Gary

you were not the only one

cant be right its got the scottish lion on it.............. Horrible design by the way!

less than 200 to go...............

As Chris said we on the continent can transfer money to any country within the EU free of charge using IBAN etc. This is just the english banks sucking money from your pockets. £25 charge for a purely computerised transaction thats daylight robbery!

if that is the real colour. light grey, then I would say no, looks good to me. I would hazard a guess and say that the actual coin is darker than in the pic due to the flash!

if you spend hours looking through a tin of coins then I would say the bug has bitten! Welcome to the Forums Tom

The chances of it being 1834 are slim! The vast majority of 1834 pennies have the lower serifs of the N's in Britanniar missing, this one has not. As we know 1837's are quite scarce and the one reported 1835 is missing so I will go for 1831......

Not a florin expert but that looks to be a worn Die. Probably the early stages of the 'r' variety. The Die has not yet completely blocked to form the 'r'. Would that qualify for the 'r' variety? probably not in my opinion but lets see what the others make of it

Glad to be of assistance

Chris, I found them on the Royal Mint Blog at this address but it deals purely with the Kew Garden 50p only. http://blog.royalmint.com/keeping-an-eye-out-for-the-kew-gardens-50p/

A quick update. Apparently the mintage figure for the Kew Garden 50p is just 210 000 for circulation. There are was also another 234 696 produced for the BU Sets etc which gives a total amount of 444 696. As this information is in the public domain it is likely that nearly all these coins will survive in good condition as every tom dick and harry is out there looking for them! This is comparable to the 1950 Penny of which there were only 240 000 coins minted again nearly all survive in high grade and have a value of between £18 in EF and £50 in Unc condition. I suspect that once the hyp has died down then the value of the Kew Gardens 50p will settle at around the same value or less than for the 1950 Penny...... All these figure do not include Proof issues of which there are 34 438 50p and 17 513 1950 1d.

Hello fletch and welcome to the Forum. A quick search of completed listings on ebay produced the following, 1988 £1 sell for a £2 - £7.50 depending on its condition. Realistically I would say double its Face value. 2012 Circulated Olympic Set £24-£37 1987 Falklands £1 although low mintage will have little value due to the demand for this coin, may be corrected on that Kew Gardens 50p...... this one shocked me! From circulation it seems to sell for around £40 give or take a few pounds. Sorry but I could not be bothered to look up all the other 50p's As for your question about a casual collection of older coins it all depends on your budget. Most people start of with the Bronze coins with the most popular being the Penny followed by the Farthing and then the Halfpenny. Before you start you will need info. A good buy is Collectors Coins 2014 which is easily available on the Net. Will not cost you a fortune. If you can get hold of an older version it will also include Decimals!

Hello Rob and welcome to the Forum. Proof coins should, when bought direct from the Mint, be perfect and I would advise sending them back. A red/brown mark would imply that the coin has been in contact with moisture and if there is moisture within the slab then the rest of the coins will soon be Toning as well!

Had forgotten I had ordered one until I found it in the post yesterday! Sorry Chris but I think I have found another bugger. Will PM you.

and from me, hope you all have a good Christmas and an even better New Year. All the best.

could not wait, have ordered.

how about delivery to Europe (Germany) Chris same as world?

I have not seen this one before and I presume it has been discussed before but is that rust I see there!

Nice coin Bob. Is it just my eyes or does that lighthouse look more like the leaning tower of Pisa!

Not all Obv 6 have the Die flaw but it is rare that you find one without it, even Accumulators Proof penny has it! I think this is one of the first that I have seen.

Yummy! Very tasty indeed! Dito, very nice!

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yes I have recieved the email but the link did not work for me. I often recieve emails from Spink reference Auctions and I quite enjoy looking through the cats but I have not had problems with cookie policy pop-ups. You can block pop up from your browser settings.

To be honest I have never come across a Victorian penny that is jet black and shiny. Some Farthings were blackened before leaving the Mint to avoid confusion with gold coins but to the best of my knowledge this process was not applied to Pennies. Do you have a pic? Some Dates do tend to tone darker than others the Old head series do darken considerably but not jet black. I think this has something to do with the alloy that the coins are made put off and the ratio of tin and zinc that was mixed with the copper to produce Bronze.