Are all the Penny varieties covered?

Did Michael write a book which covers only Penny types and die pairings. 

How much info was added to the 5th edition?

The British Bronze Coinage: Pence, Halfpence and Farthings 1860 - 1869 (5th Edition)

by Michael Gouby

Loose Leaf, 60 Pages, Published 2006

ISBN-10: 0-948855-11-8        / 0948855118
ISBN-13: 978-0-948855-11-5 / 9780948855115

many thanks !

Does anyone around know how long the delay is on the backorder for the new edition? I finally put in an order, though wish I had done so when it was on-hand.

Thanks

Thanks! 

William

I’m still really keen to get a copy of Michael Gouby’s The British Bronze Penny if anyone sees any out there 🙏

Thanks 
 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/277253254864

Thanks in advance 

Also reported an 1861 Halfpenny F276 Obv6, RevE 6 over 6 (same die as the F274A)

Miceal Gouby reports an 1866 penny first 6 over 8.

It has been assumed that the wrong punch was used during a die repair

In the case of the halfpenny Rev G was used up until 1873 and the penny Rev G until 1875 what if Dies were prepared in bulk to be used over a period of more than 10 years,

this would mean that the last two digits of the date would be added at a later time. This opens the possibility that these coins originate not by an 8 punch but rather by a misplaced 6

as seen in the pic below of an F274 6 over a higher 6.

If members have examples of these coins and a few minutes to spare perhaps you could look for traces of the top of the lower six poking out above and post results here.

On British Gold Sovereigns 1817 to date, Title TBC:

An all new book by a respected gold coin specialist on British gold sovereigns, their varieties, rarity and values.

With the new update to Marsh's Gold Sovereign, it will be very intersting to see the differences in the two books. I look forward to obtaining both books. 

I can't get it to open on my iPad, has anyone managed to do this?

I used the DGS download manager to download the ePub file but it won't open in the bluefire ePub app.

Any help appreciated, thanks.

I received the 2 halfcrowns today that I ordered, thank you. I notice a leaflet in the jiffy advertising the new Rotographic book due for release in early 2009 'The Standard Guide to Grading British Coins'.

This sound like a great book and I for one will definitely be purchasing a copy. Is there anyway I can place an order for the book now? The leaflet states that you can register an interest at www.rotograhic.com but I can't see anywhere on the website that mentions the new book.

One question I do have and that is will it be a hardback book.

Thanks

Mark

As most of you will know, I had the daunting task of making a few books new and improved. I did the CCGB2005 and the "Roman Base Metal Coins - A Price Guide" myself, and I'm lucky enough to have found someone to re-new the established "Collectors' Coins Ireland". I also have a very nice man working on "Roman Silver Coins - A Price Guide" and 3 other people working on brand new books. The George III coin book was not top priority....

But, the banknote book was top priorty, and I have not been unable to get anyone to do it for me! I had someone interested, but they wanted to publish it themselves too, and we can't have that can we. Other banknote experts were too busy, and/or working on books of there own.

So, I'm doing it myself, and I can say that it is quite a learning curve. I've purchased a couple of good banknote reference books and I'm in the process of creating "Collectors' Bank notes 2006" (that title will probably remain unchanged) right now. I'll still need help with the price gathering, perhaps I'll ask you lot to help out with that.

For anyone that wants to see, this is a link to the first 20 pages:

http://www.rotographic.co.uk/books/BankNotes2006.pdf

There are a few gaps here and there, mainly concerning missing pictures and the contents page. The images are all low resolution and compressed in this sample, to make it an easy size to download. The printed version and final download versions will of course be sharper.

What do you think? I'm actually starting to get in to banknotes a bit as I'm doing this! By the way, all the images so far are of notes that belong to me....I had to buy a whole collection so that I could make good enough scans of the notes. There will probably be a banknote section appearing on predecimal.com when the book is done, to sell the notes through (if I don't keep them!)

I like the new format for 2008. I find myself picking up this book more than my Spinks Coins of England.

Mark

The first modern edition since the 1960s (published in 2007) sold very quickly, proving my incling that there would be enough interest in the current GB coinage to warrant a new edition of the book that - for so many, including Rotographic - started it all off!

This is as far as I have got:

Freeman:

Obv 3 -

Obv 4 - Peck Obv 3

Obv 5 - Peck Obv 4

Obv 6 -

Obv 7 - Peck Obv 5

Peck:

Obv 2* -

Freeman:

Rev D -

Rev E - Peck Rev C*

Rev F -

Rev G -

Peck:

Rev E -

Rev F -

I can't believe I'm the first person to ever try this. Has anyone got any further and can help me fill those blanks?

Sorry to be so autistic, but it's a big messy area in my database!

Ordered mine last night from Amazon...absolute bargain

This question is a bit of a cheek, but I hope you won't mind sharing some information with me.

I'm currently in the early stages of producing a book on 20th century coins and I need to refer to many of the 'standard references' such as Davies, Peck, Freeman etc. My concern is about what permissions I need in order to quote information from these sources. What I have in mind is say Freeman or Peck numbers, rather than actual quotes from the text of the books. In your Rotographic series, for instance in Collectors Coins GB 2007, you use Freeman and ESC numbers to identify the coins, and I wonder if you needed to approach the publishers for permission to use them. It may be that this isn't necessary and if so I would be pleased to know as I wouldn't have to worry about this aspect of the task.

I hasten to add that my 'book' will cover an entirely different area of coins than yours so there would be no direct commercial overlap. In other words, you needn't worry that you would be helping a rival!!

Thanks in hope

DaveG38

1) Are there 4 obverses based on the combinations of hollow/flat neck and 'I' to a bead/space or just the 3 reported by Davies? If Davies, the non-existent one is the flat neck with 'I' to a space combination. Anybody got one?

2) Are there any reverse die types other than A that anybody knows about? If so what are they paired with?

3) Is this error put right in later CCGBs?

DaveG38

1. The first three sets 1971/2/3 attract a variable premium - 1971 through being the first decimal proofs, 1972 through being a 'proof only' year set, 1973 through being very difficult to obtain without ugly toning so untoned sets attract a premium

2. Coins that weren't issued in currency form (e.g. 1974 2p 5p 50p) are worth around double the proofs that were. They tend not to add to the value of the whole set but have more value as singletons, which is why so many early sets are broken up on the principle that 'the whole is worth less than the sum of the parts'.

Chris - I know its nearly 2009 but i cant get the book from WHS in Jersey :-((

Do you have it in E-book format?

Cheers

Don't know who Spiney is.

Here is the main Amazon link

Is there anyway of pre-ordering Collectors Coins GB 2011. I can't find anything on Amazon.

Can I send you the paypal payment direct as per last year.

Thanks