1949threepence

Got a pic of the reverse, copper?

Knew there had to be a logical reason

Difficult to tell because it's such a poor photo, but I'm leaning more towards obverse 9, rather than 8. From Freeman's description, the groove representing the nostril on obverse 9, does not curve down towards the cheek as much as previously, and that seems to be the case with yours, as far as I can tell. Although to be really sure, you'd need to jailbreak from the slab and take a better pic. Can't be definite.

Why don't you message him and ask him what his issue with Merseyside is, then post back on here?

This is interesting Worth looking out for, although the chances of coming across one are exceedingly remote, of course.

Thanks Richard. As you say, their website is abysmal and it does seem very odd to just show the obverse. Thanks chaps.

Their next auction is listed for March 2017. Firstly, does anyone know if it's possible to bid online? Also, their photos seem to show the obverse only. Is it possible to view the reverse? Probably is, but me being a bit thick and all, can't find the way - example

I agree. The detail is amazingly good.

RIP Greg Lake

Hi Susan, What's the significance of the 1950 West German 10 pfennig coin you have included in your photos? For reference, here's one listed on e bay

GEF/aUNC

Cheers gents

Pete, does Dave send his e mail lists later? I haven't had mine yet.

Oh, I know the decimal mintages were phenomenal in many cases, which is why I said highest pre-decimal mintage.

There were 654,564,000 minted - by many orders of magnitude, the highest pre decimal penny mintage ever for a single year - and just 4 years before decimalisation. No wonder they're so common. Makes you wonder why they minted this volume, so close to decimalisation.

£3,200 in the end. Not quite as much as I thought it might. Wonder who go it.......

Interesting !!!

They really do look great quality

Not yet Pete, no. Leastways I don't. Incidentally, to clear the unwanted quote, do Control + H, and either find the last entry for LCA December, and "clear browsing data" for that entry, or clear browsing data for the lot. But you may lose some auto remembered passwords if you clear the lot.

Incidentally, before I leave the topic, I notice from their facebook page, that they now produce a very nice cabinet dedicated to slabbed coins:-

No worries, pleased to be of service From a practical point of view, in the absence of a date of production on each cabinet (which is a pity), you can probably only narrow down the date to certain periods - by looking at such things as the company name and whether the label has an old style telephone number on it. Or maybe even the type of wood used. He did use Obeche in 1972, according to the advert I reproduced above. That said, it might be worth seeing if you can contact Peter personally, possibly by seeing if the new owners of the business have an e mail address. He may be able to cast some further light on the dates of each model. I did have an e mail address from when I contacted Peter in January 2010, to order my cabinet, but unfortunately I've long since deleted the e mails.

I've no idea if he's still alive, but I'd say it's more probable than not that he is still alive. I can say with certainty that he retired in October 2010, and passed the concern on. There is reference to his work in the 2017 Coin Yearbook, which I downloaded. I was going to do a screenshot for you, but it appears you can copy and paste the text, which surprised me. So I hope I'm not breaking any copyright laws by reproducing this small extract for your information. It's from an article on coin storage.

Obverse 3 is the logical choice and means the buyer got a bargain.

Indeed it is Pete.

I don't reckon it's shill bidding - not enough bids. Moreover, the winning bid is a snipe in the last few seconds of the auction. The relatively high bid for what looks like junk, maybe because it's thought to be a rare die pairing. I'm not 100% sure what the pairing actually is, because the coin is so worn. Pretty sure it's reverse D, but although the obverse doesn't look like 6, there isn't any obvious cut out at the base of the bust, present on all other 1861 obverses with or without an L C WYON, but the lack of which, distinctly hallmarks a 6. So not certain. Hopefully someone else can help. Don't think it can be obverse 6 as the spacing of the letters in Victoria is closer than a 6, and the top of the head isn't as close to the rim as it would be with a 6.