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That's clearly hypo toned - but at the Mint or after? It does look just a bit too brown and lacks the purplish tinge of MT examples. It would also bring into question that the War was the reason behind Mint toning, if genuine.

Which moggel of iPad is that?

Dangerously accurate. Who on earth made these?

https is fast becoming the norm. The fact is, http really is unsecure and a hacker could see your data, or even track your IP address. There is a little app called "https everywhere" (or similar) which is highly recommended. We think just because we don't give out personal information on a site (like this) we're safe. We arent!

I was going to suggest Gornal instead of Tipton but I don't think anyone in Gornal can afford a car...

Interesting. Is it the complete catalogue? In 1968 they split it in two - everything up to early milled, then a slim blue book with more grade values listed, from 1816 onwards. I only have the latter as I didn't own anything earlier apart from a very worn Charles II farthing.

Yes, the 46 is quite common. It might be worth pointing out that of the 1945s I've seen, many had a much paler toning than is found on the other dates, misleading to the impression that maybe they were not toned.

A few pre-47 florins. Surprisingly, not a single sixpence or shilling with silver in IIRC. Do bear in mind that in the great silver meltdown of 1980, most pre-47 coins were actively sought and sold for melt. Remember - in 1980 the BU value for most George VI silver florins was £2. At the height of that year's silver madness, they rose to £12 before falling back again when the madness ended. The chances of finding pre-47 after 1980 dropped dramatically.

I got this when I tried to post a hilarious Amazon review. Many times I edited it but nothing worked ... until I spotted that one of the reviews featured a list of luxury brands (for comic effect). When I removed that line, the post sailed through. Have a look and see if something in your post can be identified as a product - you will get the "Forbidden" message as the software thinks it's spam.

Here's more about this series: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cleopatra-thea-and-her-son-antiochus-viii.301597/

Interesting. In my own (FileMaker Pro) database, I designed a layout that compiles prices from Seaby/Spink from the 60s to recent times for my own collection. Here is a small sample (note that coins I didn't already own in the 90s have no values for that period which I own no catalogue for, unlike the other values; there was anyway a great stagnation in values for about 10 years from the mid 80s to the mid 90s): *note it's not up to date - there's nothing after 2009 in this image, and I've also since added 1976 values

Different penny. That one IS EF. But not a proof!

Does Malwarebytes create software for PCs too, as well as Macs? If so, that might be worth getting. Firefox have been warning of extensions that won't run on their browser for ages now, which is one reason I won't use FF. I do however use Chrome on occasion, and really think I should stop, given how nosy and intrusive Google are.

An E usually means Ephesos, but if confidently identified as Athens I won't argue.

Hmmm. That's so worn compared to surviving lustre, that I'd be tempted to say it has been artificially lustred at some point.

I don't see "proof" anywhere in the description. Still, a quid for a VF 1863 penny is still worth it.

Me too, but whatever you do, use pumice and not granite...

That's a good one. It's counter intuitive that of 100 alphabetical English numbers, the first would begin as late in the alphabet as "e".

Just as an addition: the ESC numbers are yet a third hand - neither of the others uses a continental 7.

Lighthouse products are - or were - sold here by the site owner Chris Perkins, so yes, I'd say they can be recommended. I'm not able to advise on sizes or boxes.

This is pure Holmesian deduction... The two tickets appear to come from the same source, as the writing and style of the first side of both - though written at different times with different pens - is the same. The writing on the second side is a different hand, but appears to be the same as the prices written on the first side, which use different pens from the other details. Conclusion (possible): the coins were at the same sale and the prices realised were written in then; the B numbers could be sale lots, while the initials could be the buyer or a code for the buyer.

Not sure why you call them killjoys when the end result is a coin that stands out for collectors as different from the others in that series...

I've sent her a polite message explaining that unique "cud" die errors are worth little above face value as there are few collectors of them. I added that if it was a genuine die error causing a number of coins (e.g. the undated 2008 20p) they would have much more value. But perhaps she enjoys spending hours looking through thousands of coins for errors - she needs to get out more!

Agreed - there are traces of lustre in the odd place on my 1940 penny. You sometimes see this on the other dates too.

That makes sense. Halfpennies from the early 1940s wear to a lighter and redder colour than previous.