Coin aquisition of the week.......

[Coinery 733]

That’d be about right…’Coin Acquisition of the Week’ lays dormant for nearly a week…post an acquisition…and within two hours it’s buried by the Penny boys! 😂😂😂

Edited November 19, 2022 by Coinery

[Iannich48 181]

3 hours ago, Unwilling Numismatist said:

Straight up BIN, couldn't believe it - full coin.

You were obviously first to spot it. I wonder what would have happened if the seller had made it an auction? Well done anyway.

 

[Unwilling Numismatist 503]

8 hours ago, Coinery said:

£100 - absolute bargain for this Comber provenance, rarer marked 6d

I sold one just like it a few years ago.... alarmingly alike in fact.

 

[Coinery 733]

1 hour ago, Unwilling Numismatist said:

I sold one just like it a few years ago.... alarmingly alike in fact.

 

Images would be very welcome if you can find them? This one weighs right, looks right, and also rings right

[Unwilling Numismatist 503]

38 minutes ago, Coinery said:

Images would be very welcome if you can find them? This one weighs right, looks right, and also rings right

I'll have to hunt them out, I imagine it's just me memory being a bit iffy as I sold it a few years ago, one of a pair I found in a field The BM disclaimed them, have changed computers about 4 times if not more since though, so images are possibly lost. I don't doubt yours is correct!

EDIT to add an image and show just how iffy memory gets after 10 years or so lol Yours is nicer but I got more for mine

 

 

Edited November 19, 2022 by Unwilling Numismatist
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[Coinery 733]

1 hour ago, Unwilling Numismatist said:

I'll have to hunt them out, I imagine it's just me memory being a bit iffy as I sold it a few years ago, one of a pair I found in a field The BM disclaimed them, have changed computers about 4 times if not more since though, so images are possibly lost. I don't doubt yours is correct!

EDIT to add an image and show just how iffy memory gets after 10 years or so lol Yours is nicer but I got more for mine

 

 

I have to say, though, if my coin, in the light of your upcoming evidence, had turned out to be fake (I double-checked mine after your initial post), I would’ve sold up and changed hobbies. One or two significant differences between the two examples, thank goodness

Edited November 19, 2022 by Coinery

[azda 963]

Just purchased

[azda 963]

This one now in hand

[Zo Arms 172]

 

Edited December 29, 2022 by Zo Arms

[Zo Arms 172]

[Zo Arms 172]

Apologies.

Really messed that lot up. Sorry.

[Coinery 733]

Not an easy find in collectable grade, they always seem to fly in auction, so really pleased with this bargain in a nice dark collectors’ tone!

Elizabeth I Penny, mm Cross Crosslet, bust 3H 

[TomGoodheart 290]

Very nice!

 

[copper123 1,230]

On 12/18/2022 at 7:44 AM, azda said:

Just purchased

WOW!

[Sword 1,226]

I normally collect silver, but have decided to buy a couple of pennies as type examples. 

 

[Sword 1,226]

 

[VickySilver 647]

Wow, very nice presentation of an unappreciated (IMHO) date - it almost has a specimen appearance.

[ozjohn 472]

I've had this coin for a while but I do not think I have posted it on this forum.

A rather nice 1921 half crown which is IMO close to UNC and a well minted example for 1921.

[Iannich48 181]

Very nice coin, nice toning too.

 

[Sword 1,226]

A very well struck obverse for the 1921!

[Peckris 2 1,839]

Pretty scarce in that condition - alongside 1920 and 1924, and possibly scarcer than 1926, in high grade.

[rpeddie 119]

On 2/14/2023 at 8:12 PM, Peckris 2 said:

Pretty scarce in that condition - alongside 1920 and 1924, and possibly scarcer than 1926, in high grade.

i Know early 20s were tough for condition, 1923 bucked the trend for this. What's the reason for 1924 coming a lot tougher?

[Peckris 2 1,839]

8 hours ago, rpeddie said:

i Know early 20s were tough for condition, 1923 bucked the trend for this. What's the reason for 1924 coming a lot tougher?

One reason is that mintages for large silver got much lower from 1924-26 as the Depression took hold and demand reduced. In my own experience 1922 isn't as difficult as 1920 and 1921 but I don't know why, and my experience may not be general.

[ozjohn 472]

Don't forget that the 1925 half crown is the rarest of the series.

[Rob 2,783]

2 hours ago, ozjohn said:

Don't forget that the 1925 half crown is the rarest of the series.

But only in high grade. Don't forget that there were 4000 low grade 1925s in a Noble sale 12 or 13 years ago with only one example worth lotting as a single. I presume most of those got melted, as there's no way you could shift that many, even on ebay.