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Here you go Coppers.........

As copper halfpenny and farthing varieties have always been an interest of mine this would be a thread I'd happily follow and contribute to. So, for the sake of showing a bit of willing here's one from me which, although originally posted a couple of years ago, might be of interest here to anyone who hasn't seen it. A 1718 halfpenny with the first N of Britannia over an A. An extremely rare and unlisted variety but lower grade and less obvious examples do appear in the Dr. Nicholson and Joe Lee collections.

Received yesterday a nice magnifier. Big lens LED light and 10x magnification. Its hand held big and easier to use than a loupe. They are on amazon as...... Reading magnifier . 10 x 75 MM LED with two batteries . One of the sellers is 1 dealeben (i dont have a clue who he is ) just used him as an example who is selling them. About £10.99 but really good and large ,perfect for home use. I am not selling them but worth a look at. Pete.

Poised and ready good buy will bid in a couple of minutes.

http://oxhilldevons.com/2012/05/03/tutorial-fitting-horn-knobs/ Here is a tutorial on fitting the modern equivalent, and there is so much more on the net including old catalogues. It seems so appropriate that I should be debating knobs with you, Flash.? Jerry

Looks like a regular obverse 2 to me, perhaps in the latter stages of the die's life so the teeth have been filled a little and making them not so thick and harder to judge. There's no known hollow neck for this year, at least not in the sense of gouby's obverse X. The hollow neck variety should always point to a tooth, if it doesn't then it's just the regular obverse A (or obverse 1).

Bob, I'm sure you could list on the back of a postage stamp the coins you dislike.

Thanks Brian and good spot!

Nice collection of different tonings Brian. The top right one almost looks untoned?

Will do some decent close-ups and microscope shots Matt. This was quick with my phone. Cheers Brian

And the Obverses

Here are a few standard uncirculated 1945 pennies. They are all as struck and mint toned. The thing I like about them are the range of colours that were achieved through the process.

I have not seen any Battle of Britain 50p coins in circulation yet. Anyone seen them yet? I think it is ridiculous that the mint have created 2 different designs for this coin, I suspect it could be the circulating design which ends up as the scarcer variety. Ian..

Massive thank you and a big hat off Just wanted to share my delight. Over the last couple of weeks a forum member has been telling me all about model pennies and cardboard ones YES CARDBOARD I didnt have a clue about any of them but as always keen to learn. I have just received an envelope full of them and feel like a kid on christmas day. Thank you so much CHINGFORD a true gentleman and i owe you one. Pete.

Sorry been away fro the weekend and tried to keep away from the phone When you see the hollow neck example, there will be no mistaking the fact, and I have to admit as a result I have never really gone hunting to see whether there are other indicators relating to this variety

Looks like a copy to me. The detail isn't sharp enough. The grade is also not very good, which considering they didn't circulate in the real world at the time, or at least only a very few did should raise eyebrows. Does it have a milled edge? Doesn't show if it has, A proper one will cost you money, but it will also have resell value. A copy might cost hundreds instead of thousands, but a dealer will give you a couple quid for it, and that only to obtain an example to compare. Buy a decent one from a reputable dealer, not ebay or Alibaba