Just to start things off

[GDJMSP 0]

Well since this is a British oriented Forum it might be out of line to start of posting pics of non-British coinage. So I'll start with this one

I know Sylvester doesn't care for it - but perhaps a few of the other members might.

[Chris Perkins 228]

Is that a proof, toned from being in it's case of issue? I had one like that.

[GDJMSP 0]

Now this one Sylvester likes

But just relax Sylvester - you have fees for school to think of

[Aethelred 0]

I like the toning on that 1911 Halfcrown!

[GDJMSP 0]

Yes it is a Proof from an original set. The entire set is well and evenly matched in color and condition. Of course if toned examples are not your cup of tea - well then that's why they make chocolate and vanilla

[Chris Perkins 228]

I think it's nice, I don't see a problem with toning if it's ended up that way because they didn't know the packaging would do that in 1911. It's original, it's part of the coin.

And you're not using my bandwidth, oh thankyou so much!

[GDJMSP 0]

Well when you're new to a place - it pays to be nice to the landlord

[wybrit 2]

Here is my current favorite coin:

[Sylvester 15]

there are a lot of copper fans on here so you'll go down a treat!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

That's right down my street. I once had the pleasure of owning an UNC 1860 half penny with lustre, it is a really nice coin. Where did you get the photo from? Is the coin for sale?

[wybrit 2]

I took the photo with an Olympus D-560 Zoom camera. At this time, the coin is part of my collection.

Edited June 1, 2004 by wybrit

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Congratulations on having such a dream coin!

[GDJMSP 0]

A lot of copper fans huh ? Well we'll give them copper then. Not many copper coins really appeal to me - but when they look like this

[GDJMSP 0]

But I still rather prefer these -

[GDJMSP 0]

or these

[Geoff T 3]

Suits me - I'm a died in the wool silver fan. I dread to think how much I spend on half crowns

[wybrit 2]

GDJMSP tortured me with those images over at CU and now here!

Those are lovely proofs.

[Chris Perkins 228]

The 1911 Non gold proof set that I had, and sold can be seen here:

http://www.predecimal.com/forsale/1911set.htm

The scans are not as great as those photos, but it was a nice one too.

[Sylvester 15]

Wait till GD digs out the gold proof 1911 stuff, now that was more up my street than the toned silver! I like gold, i like gold alot!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

If I collected farthings, I would probably have bought this:

Farthing

There are proofs listed for this date. Is it a proof?

[Chris Perkins 228]

Probably not, unless Colins listing says it is.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Colin was undecided on the matter, he ended his description with "is it a proof?"

[Chris Perkins 228]

I see, well if he isn't sure on the matter, there's no way I give a useful opinion on photo alone.