Chris Perkins

An Australian friend has been offered a British pattern One Cent 'SMITH ON DECIMAL CURRENCY' issued by J Moore and dated 1846. It's Peck 2086 and is slabbed PCGS PF63RB. I've seen these and similar coins before and I know they can be hit and miss! Anyone know what these cents sell for? Thanks.

Found it on Flickr. Posted by CoinForgeryEbay. Who is that, can they be contacted? Many of the other coins are clearly dud, but on who's authority is the crown also wrong?

What, so you googled 'gothic crown fake' and the images search showed that? I don't think that means it's a fake to be honest. It may just be a close match if the image is called, for example 'gothiccrown.jpg' without the word 'fake' or any indication of it being a fake. What is the source website of the image. People seem overly jumpy about fakes at the moment. The 'Beware of recent forgeries' text in Spink has probably been included since the 1960s. I'll have to check.

Sorry, sold both those Gothic florins just now. The buyer got a small discount off of what were already incredible coins for the money. Sometimes you really can't hang around; I often have coins sell from my listings within hours of listing them, almost as if certain buyers actually check multiple times per day. Barmy.

Will do some tomorrow...

£2999 as it's you, Peck!

I'm not exclusively just after a sale here, but I reckon for £200 you'd love that 1865 I've got on the website! It's much better than that ebay one and costs half as much. I can't understand why no one has nabbed it. It was £300, then £240, and now (as of a couple of days ago) £200. http://www.predecimal.com/florin-1865-reduced-p-9083.html And the 1860 is a million times better than the ebay coin, especially in the hand. And costs the same. So prooflike. For that money you couldn't find a better one. For more money than that you may also not get a better one. http://www.predecimal.com/florin-1860-auncunc-p-20041.html I'm honestly not prostituting my coins here, I'm just trying to get across how wonderful they are in the flesh!

I've got a couple of nice ones. You can (obviously) send them back if not satisfied.

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I know Peck, that's why I often do photos of the more valueable coins to show the colour. I'll probably do the same for this one.

Just thought I'd show this one off a bit. A stunning Gothic crown which is now available on the website: http://www.predecimal.com/crown-1847-gothic-p-20038.html I'm currently adding a few other new coins too.

I've had a play with the Lindner Magnicam device. Can I first point out that it is a re-branded Taiwanese made device called a VT101, or a Vitiny VT101! These are available (mainly from outside Europe for a similar price to what I offer them for - beware taxes). On Chinese wholesale websites the full spec is listed and easy to google. The build quality isn't awful, but it's certainly not top-end either. It's pretty easy to use and quick to get the hang of. The printed instructions are pretty clear (in English translated from the Chinese) but I must say that the english text in the software provided does leave a lot of room for improvement. The device provides x7 optical magnification and x27 optical magnification. All magnifications between x7 and x27, and above x27 (up to x108) are digitally enhanced magnifications, which basically means that the pixels are simply made larger. At x7 the view area is 2 or 3 legend characters of a coin and at x27 it's just one legend character, or actually it's so large that on larger coins x27 magnification means that all you see is a part of a single legend character! Potentially useful for looking for overdates etc. It's fine, it certainly magnifies and the images produced aren't bad....but, like with a lot of these things the focal display area is so small that you only get to see very small sections of the coin. The biggest drawback though is that you have to be touching the item with the device (a clear plastic part protrudes from the lens and this needs to be placed on whatever you want to magnify due to it's very short focal length). This is perfectly fine for stamps and other paper items, and it's also fine for worn old coins, but I certainly wouldn't want to examine choice/expensive coins with it because they are going to get marked! So there you are: Ok for overdates and looking for minute details, but not much good for producing large pictures of whole coins. Keep it well away from your proofs! This tested but 'as new' Magnicam can be purchased for £98 if anyone wants it.

I've got my Magicam. Not even had a chance to take it out of the box yet, but I will hopefully test it out at the weekend.

Ok, I'll get one in and 'review' it!

I've never used one of those. New to Lindner....not yet had to order one. There are some pictures of coin letters here, that I did with a very cheap microscope and camera: http://www.predecimal.com/safe-microscope-60100x-p-577.html

Product not found..... Sorry! Try this: http://www.predecimal.com/lindner-magni-lindner-9115-p-18578.html

And I sell those for £156.50! http://www.predecimal.com/lindner-magni-lindner-9115-p-16801.html

And the Wyon family? That's another factor that turned me off getting involved in a Peck reprint (apart from the cost). Lots of it needs updating (the bronze) or at least could be updated, but what a huge amount of work that would be - just deciding what goes in and what to leave out! I do actually have a full print ready PDF version of the 1970 Peck! (authorised by the BM, but I cannot use it/sell it)

The British Museum own the copyright. They will grant permission to re-print, but not cheaply. That combined with the printing costs of such a large book put me off in the end, although it's still something I may do one day.

He can make himself known if he wants! It's a regular member. Sold it for £130, which is alright.

Sorry, sold now!

Yes, but keep it real!

I have a spare copy of Peck's 'English Copper, Tin and Bronze Coins in the British Museum 1558 - 1958'. It's the 1970 reprint (the most recent 2nd edition and the newest one available). Most of you will already know that Peck's work is still the most up-to-date reference for varieties of base metal coins pre 1860. Copies of the book are sometimes hard to find. Condition is very good, dust jacket missing - £150 plus postage at cost. PM me or white something here. Thanks.

I keep meaning to put details on of the 10p varieties on the Rotographic website. I've got a very long list of them.