1949threepence

Matt, with specific regard to the groups, I've noticed that some posters still retain the "Numismatic Research Group" tag, especially those who haven't posted in a while. Also, some have "Unidentified Variety" when they have posted more than 30 posts.

I can't disagree with that

It's a bit weird anyway. If you look at the seller's other items they are flagged up as follows:- "$18.40 International Priority Shipping to United Kingdom via the Global Shipping program" So it's a bit of a mystery why this particular coin should be causing a problem, unless it's something to do with the high price and the insurance. The only option is to contact the vendor directly and ask what the issue is.

I don't think we've got any forum legends yet

So Matt, what post counts separate your Newbies, from Juniors, from Regulars from Fledged, from Luminaries, from Veterans etc?

Yes, I agree. On closer inspection it is obverse 4. The hair at the nape of the neck sweeps towards the ear, which it doesn't on obverse 3. We could do with a clearer picture, as you say. On all obverse 4's, the "L" of L.C.WYON is flawed and appears as an I.

Don't know about a Spink classification, but I'm pretty sure it's a Freeman 10, obverse 2, reverse D. The most notable giveaways on the reverse are that the exergual line curves upwards slightly on the left hand side. On the obverse the I, and the T's of "BRITT" are slightly out of alignment with the BR, curving away clockwise. Also the "L.C.WYON" signature stands well clear of the toothed border, but not almost on the bust as with obverse 3, for example.

When I post an actual pic on pre decimal, it appears on all three of my home devices, but is visible to no-one else. Also invisible on my work PC. Christ knows what the problem is, but there you go. Plain weird. I've had to resort to uploading my coin pics to an image hosting site, and then posting the links on here.

I am now. Thanks for the heads up. Managed to retrieve the second one from ITV player and watched it - and just seen the third one "Brocket Hall" earlier on. Absolutely brilliant, even if, as you suggest, "dumbed down". Even if only some of the narrative is true, what a formidable woman Victoria must have been.

That's true. One or two people on here have indicated they have coins for sale, but when you make an enquiry, that's the last you hear of it. Even when you've said "name your price". As for VIP threepences, it's a bit of a specialist area to say the least.

£85 for a 1950 set - absolute bargain. Given the age, some degree of toning, however slight, is almost inevitable. In this case from the ribbon.

Successful snipes often entail making your bid massively above the latest bid. That way, you will almost certainly be way ahead of the competition, but still only pay slightly above the bid immediately below yours. Works for me anyway.

On my recently acquired F28, the P points to a gap. Obviously, there aren't that many available for direct comparison. A relevant point may be that two mints produced pennies dated 1861, the Royal MInt and the James Watt mint, with the latter eventually producing by far, the vast majority dated 1861. Many varieties already exist for both 1860 and 1861, and who knows how many times the various dies were recut, with minor variations occurring each time. That much is obvious from the often clumsily prepared date numerals, which seem to be differently spaced and not infrequently sloping, at at an angle.

Hi, I sent you a PM a couple of days ago. Are you still selling?

Yes, maybe Brian will buy if Bob is willing to sell one. ETA: Not sure why it's showing a post of Matt's from 29th June. It's not the one I actually quoted

Bad luck, Brian. It's frustrating to get pipped at the post for an item of rarity like that.

Bad luck, Brian. It's frustrating to get pipped at the post for an item of rarity like that.

That's what I failed to do - many thanks, Paul

Screenshot of how it shows up in my browser

It usually is, Pete, to be fair

Well this is lot 969. On my devices, when I blow it up, it just shows a blurred image, for whatever reason.

Not massively impressed with the DNW website. If you try to blow up the pics, all you get is the same size, blurred, and whilst the items I saved to "my cabinet" were retained for a few days, when I tried to look again just a few minutes ago, the page was empty.

Great tactics

Thanks for the heads up. Having just previewed, there's one of great interest for me in that auction

Hmmm, I'm not sure about this:- I think I'd sooner not interfere with the coin, even with the carbon spot/s there. With regard to the point made by Sword, about the carbon spot developing post slabbing, that is entirely plausible, as they take time to appear. What will never be known is what - or who -- caused it. Quite possibly a minute drop of saliva inadvertently left on the coin's surface, because whoever was handling it, also talked at the same time. A very good reason never to talk whilst handling coins, and to turn right away if you have to cough or sneeze !!! The tiny and unobtrusive spots on the 1918 and 1900 examples above, would not put me off to any great degree, as the coins are otherwise superb.