Michael-Roo

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l2632&_nkw=paper+coin+envelopes&_sacat=58520

Now £255, with eight days still to run. People are mental.

That's true Chris. By the late 1980s/early 1990s the pound coin was pretty much small value coinage yet fakes were everywhere. I remember lads would go from pub to pub selling them. They were seven for a fiver. Same weight, so worked in ciggy machines, tunnel tolls etc. (handy if travelling across the Mersey on a regular basis). Maybe those half pennies were sold in the same way in the early 19th century? Eight for threepence? Three for a penny? Though who knows which coins ciggy machines were accepting back in 1806…. How times change. Ciggy machines: do they even still exist? Are there still enough smokers to be worth the bother? It must be 30 years since I last stood in front of one. Speakers belting out some unholy din. "Macca. Macca… MACCA!!! Have you got ten pence? I…SAID. HAVE YOU GOT TEN PENCE???" Ah, happy days…...

That certainly does look to be a likely candidate. The size would probably match too.

I'm loving this. It's what my end of the hobby is all about. I thought the CCF post worth sharing here and, as usual, Rob kicks off with a spot on observation. The word 'unique' is so often used incorrectly but if a coin is an only known (or, to date, noticed) surviving example of a die does 'unique' apply?

Yes, I've just read that over on the other forum. A most unusual little coin.

Unusual. https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=385496

Beautiful.

Dear god, was that really worth the effort? I haven't a calendar in front of me but doesn't British Pedant Day fall in Julember? Switch it off and come down now Timmy, dinner's ready.

Or possibly thread. Interchangeable I suppose. They're certainly the best chuckle Ebay have offered me today.

'Gold toned.' https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1879-GREAT-BRITAIN-VICTORIA-ONE-PENNY-GOOD-GRADE-Incuse-Lines-In-Wreath/164469471366?hash=item264b24f886:g:u-UAAOSwROxe4l69 'Prooflike.' https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1835-BRITISH-INDIA-ONE-QUARTER-ANNA-BOMBAY-MINT-PROOFLIKE-COIN-EAST-INDIA-COM/164469106228?hash=item264b1f6634:g:NuAAAOSwbdVfEcSq

Looks as though CC have reduced it to £95. Graded fine. Fair would be generous. So yes, absolutely right, compared with that the Ebay coin was a steal.

The link doesn't work here either. I took a look at the recent completed sales for 1845 farthings. Is this the one you mean? That's nowhere near fine. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Victoria-Farthings-1845-amp-1850-/383770017751?hash=item595a79bfd7%3Ag%3AOVAAAOSwYJpfjAFn&nma=true&si=KnCYPKtJSFQ%2BOzlOgHdn9CGd1JU%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/landlord-who-renamed-pub-the-19110558