Chris Perkins

I think he meant 3.5cm including the mount? In which case it's most likely a gold £2 coin, or at least meant to be one. Lots of GIII replica £2 coins seem to have been made for the jellewery trade...I've got one in my collection of fakes. I think it was probably made with the mount and the style is very different to a real one. I suspect we'll need to see a picture.

Most importantly, in poor-fair the H wears away, so it's most probably an 1882H.

At an angle sometimes looks better doesn't it. Fabulous error that. And you're going to be auctioning it soon?

If it's been circulated it's worth £2 and is perfectly legal tender as such.

I've done a bit of geneology too. Got my Perkins ancestors back to about 1750 (all in London) then it goes a bit patchy. That little Pfenning is certainy 'in German' so is most probably German, not that Germany existed as one united nation back then. A Stadt is a town and a münz is a coin. The town is no doubt represented by the coat of arms on the other side, but I don't know which it is. Lots and lots of towns, dukedoms, principalities etc all issued there own little coins back then and it makes it all very complicated. The vast majority of the lower copper denominations are of negligble value. Please do contact me when you are selling any coins (mainly British but I'm also not fussed about nice Europeans).

No we don't. We just know it from the film of the same name with Bill Murray! The Ground Hog is not a native of those isles (i'm in Germany). I'm all for having a Hedgehog Day though! Somewhere in the forum, in the non coin area is a picture of Igor, a hedgehog that we found and cared for for a few months. Sounds like an interesting collection. Is it for sale? Recently I have purchased a collection from the USA ($800 worth). It all went very smoothly.

There should be a significant different in diameter.... about 2cm for the sixpence and 2.5cm for a shilling (not hugely different from the modern shilling/sixpence). It is possible that one of them was struck on a small flan? Or that both are sixpences! Can you trust that the seller knew what they were selling? Post pictures if you like.

Isn't that word doc just a blown up version of the other image? It's still not clear. It could be a real one, or a silvered base metal forgery. Usually the George III 2nd head (1817-20) are the ones that were most extensively forged. I don't think I've seen a forgery for the Geo IV 1820 coin, probably because the forgers would have carried on circulating the old type. Chances are high it's a real one but the jury is out.

I believe the blanks are hardened, perhaps it missed that stage. Or some other stage. Please post a picture.

I see what you mean. It does look a bit base-metally, and not as detailed as it could be. Can you attach a bigger picture of just the 'head' side?

That's right, all dated 1967 and that's one of the reasons there are so many of them.

I once used a couple of bags as 'ballast', put under the spare wheel (at the front) of my rear engined MG to keep the front end on the road. Worked a treat.

Another big problem with selling them is the cost of transportation! Postage costs are high for such a heavy item and it renders them uneconimical.

Scrap them. Unfortunately the world and his aunt seem to have kept the abundant canvas bags of 1967 coinage which was all made in massive numbers. Any other year has a slight premium of scrap value (which unfortunately is quite low at the moment), but 67's are all cheap and any collectors that want one have already got one and don't need another 1199 of them.

I have a great aunt called Shiela C(lements). But she's 80 and not online, so I suspect this is another one! Please post a picture Shiela. Forgeries are pretty common around that era, but silver can tone very darkly too. In 1820 both George III and IV half crowns were made. With the 'ANNO' under the shield it does sound very much like George IV.

Do you think you could perhaps add your offering to one topic instead of keep adding new ones....it's getting a bit cluttered in this area and it's 80% from you! Also, why not look in the other areas and make some comments on other topics. It's not all about selling selling selling. You can meet some nice people here, and when they like you they may even buy something!

Yes, it probably was. I certainly wouldn't have paid that much for one. Now that the word is spreading more people are aware and searching for them. 100,000 is pretty scarce for a circulating coin though, if there are as many as that. When was the last time you saw a 1988 shield back £1 coin? And there are 7 million of those somewhere.

Not bad. And Georgia has a St George flag too

Wish you luck Benas but I don't think many members here are really into novelty new coins, from a place most have never been or ever likely to go (lovely though, I'm sure it is)! How many gold medals did Georgia take home?

The Chunky Russian lot is now sold.

No pictures yet, hoping to save time by not doing them! I have a whopping big Russian 5 Kopeks from 1788 (this is of Cartwheel twopence proportions). Slightly off centre, around VF for £18.00 (including 3 other newer Russian coppers FOC) An 1895 Argentinian Centavos. A nice GEF with lots of lustre, uneven toning, only £3.00. 3 French Indo-China Cents, 1898, 1901, 1903. Fine or better, the 1903 near VF. £3.00 for the 3. China - Kwang-Tung province 10 Cash 1900-06 GVF. Ruler Kuang-Hsu. £2.00. Norway 50 Ore 1893. Approaching VF and problem free. £10.00.

This is genuine, I have received an email to the same effect.

When new, the wartime compostition bronze coins were chemically darkened so that they looked more old and used. This was because the natural tone of the 'new' bronze looked different and it was feared that the public would be wary of them. Some (scarce) ones seem to have escaped without being darkened.

A mule is a coin made of a pair of mis-matched dies, not to be confused with an 'error'.

I'm involved with enough books, it's someone else's turn!