Rob

Regarding David's post, I could go with Jameson too. You often see important sales of a similar coin referenced on tickets, but that doesn't always mean it was from that collection. Just look at the references of many lots in current sales to see things such as Brooker xxx same dies for Charles I, Adams for pennies, Schneider for hammered gold etc. The collection referenced is usually one of the major sales for the material in question. Unfortunately however, sometimes these get incorporated into the provenance of a sale lot, leading to ongoing confusion when checking and confirming a provenance. I got caught out recently on that very point. Mea culpa for not checking thoroughly in advance. Note that Jameson died in 1942 and the collection was sold post mortem, but the ticket says SPK 1941, i.e. it predates this. PTO means please turn over. TPP is T/-/- and looks to be a purchase price code in pounds shillings and pence. i.e T represents a number of pounds and the dashes zero shillings and pence. I'd say they are by a different hand. Although the M is similar, the P is completely different. The R is a bit misleading as it is a conjugated A&R (for silver) on the ticket in question. The lack of sale price would imply a coin sold before being priced and on the list and so a Spink ticket cannot be ruled out, but I don't think it is. The other ticket references the Sydenham sale at Glens in Dec. 1941, but I don't have this catalogue, nor the Nov. 1948 sale to check who bought what. Send Chris Perkins a PM to get approved. He doesn't pop by that often.

I'd say CNG as well for a US sale. It really depends on what is in the collection. A decent number of hammered pieces would probably appeal more to them. Given the US obsession with slabs, unless they are going to get 63 or better, you might be better off selling in the UK, but bear in mind that would attract 5% on the hammer price for UK buyers as the collection would be imported. Is there anything that would do well as a private sale? You also have to consider selling fees, but that would be negotiable. I guess a few phone calls would be in order.

Can't help with the 1941 circular. I would assume the ticket is by the person who bought the coin from Spink in 1941 with his price code. Spink stock numbers at the time were numerically incrementing and carried over from year to year, so 1943 for example had stock numbers in the 17000 range and more likely to be recorded on a Spink ticket. IMO the SPK would be superfluous if it's a Spink ticket and would expect the selling price to be given. Codes are usually used for purchase cost. Below 277-239 could read AR 4 DCS? Silver Tetradrachm? Then Cat(alogue) Jourdan 1009? Searching Jourdan brings up CNG's Richard A Jourdan sale in 2020 and appropriate material, but nothing as described on the ticket. Presumably a different Jourdan sale or is Jourdan an old reference book? I'm not familiar with ancients collections past sales, so can't help with catalogues or names.

Timely reminder. Haven't listened to Land of Grey and Pink for a while. Rectified.

Credit where it's due. No reply to the emails, but the last two catalogues appeared in the post today. If anyone needs either I can reciprocate.

No idea. I was online.

Sorted now. Thanks all.

I never tire of watching this. Amazing skill. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC9YY1urT8Q

Prices were quite soft in general for the lower grade material and some of the varieties didn't do as well as I expected, but that's probably indicative of the market at the moment - it's pretty dead. I was underbidder on the 1817 I/S which surprised me that it had very little interest. It started at only 95 with the commission bids and it was just me and the single book bidder going for it. I wanted it for stock. I sold it to him for 480 in 2008 when there were 4 known and after I got my existing example as a replacement. I still only have 8 recorded in the database, but I guess if it isn't in the book it goes under the radar. There are more GEOE/Rs than that, and they tend to fly.

Looks Irish to me. For a start the legend above the crown begins with an E, not an R, so not Richard. And on the reverse, following TAS you have DVB. So I'd say Edward IV light cross and pellets coinage, Dublin. Spink ref. 6373G (old 6365) would fit, or D&F 136 if you prefer.

No response to emails, so still looking for the last sale.

Based on the picture in the book, it should be sharper, and I'd say the 'point' is closer to the linear circle than in Rogers. Rogers notes that he has only included 4 varieties to Batty's 15, so maybe a Batty reference would be more appropriate for tying it down.

I've got a Moore model 1/2d here which is closest to Rogers 257, but that specifically says the truncation is curved strongly to a point at the front - which this isn't. Clues please. Ta.

The SEGO unit went unsold today at Spink. Make them an offer - it's rare. I paid 1500 for mine a while back and the horse is not as good as that one. Link For comparison. It's a scan, so a bit flat.

I had it down as a P1342, so clearly nothing that screamed proof in hand.

It's the only candidate listed in 1963, but with the number of listings counted on your fingers and in one month only, I would find it hard to believe that they had no more Ed.1 pennies for a whole year. Also, the IIIe was listed at 15/-, so either it didn't sell and was repriced at a later date, or it's a different coin. But it wasn't in the April 64 list which was quite extensive, and the other thing not in its favour is that a purchase date in 1963 doesn't leave much time to include it in the January list prior to printing.

Anything on the other side of the Seaby ticket? No IIIds of Newcastle in either 63 or 64. One IIIe in January 1963 and a whole raft of Edward pennies in April 64, but not one was a Newcastle. There were only a handful of Ed.1 pennies listed in the whole of 1963, so suspect these were too common a type to bother with. They made a good profit on it.

Sorry, should be June, not May

Thanks to Jerry for the December catalogue. Just the May 2024 sale now. Ta.

Thanks to David Bordeaux for the March catalogue. If anyone has last December's or the sale just gone, I'm still looking.

The milled was graded to appeal to the US/Asian markets. The hammered not because many things would come back as details if graded consistently (not a given). e.g the Oxford City View crown should be graded details due to the scratches in the field, but most of us would ignore them and grade relative to its peers

Given the evidence that they are still sending out catalogues, if anyone has copies of December 2023 or later they don't want, my library would be grateful. Please PM me if you can help. Ta.

That looks like a bit of rim that has squeezed past the die, but being thin has almost detached. That would do as an explanation for the other one also. Next question is - Same dies?

1st thing is to establish the variety rather than a maybe. Use the link in Secret Santa's signature for a comprehensive description of penny obverses and reverses.

Looks like a bit of trapped swarf. You can't tell from the picture how well adhered to the surface it is.