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I only have the 1 Pidcock's example at the moment, this one's a farthing, with an elephant and cockatoo. Undated but late 1790s, as Will says The other animals in the Pidcock's farthing token series are catalogued in Dalton & Hamer as lion, two-headed cow, pelican, beaver and wanderow (a type of monkey) The Pidcock's halfpenny token series also depict zebra, crane, tiger, rhino, eagle, nylghau (a type of Indian antelope), kangaroo, toucan and ostrich - I can only imagine that all these creatures were on view at the exhibition! There is evidence that Claudius had a 'war' elephant in England in Roman times, and that Henry III had a menagerie in the Tower of London, which included an elephant given by Louis IX of France in 1255. I continue to find these 'Conder' tokens fascinating pieces of our history!

My first Pidcock half pence

Or a wheelchair hurtling head first into a black hole.

Well, i just had a bit of a result. I just received a March catalogue from a very good coin shop. It showed very decent examples of 1863 and 1854 florins. Unfortunately, the 1863 is already sold, but i managed to order the 1854. It is better than the LCA one that i was outbid on, but hardly any more money, so every cloud has a silver lining.

Hopefully not in a three coin set with the Gruffalo and the Snowman.

Indeed!

Like all concert tickets then .........

With the CC copper/bronze collections they are a go to. The Nicholson collection of 1/2d's is especially detailed. Peck did say there are many minor variants with early cu. I weigh each of mine thus usually end up keeping the lot. You can't be OCD collecting cu. Well done on your 527 discovery.

It's the only way I can prevent myself screaming out loud.

Worse, to be honest. She looked deathly pale and had a really set angry look. Watch the footage if you get a chance.

The earliest dated one is 1795 with the latest 1801. This is the only half penny example I have at the moment but some are dated 1795, 1796 and 1801 . The rarest of the lot seems to be the tiger, I've never seen an example let alone been able to buy one. A couple of the farthing tokens from the same series I have have the date of 1801 on them and this seems to be the end of the series

Aka Sebaceous Pete....tiny white and oily flecks, can't be anything else. Not putting anyone off their lunch am I? If you cut the human element out of coin collecting, it wouldn't be an issue!

Cheers Dave - 2500 piedfort. As usual, BU is unlimited so no rush.

and yet another "not for circulation" coin too! Printing money at it's finest!

@Sword Shocking!

I am picking up a bunch more from the same collection later in the week, so you never know... 😁

This is what an Edward matt proof penny looks like...

Wow, never knew that!

I think its NGC who only garauntee the grade for ten years ,i am not sure the toning is caused so quickly by the plastic but more how it is stored. Again you buy the coin and not the grade as has been mentioned numerous times on here 😊

Indeed! And free vendors fingerprint on the obverse from taking the photo! You can’t treat a proof like that! Jerry

From NGC's website: "Deterioration of Certain Coins. The NGC Guarantee does not apply to certain Coins where the appearance of the Coin changes or deteriorates over time and such change or deterioration is responsible for any discrepancy between the assigned grade and the Coin’s actual grade. NGC shall make the sole reasonable determination as to whether this deterioration has occurred. The following specific parameters apply: In certain Coins, natural environmental deterioration may cause undesired features to appear, such as (but not limited to) spotting, hazing, PVC and corrosion. Spots, for example, can occur on modern silver Coins as a result of the minting process or other natural conditions over which NGC has no control. Therefore, the NGC Guarantee does not apply to Coins exhibiting any of these issues. Coins made of copper, bronze and brass or are copper-plated can change over time. Accordingly, with regard to copper, bronze, brass or copper-plated Coins graded by NGC, the grade portion of the NGC Guarantee will no longer apply after the 10-year anniversary of their date of encapsulation by NGC. The expiration date of the grade portion of the NGC Guarantee can be found by entering the Coin’s certification number in the Verify NGC Certification section of the NGC website or by contacting NGC Customer Service." Hence NGC is saying that they are not responsible for problems such as spots, hazing etc appearing after encapsulation. And for copper, bronze or brass coins, the grades expire after 10 years anyway. 😟