scott

lol i already have one, albeit in fair, that cost me a couple of quid.

i cant say, i dont have freeman but there are gaps seem to be there, which means there are 2 listed in FMAN for both 54 and 55, i never knew about the extra 55 but i think freeman does have the 2 rim thickness' listed.

I can't see any reference to varieties of the 1954 and 1955 farthings in Freeman?????? CCGB has 1954 665 1955 667 1956 669 and i know of the 2 ruim thicknesses in 1954

dont forget the 2 variants of 1954 and 55 in freeman

yea, the site covers the reverse types, as well as some unlisted overstrikes. i posted one yesterday thats not listed on the site, in unconfirmed, the obverse is... the reverse isn't

see no reason to add this, had a look at this coin numerous times in differant lights and there is no sign of even a faint upper colon dot. it reads BRITANNIAR: REG: FID.DEF: most dots are faint, especially at the end of REG but they are visible

how can you tell the 2 dies?

yea thats a nice thing, guessing its reasonably scarse then

yes toning also, i have coins that are lustrous but you cant really see it in the normal way (my 1953 penny is toned in such a way you have to rotaste the coin to see the lustre. and i have a high grade australia penny which is dark brown with great details and has a sort of shine, but not lustrous, just a shine. better if you see what i mean tbh the toning, you can see the lustre via the light reflection here and the australia example, as you can see detail is high but all it has is a shine

lots of 2008 coins had random errors, lots of poorly struck 2008 pennies, but blobs of metal on 20p's seems to have happened a lot since 2003, have a fair few 20p's from this period with random raised blobs on the obverse

but why just the 20p? why is there nothing on the ohter demoninations?

recent buy for £2.75 couln't pass it up. my research has took me to 1708 (can JUST make out the 8) 2nd Bust E mark, and 6 strings on harp. firstly, i need more information on the paritcular type, and secondly, 6 and 7 string harps? are these specfic dates or are there both types for all dates

my theory is they did that AFTER they found the error patch and used it as a check. BUT there does seem to be some cudding into the detail under the one so maybe its juts a blob

human error errors then, people should really keep an eye on whats inside the machine imo

because errors, are interesting, a major planchet clip is very interesting piece, its more intregue and possibly like having a rare type

i love error pieces, not paying 25 euros for one though, i have a £2 2008 with no obverse dot at the bottom, a few clipped planchet pieces.

been looking it up, the larger 4 seems to pop up with the 4 over 4 listing on aboutfarthings. and the 8 does look slanted but i have spotted a few interesting things on the reverse. FID. and the R in reg. could just be some odd wear to it. but it looks like someone has used a P over the R to top up the die

one particular coin i'm after is going cheap.. better not be the penny i have eye on :/ http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=tab%3DWatching notice the top part of the 3 is flatter like the open 3 version

yes they are stupidly priced, looking at these decimal coins, UNC 80, 1995 5p for a tenner? i dont care about how UNC it is... its dumb

very nice farthing, looks to be in a very nice grade, laurate head 1826 too, this farthing i would put at about £20-30 due to it being the scarcer type for the year and a very good grade, the knock on the obverse does retract a little from the value, still a very desirable piece, and i really wouldn't be surprised if it was up to £50. ok as for grade, its extremely fine, as for value, as i said above, in the book EF is £50 but books are not always accurate and there is a knock on obverse

true i guess, but i have had some of my nicer pieces from bulk buys i got on the cheap. i plan to hold onto these coins in the long term. and i have some very nice specific coins that are worth a good chunk alone, that are more specialist and as such if i did sell i would sell them to people who knew about the area (1858 small date farthing, 1939 rhodesia 6D etc) wish i could afford lustrous pennies from before geogrge V, i'll stick to partial lustre farthings and enjoying my 1858 small date farthing.

hmm, am i missing something with the 65?

lol rip off much, i'll stick to ebay and my dealer usualy a bargain to be had somewhere, trhats my investment, if i pay below book price i cant lose

depends, might be something in the 1989 if its claim of rights, isn't that one scarce?

o i can see that.. that ghosting is cool too mine has a bit more trident prong