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Blimey, where are you copying and pasting all this blue text from? You’d already identified as much in the OP.

If I get enough, I might put them on ebay as material for an art project. Only the 84s sell individually.

More obviously there is no sign of a quatrefoil on the reverse to make it Irish (or possibly episcopal English). Don't worry about the small flan reference as many coins were clipped, focus on the detail you can see.

The crowns on both look like Henry VII. The larger i assume is a penny. Looks like the Tun mint mark and Canterbury mint. The lower one could be a half penny but i cannot glean much more. The cross ends on the reverse on both coins are definitely Tudor.

That explains why I am not seeing any in circulation! I no longer do sets or proofs, so it looks like 2024 will remain a blank year for me.

the two coins are as follows..... The arched crown is Henry VII, an early issue before the sovereign pennies come in. The other one is possibly Edward IV's Light Cross and Pellets Irish coinage - these have a quatrefoil centre and are virtually always struck on too small flans, so with most or all of the legend missing as here.👍

If anyone is after some 2024 coins best get in now before prices go crazy (as usual when a coin or set of coins is confirmed NIFC): https://www.royalmint.com/corporate/circulating-coin/uk-currency/mintages/

This is an Edward I penny minted in London. This is identified by the obverse inscription EDWR’ANGL’DNS[HYB] 👍

This was found lurking in with some worn Hammered coins....... Silver 6 Pfennings 1734. Prince Louis Rudolph (Ludwig Rudolf) (1731-1735) Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German States) apparently quite a rarity 👍

Welcome to the forum. I am no expert on the Gun Money, but it would seem likely that there are many die faults and die fill variations around as they were struck largely on campaign. Even the regal coinage from the 1690s has a huge number of variations.

Is this an error or is it just a die fill ? Reads RFX instead of REX. I can't find it in the Spinks guide or much about it online. I think the month may be the September variant with the stop after Sept and after XII but not 100 % sure of that.

Thank you Mr.Zappa.

Cheers Stu. Elsewhere, I continue to look forward to your return.... 😉

For the number of different errors in the halfpennies alone, you’d have to conclude that somebody, somewhere, was having a right royal laugh! Some nice grade errors going on there, Mr Roo!

Here's another relatively recent 1701 find I'm rather pleased with. As for Vs on the obverse, large zero reverse.

That's a beauty.

Quite a spectacular overstrike. As Rob says, the GV/B was a discovery piece in the Nicholson collection of 2004 (lot 153), although Nicholson had lost it at the time, and was "still looking for it", so it wasn't for sale!

Yes, not helped by the fact most survive in terrible condition and most were not even properly struck in the first place.

And my 1694 upgrade. Quite chuffed. . Thankfully people focussed on the description which said pitted flan, which is due to it being cast rather than rolled as per spec, but as that accounts for half the halfpennies or more of this period, should not be something to worry about.

I still think there is only one die for these, as that was the 4th I'm aware of, and they are definitely the same obverses. There are 2 different reverse dies however, which is probably to be expected (see alignment of 17 and final A). My current example is the third coin, which I picked up in DNW 76, lot 287. My first one came from ebay in 2004 and both cost a tenner. Excuse the GV/B 1694 which was added to keep things neat. That was the discovery piece by Colin Cooke in 2004. I have since upgraded that with the superb example in London Coins 168, lot 1407. I saw it, GV/B not mentioned in the description, compared with mine and promptly put a very large 'must buy' label in my shopping list. Those are the only two I have recorded, but there must more out there.

Here's one I found last year, GV over B on the obverse. Extremely rare in any grade.

Got these going if anyone's interested: 1868 proof farthing graded PF63 BN (R17) - https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6945831-003/63/ 1826 proof farthing graded PF64 BN - https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6673730-006/64/ NGC links provided for info and better, close up images 1868 - £675 1826 - £400 Plus £10 Special Delivery Message me if interested. Cheers.

He did miss a few things freeman 530 for example and many pennies are missing he also admitted he was keener on the soho period and william iii halfpence were not his favorites

According to Peck barred A's never occur on 1701 halfpence.

love anne as a person at least she seems a credit to the family