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    On 6/12/2023 at 7:10 AM, Peckris 2 said:

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    As you can see, the rest of the reverse is standard - pretty much what you'd expect. It was the date that drew my attention to it when I first saw it on sale (by a dealer who was just selling it as a bog standard 1887 JH). :)

    Ah thanks - and which obverse is it?

  5. Posted

    On 6/12/2023 at 11:32 PM, VickySilver said:

    A bit of a diversion:  of course some of us remember when the Pretoria Branch Mint DID INDEED deaqusition their holdings, or at least a substantial portion & don't think the RM will be doing so....

    What year was that?

    The Royal Australian Mint sold off a bunch of its collection (1987 or so onwards) including some rare patterns. Bit of a shame I thought, even if it was good that a few things saw the light of day.

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    On 5/27/2023 at 8:12 AM, Peckris 2 said:

    I think possibly that my rarest coin is an 1887 6d identified as one type among very many patterns that exist for that year (and none have more than subtle differences):

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    As you can see, the first 8 is struck over another 8; however the feature that first drew my attention to it (and why I bought it) is the big gap between the second 8 and the 7. The inner circles of the 8 point directly to a space, but on the normal example they are to the left of a bead. The tail of the 7 points exactly to a bead, rather than to the left of it.

    Do you have pictures of the coin in its entirety?

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    On 4/19/2023 at 8:04 PM, Rob said:

    I think the 1839 sets were produced on demand up to the mint refurbishment in 1882, because it's difficult to find another reason for the 1839 sixpence reverse combined with the final young head obverse which wasn't introduced until 1880. These are rare. It might also explain the minimal number of inverted die axis 1839 proof halfpennies (P1523*) and farthings (P1557) known. My 1839/41 halfpenny is inverted, but I don't know anyone with another inverted 1839 halfpenny to see if that is also 1839/41. Can anyone chip in here?

    Is the 1839 proof sixpence with obverse 6 mentioned in any books?

  18. Posted

    On 4/21/2023 at 5:02 PM, Kipster said:

    Is this normal?

    Seems to be - buyers fees and sellers fees together are now standard, though I have seen some auction houses pay you for the big ticket lots as VickySilver said.

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    On 4/11/2023 at 4:47 AM, Zo Arms said:

    I may be wrong but I think MrT is able to contact him, judging by a response from him on page 8 of this thread.

    Edited to add that I've just messaged MrT, so we may know shortly.

    Mr Dracott's views would certainly be a great help in identifying the major differences.

    Message sent. I don't think I was able to get an answer on obverse 11* though.

    On 4/10/2023 at 11:11 PM, secret santa said:

    Do you have good pictures of obverses 11 and 12 illustrating the differences ?

    My 2c (or 2p) is it's the same obverse - the descriptions seem to be contradictory at times and manual touch-ups to some working dies seems like a reasonable explanation.

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