no scores for duplicates and spares. As many people have decimal coins in year sets, I have listed those separately as I generally have both. Precious metal proof coins do not count and all coins must be British mainland coins - no scores for Channel Island, IOM, Gibraltar etc.I have left out the £5 coins, but if people feel they should be included I can add them in. (I have stopped collecting them as I am fed up with the Royal Mint on these!) If you post your figures I hope @Stuntman will do one of his magic spreadsheets... Half P - 14 Penny - 48 Two Pence - 45 Five Pence - 50 Ten Pence - 51 Twenty Pence - 43 Fifty Pence - 101 One Pound - 46 Two Pound - 61 BU Sets - 32 Proof sets - 41 (Some standard, some executive) I'm sure lots of people will beat those! (I am NOT planning on photographing all of these!)

Looks that way to me - certainly the first and third could be "Do" which was a recognised abbreviation for "Ditto" - ie same as above. Middle one is a little less clear, but unless someone was bidding with a very short name, I can't think what else it could be.

I have so many of the darn things I put them out at 50p each - at least it can attract new collectors that way, and if it p***s off some of the greedy stall holders a bit, so be it!

My understanding is that these bigger coins are really just commemorative or bullion. I will never collect them, but if everyone else is, feel free to include them. (Your spreadsheet might need altering for a "Divide by zero" error though!)

Yes - it is the same fake style that someone was selling on Ebay a couple of weeks ago - he had half a dozen all with different tones, but all the same identifier feature. £8.75 each BIN. (His address was given as a hotel in Mayfair, but his name and Ebay ID was Chinese...)

OK - if you insist. 25p Crowns - 4 £5 Crowns - 26 Anymore than that I do not care!

Not sure if anyone else has been following this thread over on CT? Chap bought a job lot of silver "foreign" coins at under scrap and found this in the lot! Ebay item was https://www.ebay.com/itm/5-oz-Collection-of-Foreign-Coins-All-90-or-Pure-Silver-Good-to-UNC-103LZ/142734208312?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 so I think this is a true story. Grrrr!

You will be very welcome! PM me when you think you have a day and we can sort out the details.

The reprint of Freeman also lists an 1873 8+I and an 8 and Draycott C# in the Appendix IV extras...

We all know I am no expert at varieties, but for practice I tried using the book to judge. I think I go for the 7+G too - I think I can see the small door on the light house at the base, and I don't see the incuse hemline in the drapery. The book is very frustrating - the practice of writing "Similar to Reverse X but..." leaves one bouncing back and forth trying to work out which features have carried forward. Long overdue for someone to do a website like the excellent Penny and Farthing ones already out there.

I have started photographing and filing my Farthings - I will post the collection in the Members forum when I am done. I came across this one - 1922 farthing with what appears to be a massive die crack across the obverse. Or is it PMD? The crack does seem to go under the letters in the legend? *** Ignore all this! As I should have known the die crack would be raised not incuse, so the long line is just an odd scratch. There is a die crack at the base of the bust, but not nearly so prominent. ***

Sorry - realised after I went to bed that you were talking about the Silver twopences, not the 1983 New Pence. My bad!

I suspect a good many more than that, just they haven't been spotted before. Guest Mike has one, so does VickySilver - and I found I have one today in a neglected set. Another on Ebay within the last two weeks - all sounds like a lot more than 50.

Welcome Jamie - I hope your collecting proves successful and rewarding. I am also ex-services and have been collecting for about 16 years (not counting a few years as a child). I could give you advice and ideas for hours so I will try to focus in on a few key points. Firstly I suggest yo put the "investment" side of collecting on the back burner for now. Rarely does this work out well unless you are really expert. I would also be wary of spending too much on the commemorative coins from the Royal Mint. Very few go up in value in the short term, unless they are precious metal and then they move with the metal. In most cases it is a bit like buying a new car - the value drops by a half just driving it home. And avoid the non-Royal Mint "coins" all together - in most cases they are a complete rip-off and the resale value is almost zero. Then I would say you need to set yourself some objectives in good military style. Mainly this is deciding what you want to collect - which countries, which metals, which denominations and which eras. All are possible but will depend on budget. You can specialise in a very small area, or spread out looking for anything and everything. You can take any grade that fills a gap, or only buy the very best and take your time. It all comes down to what floats your boat. Personally I have gone for British - mainly pre-decimal - and aimed at getting one of everything I can in any grade to start with before gradually upgrading as the opportunity arises. This fills my "completer" mind set and keeps the cost reasonably low, whilst giving me plenty of opportunity for little victories. Others go for a very small area of collecting and focus on being expert in their speciality - you will see them discussing the minutest details on individual coins, and that fills their needs. Do get a few books before you spend too much on coins. If you are going for British coins, the Rotographic books advertised here are a great affordable start point. Get a copy of Coin News or search on the web for coin fairs and get along to one to see what is available. It will help you to identify what you enjoy most. Ebay can be good, but bear in mind there are a lot of fakers and charlatans out there, so don't invest a lot until you know how to spot them. ... and keep asking questions.

I have been struggling to see the variety in this since the pictures were originally posted, and using the excellent: https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/edward-vii-obverses/ site for reference. I think I now know why I have had a problem: On the site in the Obverse types it gives three - given Freeman numbers 1, 2 and 3, but on the varieties page it uses Obverse types 1, 1* and 2. Hence I was seeing a type 2 and couldn't see the rarity. I think there is a misprint, or at least a mismatch in the website...