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Peckris 2
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11 hours ago, VickySilver said:I have what appears to be an original 1936 6 coin silver proof set with the crown IMO a fully proof coin. Most really are not as I've said however. I also have "probable " proofs bought from Spink 20 years ago - 1932 and 1934 - that have the blessing of Steve Hill, if that be of any comfort.
Sounds like they did a few VIP proofs - not surprising since other denominations got them too.
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A loupe is always useful especially when starting out. As mentioned cotton gloves (lint free) are good for handling coins.
AND ... the most important bit ... a selection of books on the subject - advice depending on what you're most interested in.
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Welcome to the forums VR
It will be good to hear your collecting experiences and see what treasures you locate. The book on grading English coins in the banner ad above is well worth it as a starting point.
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If the 1938 is in high grade it's quite scarce. But still only a few £.
There's also a couple of scarce varieties of the 1953, but you need to know your onions to spot them.
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2 hours ago, 1949threepence said:I'm gonna knock...on wood
Ouch!!
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11 hours ago, Unwilling Numismatist said:Not as far as I could see for BU annual sets.
I'm going back quite a way - before Chris took over and they were still the A5 glossy landscape mode blue and white covers..
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10 hours ago, 1949threepence said:So does this Mr Wood actually exist or not? The next obvious question.
You want hard evidence?
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3 hours ago, Unwilling Numismatist said:The annual sets obviously don't get included either as they contain all coins, a shame the mintage figures for sets don't get published but I imagine the numbers are only in the thousands.
I wonder just how rare that will make the contents!
The mintages used to be in CCGB, weren't they? IIRC they were in the upper tens of thousands?
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23 hours ago, mrbadexample said:Bearing that in mind, how do we account for the worn specimens?
My thought is that ?most? of them were caused by excessive rubbing by over-enthusiastic owners. Grade wasn't a major issue back then anyway. The one you illustrate may have been carried around in ignorance in someone's wallet or pocket. Perhaps there was the odd shopkeeper who would take one? Though considering the total mintage was a few thousand most people wouldn't have seen one.
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23 hours ago, Michael-Roo said:Think of a number...
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2 hours ago, mrbadexample said:That's the one Kev, thank you. £2400 hammer. It went unsold at DNW today despite an inviting £1500 start. Unfortunately I don't have the funds at the moment - I suspected I was missing an opportunity.
Beautiful token.
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I'd see no reason to strike proofs - the 1927 was a proof and popular, which was why they struck 1928-36 as limited edition specimens for collectors in lower numbers by far than the 27 proofs. In other words, they'd done the proof already and in a quantity that nearly amounted to the total subsequent issue of wreaths. There were no currency wreath crowns.
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4 hours ago, Rob said:Wood is a book bidder.
Not a hard bid?
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2 hours ago, mick1271 said:It's like the TARDIS in reverse.
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Nice work, Chris
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It does appear from the big difference in colour (picture 3) that it's been struck on the wrong planchet.
I would say it's a curio worth keeping, but there are collectors for such things. A letter from the Mint confirming it's a genuine 20p but struck on the wrong blank, would help a lot if you decided to risk it on eBay.
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4 hours ago, Guest Andeson said:Hello Every One
Register as a member and we'll say "hello"
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At least they have a sensayuma!
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9 hours ago, ozjohn said:Interesting fake.
If it is genuine it is a poorly minted example with the LH edge of the reverse missing. It's a bit hard to see if there is a mint mark. A 1917RM sovereign commands a high price which makes this coin a target for forgers.
It's 1911 !!
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That's fascinating - I didn't know of all those 3d trials. Does illustration 5 show a brass or silver 3d? If silver, the thrift plant was ditched in favour of the 'ring pull' design which can be seen on the proofs (the 6d had the same motif).
It's quite telling the pressure on the Mint designers - even after continuing with the GeoV coins dated 1936, they still seem to have been forced by deadlines to recycle many of the Edward designs for Geo VI - the bronze, florin and shillings; and even the halfcrown was only modified.
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23 hours ago, Iannich48 said:I have just won this on the bay, not bad for just over £15. Well i hope that it looks this nice when i get it.
Good luck - it appears to be the "squashed-in-a-vice school of bad photography"
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7 hours ago, copper123 said:At one time around 1790 small change was often given by weight very few legal coins were in circulation
Probably - no, certainly - why trade tokens were struck so widely.
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The Yeti - does it exist?
in Confirmed unlisted Varieties.
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Isn't that Chewbacca after a big night out?