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1874 Penny Freeman 67 6+H Interesting coin this one . It seems to me that the F67 is much harder to find than the R12 rating given by Freeman , especially so in high grade . I could only find five examples ever sold on London Coins , and this seems to be the same with the F68 6+H Heaton rated R13 . This example interestingly also has an over stamped 7 in the date which I have not managed to find on any other example with this die combination. ??

One can born with scars unfortunately. I remember some salesman once said on TV that inclusions in a diamond are a good thing as they give the stone unique character. Who was he kidding? Back to the 1902 matte proof. In my view, the minting process was over when the coins have been struck. The wiping wasn't part of the minting process and was mishandling by workers after minting. The fact that many (but not all) 1902 matt proof have wipe marks do help to make them more tolerable to collectors but you won't find many people thinking the marks are a positive feature. If you buy a modern commemorative coin from the Royal Mint today and it comes with a fingerprint, you would immediately return it due to mishandling in the mint.

There's that semicircular patch under the chin could be due to anything . I think I have said this before. When I look at my silver bits and pieces they start to tarnish (tone) after a month or so. How a 100 year old coin put away remain bright and shiny without some form of cleaning beats me. A obviously cleaned coin with abrasion marks is certainly devalued however a bright shiny 100 year coin attracts little comment for the most part while a toned coin excite some collectors although this is corrosion silver being attacked by oxygen and sulfur in the atmosphere in exactly the same way as iron and steel rust. Perhaps collectors are too picky with non abrasive cleaning such as Goddards or the Al foil/ bicarbonate methods of cleaning, I have seen coins with very heavy toning come to life with judicious dipping and IMO should not be considered as devalued in some way. Having said that any cleaning should be aproached with caution.

A facial birthmark or scar can be argued to add "character". I would still rather not have them...

Michael G has a summary on his page: http://www.michael-coins.co.uk/GB20pence.htm

https://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&searchterm=1887+Sixpence+Jeb+On+Truncation&searchtype=1&red=1 You can see some examples here.

The reverse design is very similar to that of the half sovereign and unscrupulous people started gold plating the sixpences to pass them off as gold coins. Hence the sixpences were "withdrawn" and replaced with new ones with "SIX PENCE" on the reverse. Some examples has the "R" of VICTORIA over another letter. "R over V" is one of the varieties due to the letter "V" being wrongly used initially and then corrected with the correct letter "R" afterwards. The other varieties being "R over B" and "R over I". They are interesting but none of the varieties are rare. I have brought an "R over B" a little while back.

Looks like a die on the point of failure to me.

Not in the worst of grades as well , well done.Few bun penny's around these days. Eyesight improving , don't knock it ! I wish mine was

Thanks @Martinminerva for the confirmation. Maybe my eyesight is improving!

And Third is this 1881, which I think is 11+J, F106:

This one’s a class 3 London penny 👍

Yes, second coinage penny with bust 3H Jerry has given you the mintmark.

I think I can see DRE, which could make it: Alisandre on C, G or GI (Ipswich) or R (Rochester). That would make it John class 5b or 5c. or Andrev on London, Canterbury, Lincoln or Winchester. Also John class 5. There's definiitely a ligated ND, but that wouldn't necessarily help to differentiate between the two. Possibly a C at the end of the mint signature? So, I'm going for ANDREV.ON.NIC, John class 5, Lincoln mint Anyone else?

Yes, as already mentioned this was withdrawn to avoid them being gold plated - but they're not rare, nor is the replacement reverse (which was introduced for William IV, and continued to be used until 1911 when the ‘lion on crown’ design replaced it.) You've got two very nice examples there, around EF.

It is the same blue, but in an A4 binder. I had one, sold it, bought another, sold it, all to keep deserving cases happy. Having acquired a copy for the third time, it's going to be third time lucky for me for once and I'm hanging on to it. Got to stop feeling sorry for people not having a copy. Sorry!

5 Reichsmark 1935 Paul von Hindenburg Years1935-1936 I was trying to find out what mint this was from, ah! and now I notice A (= Berlin, Germany) just in front of the 1847..... Ive been looking for a few days... and there it was!

Another find amongst foreign coins at a boot fair 1990's only just emptying out other uninteresting coins this is a keep... 2 Reales 1721 Philip V Segovia Aqueduct Mint Assayer Francisco De Pedrera Y Negrete

Bit of a puzzler. The center details of George may have had a bit of dip applied (as opposed to immersion of the whole coin) perhaps with cotton bud or some other device. IMHO these coins need to be seen in hand; doesn't look to be a terrible price though.

1877 Halfpenny Date Widths and yet another problem with HALF, EYE, EYE, EYE As I was putting my 1877 halfpenny upgrade away in the tray I had a look at some of the others. Currently I seem to have three dates widths The first two are very similar, the last which is in poor condition, is quite a bit wider. Are there any others to look out for ? And in the same small collection of coins along with the 1877 was an 1862 Halfpenny , with what might be a repair to the Right Leg of H, maybe one to the downstroke of L and the back of F all from Half, I, I or I. I. I Very Best Regards

...my mate told me that I needed a boy to help me in the workshop, but so far I can't see any advantages....

Here some pictures of the other coins.

Hi there all, I have just purchased this Edward Farthing & I was wondering if there are any (much more qualified) people on here that could possibly identify it's class and denote which Edward was it's issuer? It's been sold to me as an Edward II farthing. The edges have been clipped a bit so might not be easy to do this but can tell it's London minted at least. Many thanks. Kind regards, Joe