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  3. Posted

    5 minutes ago, jelida said:

    That will be the F33 ‘N over inverted N’,  you have it in your Freeman re-print Richard and it is in the Gouby update too. Other than the photo of a worn second that Larry has previously shown,  I haven’t seen another despite several years passing and it does seem to remain very rare indeed. Still in my collection of course.

    As regards the ‘rarest’ coin in my penny collection I have several that are still in the ‘single figures known’ category from the Rarest Pennies database, with the above F33 and an F15 BRTTT perhaps the rarest. In my hammered collection I do have two of the four known 1558 dated mm lis Elizabeth Ist pennies, one being the Comber example.

    Jerry

    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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    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 

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    22 hours ago, secret santa said:

    Have you posted any photos of this ?

    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 .  

  8. Posted · Edited by DrLarry

    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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    22 hours ago, Kipster said:

    Indeed. I've seen both sides of the grading and there's quite some variance. Some coins I look at and think "how did you get that as choice uncirculated" and others I look at and think "that's far and away better than you think".

    But what do I know?

    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 

  12. Posted

    31 minutes ago, Kipster said:

    I have a few in the same situation. I reckon the people at NGC must eat their sandwiches whilst doing the grading. It's very off putting, especially when it's a really nice coin. That and all the strands of felt randomly attached all over the show.

    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 !!!

  13. Posted

    2 hours ago, Kipster said:

    Thanks both.

    Yes, looking at them, the pennies are far more convoluted than the farthings, with only around 7 or 8 O's and R's at best. I probably paid over the odds for mine with BP, but it was a lovely coin and I wanted it. Sadly, it's been graded by NGC with a lovely piece of white toot sitting slap bang in the middle of Victoria's chest. May have to free it from the tomb as it bothers me.

    YES   set it FREE .......a ZOO for coins !!!!

  14. Posted · Edited by DrLarry

    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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    5 hours ago, Ukstu said:

    Got this today. Not sure what to make of it. The quality is awful and it doesn't live up to what was displayed on the RM website.

    The train looks derailed and is not level with the track and there is some doubling at the rear of the engine were the train is not seated correctly with the outline. 

     

     

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    Looks bloody awful. 

  18. Posted

    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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  19. Posted · Edited by DrLarry

    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  

  20. Posted

    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.  

  21. Posted

    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 

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  22. Posted

    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  

  23. Posted

    31 minutes ago, Menger said:

    I think that is right. “Time preference” as the Austrians call it: we are hard wired to want more over less; which boils down to something today rather than tomorrow (we may not be here tomorrow) - unless we perceive what we might get tomorrow as more (better) than what we will get today.  

    In collecting, waiting hopefully pays off (we may get more (better) in the end) but we all have a breaking point where optimism and patience gives way to opportunity and gratification. 

    All this reflects the human condition. That will not change. But as the world becomes more virtual and instantaneous, I expect we  will attach evermore value to tangible relics and the long game … 

    yes relics is a good word as it attaches something solid as well as having some kind human spirit attached , ingenuity, design as well as looser concepts like marketing and desire.  

  24. Posted

    38 minutes ago, copper123 said:

    Even Rogers knew there were more than that - after all there were 100 copies of his book made , and they are pretty hard to find at this time.

    I have wanted one for ages

    Kai has one and I have one and the free online book updated by Thomas Engels has a large section on the overseas issues in English .  If you ever need a reference fr anything just ask away I cannot copy the text but I can be your remote eyes when you need it 

  25. Posted

    31 minutes ago, copper123 said:

    Even Rogers knew there were more than that - after all there were 100 copies of his book made , and they are pretty hard to find at this time.

    I have wanted one for ages

    Sorry copy how do you mean ?  numbers of Collectors? or number of this box?  I think Kai means the number of this box known.  Rogers had not seen one he marks it as RRR* ....my apologies I read in page 11 that he knew of about 500 collectors but in that he maybe referring to collectors of model coins which seem to be more highly regarded by general collectors as opposed to Toys he notes there are about a dozen large collections 

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