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I don't think you could ever hope to get the lot, Pete. I'd just be happy to get about 4 or 5 decent ones as examples. Whilst I am a "completionist", I am a practical completionist in that I know there will always be a natural limit to most collections, especially one as variety laden as pennies.

There are no clues on the RM website that I can find as to whether it will circulate, I would guess it will as they would have been shouting about only chance to own... but probably will not hit the streets for a couple of years, long after Team GB have had their ass kicked

FYI... I spoke with Neil at Colin Cooke's today and pointed out that some of the slabbed coins appear to show fingerprints. These are definitely not on the coins themselves and so he has promised to re-photograph (after wiping the slabs clean). Hopefully my own website photos bear this out. Also some of the model pennies are in perspex cases and these will be re-photographed too.

I still think it would meet the definition of a "decent" collection.

I did mention cache clearing although some others still had the problem after doing this. It's like the age old rule of 'turn it off and on again', website problems are normally fixed by clearing the cache, history and cookies.

When my daughter told me what to do it was..... Clear browsing history. By pressing together Ctrl & H together it brings up history. Can possibly be caused by links etc that have been put on the forum recently......she thinks is a strong chance as to the reason. I dont have a clue but who am i to argue ,it worked for me

I found what I suspect was the reason behind my 403's (The F word in my sig) However, after speaking to Christopher directly, and my ip being unbanned, I was still getting the 'banned ip' messages Until I hit Ctrl & F5 together... even F5, refreshing and or closing then reopening the browser and clicking my favourite link didn't work... but holding Ctrl then pressing F5 clears the cache and forces a fresh load (Apparently)

Well mines sorted now Glad my daughter is clever and not thick like me. A few minutes on the phone to her clicking...this and that. First time i have been able to get on since Saturday .

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Thanks for your comments Rob. The only MS coins were the 1902 Crown, 1893 Crown and 1698 1/2 Crown- all those graded 64. Before posting the grades, I thought it might help to have some thoughts as to the look of these coins, the good the bad and just plain old thoughts as to how these measure up to what a collector anticipates for a certain grade. To answer your questions, I suspect your observations likely are why both the 1902 and 1893 did not grade 65. The 1698 1/2 crown has a terrific look-not sure the image really captures the coin. Part of the problem with early milled coins is expectations. These coins are a product of the times. Collectors and graders sometime just miss the obvious in terms of the strike and quality which includes haymarking among other challenges of the time. A 64 grade for that coin is fine... the look is better in hand. Part of what i wanted to share is that obtaining a 65 grade with certain British coins is very difficult. The 1734 Crown graded 58- It is clearly is not mint state, but how often does one see a George II young head crown that has an original look? I should add that I have a Mint State example of this date that was graded by NGC. And there is a significant difference. My point here is merely to show the challenge of finding a well struck example of this high relief coin. And the 1758 Shilling was posted mainly because there was a nice image to share. It is a common coin but still worth sharing.