Gary

Here is one for you Peter. Cannot remember where this came from. Weight 11.68g Diameter 31.9mm 2mm thick.

I dont know if I have asked about this one before so I'll apologise up front if I have. Can anyone shed any light on this, a crown sized coin/medallion 35mm, 2.3mm thick and weighs in at 15.8g (so not silver). It has a milled edge and seems to be made of a white metal although shows signs of plating. Any info would be appreciated, thanks.

dip in, write a few dates down, a few pics would help. Condition is the factor that will determine the value.

9 1937 Crown 10 1887 Young Head Halfcrown Have one of each. Could possibly be of east european origin. Both made of white metal with the crown being artificially toned. Weights are wrong. How long before we see an influx of fakes of high value copper/bronze coins?

That looks very much like an altered 1964. Scuffing on both sides of the last 1. Whoever paid that price must be cursing.

That's a One Penny, Gary! ah! What a plonker....... ok here's my 1902LT Halfpenny That's really rather nice, I have to say. You'll be pleased with that, then? :-) Yes for that price I am pleased with it. I only got it for that price because I knew the Gentleman who was selling it and had helped him out. Before anyone says he did not know what he was selling, Yes he did!

That's a One Penny, Gary! ah! What a plonker....... ok here's my 1902LT Halfpenny

here's mine, paid £56 for it in 2006.

Yes, looks like it. These are actually much rarer than the pennies and as a result rather more valuable, and yes that is pretty much as good as they get. I sold one in NEF for £75 last year. Definitely rarer than the Penny which can almost always be found in any grade. The 1902LT Halfpenny in my opinion is very much under valued and is rarely found in any grade for sale.

It doesn't look any better than VF from the pictures. Value would be about £5-10 depending on how you sold it. I would agree, for an EF example I would expect to see more detail on the lions nose and a little more hair detail on the bust.

as mentioned in one comment "An honest review" classic.........still laughing.

I would grade that one as Nearly Very Fine (NVF). As to the value for that variety, there are one or two on ebay at the moment so keep an eye on them to see what people are willing to pay. The book price would be in the range of £150 to £190. hope that helps.

Hmmmm! That does seem to be without. Very suspicious of these pennies though. It is generally believed that the 1876 without the H does not exist as none have turned up in good enough condition to prove otherwise. Could you post a pic of the whole coin?

If its thinner than an 1948 sixpence then I would say its not a coin. It could be a gaming token or could be just a decorative pendent. Only a picture with weight and actual thickness and diameter can shed more light on it.

That'll be the one with the pages stuck together then? I wish I had not read that while having a swig of tea!!!!!! :lol: :lol:

I think you are going to find that it is just due to the terrible picture, its all fuzzy. The thread Chingford mentions is probably this one but it deals with William IIII pennies, in particular the 1834. 1834 Penny Missing Serifs

A good place is the foreign Ebay sights, people are always offering Lots of UK coins that they suddenly find after clearing out. Mostly left over from some forgotten hioliday. Beware of postage though!

Well spotted Azda, you are right it has been polished at some point.

Hi Russ, firstly if these were made in 1972, nearly 40 years ago then the chances of them having been polished is quite high. They look very good and if they had been standing around for 40 years then I would expect them to be tarnished and they are not. secondly as you have already said there are no references to the Churchill crown being minted in silver so this is a Copper Nickel coin with very little value. I dont think the 1972 is silver either as the silver ones were Proof coins and this one just does not look to be a Proof so again probably CuNi. And lastly, if you try to remove these coins then I suspect they will sustain some type of damage further reducing the allready low collectors value. The plates are worth more untampered with. To find the silver value you will have to subtract the weight of the coins, Churchill 28.3g and 1972 also 29.3g. Hope that helps. ROB was quicker

A recent buy but only just noticed that a couple of colon dots are missing. Lower colon dot after D and top colon after G in D:G: Also has an underlying R to the R of BRITT The colon dots can be seen very faintly in the enlarged image so a blocked Die.

Gary, I have found another auction result you might be interested in, described as "BMC --. F 164A. As Dies 1+C. Gouby B. Fine, extremely rare". It went for £800 with 15 bidders. Dont agree with the grading though! F164A James Workman Collection

the I in GRATIA appears to have been reinforced too. Look to the bottom right and you can see the remnants of the original 1 poking out above the bottom right serif and to the right of the downstoke so yes probably a reinforced Die.

have saved both under prefered buyers and will keep an eye out to see if they are pushing each others prices up.

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Nice find Colin and an EF example at that. That's the problem with Farthings, they are so small that it is easy to overlook something like that.