Sylvester

Really? I would have thought they would be the most abundant So did i! I've seen more 1952s in BU than 1961s or 1960s for that matter!

I was doing the same thing as you a 20th century set but with Sixpences in BU, I've got quite a few but i'm a long way from done. You'd be surprised how hard some of the Elizabeth ones are! i think it was 1961 and 1963?

Do you go for all the full lustre ones then? (as BU has connotations of lustre)

It's hard isn't it! i tried doing that with Brass threepences many years ago... you wouldn't believe how difficult that is and there is far less to get. (as they started in 1937) With regards to the Farthings lemme guess Edward VII ones are the hardest to get?

so that's why my pocketwatch is playing up!

They used them in the mineral collecting world...

and if you don't find anything, there's always the coin shop near the minster!

mine too!

I bet York's a good place to go, especially around the castle walls. What with all the Viking and medieval stuff they've found there over the years.

Of course Victorian coins allow us to make mention of the beauty that is the Gothic Florin.

I'm usually of the old skool, quite ardently anti-cleaning, cleaned coins, i won't touch em. Although i do realise for dug up coins and coins over a certain age like ancients it's a whole different ball game, then i'm a bit more understanding and liberal. My advice is, if cleaning is non-essential (i.e you know what the coin is and you can see the date and everything) then leave it well alone. You should only risk cleaning a coin if it is encrusted and you can't identify it until you've 'curated' it.

Hey i had to specialise eventually because my collection had no focus to it, but what i can say is the James II sixpences are going to be the problem all 7 of them. There's something nice about farthings, i did once seriously consider them myself, i just like the size of the things. But copper could never fascinate me quite the same, it's the lack of lustre they develop i think. Ah you're a type collector then! World coins are interesting some countries moreso than others. but you just can't help feeling that you've just opened up a whole tidal wave... it's a vast area out there. But intereting nonetheless, i had some late 19th early 20th century Spanish 50 cent coins loitering about somewhere, very smart coins, very sixpencey.

What coins do you focus on? Chris will be pleased to know that my retinue of denominations has become ever more focused, and at last i'm finally beginning to specialise...FINALLY! I'm down to three areas... 3 = the least important, 1 = the most important to me. 3) King Stephen pennies (yes i've decided that i'm gonna give this a bash, just for fun, i have one so far). 2) James II Half Guineas 1686-1688 (a total of 3 coins to get, i have one). 1) Charles II - William and Mary Sixpences 1674-1694 (a total of 24 coins to get, i have five and a half... the half is one i'm half way through buying). Those are the main collections, but i'll take in most other nice conditioned EM sixpences i can get. So what do you collect?

i'd already typed US and i couldn't be bothered to go back, so i got inventive...

Well i think full lustre coins would sell at a slight premium. Unless of course they were dated 1672 or something and then there'd be one hell of a premium. But i don't know where you'd find the prices for these. The USians distinguish between red and brown (the first having lustre, the second without) in their catalogues, about time we followed suit i think.

IF YOU'VE GOT A FEW MILLION SPARE, HELL WHY NOT...

hey i found a 1658 shilling for sale... http://www.historyincoins.com/xxx-1-3-4-21.jpg

i prefer the Madge Kitchener variant...

Just out of interest what is your dream coin? I always used to say a Henry III gold penny, or perhaps an Edward III Florin, hmmm. But i've got a new one now, a little more down to earth as it's cheaper but, nonetheless even if i won the lottery (which i don't play anyhow so that's even less likely to happen) but i'd probably still not be able to get one with all that money... A Cromwell 1658 sixpence... currently going at £15,000 in Fine. Arrghhh!

i like farthings, i once considered collecting them myself, but sadly i tend to only like the full lustre ones. But i do have a nice run of BU Sixpences; 1936-1939, 1942-1950, 1953-1959, 1962, 1964-1970 One day i'll get round to completing that lot, not at the top of the agenda at the moment though. I did try shillings but i got fed up of all the bloody English and Scottish varients. Then i tried Brass threepences and got annoyed at all the rounded corner, sharp corner varities and how dealers don't list which is which.

I need these sixpences... 1677, 1678/7, 1679, 1681, 1682, 1682/1, 1683, 1684, 1686, 1686/8 (yes 8!), 1687 concave shields, 1687/6 concave shields, 1687 convex shields, 1687 concave and convex shields, 1687/6 concave and convex shields, 1688, 1693 upside down 3 and 1694. Then i'm done, for now...

Ah well i don't think anyone at Uni actually knows, it's not something i broadcast simply from a security point of view, i've only got to tell someone who tells someone elsewho knows the address and knows when no-ones in and, bye bye collection. So i keep stum.

Was five hundred and odd, but running at 10% off i've managed to get it down to £470, and as part of that £105 of it was a part trade with my cleaned die flawed 1693 sixpence... But for a coin with that eye appeal i think it's worth it, it'll always be a seller, unlike my other ex-1693 which i couldn't get shut of.

I'm in love... And my am i struggling to raise the funds for this beaut. but i'm working on it, i've got a down payment on it already... (+ a 10% discount)

That's it, i can never remeber it off of the top of my head! I'm just used to the MAG. BRI. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. The German titles throw me sometimes...