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  1. Thanks Richard, always glad to help.

    I have been looking through all my past sales of the 1854 Bramah 17a, and found that a couple seem to also have a very weak colon after REG.

    I only have digital microscope pictures of more recent sales, but attach a cropped old stock picture of what I think is my best example of a possible additional colon after REG.

    Perhaps members can check their own examples to see if they think may have dots in same location.

     

    1286542892_1854Bramah17aREGColon.jpg.6afc3ed6925400aeacd87a75228b7fab.jpg


  2. Hi Mike, 'yes' the no colons was a bit disappointing, despite low grade I thought it would have fetched more.

    Agree with your thinking, never seen this 1854 reverse with one or two colons missing. As far as I can see there are no other particularly distinguishing features on this reverse which make it worthwhile looking for a 'pre die fill' example with colons still present. The G after REG is the only thing a bit unusual, always present, with that rectangular bit to the left of the bar . Here's my example:-

     

    1854 Bramah 17a.jpg

    G.jpg

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  3. Hi Jerry. That's why I put the ? after F32.....as I wasn't too sure either. I saw it whilst on holiday and wasn't able to blow up the picture properly to check type, picture is a little blurry anyway. Thought someone must have thought F32 because of final price, and I can now see that date numeral positions look right, here's date from my own example.

    Was wondering if a member could now confirm as it would be one of the best F32 examples. 

    F32 Date Sized.jpg


  4. Ha, yes Indian coins were something else.

    The following list if coins were still all being produced in the time of George VI.

    Amazing to think that twelfth Annas were being minted, and there are 16 Annas to a Rupee.........the Rupee itself now worth slightly less than the UK new penny. 

    1/12 Anna 
    1/2 Pice = 1/8 Anna 
    1 Pice = 1/4 Anna 
    1/4 Anna
    1/2 Anna 
    1 Anna
    2 Annas = 1/8 Rupee
    1/4 Rupee
    1/2 Rupee
    1 Rupee

     

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  5. Several 'colonial' countries used 'cents', with roughly same size as some lsd coins. e.g. British Honduras and Canada (also dollar).

    Mauritius and Seychelles had rather attractive 1 rupee and half rupee, same as India.

    One of the more interesting pieces is the half shilling / 50 cents from East Africa which shows both denominations in the legend, and has an attractive image of a lion at the foot of Kilimanjaro. 

    I have a collection of last ever minted George VI pieces from around the world; I have every denomination apart from the 1941 Hong Kong 1 cent. Happy to share that information if helps.

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  6. Sadly ‘yes’ Mike, I have definitely looked into 1797 ships. 

    I have owned and logged 40 different varieties of 1797 ships paired with 10-leaf obverses, and a further 7 different ships paired with the 11-leaf obverse.

    I have taken digital microscope pictures, all to exactly the same scale (65x), for comparison. I have now sold all but 4 examples retained in my collection.

    Apart from the number of gun port differences there are also many distinct differences in positioning of flag, bowsprit, platform, sails and rigging, also size of ships, roughness of sea and angle of ship in the sea.

    I attach 8 examples to demonstrate some of the differences I found, reduced in size to meet the site 500Kb limit.

    Hope this helps!

    Ships 1 to 4_Sized.jpg

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  7. I’m just sorting through a few Victorian pennies, with a view to thinning down the collection, and thought the following pictures may be of interest to variety collectors.

    They show 6 slightly different 1853  3/3 repairs. Top left is the exact same coin pictured on MG’s website, which he calls Date Style C (?):-

    1853 Copper penny 3 date styles (michael-coins.co.uk)

    Bottom left is the closer DEF colon (Peck 1503). I have owned 12 examples of this type over the years, and noted that they always show exact the same obverse / reverse legend features…… indicating that the closer DEF colon is only found on a single die pairing.

    The fact that I have 6 different 3/3’s, all with Date Style C (Plain 5), I think demonstrates the difficulty that would be encountered if one ever tried to re-catalogue all the minor sub-varieties that are found in this copper series.

    Combined_Text_sized.jpg


  8. On 8/24/2021 at 5:58 PM, DaveG38 said:

    Curiously, just after you posted this, I was going to comment that, for me, it will be a sad day when The Rolling Stones start to fall off their perches, and blow me if Charlie Watts hsn't gone and died. The beginning of the end of my childhood music!

     

    On 8/22/2021 at 10:48 PM, Peckris 2 said:

    Bit before my time. The Beatles awoke my own interest in pop music.

    I remember as a teenager, in the village I grew up in, peer pressure forced you to choose between Beatles and Stones..........couldn't be both..........a tricky one!

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  9. The fact that the 5 is an exact match (apart from blocking) + the distances to both the sea and linear circle (which place the dot in the correct position) make me think that it is an example of the cannon ball.

    If the tooth on the better example had been flattened through wear then the horizontal red line would also meet at the same point as the lower grade (worn) piece.

    Here's another shot of the cannon ball on the worn piece, which I think is a little more convincing. The overhead shot with the digital microscope, used to get the measurements, has light reflection and makes the actual dot less convincing.

    I think this is a cannon ball penny, but guess we will see whether Richard agrees!

    Cannon Ball (2).jpg


  10. On 8/11/2021 at 7:50 PM, jelida said:

    I am pretty sure that the silhouette of the two ‘5’s is identical, which it should not be if there was a mis-placed ‘repair’.  I think there is another reason for the apparent difference other than an altered die. Can you superimpose the images? Perhaps the apparent dent in the horizontal of the above ‘5’ is an earlier stage die fill.

    Hi Jerry, I've had time to knock this out this evening with the superimposed images you requested.........good idea!

    Actual pictures of both 1875 'Cannon Ball' coins are at the left hand and right hand ends, both shot at the exact same 100x magnification, and identically positioned.

    The unusual (italic looking) 5 picture has then been over-laid onto the normal 5 picture.

    Looking from right to left, it has then been gradually removed, 10% at a time, using the software transparency feature.................to slowly reveal the normal 5 underneath. 

    As you suspected, it is pretty convincing that the unusual looking 5 is NOT an altered die......... even though at first sight it  would seem to be so.

    I guess it is just a late strike of this variety, with part of the top of the 5 now blocked out.

    Hope the pictures are clear enough; I had to resize to stick within the 500K limit!!

     

    0 to 100sized.jpg

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  11. 1 hour ago, jelida said:

    I don’t think anything is underneath, either a bit of die fill or a small knock to the crossbar of the ‘5’. But it could do with photo superimposition on a ‘normal’ ‘5’  to be sure that the outlines are the same. This surely must be a single die variety.

    Jerry

    Re. your 'must be a single die variety' comment Jerry, I have just taken digital microscope shots of this low grade Cannon Ball (with repaired 5) and compared to my higher grade example (no repaired 5) to attempt to pinpoint the dot in relation to a) the sea level and b) the linear circle.  Whilst the border teeth are flatter on the more worn (repaired 5) example it does seem to me that the cannon ball fits in well with the expected location.....and must be bona fide.

     

    Cannon Ball Measurements Better Example.jpg

    Cannon Ball Measurements.jpg

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