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Hello All, I was flipping through my World Silver coins and I realized that all the British coins I have are in the Medal Alignment with the exception of this coin. I was wondering if it was supposed to be coin alignment or medal alignment. If it is supposed to be medal alignment then it is pretty rotated. What do you think? Thanks for looking!

Based on the grading section on this side I believe this to be VF. I'd love to hear your opinions. Sorry if the pictures aren't that great. I'm working with a 9 year old camera and desperately need to upgrade! Thanks for looking!

Good to know. Thanks!

Well glad I paid less that 20 pounds for it Just out of curiosity - Do you know if TPGs like PCGS, NGC, ANACS, etc... grade foreign(non-US) coins on the US standard or the standards for that country? Just wondering...

The grading between US and UK is different for sure. I've had a couple of people who know US coins pretty well give it a VF grade based on US standards.

Thanks all for the input

Sounds perfect. Thanks!

Hello All, I just found this site through my searches trying to find anything out about a few recent purchases. I have recently fallen in love with British coins and have been buying the odd shilling or half crown on ebay when I can find a deal. I have a few large pennies in my collection and yesterday I purchased 40 Pennies from a coin store for $0.50 a piece to flesh out my collection. Among them were a pretty nice 1865 and this 1874H. I saw that there are several different die pairings and I was curious if anyone here could help me out with what I have. I'm looking forward to reading through the forums and learning a bunch. Thanks for looking!

Just a good reference book that covers all denominations. I will take a look at the book you referred to. Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestions. Are there any books you would suggest for a general overview of predecimal coins? As it stands right now I am still trying to figure out what direction I want to take my collection. I love old copper/bronze stuff but I have been doing pretty well at picking up silver coinage for at/under spot so I have been doing that a lot too. I am going back to that coin store this morning. There are a few pennies I had before that started this whole craze that are pretty rough and I am going to upgrade as best I can. There was also a Young Head Victoria farthing in the box of pennies that I figured can't hurt to pick out for $0.50.

Thanks for the reply! I like that I can get older coins for much cheaper than old US coins and there is a ton to learn about. $0.50 for a piece of history? Ok