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I also finally got my hands on a semi-decent Edward I class 7a penny through DNW today

My purchase today from the DNW auction. A little Henry V, Penny, class Ab, London, annulet to left & pellet to right of crown, annulet before Lon, S 1777. Apparently very rare, but unfortunately plugged. Does anybody know what the legend read around the obverse. All I can make out is HENRI..GRA...REX...ANG

That bloke "Wood" bought a load more coins again.....................

New this week, 1790 Scotland Lothian Edinburgh Halfpenny Conder Token, D&H 23

F38 was never up there but, after Jerry's prompting and consulting my records, I'm in the process of adding it. Please let me know of any examples that I haven't listed.

A wise man pointed out to me in the 60s that a lot of these miraculous escapes from certain death were the result of a .22 bullet fired under controlled conditions on a range. All the better to play the hero back home. And to be fair, in many cases he was right. A .303 or German equivalent would have blown seven shades of s***e out of that watch, and the initial impact point would not have been flat.

Yes, decent 1915 examples very very hard to find.

I have posted on this many times, but in reference to those struck for foreign countries. Mintages are occasionally the following: Authorised limits Number Struck Number released, subtracting returns, etc. These are probably not important for releases that number in the tens of thousands, but more important with scarcer bits. That having been said, I wish they would release net figures for all the unc. and proof Queen's Beasts.....

Middlesex Halfpenny Conder token D&H 319c, a little off-centre but nice toucan! Circa 1790s. Obverse reads "TO . THE . CURIOUS . OBSERVERS . OF . NATURAL . PHENOMENA."

No, it's a mule of a Henry VII type III halfpenny obverse (single arched crown) with a type II penny reverse. I conveyed the information last night.