scott

well these were found a good time apart from each other, not like a flood of them, so in rarity terms still rare, whenever i go about looking at early milled i check the collections on colin cooke. and do my research. some coins are not even listed there yet exist, Peck missed a fair few as well. I used that to make up my mind so to me, they are missing N given my knowledge, and research, and given the notes in the Nicholson collection, it was debated then, and is now, and I have the same approach as you, level headed. whats odd is nobody spotted the missing letter and corrected it in the first place.

it says there are 2 dies in the collection, and they also have the missing arm and sprig, what seals it in regards to the second example is how clear the lettering is.

having 2 examples, I wanted your thoughts on this one. my first example, from being in the ground the general green and other markings from being in the ground effect that area as well as effect other areas such as the shield 2nd example. Thoughts, Letter placement seems different, but that could be due to lack of detail on example 1

either way, to me they are the same pairing. and I know the 1675 no stops halfpenny was using the 1673 dies as well, so it isn't beyond the realms of possibility.

slab em as poor 1 and 50p each

5 over 3? I don't see a 5 those look like both the same reverses to me.

17c Dutch piece

Depends on what you want from the Rarity, if you find one and know it is cheap, nothing to stop you buying it and selling on, there are plenty of Unlisted rarities, there are plenty of rares that sell for modest sums especially in lesser collected areas (have a look at halfpenny prices for example). this is the most expensive coin I bought at £60 it is not the rarest, and not the most valuable coin I own, yet it is an easy rarity to identify and as such costs it. and given the price of similar grade Charles shillings, not that far above the going rate.

lovely hammered in high grades but I like the history of a worn piece

plastic you say?

proof he did it standing on his head...

stumbled across this one, I have had a while 4+E with some die damage to E in REG and F in F:D

1873 no stops on obverse Halfpenny, rated ER by Peck GVILELMVS error 1699 halfpenny again extremely rare these have been on the new purchases thread, but time to put them here

looks like a dye error, there is a crack leading to the top of the 1

that's what Politicians do when they fail

If it's Nicholson 190 then it's hardly "unrecorded" Nicholson sale item 190.. says unrecorded any difference in details like numeral positions means its another dye.

yea, unrecorded,other then that I know of no more :/

anyone found one of these? 1722/1

not anything fake but, just kinda funny 57p with free P&P... kinda fail. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mixed-Old-Coins-/201165277004?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=qi5qULrtfANZev8n3MYsMoACIAQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

sixpences? not really heard of there being any more or less then shillings part of me expects there to be a show your halfpenny thread appearing :/

I think the answer lies in the fact its in the middle. farthings are easy to get in higher grade cheaply, and plenty around, penny is the penny, and what most people probably have many of at the start of collections. halfpennies are the thing between the 2.

I have a nice load of Halfpennies. I think the issue is the Variates atm are too specialist Halfpennies come up often in William III

the majority of those are 50ps and junk though

its wear probably. looks like it could be satin 18 or Gouby S