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Yes, much better now.

One of your better coins 👏👏👏

I’m struggling, I can’t even find the LCGS population report…is it still a thing? Can you still check authenticity of the old slabs or view other UINs?

Should be ok now. Some internet nasties were attacking the old predecimal site that I kept online in a secret place.

Having .... the .... same ... problem .........

Reported to host...

I was going to say that it's fine on my PC but then it took around 20 seconds to come up.

Yes, awful…couldn’t load it at all for most of yesterday 😩

We seem to be on dead slow again?

I have found (so far) 2x 1835, 1x 1839, 1x, 1842, 4x,1843 (I read that this date is the most common with over dates as well, but none of mine are, I think it was 43 over 34?!?!) 1x, 1862... I had these in with Victorian Maundy one pence coins car boot find, I still had the cash bag from Midlands Bank that they came in... miss them days. 🥲

Nice coin. I think your initial assessment of an attempted holing is more likely correct. I think the bulge in the wreath beneath the 8 on the reverse is the other end of that. I don't think a die fault would allow so much proud metal. I like the threehalfpence coins - a short run intended for the colonies but legal in the UK and listed in all the GB books. It took me some years to complete the date run, the 1837 William IV proving the most elusive - a lot scarcer than the books indicate.

2nd find today whilst sifting through the hoard ...... worth mentioning that on closure inspection whilst magnifying the photo it looked like it was a attempted hole being drilled.....but then looking again I think this has been a die fault issue....I have other Colonial issue coins with faults and again, to find this it makes my day 😁 any thoughts or in put greatly welcome. 👍

so finding this whilst sifting through the hoard and thought it worth a mention being that its in a good condition and ask for an opinion of its grade... however...! on closure inspection and magnifying the photo it looks like it was struck with a cracked die..... 👍 don't know about you ....its a real treat (for me) to find these faults...😁

hey Paddy, I've not visited this site before so will take gander, many thanks "H"

Hi @Citizen H, for non-British coins you might want to try the World coin section of Cointalk.com.

I’ve just bought a CGS coin and wondered whether anyone is a member with access to the high-res images? # 11412

out at a local flea market and saw these Tunisia coins I'm not interested in Tunisia coins and Ive never bought any coin that have been slabbed and assumed these may be of interest to someone on the forum. I know the guy selling theses and mentioned I'd upload a few photos...

or not there

Definitely not an H - as in all your pictures of the 1875H, the H is below the 7 and 5 whereas on your coin, the shadowy "H" is higher.

You will have difficulty finding any die detail specific to the Heaton mint other than the letter ‘H’ as the working dies were prepared at the Royal Mint from their master dies and sent to Birmingham for striking. The Heaton mint did not develop their own dies. And don’t confuse differences due to die wear, depth of strike, clashed dies etc as differing varieties. It’s a potential minefield. Jerry

No, you need to expand the image in my post again. The point I was making is there are all kinds of bobbles and bumps in the fields of these coins. Also, I too can see an H, but feel it’s just a collection of anomalies that create the illusion of one. This probably represents the view of quite a percentage of those who said they could see one, which likely puts the percentile well into the NO camp. 😉 As you allude to, there are some very high-calibre and serious penny collectors on this forum (I’m not one of them), so you’ll be in very good company with your intensity and approach to all this. Enjoyable post, thank you!

Thats the arrow highlighting the location of the H Thats's what caught my eye when I purchased it, then I noticed what I thought was a H. You are not alone its currently 50/50 split decision. Thanks

Good result. Well done.

The more I look at examples, I am more convinced that the position of Britannia's foot is another marker, and like the shield, it is always much closer to the teeth than on regular/low tide.