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Mr T

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  1. I would have thought a lot more examples would be extant if they were spent in the Middle East - they would likely have had less need to melt them I would have thought.

    Melted in America certainly gets put forward a lot but surely there must be record of such payments if they happened?

    As to why there were struck, probably for the same reason sovereigns continued to be struck after paper money came into use - to have gold in a convenient form I assume. I didn't think they were intended to circulate anyway.


  2. 16 hours ago, Nordle11 said:

    It's really good they don't have import or taxes down under, is it to promote import or what? I don't get why they wouldn't. 

    I'm told that actually we do have taxes/duties for commercial imports (i.e. something you intend to sell) and for private imports valued over $1000 which explains why I and no one I know has experienced this pain. There are discussions about applying the taxes to all imports regardless of value (because then the government gets more money) though I'm not sure it's worth anyone's while to apply it so broadly - hiring more people to look through more stuff for diminishing returns.


  3. Sorry - not being in the UK I don't come across any old 10p coins - but have you tried going to your bank and asking for bags of 10p coins to look through? I've found it certainly speeds things up and it has the added bonus of giving you some decent statistics if you're so inclined.


  4. 6 hours ago, MancFrank said:

    Ebay is a funny 'ole place - I've seen coins that even this rank newbie wouldn't touch go for seemingly ludicrous sums but there are good buys to be had, too.

    It sure is - I find ebay Austrlia to be a pretty mediocre place to buy Australian coins, but a decent place to buy world coins, yet every so often there's some quality Australian stuff listed too.

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  5. Hm, seems a little irregular to be struck through another coin.

    I'm not fully up to speed on the different error types but I think a lamination flaw implies a peel (which is caused by a small air pocket or impurity) while a cold shut is more like two separate sheets of metal not properly sticking together and coming apart quite cleanly.

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  6. On 04/01/2016 at 11:18 PM, Nordle11 said:

    Can anyone explain the significance of this penny for me? Not just why it went for 9k but also why the numerator is larger than the denominator?

    Also, what is diagonal bar between the lighthouse and the shield? There's die clashing going on in front of and behind Victoria's neck, both caused by the folds in Britannia's dress but the diagonal bar seems to match up with empty space on the obverse.

    On 04/01/2016 at 0:46 AM, Rob said:

    Graham Dyer's article in BNJ vol. 52 refers.

    See http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1982_BNJ_52_21.pdf for anyone interested.

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  7. 11 hours ago, Mr T said:

    Actually that's probably not terribly conclusive - the last two digits were probably hand stamped and there was probably more than one die produced.


  8. 2 hours ago, just.me said:

    It was DNW. Lot number 1773 Auction 29/09/10

    Ah thanks - search failed because the word 'sixpence' doesn't appear anywhere in the description...

    Hard to say anyway - the 7 seems higher than the 7 on 1848/7 overdates (https://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=348628&i=2&ret=1 image two or http://www.ebay.com/itm/GREAT-BRITAIN-RARE-QUEEN-VICTORIA-SILVER-SIXPENCE-1848-7-OVERDATE-/201462017575?hash=item2ee8126e27%3Ag%3AyC8AAOSwo6lWO4JG&nma=true&si=gwvOxw5gErliYmxltoHXSob%252ByIo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 for example).


  9. 16 hours ago, just.me said:

    I'd have to choose the 1847 Sixpence for my coin of the year. Believed to be unique, it came up in auction a few years back and I didn't bid believing it would sell for way over my budget. When I checked the results, it sold for less than what I would have bid :(  . . although I don't know what the winning bidder would have topped out at, I might have won it.  I learnt my lesson. 

    Oh, do you remember what auction? I remember it being listed as unconfirmed and assumed it hadn't surfaced since it first appeared in 1973.


  10. I wouldn't rely on the orientation alone as VickySilver says. Otherwise it could pass as a proof, though the cross above the orb on the crown is a little weak.

    Proof dies being used for currency coins is something that has happened hasn't it?

    1 hour ago, azda said:

    Well, as we're talking about NGC attributions, what do we think of this unlisted proof?

     

    https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/3923084-021/

    Photos aren't great but maybe. It certainly looks better struck than most.

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