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Just looking through Freeman's book "The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain" 1985 edition, I was struck by the fact that there is no attribution for a Freeman 75, except that a small notation appears, which reads "See p 19". But on turning to page 19, there is no obvious reference to a 75 There are others, such as the Freeman 144, 151 & 152. They all say "see p 19", and the latter two also have rarity 18 against them. Is anybody able to cast any light on what might or should appear on page 19? Thanks.

Don't worry, Jerry. I did exactly the same thing a week or so back, when I posted pics of my F28, instead of F25. Easily done.

We are the 9th largest exporter in the world, so I'm pretty sure there's many places which want our goods - link

Actually, if we have goods that are in demand elsewhere, the lower pound will have the effect of increasing our exports, because cheaper, and making trade deals more likely. So it isn't all doom and gloom, as some bremainers predict. Pound/dollar curent exchange rate £1.22.

It obviously would have the effect of making coins bought from the USA or Europe significantly more expensive. But if, like me, you have been solely buying from within the UK recently, there has been no change.

Nice couple of pennies there Jerry. Well captured.

Well yes, I can see that. But I'm not going for my year of birth. I think I'd prefer something from the 19th century.

Not a bad idea by Stuart. I think I might pick a year at some point, and give it a go.

He did say that as far as post Brexit trade deals are concerned, the UK would be at the front of the line, instead of the back of the queue, according to Obama.

He certainly has a strange way of showing it.

Nice one, Jon. The Isle of Man have obviously been using the Triskelion for a very long time.

Hmm....interesting. I note the vendor has left his mobile number on the page. Could be shilled, although the bidding jumped from £416 to £1108, 8 seconds before the end of the auction. That would not suggest a shill bid to me. More likely someone trying to secure a rare coin by over bidding. Trouble was, they were playing catch up both then and 2 seconds before the end, as another high possible overbid had been made by someone else 19 seconds before the end of the auction

The more Trump says, the more he seems to shoot himself in the foot, and now the 2005 tape revelations. Clinton seems a lot cleverer in the sense of what she says, and how she comes across in debate. On the other hand, with the fainting episode a few weeks ago, her health seems a bit dodgy. The forthcoming debate tonight (middle of the night our time), should be a belter, not the least because of Trump's attack on Bill Clinton earlier today. Ultimately it'll be very interesting to see who gets in - although I'm inclined to think he has lost large portions of the female, black and Hispanic vote. He doesn't seem to care who he alienates, which is a no brainer when you need votes. Thoughts?

I've seen one of those meters. It was a gas meter used in the 1960's, I believe. Took shillings, which you inserted and then turned a lever clockwise to drop the coin into the machine itself. Might explain some of the edge knocks on shillings.

Don't be ripped off, Pete. I know it's a trivial sum, but it's the principle of the thing.

I think £5 is a bit steep, Pete. My 2014 coin yearbook (admittedly 2 years out of date), has an UNC 1961 at £2, 1962 to 1966 at £0.50, and the 1967 with a dash through it. Can't think that much would have changed for that particular cohort in the time elapsed since then.

Two principal reasons:- 1/ Mintages 1961 - 48,313,400 1962 - 148,308,600 1963 - 125,235,600 1964 - 153, 294,000 1965 - 121,310,400 1966 - 165,739,200 1967 - 654,564,000 2/ I bought some old coin monthly mags from the late 1960's and early 1970's, off Rob a couple or so years back, and the late 60's was very much a boom time for the coin market. It was obvious from looking at some of the dealer ads, that dealers had bought many mint rolls of mainly later into the 60's pennies, such as 1967, and were offering them for sale to the public. I reckon a combination of the two points above is pretty much why 1962 to 1967, is cheaper than the 1961. There are fewer 1961 pennies available in BU, than the other years, especially 1967 itself.

Cheers Pete. In the end it was a much better specimen than I expected to get.

My 1874 series is now complete, with the acquistion of the final piece in the jigsaw - a Freeman 77 in what I would say was toned GEF. Thanks to Ian for this coin

They look like total fakes to me. Also, whoever is saying they're turning up in change or won in a fruit machine, is manifestly lying through their teeth. None have yet been released for circulation, and they probably wouldn't fit an unadapted slot machine anyway. They are being released for circulation in March 2017 - link

^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bernie, it looks as though Matt was successful in obtaining a copy of the Christies auction from the Fitzwilliam, and it does appear they also hold copies of the 25th November 1991 auction. Might be worth a try.

I think it was an original photo reproduced on the flyer, Bernie.

I looked at Spink's archive, but couldn't find any auctions for 25th November1991.

No, only the indentation on the E. The scratch is either invisible on the photo, or was made later. I'd imagine the Empire photo was taken circa 1963. The fact that Spink acquired the cooin in 1956, must take us back very close to the person who originally found or held the coin. Wonder who that was....

If you look at the top one posted by me, that clearly shows a coin with lustre, as does Bernie's "Market Scene" article. But the other two, posted separately by Paulus and Richard, show a toned coin apparently devoid of lustre.