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  1. Chris Perkins
    Quite often coins sell for higher than catalogue price especially when they are choice condition scarce/rare coins, or often even absolutely perfect coins of any date. The best of the best often attracts a premium, and because the best of the best are not sold as often as the rest, they are in huge demand, hence the wild prices.
  2. Chris Perkins
    I've got an early GV 'silver' penny. It's very bright, too bright to be actual silver. And the details are not as sharp, implying that it has a thick layer of another metal on it. I suspect yours is the same, but I'm sure we can confirm if you post pictures.
  3. Chris Perkins
    They were probably ok 8 years ok, unless it was old stock. I heard that the recent ones were ok. Does it have a maker name on them at all? See if you can find out who makes them for WHS.
  4. Chris Perkins
    I know they used to, but I don't know about the latest range.
  5. Chris Perkins
    £10 is expensive, usually they are about £2 - £3 (last time I looked). Don't they damage the coins though? As a dealer I have bought a number of collections including filled Whitman folders. Generally the coins have been toned unevenly and on a few ocassions bronze disease had occured on a few of the dowward facing sides of pennies.
  6. Chris Perkins
    Victorian gaming token, one of the most popular enquiries in here I think! Search around and you will probably find out a little bit more.
  7. Chris Perkins
    They even went to the lengths of replaces the actual date with what look like flowers! Interesting.
  8. Chris Perkins
    Yes, I think there are some 1798 pattern coins and earlier dates too, plus all kinds of later proof after strikes in various metals. I think the 1797 coins were still being struck in 1802, but always with the 1797 date. I'd have to check Peck.
  9. Chris Perkins
    The '1802' has been added by the person that engraved the advert name around the king's head. It's a normal 1797 coin in awful condition, engraved in 1802! (and from the bust type, it's a penny)
  10. Chris Perkins
    Looks to be just a re-cut one. A five would be much fatter and 5 like.
  11. Chris Perkins
    Wasn't it 1871? I have a picture somewhere....Yes, 1871 and die no. 28. I also had a No.101 1871 sov.
  12. Chris Perkins
    They could have made a double headed one quite easily with sticky back plastic.
  13. Chris Perkins
    That's interesting, I have something similar...A Halfpenny that is shilling sized with a milled edge, although the millings are not the same as a shilling. Perhaps someone at the mint was playing around in the late 20's!
  14. Chris Perkins
    Your presidents wife probably has more respect for her than the current president!
  15. Chris Perkins
    Wanna do a deal on a 0.01g scale? I get them from the factory here in Merry old Deutschland.
  16. Chris Perkins
    We're you expecting a letter from the Queen? I'm not sure she checks here that often.
  17. Chris Perkins
    I think the server (or at least my allocated area) has run out of space! I've deleted some things, try it now.
  18. Chris Perkins
    Thanks Geordie. A couple of people have reported little errors, and all were fixed before it was printed. It's good to remove a few more. You just can't get the staff these days, although I suppose I cannot really expect proofreaders to be able to spot little historical inaccuracies.
  19. Chris Perkins
    Probably all 1964 to 1967 halfpennies and pennies are worth more as copper bullion (!) than they are as coins.
  20. Chris Perkins
    Is that so. I've got colour in my book too this year and I was hoping that would be a good selling point, but it seems everyone is going colour!
  21. Chris Perkins
    BBC three counties spoke to me on air about the rumour of doing away with the penny and twopenny. I told them my idea about making the shilling king again and having a decimal pound made up of 20 shillings (5p's).
  22. Chris Perkins
    at the age of 76 you must have a collection like no other where dose that leave you...i should say owning have the royal mint your collection must be massive you must own at least half the coins ever minted Collections aren't always about quantity are they. Despite his advanced years he might only have 10 carefully selected coins! Although judging from the gallery, that isn't the case.
  23. Chris Perkins
    That makes you the Kaiser of all things geeky
  24. Chris Perkins
    I'm 28 and have a little empire built on coins. I don't think people think I'm a geek at all, but I think some of my friends might be a little bit jealous that I have no boss, no 9 to 5 and can go where I want and do what I want as long as I put a few hours in each day...Or not!
  25. Chris Perkins
    It's a brass Victorian gaming token, from the reverse legend it sounds like it was made by NCR and Co. in Birmingham circa 1850's. Fascinating, but not all that desirable unfortunately.
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