Peckris 2
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I agree about getting rid of the coppers, they're completely useless now.
However... I'd still like to see one of our coins being called a "penny"! Not the 5p of course, as kids would get quite confused that "5 pence = 1 penny". Perhaps we could have a new denomination called a 'penny' - any ideas?
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Here is a gold coin with a similar obverse:
https://www.baldwin.co.uk/product/atrebates-regini-eppillus-gold-quarter-stater/
I'm afraid my knowledge of these is almost zero.
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1 minute ago, blakeyboy said:
Good job I didn't mention the dirty knife....!
The one that awarded double votes at the Round Table??
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2 hours ago, secret santa said:
Come on guys, I go to this thread for a chuckle, not to read personal remarks.
I'm happy to go with that.
I do realise that politically I'm in the minority here, but most of you guys don't have a problem with it.
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The other thing you have to consider is that what's left of the H has been artificially rubbed away on a worn penny in modern times, then the whole coin distressed in order to hide what was done.
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His constituency is Newark apparently. I wonder if Kemi Badenoch has reflected on possible anagrams that could be made...?
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4 hours ago, Unwilling Numismatist said:
And there was me having a very similar chat with Peter yesterday. The wrong obverse according to the "law" but absolutely no sign of an H ever existing.
The problem with those H buns is that being so close to the edge, the H is much more prone to wear than the date digits. I've lost count of "wrong" 1882 pennies offered for sale as "no H " pennies!
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7 hours ago, Chris Perkins said:
I wasn't aware of any previous disagreements and I certainly may have neglected my role as forum admin in the past, I accept that.
Having a little fun with current affairs and public figures, including politicians, is fine and healthy banter as far as I'm concerned (e.g. blakeyboy's meme above). Let's keep politics off of here though, both of you. It always becomes a headache (from my point of view)!
I'm sure you two gents can agree to disagree, you've both been here for years so you must have managed to somehow. Thank-you both for your input.
If oldcopper can provide a link to the conversation he mentioned above, then I'm quite prepared to read it and to apologise if it's appropriate, i.e. if what he says is true.
However, I've received nothing but vitriol from him in the past, but I don't expect him to admit that.
I've only ever blocked one member of these forums. He knows who he is.
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I'll try that for the forums where it happens. Most work normally though.
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In some forums - e.g. Items for Sale - I was paging through endless supposedly unread topics (the "Next unread topic" button was at the bottom of every topic which should only be there for actual unread topics).
Eventually - after wondering why so many people were selling stuff - I noticed the dates of each topic were a few years old! Has there been a software change very recently?
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I saw most of his Davos speech - honestly, it was just a raving ramble complaining about everyone except his own team, yet claiming ridiculous false achievements in his first year.
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On 1/20/2026 at 4:00 PM, copper123 said:
"The Harold II silver penny hoard only includes pennies minted by the king"
You would have thought a king would have better things to do
Unless his full name was Harold Trumpsson?
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20 minutes ago, Sword said:
Nice coin, and I wish I had brought one before it got so expensive. £200 was a good deal even then I think.
What's not showing is the faint scuffs on the obverse where it was probably rubbed at some time. Probably affected the price?
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On 1/7/2026 at 3:05 PM, Coins Of the UK and US said:
Thanks everyone. The help is much appreciated. This is the coin in question.
I'm not seeing the images in any of your posts. All I get is a large black square with an X top right to close it, and a small broken square in the centre.
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Interesting posts, though absolutely nothing to do with Brexit!
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On 1/6/2026 at 7:08 PM, Sword said:
Very true. But a decent EF example is now well over a thousand pounds. I don't particularly like that George IV portrait and so didn't want to pay so much. As for William IV, I would eventually settle for a halfcrown which is of the same design.
I picked this up for about £200 over 20 years ago:
I wouldn't rate it as a thousand pound coin but should be well over what I paid!
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On 1/11/2026 at 9:22 PM, Unwilling Numismatist said:
Hi Chris, I'm just back catching up and this topic has piqued my interest - can you elaborate on the "rare 1887 6d" please?
PS - Hi everyone else!
Hi. It's this one, identified by @1887jubilee as one of many (minor) patterns of 1887 silver:
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It's the 6d on the left - note the far 7, and the first 8 with a higher 8 beneath it referred to as a "horned 8" on one example in an auction lot.
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On 1/4/2026 at 9:10 PM, Sword said:
Then it gets really difficult with the gothic (pricey rather than rare), William IV, high grade George IV, high grade Young Head. That's why I started other denominations.
George IV crowns aren’t so very hard to find and are much cheaper than William IV (the hardest).
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The 1897 dot penny, and the 1946 ONE' penny were given prominence in an early issue of Coin Monthly (beginning of 1968?), and are arguably the most collectable - ironically caused by their comparative lack of rarity therefore giving collectors a better chance to own one.
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4 hours ago, blakeyboy said:
Those HEIC files are a pain- and I only use a Mac!
People don't set phone pictures to formats other people like.
Size problems on posting pictures is an easy fix- email to to yourself, setting the image size you need, then drag out of the email you receive into your post.
That's all I've ever done- no extra programs needed either.
There's any number of online HEIC > JPEG converters.
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On 1/3/2026 at 8:46 AM, Paddy said:
I think it depends a bit on your mindset. I get more pleasure out of filling a gap in a difficult date run with a reasonable example than I do from picking up a common coin in Unc.
Type collections don't just contain common coins!! (I speak from experience..). Also, I do have date runs for a few favourite series, e.g. George V halfcrowns 1927-1936, and bronze pennies 1895-1967, though I don't lose any sleep at all over the odd gap such as 1914 in UNC, but I would love a high grade 1946 ONE' penny so I do take your point about filling gaps. But as I say, I really don't lose sleep over most gaps I have.
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how weird, I'm sure I just replied to this, but where is my reply???
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Surely they must exist? I do remember the Sandhill cases from the 60s, which held each denomination for a particular year. However, if you picked up a few of these cheap for 60s dates (you will want a 1965 which will hold from Crown down to halfpenny, and a 1966 to get the standard halfcrown down to halfpenny), you could adapt them to hold denominations for each monarch from 1816.
Otherwise you might have to bite the bullet eventually and get a cabinet, or if that proves too expensive, you could go for Lindner trays instead.
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1972 proofs compared to other proof sets might pay an interesting look - same situation.
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Stuff to make us Laugh vers.2.0
in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
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I believe their local council is to rename Wells-next-the-Sea as Wells-in-the-Sea?