What are your best coins?

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Emperor Oli,

How many farthings do you need to complete your collection, and which dates do you need? A useful website which has a huge selection of farthings is www.onlinecoins.co.uk.

[Emperor Oli 0]

Bear in mind, I only started a few months ago but I need: 1902-1931, 1933, 1935-1939, 1944, 1949 and 1953 but I doubt I'll get the Edward VIII ones anytime soon!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Thats a very impressive collection considering it is only a few months old. You might just find an Edward VIII if you raid the royal miny to steal their dies and make them yourself!

[Emperor Oli 0]

Lol I doubt I'd have the audacity to do that! Spink's say that they weren't issued but there's a picture of one so somebody, somewhere has one at least! I may just fork out some money for an expensive restrike but that takes the fun away I suppose.......

[Half Penny Jon 0]

You could just save up for one and hope that one comes up for sale some time in the future. Did they issue the Edward VIII coins as proofs?

[Emperor Oli 0]

Well, patterns were made and only a small number of proof sets were struck but they weren't for sale so I'd imagine only a few exist. They did issue coins in overseas colonies which bore his name but not a portrait unfortunately......

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Do you know who has these rare proof sets? I know that Mark Ramussen sold a penny and a proof two pounds sold for £66, 700.

[Emperor Oli 0]

No, I don't although they're very lucky to have them! Howver an interesting fact about Edward VII: From Charles II onwards a tradition developed of successive monarchs on coinage facing in the opposite direction to their predecessor. There was an exception to this in the brief reign of Edward VIII, who liked portraits of himself facing to the left, even though he should have faced to the right according to tradition. The designs for proposed coins in the Mint collection show Edward VIII facing to the left. The tradition has been restored since the reign of George VI.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Yes I heard about that tradition, Edward VIII was the only one who refused to follow the tradition.

[Sylvester 15]

Yes I heard about that tradition, Edward VIII was the only one who refused to follow the tradition.

Whilst we are on this facing thing. You also realise that Charles II to William and Mary also had the base metal portraits facing the opposite way to their precous metal coinage portraits.

Just compare some Charles II coins to see that.

Whilst we are on about farthings i'm wondering whether i should drop my farthing (one of only three in my collection) into this discussion?

[Chris Perkins 228]

You're so chuffed about your tin aren't you!!! Go on them, tell us about them...

[Half Penny Jon 0]

What farthing is it Sylvester?

Jon.

[Sylvester 15]

You're so chuffed about your tin aren't you!!! Go on them, tell us about them...

i always wanted a tin coin!!!

Only one of them is tin though, the other two are bun farthings, one nice one, one average one. (I'll be selling the average one, do you want that too Chris?)

I'll get a link up for the tin one eventually!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Excellent, which monarch is your tin farthing?

[Chris Perkins 228]

Yes, Sylvester, send me everything you have, even stuff that I could only sell for £1. Don't spend over £10 on postage (insured is best) and I'll pay postage too.

[Sylvester 15]

Yes, Sylvester, send me everything you have, even stuff that I could only sell for £1. Don't spend over £10 on postage (insured is best) and I'll pay postage too.

Will do, i'll chuck the cleaned 1902 florin in too then, and the 1882H penny, and the 1932 penny.

I'm finally clearing out my post 1816 collection. Only a select handful will remain with me, 1) that Gothic florin i bought from Chris, 2) the 1839 shilling in AVF, 3) the 1837 Shilling in VF (Which is my fave coin of the post 1816 stuff), 4) the good bun farthing, 5) a FAIR 1807 penny and 6) a graffitied Geo IV penny in VGish... i like the pipe he's smoking!

And sixpences (all EF or BU for those after 1920) 1816-7, 1825-6, 1834 (currently buying), 1887 (both variants), 1900, 1909, 1919, 1926ME, 1934, 1936-9, 1940 (currently buying), 1942-50, 1953-60, 1962, 1964-67, 1970.

Can't tell where my interest lies can you?

And i'm gonna upload a picture of that tin farthing on coinpeople, and put a link up to it here. But it's an 1684 Charles II one, not fantastic, oh the detail on the portrait and on Britannia is very very good for the issue, but the edges of the coin have some extensive tin corrosion, thus the legend is missing in places, and the date.

You know what they say about modern coins [to me post 1663] with no date! (they're only worth the metal they are minted on... tin's a bit different though)

(But it's definately 1684, as the 1685 varient is extremely rare, and thanks to Colin Cooke on his forum, it appears most likely to be a 1684. That man knows his farthings!)

[william 0]

Do you like that Dr Nicholson cabinet of halfpennys he's got at the moment. I would long for one of them!

[Sylvester 15]

Do you like that Dr Nicholson cabinet of halfpennys he's got at the moment. I would long for one of them!

i like his 1853 proof, and i'm envious at the amount of tin he'd got.

James II tin coins, i dunno what it is but James II coins always appeal to me, not always as attractive as Charles ones, but i think i'm a Jacobite.

No seriously these kings such as AEthelred II, Stephen, John, Richard II, Henry VII, Queen Mary I, James II, William IV always appeal to me, i think in many cases it's either because they were notorious monarchs, or under appreciated forgotton monarchs. (or even very bad ones)

People like Richard I, Edward I, Henry V, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Charles I and Victoria, just don't appeal in the same way, too famous for my liking.

[william 0]

I think Victoria had a very interesting reign, which is why I collect her coins. William IV is nice, I like his coinage

[Sylvester 15]

see here...

http://www.coinpeople.com/forums/album_pag...php?pic_id=1785

(i can't directly place pictures on here cos i'm doing it from a closed website)

[william 0]

That's a beauty, how much did you have to pay to get that?

[Sylvester 15]

I think Victoria had a very interesting reign, which is why I collect her coins. William IV is nice, I like his coinage

I've studied far too much medieval history, i've got it on the brain!

Medieval coins attract me like a peice of iron to a magnet...

Especially the older stuff from the 800s-1200s.

[Sylvester 15]

That's a beauty, how much did you have to pay to get that?

£179 not cheap, but i'm happy with it.

[william 0]

I'm not very interested in hammered, but it's alright i guess. Have you got anything nice that's medieval then?

[Emperor Oli 0]

That's beautiful, even with the corrosion. And £179 isn't that bad but I bet people can't understand why anyone would pay that for a coin