Chris Perkins

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Those are not nice enough to be collectable, but they do have a little value for the silver content. For every 12 halfcrowns dated from 1920 - 1946 I'll pay £7.00 as scrap silver.

I just had a look and it's rank is higher than the 2006 edition, even though it's not available yet. Which is great of course, but I still have stock of the 2006 version that ideally I'd like to sell out of!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0948964...3401424?ie=UTF8 I wanted to make a big thing of the fact that gold is included in this edition (for the first time).

Lloyd Roberts, Loverly man, buys some of my books!

I think it's basically just one bloke (Dr K Clancy) that deals with odd enquiries. He's a member of the BNS, so the easiest way to catch him might be to join and then go to a main metting that he has a history of attending. Threaten to de-face a coin of the realm until he has a look at your questionable coin! I have a pic of him somewhere if anyone wants to try it.

That's a Coventry Halfpenny Conder token I believe. It's actually a naked Lady Godiva on the obverse. It's circa 1792.

There are only 2 listed in the book, but it is mis-leading, I'll change that.

Here's another open 3 example (pictures from Gouby himself). The right image is a normal '3', the other 2 are open.

Good theory, In places, or possibly all over - it's hard to tell - the centre core does seem a bit thicker than the outer. Something that bemused me too is the face that the centre part is larger than a properly made £2 centre part!

I wish I had a set of 2006 loose coins for comparison. All I've got is sealed 2006 sets. I think it was struck in a £2 collar because it's the right size. The edge is irregular, kind of varying thicknesses and some of the milling is missing. So how come there are elements of the £2 design on the IKB side? It has chains in the top left of the reverse, like a proper £2? The rest of the outer part are pure 50p, apart from the shape and edge milling. I'd love to send it to the mint to see if they could explain exactly what went wrong....But I don't want it dissapearing for months!

I used the '85 edition for the numbering, but after a while the whole thing can get confusing. All I can do now though is check against the 1970 edition for the things mentioned.

The open 3 looks like a completely different 3 to me.

Yes, there are pics in Gouby's book....I described them a little incorrectly above. Normal 3: The lower serif of the 3 points at the top serif. You could imagine joining them up with a short line. Open 3: The lower serif points at the top of the '0'. The top serif is also more opened and they don't point at each other at all! I shouldn't think he'll mint if I scan and post his pic, but I better ask first.

Yes, that's the normal one.

I'm not really all that up on US coins, but I believe the silver coloured Cents are all pretty common.

Thanks, I'll check those and make necessary amendments in the 2007 edition. Which Freeman do you have? I borrowed the latest for the book and have given it back and just have the 1970 edition here. The open '3' 1903 penny has a bottom tail that points below the '0'. It's in Gouby's book....I'll elaborate tomorrow.

I already considered listing a £2.50 coin in the decimal section of a book!

Hard to say, because I can't remember all of them! I like it because it's a mixture of 2 coins.

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It is strictly speaking illegal, but it was mentioned here once by wise old Oli that the folks in blue are not likely to do anything because it isn't really in the public interest. They need to spend resources finding out who makes them, not who collects them. I'll keep them, with my collection of various fakes from the last few hundred years....Which I really must photograph fully one day.

There are no crowns from that date, unless you have a Spanish countermarked coin. You better tell us about the size and metal or post a picture so it can be identified.

I might even put it on the front cover of Check your Change 2007!

Do you have a spare one Geordie? I'd like to see it for the idea of creating something for GB coins.

Here's a beter picture of this fascinating error coin, which is now in my possession. I didn't realise before I got it that it's all cupro-nickel. It's also thinner than a £2 and has a milled edge with no lettering. I'm stumped as to how a 50p and a £2 got merged like this!