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  1. 1949threepence
    Indeed so, David. They are the Cinderella underdogs to their much bigger cousins, the pennies. I'm led to understand that during the 1950's and 60's, for example, there were very few really old halfpennies still in circulation, whereas a relatively high number of buns, veiled and Edward VII pennies were obviously still circulating - presumably, as you say, because of the accelerated amount of wear they sustained.
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    Some really nice purchases there, Jon. Super coins..
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    45 years since decimal currency was introduced, and 50 years since the (then) Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Right Hon James Callaghan MP, announced that we would be going decimal in 5 years time. Take a peek at this interview with him from March 1966. ETA: also watched the succeeding interview with Callaghan and Robin Day from 1971 - my word, how straight spoken he was. What a breath of fresh air compared to the mealy mouthed politicians we have today.
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    Although it looks like a die fault, David. Albeit in a very interesting place.
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    I'm bidding on four - one of them a proof
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    Can't make it tomorrow, unfortunately. But thanks Rob.
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    Skimming through the decimal section, I found this old thread I started a few years ago. I really must re-start my £2 coin collection, which I've neglected to add to since 2012. (and avoid the temptation to spend any of them when short of change)
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    Always happy to help, Matt
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    Matt, I've got the 1985 edition. At page 19, MF writes the following:- Hope this helps.
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    Off the top of my head I'd go for GEF/UNC. Nice coin.
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    Now fully loading - problem fixed
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    Undoubtedly, probably considerable carnage.
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    Incidentally guys, there has been a very significant number of additions to the Elstree Collection of pennies, as compared to the original listing for the March "preview" - in case anybody hadn't noticed.
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    Absolute Magic I just had to copy and paste this !!!
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    Cheers for the heads up, Pete
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    Thanks a lot, Matt.
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    I must admit, Matt, I hadn't realised they were quite that rare. Took a look at some of the major collections and at some LCA auctions before discovering the thread linked to above
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    Apparently there's only one, and it's in the British Museum - all is revealed on this thread from 2014 You can write a quick post thanking me later, Ian, as I've had to spend a fair bit of time searching for you
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    So what's the background to these latest coins, ChKy? How rare/common are they, and what is the demand for them amongst collectors in Germany?
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    Cheers Pete
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    It was a struggle, but I got there in the end - cheers Matt
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    OK, I've imageshacked them - if this doesn't work, nothing will:- 1864 penny reverse 1864 penny obverse 1871 penny reverse 1871 penny obverse
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    They're on my PC and tablet, Pete, but they're not appearing on my phone. They're just pics I took, sent to a spare e mail address, copied the address link, and inserted the image from the URL, in "insert other media" - they should work OK, but clearly there's a bit of an issue ETA - does this work?
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    The second is an 1871:- To be fair, I actually bought this in August 2013, but didn't have the facilities for photographing it properly back then:-
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    I was absent from the forum for a while, and during that period I bought some coins, and I thought I oought to share a couple with you:- The first is an 1864 crosslet 4, which I bought a year ago, February 2015:-
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