Rob

I have a wife more than 50 years old who is a cultural gem that I nicked from Germany. She is worth more than 2500 euros. Where she was before we knew each other, I have no idea.

This is not good.

I of GEORGIVS to bead is 'shallow neck' (Davies 1730), I of GEORGIVS to space is 'full neck' (Davies 1731). So full neck unless the image is creating an illusion.

I don't have facebook. I also don't get my car repaired at Burger King.

no.2 - 4.77g, 22 dia no.4 - 0.55g, 15 dia no.5 - 2.66g, 21 dia The first is a bit like bronze, the other two brass. All three give the impression of being tokens or similar.

Thanks. I missed that amongst all the other commomoratives.

Is the German parliament obliged to respond to a 120,000 name petition that is signed by a large number of non-Germans, or does it require 120K natives?

Thanks. Top left is a stage prop from Carry on up the Khyber? Wishful thinking maybe. I'd guessed the bottom right wasn't genuine given it is the same on both sides.

Half a dozen unassigned from a 2kg bags isn't bad. If anyone can help complete it would be appreciated. Thanks.

I don't get why people would turn to facebook first if they wanted an answer to a specialised topic. Surely the best place is where people meet who are interested in the subject and by extension have a better idea than your mates from the pub. If they are only interested in the views of their friends they probably don't care if they get the real answer anyway, so I doubt if numismatics has lost any future collectors as a result.

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I has to be chemical. The legend shadowing is an expected result from acid based corrosion. The legend by definition involves a change in relief, i.e. you have metal flow to produce it, which will result in metal stress faults where the crystalline structure has been stretched. This will allow any acid to penetrate deeper and so result in a depression around each letter as the acid works more effectively in the stress faults.

corroded and cleaned

This is a topic which is causing grief in various ways around the world. Ancient coins are one such target of governments, which in the case of a CNG sale in New York, caused its cancellation because the coins were deemed to have been exported illegally (and were in some cases) and so the police dropped by to seize the goods. It focusses the minds of those with valuable artefacts and increases the value of an item with a good provenance. Some countries ban exports, others regulate them. The situation in this country is a lot better than elsewhere.

If you let the page load and then scroll down it is there Coin looks ok to me, Never thought of Rob's theory of the thin sheet. When you have a halfcrown struck on less than 6g of silver, it expands your thought processes.

The other possibility is that it is genuine and the blank cut from sheet intended for say a threepence. It can't be 4d sheet because they are smaller diameter and weigh 2g. Measure the thickness too while you are at it. It needs to be accurate though, so calipers are required.

Looks ok to me. First thing to do is step back and check the references. The website giving the orientation is wrong as they are struck en-coin. My examples are so aligned, and all the books agree with this (Spink, Davies etc). Treat anything written down with a degree of scepticism until a couple of cross checks with the info provided satisfy you the article is generally accurate. We all make mistakes, particularly with copy and paste. Next check the scales. The coin looks good from the images, so a weight that is genuinely 30% down would be a concern.

Google Trial of the Pyx. A change of mark usually followed the trial.The marks effectively tie down the coin to a particular period in time and so the Mint Master could be held responsible for the coinage. A slight variation occured in the Civil War where it appears that individual engravers had their own mark. In Saxon times the moneyer had to sign the reverse. Everything was to do with accountability.

I'm still looking for a 9+K

It doesn't matter as long as you identify what convention you use and are consistent in its use.

Thanks Rob I found some prices from my Coin News back issues, but unfortunately my subscription doesn't go back far enough for these dates. I do have some back issues somewhere, but not many complete years.

You might find them advertised by the RM in Coin News and if so are likely to be priced

Nope, but it might be a good indication that it's a Chinese copy. What does the edge look like and what is the weight?

The 1671 patterns in Peck don't match this 1672 die because the spacing and relative positions of NIA and stop are different. The I is rotated to a different position on the above example compard to the patterns, and if the same die would also require the flaws seen on P437 to be polished out. It doesn't eliminate the 1671 die being recut, indeed this would be in keeping with the need to save on production costs, but would require a problem free example to confirm.

You have to delve into the trays. Those gems are there You have to do the spadework if you want to find things. If you don't look you will never find. Nobody looked at the florin tray on my table yesterday, so clearly your searching was neither methodical nor thorough. (I didn't have one anyway) It is blindingly obvious that many visitors to the fair go to see a couple of specific people, but don't broaden their horizons. The table next to me was visited by a group of people looking for some proof sets. Some he was able to supply, others not. Two sets that were discussed for a few minutes were the 1973 and 1979 sets and the difficulty in obtaining them untoned. He didn't have them. Had they asked me about them I could have supplied both which were in a large pile of sets immediately adjacent to the next table, but they just decided they weren't available and went off to pastures new. You can't force people to look, but a fair appraisal is they are mostly their own worst enemy. Trying to engage people in conversation and establish what they are looking for is well nigh impossible. The best you can usually hope for is 'just browsing' (as they get out a list of things they are looking for)! Producing something off the list also causes problems as the item will inevitably not be at eBay's 99p plus free postage. Their eyes often stop at higher grade pieces, but the realisation that it costs more than the aforementioned 99p results in the euphamistic 'I'll think about it' - i.e. the decision has already been made. On a more positive note, you also get a handful of people who freely admit they know little about the subject and are just starting out. I once even managed to reduce a wants list requiring a full sheet of A4 paper to half a dozen coins. The person was not aware that certain dates didn't exist. That help would be available at most tables if customers could bring themselves to engage in conversation, but unfortunately many don't.