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Quite so. The exceptions brought real joy but were mostly halfpennies - 1909 in NEF, 1935 in GEF with lustre, and a 1938 in Unc with good lustre. However, pennies were mainly low and ugly grades making the recessed ears easier to spot than EF or better examples would have been, but they never turned up!

Dan Daley of Lockdales used to be pretty sound, as was Stephen Lockett (the "Lock" in Lockdales) but I'm not sure he has any interest in them these days.

Ring the bells for Christmas Timex, Fa la la la la, la la la la

A great example of ghosting.

This is a real unknown. I was pulling pennies from 5/- bags got from banks through 1968-69. I knew nothing about the 'recessed ear' variety, but I did see very clearly that some specimens of 1915 and 1916 looked 'odd' as if the ear had been punched in. This was especially evident on the worn examples I saw so often - much more so than on the EF or better examples we collect. I could have had the urge to collect these oddities, but did not. However, other kids doing the same kind of thing might have decided to collect them without knowing exactly what they were.

Or a recording of the sea breaking on some shore.

Looks extremely dubious. Wouldn't touch it with a 9-carat bargepole.

Yes, but more 1926ME's would have been spotted and taken out of circulation than 1946 ONE'

The 1926ME is really only scarce in average grade. Very very scarce in VF or better, and positively rare in EF or better.

In those days there were clocks everywhere. Walk down any main street in any town and you could see the time. Now public clocks have all but disappeared. I use till receipts sometimes...

I gave up wearing a watch in 1986! (broke two that year and took the hint), so Tim Cook can stop wondering where his lost profits are.

Just as a cautionary note on Court - his estimates are pre-melt, which makes the more obscure/less recognisable varieties more likely to have been melted down. He reckoned the 1926ME was twice as rare as the 1946 ONE', while Gouby reckons it's the other way round.

Oh indeed there are. And those command a weighty premium, especially well struck high grade 19H which are hard to find.

Some beautiful examples there. And some healthy bids in already I'm glad to see.

From what I can gather, they were merely drone enthusiasts who lived nearby. "We got 'em, guv. Drone enthusiasts. Must be them." "Bring 'em in. Bang to rights."

So true. A good obverse strike almost guarantees a weak reverse. I've often wondered that. Or a limited number of dies so they got overused.

Aircraft should be fitted with anti-drone devices - a very large fan should do it.

It's the reverse picture that looks an unnatural colour so repeated pictures of the obverse probably wouldn't change anything. That's good hair detail IMO - the reverse on mine is marginally better than yours, but there's NO hair detail!!

Theoretically, paper is best, but when you're disabled having everything you need on the computer is a real boon, plus you can vary the font size, use search features, and still keep the place you were at, have bookmarks, make notes and annotations, etc. So though I have a lot of Seaby/Spinks, the relevant values for all my coins are in the database where the changes over time can be compared at a single glance without having to find and prop open 10 copies of the catalogue (probably not something anyone who only uses paper would ever do). I get CCGB annually, the Kindle edition.

What odds are you offering?

I thought he shot himself in the nethers by - as usual - sticking to his script of prepared stuff instead of scoring into the open goals left by May. I don't know whether he considers it beneath his dignity (she has none left) or whether he's just clueless at PMQs repartee. Emily Thornberry is 1000% better at it than he is.

I note it's a "VIP" crown, rather than a VIP...

"I know absolutely nothing about coins, except to focus your attention on the (replica) Gothic crown, and the (fools') gold 1902"