Was this a good buy?

[Geoff T 3]

I believe Geoff has held that half crown!

That's absolutely true. What hits you is how ordinary it looks. Colin was quite happy to let me see it; on e advantage of being in touch with him is that you get to see quite a lot of things you can only dream about owning.

BTW on eBay at the moment someone is selling what they claim to be an 1839 proof Manx farthing

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW

[Emperor Oli 0]

Well the legend's correct and the effigy looks kosher so i'd say it's not a forgery. Not that I can talk, I've never seen a manx farthing before!

[Master Jmd 80]

Look on the Colin Cooke website Master JMD, the fully story about it is there.

thanks...a truly marvelous story

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I believe Geoff has held that half crown!

That's absolutely true. What hits you is how ordinary it looks. Colin was quite happy to let me see it; on e advantage of being in touch with him is that you get to see quite a lot of things you can only dream about owning.

BTW on eBay at the moment someone is selling what they claim to be an 1839 proof Manx farthing

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW

I wonder what Colin would have done if you dropped it!

[Emperor Oli 0]

Kicked his ass out of there!

[Master Jmd 80]

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the folder has finally come through, the coins that i can see are unc (or atleast lusterous) are:

Farthings:

1953 - 56 all full lustre (BU)

Half pennies:

none

Pennies:

1953, 1962, 1965, 1966 and 1967

Sixpence's:

1953

Shillings:

1953, 1966, 1967

florins:

1953 - 67 (all)

Halfcrowns:

1965 - 67

Crowns:

all

[Half Penny Jon 0]

That's good news, talk to Oli to determine which variety the 1953 farthing is.

[Emperor Oli 0]

Ok so there are four variations to the 1953 which are:

Obv 1 : Cross points to a bead.

Obv 2 : Cross points to a space.

Rev A : F and I point to a space.

Rev B : F and I point to a bead.

Plus you can have combos of this:

2+B is the most common of the lot, 1+A (formerly in the plastic sets) is scarcer, 1+B is quite rare, 2+A is extremely rare . Occasionally, 1+B can be found in a 1953 plastic set.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Colin Cooke dosen't have any 2+A's at the moment but no doubt he will.

[Emperor Oli 0]

I believe he sold a fleur de coin specimen recently but he hasn't had any on for a while

[william 0]

I believe he sold a fleur de coin specimen recently but he hasn't had any on for a while

How much did he sell it for?

[Emperor Oli 0]

Unfortunately, he never divulges on his list the prices they sold for, so one cannot "save up" until another one appears as one just doesn't know how much it was. Then again, if one sees it before it sells, the one would know.

[Master Jmd 80]

Ok so there are four variations to the 1953 which are:

Obv 1 : Cross points to a bead.

Obv 2 : Cross points to a space.

Rev A : F and I point to a space.

Rev B : F and I point to a bead.

Plus you can have combos of this:

2+B is the most common of the lot, 1+A (formerly in the plastic sets) is scarcer, 1+B is quite rare, 2+A is extremely rare . Occasionally, 1+B can be found in a 1953 plastic set.

what do you mean by a bead?

[Emperor Oli 0]

The farthings have beaded edges i.e there are beads all the way around them.

[william 0]

I thought you meant the queens jewellery lol!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Which variety have you got?

[Emperor Oli 0]

Do you mean me or MJMD? I'm going to hold out for 2+a hopefully!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I meant Master JMD, if it is a 2+A, he can sell it to you!

[william 0]

How much?

[Emperor Oli 0]

Hmm I wouldn't trust his grading, looking at previous examples

[william 0]

Let's call it VF for good measures! You could attach a scan MJMD... Btw, what is your real name?

Edited May 4, 2004 by william

[Master Jmd 80]

The farthings have beaded edges i.e there are beads all the way around them.

it is beaded on the date side, and toothed on the farthing side...

[Emperor Oli 0]

No it's not, they are both beaded. I'm right and you will also find Mr. Cooke agrees. And what do you mean beaded on the date side and toothed on the farthing side? They are both the same "side" or reverse

[william 0]

Master JMD,

This is a beaded border:

[william 0]

...and this a toothed border: