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Small Question: Why, on the dropdown browser menu, does http://www.predecimal.com/forum have a '£' sign next to it?

Ooo... I like snakes, but I also have yet to see one in the wild. I also like dogs (providing they aren't biting me at the time)... Spiders are what get me

I recently purchased an 1825 Farthing from eBay, and after examining it I can say that it is obverse 1 with a lower 5 in the date. I cannot see myself if it is an overstrike, so I have attached a close up, and would like to hear from anyone who can tell me what it most likely is (Ie: 5/5, 5/3 5/? or just simply a lower 5). Thanks.

Ah, thats a bit more clear... It looks like a load of numbers to me - "64 - 45 15A" maybe?

To me it looks like "Blank 15F" but it is very hard to tell... Is this your own coin? I'd love to own something with a little "touch" to it like that. Edit: The letters I can make out from "Blank 15F" are "Bl" at the begining, a gap (where an "a" could have been?) then "nk" maybe with what looks like an "o" or "d" after that... the "15" is quite clear, and the "F" could be "A, F, H" maybe even "I"...

It could be, but I think its more likely to just have the E readjusted a bit.

Edit: This is about a different coin but of the same era, my mistake. Well if you got the image from the Basil Nicholson Collection featured on colincookecoins then you would have been able to read: This is more than likely the same coin, just different images. Where did the images come from? Oh, information found: here Edit: Ah wait! Its a different coin silly me... Ignore this then i guess... I'm sure I've seen this online before somewhere...

I've just been browsing the farthings on ebay and came across this. It is a farthing of 1853 with only one dot after "DEF", whereas most(?) have a colon. I checked to see if any of Colin Cooke's site listed any, and there are two, one with WW Raised and the other with Incuse. But there is also one with the colon type for WW Incuse pictured. No books that I have, Spink or CCGB list this colon/dot difference, and I was wondering if it is actually noted anywhere?

Its in Edit My Profile under "Custom member title" You may need to have a cirtain ammount of posts before you are allowed to change it.

Some people are just too desperate me thinks: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-UK-Fifty-pence-5...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-UK-Fifty-pence-5...1QQcmdZViewItem

More fancy than mine. I don't have a tripod, so what I do is place the camera on top of a big oxford dictionary and it comes out just fine Although, come to think of it, I'm sure I used to have a tripod... Ah well. Those are very nice pics oli, well done.

It cirtainly looks nice, I haven't heard of a broad other than of Cromwell. Looks like a Charles II Unite maybe? Although the portrait would be wrong for Charles II, interesting coin!

1. Sounds like a pattern or token (not fully sure). 2. Sounds like pennies to me. The 1797 would be a cartwheel penny, and looks something like this? The 1807 looking like this? 3. Could be a half penny or farthing (im guessing its copper going by your other coins) (example image). 4. Is probably a half penny or farthing of Charles II (reigned from 1660 - 1685) Pictures would be of help.

Shouldn't things like these be listed?

Michael Coins lists: and 1970: Link

I'm not sure I fully understand what you mean, but if I am on the right lines then yes, the 1970 Proof Halfpenny (from the issued sets) has this wide rim variation. I think it is also the same that the wider rim is scarcer than the normal rim type.

Well heres a Victroria Fathing ...looks like someone put the "r" in the wrong place... Ah, he also lists 1894 and 1901 Victroria Fathings and a few ...ooo...Edward VI Fathings! Oh, and it looks like Edward VII reigned a few years before that.. Now theres someone who knows what hes talking about!

Can you get a picture of this coin? I'm interested to see what it looks like... and plus it might help determine if the coin you have is what you say it is.

After looking at my 1853 and 1857 farthings, I noticed that the A's in BRITANNIAR and VICTORIA are unbarred. I have now looked at other copper farthings and noticed that all farthings between 1848 and 1859 have these unbarred A's. This is strange as the A's in GRATIA are barred. Is there any known reason for this?

I had thought of that. Colin Cooke's EF WW Incuse (Link) looks quite clear to have only one stop. I don't know about the mark where the lower stop should be, but that same sort of mark is found to the right of the stop too. The same sort of mark is found where the upper stop should be on this 1839 one stop after DEF farthing, yet that is still listed as a different type.

Okay, I'm not sure if I am posting this is the correct place, but anyway... Yesterday night I picked up two 2004 pennies and decided to examine them. The first one had perfect lettering (image linky), but the second one had curved lettering (Image Linky 2). If you are unsure what I mean look at the bottoms of the letters to see where it curves inwards into the 'stem' of the letters. Any ideas? Edit: I haven't looked at any other dates yet, but out of eight 2004 pennies that I could find, two of them had curved letters (image 2).

I thought of that at first, but seeing as they are both in great condition (the one with perfect lettering bearing more marks than the other) I don't see how this would be. Further examining of both coins I can see that the curving (image 2) has "ELIZABETH II D G R (of REG)" being effected with "EG (of REG)" not effected then "F D" effected, and the date with no effect. The obverse being unneffected on both coins. Looking at other dates (from the few that I have here) I have one curved 2003, two curved 2002, and one perfect 2001. Silly suggestion(?): Could it be that the mint changed the lettering design in 2002, but then decided to change it back to how it was after some 2004 pennies had been minted? The only 2005 penny I could find has perfect lettering. Edit: Just looked some more, the 1998, 99 and 00 pennies I have also have perfect lettering.

i have 4 french coins...what are the values? Picture: top left coin= 1855 - 5(??) centimes - F top right coin= 1911 - 5c - VF bottom left coin= 1881 - 5c - F bottom right= 1854 - 10c - EF (but black mark on obverce )

At first I thought that it was a wind up, but after looking at his other sold items I am not really sure. He sold This a while ago, so I recon he has some knowledge of rare coins. Other than that, strange.

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