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Never had much with good provenance . This one i bought last week is Ex -Peck Ex -Freeman Ex-Bamford. I am really happy as it does not get much better . F26 1861 5+D its now slabbed but one i will always keep. Pete.

Recent purchase and one for me to cross off the list. You may of seen the picture before . F1...........Not the easiest to find in a decent grade. Pete.

The new Freeman is the new publication from Chris, it's an updated version, have a look here for a list of all the books that are sold by Chris (including that new Freeman) I would definitely recommend that, and the following; - Gouby (http://www.michael-coins.co.uk/) I believe you can buy them directly from him, ask him to sign it if you do - Groom (a forum member here) you can buy his book here > https://www.amazon.com/Identification-British-Century-Bronze-Varieties/dp/1409285502 and is a must if you want to seriously get into varieties, it has a lot in there that the others don't cover You can get Peck, it's a great book but most is covered in these 3 books. Depending on how far back you go, there are other publications like Jerrams' study (I forget the name) on early Victorian bronze or Bramah (but I think that's coppers only). The first 3 will get you where you want to go for now

One and the same? http://www.complaintslist.com/coins-gold/rosland-capital/ Age old problem I'm afraid. People confuse collecting and investing. We have dubious companies over here of our own who sell 'investments', but continually get away with it because people are essentially greedy. However, the UK isn't like the US where people have a greater tendency to buy the little plastic/paper insert rather than the obtrusive lump of metal below. Anyway, this is a collector's forum, not an investment board.

OK so this is milled, but I'm still sticking it in the hammered section! I've always believed the lines on the obverse to be adjustment lines, but some have suggested that it's likely that they are in fact lines to deface the king's portrait made by an anti-royalist. What do people think?

If a Henry cleaner doesn't suck, then it sucks Might be someone should change the title from "helping hand" to "hand of death."

Beautiful coin !!

But that's where you'd do it, isn't it? You'd just nick a bit off the edge rather than the middle. Well, I would, anyway.

I think if they were trying to deface the King's face they would have done a better job on it rather than a few scratches.

Yes, they would scrape off silver until the correct weight was achieved, quite common on early milled

Yes of course I have the KNs - I was just being brief! Thanks for all your links - I will investigate later. My period collecting is ALL milled - so Oliver Cromwell to the latest decimal coins. (And yes, the Elizabeth I milled examples when I can get them too.) The only recent exclusion is the modern £5 coins since the Royal Mint went crazy with the numbers and prices of these non-circulation issues. (I also don't count Channel Islands etc - mainland English/British only.) And Gold is out - just can't afford it. In Bronze I am complete on all the standard issues right through, though some of the scarcer ones are pretty rough. Lots of gaps in the tin issues. Silver - missing a handful back to 1860, thereafter missing quite a few of the larger denominations back to 1694. Before that I have quite a few, but more gaps than ticks, to the beginning of Charles II. No Cromwell yet. And just to keep me going I set a newer target of one of each monarch in the hammered back as far as I can go... So seriously insane!

What about the pennies with KN? If you want to do some penny variety hunting, you can't go wrong looking here What's your period of collecting (as in 1860 - 1970)?