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  8. Posted

    1 hour ago, 1949threepence said:

    Hi Richard - you've got me as the quoted poster, in your post. But it was actually Ian B :) 

    Yes, it's a "feature" of the forum - although I highlighted a piece of Ian's posting, because it was within your reply, it attributed the quote to you. 

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    6 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

    I have put a couple of bids in, my first attempt at an auction. So what happens next?

    How long afterwards do I learn if I have been lucky?

    Can I follow the action in some way, or do I just wait until I am contacted?

    The first useful information will probably be the posting of the prices realised, probably on Monday or Tuesday. This will give you a clue as to whether you were successful or not, but not necessarily as auctions often let a floor bidder take a lot with a bid that matches a commission bid. If successful, you will receive an invoice later in the week.

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    On 5/26/2017 at 7:43 PM, bhx7 said:

    Not sure if this has been noted. At the bottom of the coin around the edge. Below the hologram section the reeding is standardly to the right and with smooth to the left. I have checked about 70 coins up to now and have only found 1 that has reeding to the left. I know with the previous decimal coinage edge variation has been unimportant, but if this is the standard ratio then I would assume this would make a difference. Just an observation.

    Just checked about a dozen and they're all "smooth to the left" - quite interesting.

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    1 hour ago, Peckris said:

    However, the matter is complicated by pennies (as usual!). There is an extremely rare - possibly unique - 1922 penny with the modified effigy and the rare experimental reverse (so-called "1927 type", though it isn't). My own thesis, developed in an article for Coin News, is that this doesn't date from 1922 but is an experimental piece quite possibly struck in 1925 - when no pennies were scheduled - using the new obverse and a leftover experimental 1922 reverse die (which was effectively introduced for each bronze denomination when the ME came in, with the exception of the 1926ME penny, which I suggest was an unplanned emergency issue).

    No - this rare, possibly unique, penny has the modified effigy obverse but the true 1927 reverse.

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    Can anyone tell me about or point me to a reference about the Royal Mint Trial 12-sided £1 coin, many of which are for sale on Ebay. I'm particularly interested in the number minted, how they were distributed/applied for, etc etc

  20. Posted

    Certainly - ignore their description. You're virtually correct in that all three are examples of early beaded border pattern F763 but lots 2833 and 2972 are Gouby A+b where the R & E of REG touch at the base and lot 2834 is Gouby A1+b where R & E do NOT touch at the bottom. All 3 are rare and should fetch broadly similar prices.

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    I have 2 Peter Nichols cabinets and the second was bought second hand at a London Coins auction - some of the drawers didn't have the size of recess that I wanted but I sent one off to Peter Nichols and they made me half a dozen of the same size with the recesses that I wanted that fitted exactly. It's not a bad way of getting a quality cabinet designed to your particular reqts.

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