Colin G.

Very nice Dave

Agree

Be interesting to see clearer pictures...I have PM'd you

A proof coin of this era is generally an "official" issue struck from specially prepared dies by the Soho Mint, they were distributed for numerous reasons at the time (advertising, samples, gifts etc) the proof is a copper issue, so has been struck on a copper blank. Whereas restrikes, were coins that were struck "unofficially" from genuine dies at a later date. A die sinker Taylor bought some scrap from the Soho mint in the mid 1840's and included were a number of the original dies. These dies were then re-used to strike further examples. The restrike you have linked is Bronzed, and is therefore a "bronzed" copper restrike. Struck on a specially prepared blank that had been bronzed prior to striking. Peck contains a wealth of information on this subject, it is a fascinating read!!

Probably too large for a farthing then, more likely to be a halfpenny as Clive says.

The tops of the numerals and bases of the lettering do seem to indicate metal flow outwards at the time of striking, so it may have been struck without a collar, or there was a fault with the collar. I would have expected other parts of the design to have suffered if it had been in a vice unless carefully done just to the perimeter. The metal flow would indicate a collar issue to me, weight is mid range so definitely not a planchet issue.

You do have to remember that at the time, there had been a big change in the currency that was being issued, and it was probably an easier time to fool someone who may have been unfamiliar with the newer currency. However I believe that most of these were just done as experimentation, curiosity, craft etc.

It does look like it was struck on a different blank, remember that it is likely that the blank could be for currency from a different country/contract.

I have seen older copper coins with similar features when placed in a roller or excessively rolled. This would explain the smoother corners and the fact that excess material is started to lap predominantly over the corners

In response to an earlier question you raised, flips can fit into album pages, Chris used to offer the Lighthouse range and their Optima albums used to have an option for pages to hold flips. This is what I use for my lower/average grade coins. I have found that in his current range there is a similar product. I don't know if there is a larger version that holds more than 9 flips. http://www.predecimal.com/single-pages-karat-coin-album-lindner-p-18017.html

Belated happy birthday!!

If you are happy to do so you could e-mail it me and I could convert it for you with some software I have called pdf exchange.

You can get free pdf converters on the web, just type in word to pdf converter and hey presto

PDF the word document and try again

Belated happy 4th of July!!

http://www.mathsinstruments.me.uk/page26.html Interesting to note the same colour change to indicate decimal figures, hundreds and thousands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adding_machine That one looks similar

Could be some sort of tally for counting people, mining, football ground or similar. But why would they have different colours. Would it allow you to count people in with one set of reels and then people out with the other at the same time?

I agree, some of those George III designs are very appealing, and it does give denomination collectors the chance to get their hands on something out of the ordinary

Does anyone know whether St James post out their invoices?

Welcome to the forum

In fairness i did receive an e-mail about the sale the day before, but it was only by chance that I spotted the bronze bunhead penny on the e-mail that led me to do a catalogue search....but alas no farthings

Me too

That's the trouble here, doesn't matter how small the error is...they pounce

I think the reference was to the fact that we have pre-decimal, and are currently in decimal, so post decimal does not yet theoretically exist...or as it will be better known the "euro" phase!!