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Very unfortunate. It would be fascinating to put the face to the name. Joseph Edgar Boehm, however, was photographed quite a lot at least! And by the looks of it he may have been a model at heart 😂

It's a shame photography just missed William Wyon - died 1851.

Stunning! I LOVE that! 🙌

Well, if you can find it on Amazon, I would highly recommend it! It’s looked at impartially, investigating both its positives AND downsides, with some unexpected discoveries/findings!

Benedetto Pistrucci, arguably the most famous coin engraver, was born in 1783 and died 1855. He was 56 years old at the time of the first photographic portrait. Only two years before his death he was photographed by Arthur R Hamilton. This is, to my knowledge, the only time he was photographed - and could reasonably be the first photograph of a British coin engraver! Most of the images you will find are later (1870-90) reproductions of the original photograph - identified by the black/gray card they are mounted on. I am fortunate enough to be the owner of the original photograph from 1853, signed by the photographer - to my knowledge it is the only one made from the negative and thus the true original piece!

But not as small as the 1 Kuna from Hum diameter 1.99 millimeters and a weight of 0.05 grams

I don't know who the merchant W&P was, but here's another one: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/135147031137?_trksid=p4375194.c102726.m162918 I found another one, but then couldn't find it again two minutes later...

Today I found this George IV Shilling 1826 has W&P stamped on it, I have the understanding this was done by company's as a way of advertisement its tidy job so I will be keeping it.👍

I gave up Netflix ages back, I just use Amazon Prime nowadays.

13 mm & 2.08 g. Smaller than even the current Mexican 10 centavos or my 1940 Netherlands 1/2 cent at 14 mm!

I watched it on my phone 😉

Just thought I'd share this image of a pattern five shilling piece in gold from 1853 which I handled in the RMM. Keep in mind, contemporary records show that there was discussion in parliament around this time that the half sovereign should be abolished for being too small a denomination to be made of gold, and of course the Royal Mint decided to make a smaller gold coin in response!

Not seen it. Thankfully our TV has been on the blink, losing signal sync recently and giving us both the opportunity to not bother filling our minds with garbage. Maybe a repair tomorrow.....

This will blow your mind, Rob, if you haven’t watched it already? Really worth a watch for everyone…a Netflix documentary!

How are you supposed to 'train' a system specifically designed by people whose companies want to rule world, even if using dodgy info to learn that WRL stands for a small niche in numismatics called COPIES. Fake news mostly exists in the minds of people involved in the dissemination of said 'sh**e'. When all info is legitimate learning material, misinformation is reported as accurate if more people say it's ok than call it out for what it is. It's called rewriting history. Sane members of humanity are encouraged to keep as much contemporary written material as possible to negate the anticipated rewrite courtesy of today's dictators/autocrats/snake oil salesmen who are doing things to benefit their control over the peasants. As the one balled former Chancellor of Germany showed a century ago, the people will accept lies if repeated often enough. A premise the current heads of 3 superpowers are using to this day. He did not have copyright on the technique.

Says sold but that could mean pulled as well. Nice work ! Thanks.

Thanks @Paddy I did see that forum when looking around yesterday after I posted already and thought the same. I'll re post later on and try my luck on there. Appreciate the quick reply :-)

I have messaged the seller - we will see how honest they are. I suspect the "Customer Service Person" at Ebay was an AI bot!

Welcome @Elmo to the forum! An interesting set and intriguing that it is so difficult to find on the net. Individual coins are mentioned on Numista: https://en.numista.com/182480 but they would not list full sets anyway. Not sure we have many members here who are into Chinese coins as our focus is on British issues. It might be worth posting your query on Cointalk at https://www.cointalk.com/forums/world-coins/ as I know they have quite a few Chinese and bullion coin collectors there who may be able to help you.

Good Evening all, I'm new to this forum and very new to coins - I inherited my grandfathers coin collection some 8 years ago and haven't done anything with them, I'm now getting married in 2029 and figured I can sell them and put them to the wedding funds. He has over 2200 coins varying from Mint grade to poor and some dated back to the 1800's which I've manged to scan and list on a spreadsheet that I'm currently going through and pricing up (tedious work but it will be easier in the long run). I'm using Google AI, eBay and a few other sites to try and gauge prices for when I do decide to sell them (not sure how yet - individually / split down into mini collections or the whole set etc) The issue I am having is I can't seem to find the following bigger set anywhere on the internet - I can find small 5 coin sets (1 with each mascot) but not the full 38 coin set covering every sport from the 2008 Olympics with the mascots. AI says its part of a bigger set but then doesn't give me anything else (I know not to trust AI etc but its been helpful in identifying some coins as well as other coin apps and books etc) There are 38 coins in total covering every sport at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. All coins feature the same number 38 so either this is a serial number (batch number) or it represents the total number of coins in the set. All coins have the Ag.999 1oz silver stamp and weigh the exact same. Across the 38 coins there are 5 different 'Fuwa' mascots carrying out the sports. Has anyone come across this set before or can you point me in the right direction. Happy to provide more pictures or answer any questions

A WRL copy. Highlighted the stamp and circled it. Reported it and was told the listing is fine a customer service person has approved it. Maybe a few more reports will assist in getting it pulled. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/880004309094 Stu

Left on the shelf?

.heic pics don't work here, here are jpg versions. The first thing to do would be to get a very accurate weight and compare that to normal ones, which should all be 8.75g. It certainly looks very coppery for brass. It could well be an error and the wrong alloy has been used or there has been a mishap with its treatment along the journey of it becoming a coin. If the weight and size are about the same as normal, another fairly cheap and easy thing to do is use a coin slide (with powerful magnets under a felt strip) to see if it slides down at the same speed as a normal one. And the ultimate way of checking it out is to use an XRF machine to tell you the exact composition of the metal ring. Edit: Another easy test is to put a magnet against it, just i case the coppery part is copper plated steel, as used for 1p and 2p.

Post: Hi everyone, I recently found this 2025 King Charles III "Bee" £1 coin in my change and noticed it looks starkly different from my other copies. I have attached side-by-side photos comparing it to a standard 2023 £1 coin. As you can see, the outer nickel-brass ring on my 2025 coin has a very distinct, vibrant copper/rose-gold tone instead of the usual pale gold finish. This copper coloring is completely uniform across the entire outer ring on both the obverse and reverse sides. It doesn't look like patchy environmental damage or staining, as it has a clean luster and extends evenly through the texturing. Has anyone else come across this specific color variation in the 2025 batch yet? Could this be a blank/alloy composition shift or a sintering/plating anomaly from the Royal Mint? Any insights into what caused this or if it carries a collector premium would be greatly appreciated! IMG_20260424_191007.heicIMG_20260424_191007.heicIMG_20260424_191007.heicIMG_20260424_191007.heicIMG_20260424_191007.heic IMG_20260424_190948.heic

I recall that in 2016 and 2017 the new £1 coins appeared with a variation in the rim. The milled section at the base of the portrait could be either left or right of the point of the neck and I think lefties were deemed scarcer. From 2018 they seemed to have sorted out the error and all coins were Righties. However, I have seen that the 2025 £1 occurs both Leftie and Rightie. I wonder if this is really an error, or will be another Ebay fad.