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Is that a die clash to the right of the left knee Or do I spy part of a crown design?

Check both coins and see if the hologram appears in both the shaded shields under the queen's neck it should change in the light from a 1 to a £ sign. If it doesn't it is probably a knock off. Unless they used to designs already for 2016 coin . One with a stern face and the other after someone spiked her tea with some happy pills? Definitely two different busts and I assume we only have one bi-metallic £1?

I have seen quite a few like the 1929 and the 1931. I ignore them as with the 1934 I had all the waves were missing including the rollers against britannia's shield Same as the 1934 pictured above. Once you set a benchmark anything less that identical just can't hold up and I feel would be ignored . Or described them as part missing waves. I would like to find one with the right hand side missing

CGS would grade it 65 no doubt

I wouldn't even attempt is as I said somewhere before. I was given a D+ for my interpretation of a stickman lol

6+G obverse 6 has the B of Britt closer to the head than on any other obverse and nearly all obv 6 have a die flaw behind the colon D: closest to the border line next to the queens sholder

I was tempted to buy it as a reminder to myself. Keep it real son keep it real

I do try

OH EM GEE . Made my morning. Just pure class. I love the way they made it look like a 3 year old did it. Wait a minute...... lol

I have seen what I think is an 1892/1 penny. I don't mind the odd £10-£20 speculation from time to time. But £80 for a coin described as AU more closer to AEF . I am going to think long and hard on this 1. Big reward if it's ok but I have plenty of misfires already and I don't want a pricey 1 lols. What you think has a chance?

yes I know mate was a bit of fun. I aint got a clue tbh. My eyes hurt I have looked at so many coins I don't even recognise my own currency any more lol Whilst your here would you cough up £20 for this. historical cleaning

I wonder could that be it? More Arthritic finger like

Its the 9th plume back from the front tip the plume has a protrusion that is finger shaped. which way it is pointing i know not but I think it must come out of the plume and hang downwards kind of claw like. i'll recheck mine and see if there is one.

Good evening. I noticed no variety types for the 1987 new 5 pence and whilst this may or may not be a trivial detail I thought I would put it out there and see if anyone has similar coins. Sorry for the appalling pics but thats microscopes that cost £200 for you. Absolute dross lol. Firstly if you can notice one is how we expect bright shiney with that mirror like reflection . The other is matt with a background lustre but not a normal in your face lustre that you instantly see. On this coin it is only evident when you spin it in the light. It is almost like it has been blasted with sand to give a zinc like look but not as dark. What causes that? metal mix? Secondly it might be just my tired old eyes but the first coin seems to be a higher relief and a lot more bold on the detail like the hair. Nose looks slightly different and more noticeable is the shape of the end of the bust truncation . Coin A is a thicker edge whilst coin B it tapers to a point. Thoughts gents?

Hi thazz. David J Groom's book "The Identification of British 20th Century Bronze Coin Varieties" Covers all the Decimal Coins. 1971 2 pence has no less than 3 reverses as does 1975. 1976 has 2. 1977 has 2 obverse and 2 reverse types. there are a few others with different obverse and reverse types also the proofs of different years have different obverse and reverse types. So yes a good book for 20th century bronzes and decimal issues. a must have book really. He also has the same book but title slightly different it is the silver and cupro edition.

Different coin the scammer lol

Was how I found my 1934 missing waves Penny That was just awesome AEF cost me £2 .

I have made the call and it's a jeckel IMO too many discrepancies marked on the pictures. The head they used is not from a rupee imo the hair at the back is swept forwards with a wavy line about an inch above the ear. The script as you mentioned is also suspect there is no angular kink that gives that boomerang shape just a curved line and it is dotted. The line tip that points just past the right edge of the E upright is too far past almost half the bottom serif. Rims are way too thick. Suspect rim teeth Legend style. different fonts and pointings. I am sure I I spent some time I could find many more but what I have seen is more than enough to call it a copy. Scarey thing is it will fool a lot of people. It will I hope ultimately go down the road of unless it is guaranteed authentic then you cannot sell it. I am all for that . Something has to give as this isn't just isolated cases its becoming the norm. Surely in part the industry has a responsibility and so does the online crooks ebay and alike that lets this garbage on the site to start with. Eventually it will hurt sales in a big way. More so for raw coins further pushing people towards coffin coins

I am not so worried about the lettering they came in both styles large and narrow and if you can without doing your eyes any damage see the split serifs on the lettering showing it's double struck of course it could be blur. What I didn't like was the rim thickness and the teeth blending into the rim. They always spell danger signs for me. But I keep coming back to the head and I cannot fault the hair style or it's general look apart from he doesn't have a pig nose. That also could of been done to make him look less like a fugly . Unfortunately this is my world error and variety hunting sometimes means taking that leap of faith. A lot of looks like this and could be that are just that in reality. But for every 9 that are nothing that 1 that is what you think you saw it makes up for all the disappointments and of course you learn a little more. What a superb coin by the way. About as top draw as your going to see. Although I did see a Victoria rupee PL67 jesus it's stunning but £27,000 a little out of my price range

You know what I am tempted to buy and it probably has no monetary value? Trench art but not the cruddy rough hat etched on and a moustache lol. The proper ones with total transformations or the ones with skeleton faces. I am a great admirer of talent esp something I think is almost close to genius. Esp from someone who was graded D+ on a stickman drawing lol

Not me lol. They can go run and cliff jump I know what 's what. I meant the noobs who get left collections and ask the value. dealers all falling over each other to get as close to scrap as possible lol. If you say something you get a nasty lil dig in Im . Not that I care . I often message whoever it is who is asking and tell them what its worth.

I still don't like the scrap price valuations people are given for decent material.

I asked on that forum in July this year all I could gain from the discussions was no coins dated 1947 had mint marks Until a Guy posted his 1947B 1/2 anna which pretty much silenced the thread lol. Followed by my post and all they could confirm was yes that is the rare 1947B 1/2 anna. Another guy at chiefa coins I think its called said there were 4 million minted. So I am thinking perhaps they pulled them before release and some escaped as they do. Or loads would of been about? It is kind of frustrating but enjoying the journey and the knowledge learned along the way. And those 2 coins are the only two coins I have seen. No auction has sold any even in the mixed lots all are calcutta mints.

What do you think of this I put it along side that coin you put up Rob. Whilst I can count about 30 differences. I don't see it being a fake. The pic is blurry-ish which should be the first scare off normally. But looking at the hair which looks fine to me and the reverse most if looking at the lettering is double struck and is probably giving that thicker appearance. It looks fine . There are differences in pointings to legends and I am not sure but the facial features esp the nose look different. None of which are unusual during a coin series. Not been able to find much out about dies used. But they come in no mark on bust truncation raised F ,incuse F, RS, Thick and thin legends. So not within the realms of possibility that varieties exist. I just think it looks too good to be a wrong-un. What do you guys think?

Copied as much as the trade dollar so it's a minefield but fortunately most are shocking and easy to notice to the trained or even moderately trained eye. I can't see how these folk get pulled in with genuine coins in virtually the next listings. Unless they just don't care what it is