Rob

Didn't have one, nor had I seen one before Nicholson. I actually bought it out of London Coins sale 122 in 2008, lot 2237 part

That's mine

Quite possible. I have one from a different reverse die with no perceptible stop

If it is that difficult to see then you would have just as much difficulty persuading someone else that it is what you say it is.

A but £48 incl the juice, so now only 17x the purchase price rather than over 21x.

EOFERWIC (York)

India has spent the last few years trying to reduce its deficit in part by restricting the sale of gold. Offering new products would be contrary to that policy. Obviously if it was for export only then it would not apply, but most Indians just can't get enough of the stuff.

I concur. No reason to suggest that it is iffy.

Yes, but it does provide an error for the variety afficonado (sic) - oops, there's another to add to the list.

The mule wasn't illustrated,so can't say if it was the same piece

The jury is out on these. A few sales ago, London Coins had a penny in high grade, but the H or KN? (can't remember, but probably KN as I wouldn't have looked at it otherwise) was extremely soft and indistinct, whereas the letter(s) are usually sharp. I wasn't sure what to make of it. Filled die where the filler had partially fallen out on the die, or letters added post-mint?

There is plenty of evidence for both methods if you look around. Mint products look in the main to be filled.

It;s damage, so worth less than it would be without, but more than melt looking at the detail remaining.

Ah, thanks. Not a member - never bothered slabbing anything.

My thinking is that the punches were held by the RM, so they probably produced the dies and shipped them to Birmingham. As the two sub-contractors would have had a contract to produce a certain amount of coin, once the contract was filled the dies would be returned as there is no way the RM would want them to be kept where someone could produce coins illegally.

This ties in with a question I posed a few years ago which asked if the H & KN dies were recycled by the mint (can't remember the thread title to link the two). I personally think they were. For anyone with the technical ability it should be possible to overlay this onto known H/KN reverse dies.

What do Spink mean when they say 2 reverse varieties? You have the upright/inverted edge for normal and proofs, matt proof, VIP proof, error edges (2?), but I wasn't aware of 2 reverse types. Clues anyone?

I think the values listed are safe in the hands of the electorate as most people would subscribe fully to them. What you will always struggle to get is a political party willing to put the ideas into practice as there are far too many political debts to be paid. I am not hopeful that this will be solved by a political party and think it can only work by returning to a situation whereby the community organises at a local level - as it used to. A fundamental problem with party politics is that it is completely intolerant and adversarial, with decisions being made amid a chorus of cries of anguish or derision from the people who are trotted out in opposition or defence of proposed changes to the status quo. Any change is viewed by the left as oppression of the downtrodden when proposed by the right, and conversely as kow-towing to the unions or unemployed when seen from the other direction. As a demonstrably bad case of Pavlov's politicians, don't hold your breath for a desirable outcome.

You've got Britannia above and the date below the exergue line. There is potential detail all over the area concerned. It could be a pythonesque foot for example.

The reverse is double struck. 2 arms to Britannia and a couple of exergue lines. It could be malformed because of this as the B is just about on the rotated exergue line. There's too much going on in a critical area to convince me it is an unambiguous R.

No he didn't, but there are so many errors in this reign that any collection is likely to be missing more than just a handful.

I thought I had a spare catalogue, but it appears not. If I come across one I'll let you know. In the meantime, I can fill you in on any details you want to know and provide images for a few dozen which I have, or have had at some time in the past. I can certainly point you in the direction of others giving maybe 25-30% of the collection images.

They get through because the pyx is nothing to do with quality control at the time of manufacture. The pyx is a check that the output was in accordance with the standards laid down, performed after a given period of time.Isn't it all a bit pointless nowadays in the absence of bullion value?Yes

Hooray!! A true numismatist and a follower of cricket to boot.

They get through because the pyx is nothing to do with quality control at the time of manufacture. The pyx is a check that the output was in accordance with the standards laid down, performed after a given period of time.