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The florin and shilling would still be with us if the Mint hadn't reduced the size in 1992 and 1990.

That's very naughty. As you say, a modern replica 'aged'. It's not even a proper George V penny altered (e.g. 1935) which people are willing to pay up to £200 for in order to fill a gap.

Yup. The Irish shilling is a very cool coin and I was quite pleased to get the 1990 silver proof 5p.

You have done very very well! Edward VII halfcrowns in high grades are worth good money. Let me get the least valuable out of the way first: the two 1902 coins might just about get £100 each, the 1910 perhaps £250, though more to the right buyer. All but two of the others - 1906/7/8/9 - would be worth at least £300-£400 each, maybe more if we could see bigger pictures (the difference between EF and Uncirculated is the difference between e.g. £300 and £700). Now for the best news: the 1904 - if nearer to UNC than EF has got to be worth well over £1000. The 1903 is the rarest (after 1905 which you don't have); it may have been cleaned, but should still be worth between £1500 and £2500, though it would be good to see bigger pictures. Can you post a larger picture of each coin? You'll need to make several posts to get round the size limit for each separate post.

Just one of the ubiquitous modern replicas... Not even good enough to fool anyone except an idiot. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/406789410745?_skw=406789410745&itmmeta=01KMAVAFKDNTTGCHV256D0YB2K&hash=item5eb689cfb9:g:95IAAeSwS5ZpvvKF&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAA0GfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xBUXE%2BOaPHIv8uZXkMDusPtlLW3mKOT4AlbEkZlhYUSQf3ssm3Ki9cgqJyg%2FRy0CFuTTQ%2B27w6xt%2FDJHPkYlLSOUmbK2SYJqHN89UMFJvkaC%2BbtCI9b%2FdOAqtk14AxXA%2Fr1tEoxf3UHg04Jouny2X02ErsROqmKw3lh8h3eW645zAiFS0kEbugMTlsMpMQf1YE6rgBNnkuzLi%2FDevGJQ%2FH7bOyzmpQR3oK6TuV%2B6Q0mBaRRMZksZwNGHusaKSdlB3M%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-L5qduiZw

Anyone got a link to it?

Two of those ARE shillings - the 5p and the Irish shilling.

I reported it as a counterfeit coin and mentioned that allowing the sale would make Ebay an accessory. Perhaps that will work...

Apparently the Ebay sale of the 1933 British penny on ebay is not in violation of the Ebay policy. Item number 406789410745 One pence piece 1933 original one of one needs a clean

Just revisiting my 1858 5/3 or 5/2, perhaps this was Bramah 25B. Pic attached. Note the limb to the left of the top loop of the 8. Jerry

Yes, some people continue to describe an 1858 5/3 for various nondescript overstrikes, doubling etc but it has long been suspected that a genuine 5/3 doesn’t exist. Perhaps likely candidate for Bramah 25B 5/3 is what Gouby describes as 5/? with the protrusion on the left within the lower loop of the 8. There has been suggestion that 25B is over a 2, though of course 1852 pennies were never issued and the survival of an 1852 die for six years until use is also unlikely. That doesn’t eliminate the possibility of an erroneous digit punch being used in a die repair though. Jerry

Another raw claimining 1858/3 Looks similar overdate to one in PCGS, at quick glance. Die crack that PCGS one does not have. https://ebay.us/m/59lIoN (Both this and the one in PCGS have hair ribbon-like things, which I recall theories being die clashes. PCGS one even has extension to hair curl's end).

Another graded example, this in PCGS slab. Possibly something under there, but I side w Michael it does not look like 1853's "3", the shape is wrong. https://ebay.us/m/veFOIB

I found another supposed example graded by NGC, for sale on ebay Frankly picture is too grainy to help. https://www.ebay.com/itm/137154063942

I realize the title should specify pennies. Lazy omission. If any mods are able to edit that, I would appreciate it.

Genuine 3 from 1853 (via Michael's website)

From the graded example

I have read through Michael Gouby's discussion of 1858 pennies. He seems to feel there are no 8 over 3. I may side with him. His reasoning seems sound. https://www.michael-coins.co.uk/cp_1858.htm I have looked at current ebay offerings of 8/3, none of them look promising as specimen. A couple examples (yes sellers make wild bs claims, nothing new) https://www.ebay.com/itm/177731430716 https://www.ebay.com/itm/336379281950 There was a graded example on Heritage, but I'm not convinced it is an 8/3, either. https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/great-britain-victoria-penny-1858-3-/a/3015-24982.s Anyhow, has there been more supporting evidence come forward? Do you think there are examples, or do you agree with Michael?

In other words, roll the swab between fingers/thumb, don't wipe or rub. Use the technique in this video

Dansco 7070 is pretty much the standard. They have been back in print, so a lot more reasonable than a few years ago, but yes, still expensive. Are you against importing from the US? I'd think some eBay sellers are willing to ship there. Whitman made similar albums (not the cheap folder types), but I'm not sure they are made anymore. Littleton may have a ripoff of the Dansco, but I don't know if they do international post. You could probably get one of us in the US to relay it, but I imagine, if you're willing to ship from US, lots of sellers are willing. Found an old Whitman basic type set. Pretty sure they don't print it currently, but this is (I'm assuming) what you'd be looking for. I do not see any on eBay presently. When they pop up, some people do price gouging. https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m20076526228?sv=0

Have you heard of using gun bore cleaner? Not sure how accessible that is over there. I know it is part of the process used by a guy over here, for cleaning copper, bronze. But the rest he keeps pretty secret.

I had an empty row at the bottom of the last page of my shillings, after the 1970 proof coins. So I decided it would be fun to put together some similar sized and valued coins (in terms of buying power then) from earlier in the 20th century. Plus the 5 pence proof from 1990 is in silver as well because that was the last year they were made the same size as the classic shilling and the shilling was finally being demonitized 20 years after decimal day. The other coins are: 1930 US Standing Liberty Quarter 1917 French 1 Franc 1930 Irish 1 Shilling 1917 Italian 1 Lira 1909 Imperial Germany 1 Mark It’s an interesting comparison of economies that the franc, mark & lira are all a single unit of their basic currency, the US is one fourth of a dollar and the shilling was one twentieth of a pound sterling. Though their economy was weaker, Ireland at that time pegged the Punt to the Pound. The US was far stronger than all of mainland Europe but the UK ruled over all until WWI shattered everyone but the US.

Sometimes wipes only show up in certain angles. A friend recently got a German piece from Künker in which pics and description say nothing of cleaning, but he shared a video where it's clear. Hairlines over both the fields and devices. He's pretty unhappy about it, obviously. It's the sort of thing that lead to TPGs becoming so popular here in the US. That and whizzing being so popular here for a time. Künker is a really big AH, with hammers averaging more than 2.5x of estimates.