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DrLarry
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Lol yes
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I recently found a plastic version of this abacus counting toy . Would you say it might be similar ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325664176722?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=5Lgy4GGbTDa&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=h5XdnfNFTNi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
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Does anyone have a commonwealth Crown 1651 ? I have one of the correct weight struck slightly off set but I think it may be a fake, yet a good one, possibly an electrotype (although usually the weight is off on these ) What I would like to know is what the edge looks like ? any help appreciated . Well I say it is right the weight but I may be wrong this one weighs 30.52 grams
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yes I rarely make sense that is why I am so hesitant to list all the many strange anomalies I have found
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here are my examples, as I say one I am not too convinced about although it does have similar features the double tick and the thickness of the central diagonal of the N
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OK yes apologies I always referred to it as an I over N . I will check mine again. I also have looked now for another for years without luck .
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Any garden pics this year?
DrLarry replied to copper123's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Yes it was a bad winter for my little yard garden too . I try cover things but even a small sheltered yard could not stay warm enough. I think it was the warm then deep freeze cycles we went through. Still a lot came back green and lush ...resilience in nature . It took ages for spring to get going we still have bluebells and the odd daffodils here in the grim North East -
Yes I think so in the past Jerry purchased from me one and sent it away to get verified. I think I have 2 others although one I'm not so certain about .
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I think mine would be the 1861 Penny , I over N in ONE, I only ever found two for verification . and the B over R's 1861 and 1862 half pennies
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Well done they are new to me so lovely to see them
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I came across this 1889 10 mm miniature. I assume gold and likely a Jewellers miniature some are mentioned in Rogers but they are not strictly toys
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In the box were two sov types
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Peck and Farthings
DrLarry replied to Kipster's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
well whilst I am sure there is an exact set of parameters specific to a design that are worn down in circulation there is a nice book by D F Allen which when I started collecting was helpful with later milled . then there are so many additional features that seem to come down to personal opinions, an opinion, yours or others, may well be valid so you can have your own view. LOL You will soon get told otherwise by those who know more -
Peck and Farthings
DrLarry replied to Kipster's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I think they have so many difficulties with British coins it is very rare I trust the system especially the grading. I have a couple of Countermarked Dollars G III over spanish 8 and 4 reales I keep entombed because there are so many counterfeits and I assume they know those better!!!! I might be WRONG !!! -
Peck and Farthings
DrLarry replied to Kipster's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
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Thanks kai , I think the seller is bidding it up so I'm going to let it go. Although there are a couple of interesting ones there
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Am I bidding against one of us for the little collection of toy coins on ebay finishing soon? I don't want to bid up if so
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The Royal mint should lose that Royal title and be re-branded as The Mint
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Looks bloody awful.
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This "set" has helped me identify some variation in the die pairings so has served a useful purpose. I cannot say if it is a full set Rogers " a box for this issue is known which lists the contents as £1 to 1/4 d J R P King 1987 " He suggests " it is therefore clear that the different selections of denominations were included at various times or in various containers" Rogers page 75 Section 30
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Ok now I have managed to take a good look the bxx contains 2 Sovereigns and one half Sov A Crown of the ron type which differs from a second type which seems either to have a different coating on or different composition more akin to a white metal ( found in a single ) ; the Four shillings also differs from another I have with the lettering for FOUR being closer together and over a sceptre cf. another which has the O of Four over the scepter. a Half Crown; 3 florins; 5 shillings; 5 half shillings and 4 pennies . These 24 coins fill the box nicely the higher silver and the half shillings all have variable amounts of coating but no evidence of having been played with usually I can see waxy residue of grubby little fingers. The shillings are all of the same die with a flaw running right through the portrait. The two sovereigns are not the typical DIAMOND JUBILEE types on the reverse there is no three pence no half penny and no farthing . The half crown in the full title CROWN #608 not the HALF >ROWN missing C type. The two shillings are #610a type with a gap after the date. Rogers often is quite precise if he has seen something like a die crack and he makes no mention of the shilling #611 having a die crack from top to bottom , although he does have it for the half Crown it is most likely then this die pairing was used (obv of #608) All the half shillings ( sixpences) are the same reverse showing the shading horizontal lin4es of the garter it would appear then to be #612 . Pennies are #615 all of which show the sea below the lighthouse( sometimes missing ) and the linear circle starting at the P and have a good amount of lustre
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In this instance this particular item we have had for around three years, we just liked them and considered just keeping them, they are different and have never had this style of toy money before, and the tin made them interesting to us. We have never knowingly seen another tin like this for this manufacturer. These actually came with quite a few other non related items. We have neither added or subtracted any coins/items from the tin. Unfortunately we cannot shed any other light on their previous history either. I asked the seller what they knew of the history of the Cherub Stork set this ..above ..is their response.
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1865 farthing varieties
DrLarry replied to Kipster's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I have taken a look at mine I have one with an 8 over an 8 there appear on mine to be two types of 8 used a small 8 and the much fatter 8 so I am guessing the one was overpunched on the the other. I only have a population of 10 and tend to look for "errors" so not a scientific collection. Lots of 5 over 3's and 5 over 3 and 2 and one with a 1 over a 1 . Not sure if that helps but all these tiny things make a coin have extra personality -
The one thing with toy coins that forever fascinates me is how they survive, they are so small you would think they would just get lost. with cardboard coins the material is so transient that the rarity is down to simple disintegration of the product It shocks me when I read Thomas's book or when David makes a donation to the charity when I give him cardboard coins how much value is in them. Children are not always the most diligent when playing either but perhaps kids were different in the 19th and early to mid 20thC
