NEW UNLISTED VARIETY of 1873 HALF-PENNY

[NEW UNLISTED VARIETY of 1873 HALF-PENNY]

On 2/4/2023 at 7:28 PM, Martinminerva said:

Definitely an 8+C#   (I was the underbidder!)   The best diagnostic is the position of the leaves of the wreath relative to the colon after DG.  On obverse 7, the two front leaves are higher and almost touch the colon.  I now have records of 18 existing.  Much rarer is the 7+C# of which I believe only 5 are known.

The leaves near the D:G: was the note I had left to myself but I wasn't quite sure.

Nice find anyway.

[NEW UNLISTED VARIETY of 1873 HALF-PENNY]

I think it's a C# - not too sure on the obverse.

[Royal Mint ads on Youtube???!?!!]

What was it advertising?

[More Pennies]

Looking back at https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/great-britain-george-v-penny-1933-ms63-brown-ngc-a/a/3105-32230.s it says that year sets (as opposed to just single pennies) were interred under new buildings. My understanding was always that it was the penny but I guess that explains the 1933 proof being from a proof set. I wonder if the under foundation stones have proof sets too and the other four examples are circulation coins.

[Charley the third die variation. spot the difference.]

Interesting - touching and not touching the shield?

[Standard Reference for British Imperial & Colonial Coinage]

I've got Remick's book and it's decent. It doesn't go into a lot of details with varieties but that's to be expected.

I hadn't heard of the Spink book - can anyone recommend?

[Great Britain Maundy Coinage Since 1822: A Guide to the History, Ceremony and Coinage of the Royal Maundy]

Would anyone happen to have a copy of this book? I believe it was published as a .pdf at http://site440.mysite4now.net/hoschcoins/site1/Portals/0/MAUNDYwork.pdf (maybe at http://www.hoschcoins.com/ too) but neither works any more. I think it was published in 2008.

[Charles III portrait]

When do new mint sets normally get launched in the UK?

[Charles III portrait]

That was quick!

And the article says it was done from photos not from a sitting.

[Sovereign Rarities Sale, Thoughts?]

10 hours ago, 1887jubilee said:

No prizes for guessing which 1887 penny I got driven up to buy. But at least I know its pedigree right back to Murdock and it is after all unique.

What 1887 penny was it? I had a look on their site and could only see a June auction.

[Little coins big prices]

On 9/20/2022 at 3:55 PM, 1949threepence said:

Remember that odd mini craze for 1974 sets a year or two back?   

What caused that?

[1892S pattern half sovereign]

On 9/4/2022 at 9:28 AM, Rob said:

Nothing in the obvious places - Nobleman, Huth, Dangar etc

Thanks - I saw nothing in the Murdoch collection.

I might reach out to Eric Eigner too.

[Royal Mint 2022 Unc set]

Surely they've been for sale all year and anyone who wants one has one?

[R.I.P. Queen Elizabeth]

Rest in peace.

[1892S pattern half sovereign]

I know there aren't many half sovereign collectors but does anyone here know of any sales of/listings of/references to a proof or pattern 1892S half sovereign?

I've been able to find sales or listings of all of the other pattern half sovereigns of the same era. I doesn't seem to exist in any institutional collection either.

[1897M half sovereigns in Murdoch collection]

I tracked down the catalogue in question: https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=511728&AuctionId=525399

But it makes no reference (that I can easily see) of Murdoch arranging to have the coin struck for him.

[1897M half sovereigns in Murdoch collection]

Does anyone happen to have a catalogue of the Murdoch Collection from 1903-1904 handy? I saw on another site that three 1897M half sovereigns were financed by and struck for John G. Murdoch but no citation was given. I assume the auction catalogue is the source of this information but I couldn't find an accessible version online (I think there was a link available only in the USA).

[DISH 504 half sovereign]

Yes that's it - thank you.

Did the brochure accompany a sale? I couldn't find a catalogue.

edit: I see there's a listing at the end of the brochure but they're the same small images.

[proposed heating payments this winter]

Sorry wrong thread - please delete.

[DISH 504 half sovereign]

Does anyone have an image of a DISH 504 half sovereign? David Iverson and Steve Hill's publication just has a close-up of the initials and the only image I can find is https://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=166&searchlot=901&searchtype=2 which isn't particularly clear.

[2015 britannia £2 rarity]

Nice - is it a circulation only coin?

[1860 Penny Attribution Help - Die crack between 8 and 6 of date]

Looks like a Holland D* as well (sub-variety of Freeman D).

Paul Holland has looked at some die cracks in his articles but they're in-depth (not just documenting the different cracks).

[New variety of Victorian Penny reverse D]

Has anyone found one of these 1860 pennies with the two extra lines in the shield?

[Silver Coins]

9 hours ago, VickySilver said:

I don't really know about the BM and possible internet accessibility. That collection is absolutely incomprehensible...

Yes I just had a play with the search - it didn't return anything obvious. Lots of British West African pieces are photographed but not British pieces.

[The Elusive 2002 Jamaica Proof Set Remains So]

I think I found second 1982 Solomon Islands proof set (no case, just the coins) for sale on ebay for $5 or thereabouts. I had no need but the mintage is unknown (but likely less than 200).

I'm sure the set would normally cost around $200.

Other than that it has been a struggle to find even one of the Cook Islands or Solomon Islands rarities.