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Mr T
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4 hours ago, Nordle11 said:Regarding lot 2466 - the milled edge penny, I thought I remembered reading in Freeman somewhere that any milled edge coins are post mint alterations, but after scanning the book I just can't find where I read that. Can anyone remember an excerpt to this effect, maybe it wasn't Freeman but I'm sure I read it somewhere.
Yes I remember reading it somewhere too - they were definitely in his first book but not in his latest edition.
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As for commonness, I've seen a number of young heads in VF-EF for sale lately so they're not out of reach (probably).
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6 hours ago, terrysoldpennies said:the picture Terry
I get you now. As Nordle said, die polish lines? Anyone with a 1967 missing waves see anything similar?
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I don't quite understand Terry - are there lines running from above the water line into the space where the waves should be?
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1838 to 1901?
1887 is probably easy enough, like most other denominations of that year.
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Nice find. With regards to this possibly being a die-fill, there aren't any intermediate examples are there?
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I remember reading about something similar a few years ago - someone ended up getting locked out of Paypal because they had $1000 sent to them and that apparently triggered some alarm bells.
I guess it's helpful to know it can be increased anyway...
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11 hours ago, mrbadexample said:I didn't think the green from a PCV wallet or album was the same as verdigris? I thought it was due to the chlorine leaching out from the PVC over a number of years?
I don't think it is. The PVC slime can be removed with acetone I believe but it may need more than one dip and applying a bit of force to shift it will probably help.
Re storage, I use 2x2s made from polyethylene teraphthelate (PET) which is apparently inert.
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21 hours ago, Mynki said:No varieties according to Marsh.
There may be medium or long tail varieties for the 1879 (there are for Melbourne anyway).
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I'd say aVF too. Not sure if there any varieties off the top of my head but it's worth checking before selling it for bullion value,
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The image doesn't show it well but there should be a very obvious second/stepped rim, similar to the below:
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It's a recent discovery - apparently a number of 2004 New Zealand 10c pieces were struck using (slightly smaller) $1 obverse dies.
They don't seem excessively rare - I think there's one for sale for $31 NZD which is a bit over £14.
They were apparently produced as a result of a mix-up at the Royal Mint.
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aUnc or better.
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Any chance of digging up the annual reports from around that time? I think there's a state library in Australia that has some Royal Mint annual reports available (but only to residents of that state, which excludes me, and you too I assume) - anything similar where you are?
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Actually as I think on this some more, it seems like the same thing happens with florins and half crowns of George V. I rarely see any decent florins for sale (if at all) and they seem expensive for what they are when I do, while half crowns seem more plentiful and cheap in comparison.
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22 hours ago, ozjohn said:True but when it comes to halfcrowns with the exception of 1892 the other dates are fairly common whereas in the case of florins this is not true. As mentioned initially in the post the double florins are common although some with different 1s may be rarer also I cannot see people hanging on to what was considered to be an unpopular coin.
Hm, it's odd that it doesn't apply for the half crowns - perhaps portions of the florins were sent to overseas colonies, but not in large enough numbers to have an impact on overall rarity?
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I would think the 1887 coins survive in reasonable numbers because they new designs commemorating whichever Jubilee it was, whereas subsequent years were nothing special and thus weren't held onto.
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23 hours ago, loose54 said:I wondered where this coin went! It was being offered for sale by an Australian dealer for quite some time at something like AUS$16000 (off the top of my head). I went on their website the other day and thought I would see if this coin had moved and when it wasn't there I assumed it had sold. I agree Mr T, a very interesting coin, imagine what it would be worth if it were an American mule!!
Strand Coins by any chance? I believe that's who's selling it via this site.
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Just saw this coin listed recently and thought it was quite interesting: http://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/great-britain-penny-reverse-struck-on-an-1888-jam-183-c-589418d964
Odd that two dies of completely different diameter would have been used in such a way.
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Didn't realise they'd moved into auctions - last time I looked it was a catalogue/wiki as the name suggests but I guess it's only natural they've branched out.
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They look the remnants of the letters BP which are the designer's initials (Benedetto Pistrucci).
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Does the text say DIED? It looks a privately issued commemorative medal for the death of George IV.
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7 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:Does anyone know how they end up looking like that ?.
I remember seeing a video on Youtube - they used some chemical and a small electric current.
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I would say UNC.
1911 farthings and the hollow neck
in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
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Is there an easy way to tell the hollow neck from the normal neck without looking at the neck?
I've looked at the images at http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/Farthing%20-%201911.html but the denticles on the hollow neck one get fuzzy around the bottom.