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Don't think I ever showed any of these three - Freemans 80, 82 & 87 all in very pleasing conditions. The 80 from LCA, the 82 off e bay (was allegedly broken out of an MS65 slab, and I think is ex Alderley) and the 87 from Colin Cooke. All in 2014 when I wasn't really posting to the forum too much.

9.5 tooth width to a SD, and 11 tooth width to a wide date...so it looks like a small (narrow) date. Also their is a small 7 and a long 7 in that year. The long 7 is the scarcest. The one shown is a small 7.

Oh well, the gender of this seller is as mysterious as his/her written ramblings

They're in my local Lidl next thursday @ £12.99

This made me smile, ukcoins.co.uk doesn't know if he can post a link to his website

I'm sure her gold coin must be dated 2009 as it would be a poor presentation if they said "congratulations, we will give you a gold coin in 2 years time". Insistently, presumably the gold Olympic coins would be produced from proof dies, which means they would have been produced separately from the dies used for the BU Set & circulating coins, therefore there could be other design differences. Also was Jonathan Olliffe's gold Aquatic 50p an under water one? Ian..

Apologies - not much of a poster (as you can see), but I've been reading along for a while. I was able to find the article, so being helpful with a link seemed like a good place to start for my first post

While we're on the subject, can anyone enlighten me how it is that professional football and tennis players can strut their stuff (for no pay) at The Olympics, while professional boxers cannot? Seems not only unjust, but completely farcical.