craigy

yes the blanks are round, the edges are made by a collar when the coin is struck

i think a lot of it is to do with variation of tolerances during the striking process coupled with mass production

looks like it is scratched too

wow, impressive, is this indicative of different dies being used then ? with a billion 2016'2 i should imagine they got through a few dies , and the coins are getting ropey

you can pick all the b pooters up silver coloured up for around the sale porice from the mint, except the original 2016 p rabbit iones

looks bleeding awful doesn't it, thats a nice half crown, don't know what to buy next on the coin front, recent events have soured things a bit, trouble is i always collected proofs piedfort £1 coins etc, and have difficulty buying anything other than proof now, bit of a mare really

what do you mean wiped, at the mint ? so you dont think it has been dipped or anything

i noticed this slabbed half crown, whats with the tarnish, etc, is it a victim of mint wiping ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1902-Great-Britain-Silver-1-2-Half-Crown-PROOF-Coin-NGC-PF-63-MATTE-KM-802-/361941738874?hash=item544568a57a:g:5j8AAOSwLnBX5YEP

has this been cleaned ? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1902-King-Edward-VII-SILVER-MATTE-PROOF-SHILLING-COIN-High-Book-Value-/122598783166?hash=item1c8b74f8be:g:KyAAAOSwiQ9ZQCqQ

they are jetons, a kind of token,, they come form the late ish medieval up to the 17th c

what are peoples feeling on the secondary resale of modern royal mint proofs, you can pick up silver £5 for around £15, i picked up the queens 60th proof piedfort for £35 quid on an aution website a few weeks back

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kew-Gardens-50p-Coin-Rare-2009-Uncirculated-Copy-/162587159711?hash=item25daf32c9f:g:dGYAAOSw2iNZZLzo people are openly paying £40 regular for marked copies

yup the fakes are going for £40 and they are sold as copies, unreal

i bought a tube of 1965 pennies, love them

Hi All, the saga of the 1953 Half crown goes on, i now have a copy of Davis book, is there any in depth further reading on the George VI/Elizabeth II Cupro nickle coins ? ,the i to the bead is a common one, i now have the plastic set, where the I points to a space, this i believe is davis 1a, from what i can see there is no vip frosted issue listed for the 1953 vip proof coins other than the crown and in the frosted proof is rare and , same with spinks, now davis says that with the crown vip proof were frosted, so does that make this crown a VIP Proof ? and what about about the frosted shillings and 6d i picked up from this set, the penny and half penny also show some degree of frosting, i'm now confused more than ever, and the half crown i bought for 7 quid is frosted but no mention of them in davis or spinks, they mention matte proof in the other denominations for this set, has this issue not been properly looked into yet ?

any chance of a pic of the 1920 specimen half crown and 51 matte ? ;0)

yeah dont i know it lol

another one here http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-2011-olympic-swimming-50p-coin-LINES-OVER-SWIMMERS-FACE/253038033060?_trksid=p5411.c100167.m2940&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140131123730%26meid%3D7deffecfb2d94ca697b3da923ff28013%26pid%3D100167%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D232394614031 mind you seen kew copies selling for £40 of late, unreal lol

would be nice to see a truly matte finish unwiped 02 proof

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ultra-rare-Aquatic-2011-Lines-over-face-50p-Olympic-Coin-/232394614031?hash=item361bcc650f:g:mx8AAOSw8GtZWOA-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ultra-rare-Aquatic-2011-Lines-over-face-50p-Olympic-Coin-/232394614031?hash=item361bcc650f:g:mx8AAOSw8GtZWOA- oh dear thats not even a good copy,

my favorite bust after George VI's, but then i like Anne's too lol so does my shilling show the signs of the mint wiping, just scanning the net about the practice now, the shilling is nice in the hand, (gloved hand that is) with some hints of rainbow toning that just about shows in the picture

are talking about my shilling there ? lol

mint wipes on the 02's, do you have any images, i have what i think is a lovely matte proof shilling with weird lines across it on the reverse, not scratches though, is that just the toning or this final wipe they gave them at the mint showing itself, love the half crown Btw, next on my list, i understand the 02 issue tends to be weakly or softly struck anyway,

because theyh ad to start making them last year to get enough numbers, i believe they have now struck 1 billion of each, i'm sure i read some where that they were making 40,000 a minute at peak production, makes Edward I recoinage of 130,000,000 pennies look silly,