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    Are they photographed on their website?
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    Mr T replied to Diaconis's topic in Free for all

    I suppose it was before we were all born, so we have no fond memories of it, but was there any copper book similar to Freeman's when decimalisation rolled around? I assumed that bronze varieties were popular because they were cheap (to pull from change at least) but also because there was a readily available reference book that got to the point.
  3. Mr T

    Is this error or bad designed?

    Mr T replied to anheishikong's topic in Free for all

    Is the coin rusted? Looks like it may have been buried.
  4. Mr T
    I would too - I've seen a few scarce Solomon Islands things come up and have bought duplicates.
  5. Mr T

    Counterfeit Georgian Copper Coins R Coleman

    Mr T replied to DrLarry's topic in Wanted

    It is a good read - I think Michael Gouby said he used it as a starting point and when he asked Graham Dyer about where the bronze figures came from, he said they were best effort at the time when O'Sweeny contacted him.
  6. Mr T
    Also that's on a Jubilee head rather than a young head right? And where did you get the images? Are they from an auction? I've had no luck looking for a "wide date" 1887 sixpence.
  7. Mr T
    Ah understood - thanks.
  8. Mr T
    Oh, maybe like the 1887 half crown - do you have a picture of the whole coin? Odd that a pattern would have such an overdate though.
  9. Mr T
    I don't know the history of the Franklin Mint but I thought it went out of business or similar and continues to exist in name only. Not outside the realm of possibility that staff kept or sold old dies.
  10. Mr T
    Ah nice, thanks - looks I had that bookmarked but the auction search doesn't seem to highlight whose collection it was.
  11. Mr T
    I'm a bit confused - 2+G, 3+G and 6+G are the known die pairings for 1862 right? Reverse G obviously has a number of different date spacings, but the obverses don't vary do they?
  12. Mr T
    Thanks Nick and just.me - great information. Is that an 8 over 8?
  13. Mr T
    I haven't looked at ebay much lately - I see a few coins trying to sold on UK Facebook coin groups but I don't pay enough attention to see if they do sell.
  14. Mr T
    Hm, the plot thickens. Was the Franklin Mint source published in one of those early catalogues?
  15. Mr T
    Shame - I periodically see the unlisted types get mentioned here and note them down. I don't suppose there was an auction of Davies' collection at any point? Or is he still collecting?
  16. Mr T

    1908 Sovereign

    Mr T replied to JohnT's topic in Beginners area

    Yes the date doesn't look right, not does the rim.
  17. Mr T
    Oh interesting - not in Davies. Do you know where they were published?
  18. Mr T
    Again, for 11 pieces, why bother? Is this a coin for which the dies were mysteriously sold off or was that another Panamanian coin?
  19. Mr T
    I see now that the numbers for the groat and threepence obverses match - convenient. But it looks like Graham Dyer found another one not mentioned above.
  20. Mr T

    Prince William Five Pound

    Mr T replied to Sword's topic in Decimal Coins

    Agreed - it is a good likeness. As for the monogram - I agree, but I suppose they needed something.
  21. Mr T
    https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/556493 has an article on an 1837 groat using threepence obverse 3 (I think). Davies isn't clear but is groat obverse 2 the same as threepence obverse 2, groat obverse 3 the same as threepence obverse 3 and groat obverse 4 the same as threepence obverse 4?
  22. Mr T
    My inclination is to say deliberate damage but that's more gut feel, because I'm not sure how it could have happened during normal production. I think dies were made to be slightly concave/convex (I don't remember the exact reason) but certainly not to that extreme.
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    1953 Farthing

    Mr T replied to PWA 1967's topic in Confirmed unlisted Varieties.

    Related to this coin - I assume the number of VIP proof sets struck is unknown but I'm guessing dozens at most? Some searching show the mayor of London/governor of the BBC got one but other than that I couldn't find much information.
  24. Mr T
    One benefit of collecting these niche areas - you can get some good buys on the rarities.
  25. Mr T
    Was anything of interest added?
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