will1976

I have in my collection a 1930 trade dollar for use in the far east and my understanding is that this date was minted solely by the Royal Mint in London and doesn't have a mint mark, however my example has a 'B' for the Bombay mint in India. Does anybody know if any examples of this date was minted in Bombay or do I have a forgery, the diameter and weight are correct and it was bought from a reputable dealer. As I only wanted an example for the design I haven't questioned the mint mark before

Thank you for that I'll get myself a copy

Hello all, In the new year I have a bit of spare cash coming in on a regular basis and want to expand my collection. I mainly collect farthing tokens, engraved coins and errors but want something a little more 'classy' and have decided on young head Victoria shillings. Please could somebody recommend a decent book on the subject or a good general book for reference so I can read up. Many thanks, Will

I'm waiting for one of those offers now Declan, everything is photographed and ready to go lol

I'd rather have the full boxes and empty them myself!!!

I did have a look at this one too thinking it was an unofficial farthing but it isn't. its some kind of token though

Age doesn't matter thazz, I started at 15/16. What got me started was I noticed a difference in thickness to the then newly sized 10p and wrote to the mint asking about it. Turned out there was no difference in thickness just a 'round' edge and a 'square' edge. I still have the letter they sent somewhere. I collected the proof sets for a number of years then progressed to older coins and finally settled on tokens, unofficial farthings to be exact, but still collect coins where the designs appeal to me. And thazz....16 seconds to solve a rubix cube?!?!? I couldn't do one in 16 days!!!!!

My first thought was some teenager has raided daddy's collection.....could you imagine

It makes you wonder why someone would break a set up just to spend it, I know there not worth a fortune but you can make a small premium if you sell them

I once had a proof pound coin in change a few years back but it's design was used on circulating coinage too. That's been the only one though in 25 years of collecting

Sadly I know this is true, I'm just pleased that what I collect hasn't (as yet) been faked. As you say it all boils down to eBays bottom line and what % they can make

Reported that one. I might make it my mission to weed out same fakes on the bay today as I'm waiting in for a delivery lol

So it does, well spotted! It also means that there's another three designs to look out for!

I also did a google search for tokens by Allen & Moore but nothing came up

I was going to bid on this one too but like you it went above my limit. it looks exquisite and I'm guessing it's a card token of some kind as the reverse shield has what looks like a spade in the centre of it

It might be time to sell my example I got in change a few years back and buy something a little more in keeping with my collection

I was told that when I wanted to send a few coins and tokens over (as you low value under £20) and just decided to risk it and send them, they arrived there safely about a week later. I got the impression it was just the post office covering themselves in case they did get destroyed

A good clean copy of this book if anyone is interested which is now surplus to my requirements, some sun fading to the dust jacket. Pm me if interested

Sadly I feel it's just a drop in the ocean. Still if we don't try.....

I saw hundreds of these at the flea fair yesterday........could of made a fortune!!!

Reported!

I didn't either but if those 'In the know' know that's good enough for me!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Charles-l-Civil-War-Hammered-Seige-Coin-/182763263841 reported it too

My latest additions, nothing spectacular and not my usual area of collecting but a nice memento of my holiday in Canada. The quarter cent is supposed to glow in the dark.......it doesn't!!

It's the first fake £2 I've come across, if the queens head was sharper I'm sure more people would be fooled. I believe there's a website listing all the different £2 designs that have been faked but I can't locate it at the moment