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SteveW
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As an introduction, I've gathered coins over the years, as did my father. Now I'm retired, time to organise them. That's generating questions, and showing up some surprises.... I found half a sixpence - literally, just the reverse - 1960. No signs of cutting or forcing, rim is still sound, looks like a planchet delamination Farthings - I've got those organised - one binder with the "best" of each year I have, another with all the others - about 80 and 110 respectively. Most interesting to my untrained eye is an 1860 toothed/beaded border Grading is a real mystery - the book on grading above has a multi-month delivery - need to find one Cleaning - interesting discussion - I have some sticky coins (old PVC holders I presume) - de-natured alcohol has worked well (for the coins and me - mine's single malt) I have two 1953 farthing - crown cased sets - one shows tarnish on the copper, the other has a piece of "tarnish reducing paper" in it - that didn't work, they are all bad - anything to do? Thinking acetone.... On the other hand, the 1970 proofs in a rigid plastic case are gorgeous still! Any thoughts and/or advice welcome... I'm still exploring this forum - lot's of good info there. Once I see where to post, I'll get some questions and photo's up As background, I was born in England, live in Massachusetts, and I just entered my ninth decade of life - a good opportunity to get into coins! SteveW
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Thanks for the comments and info you shared - I'm sure Ill have more questions as I continue to sort out and learn more....
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That looks just like my sixpence! So, a novelty, an error, or worth half of sixpence? 😊
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Here are two photos (need to set microscope uo to lower resolution...) Appreciate any comments....
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This is more of the obverse - the hills and vales are about where the date is
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Hi, The 1956 weighs 1.1gm, a regular 1957 is 2.8gm The rim height is 0.020" for the 1956, the 1957 is 0.057" (I haven't used a micrometer for years - hope that's right) Trying to get a good picture of the surface. Thanks for your interest... SteveW
