1949threepence

100% agreed. I honestly can't see the point in having to keep re-registering for each auction on a site where you've bid previously. It's time wasting, irritating and totally inane. They should take a leaf out of DNW's or Spink's books where you register only once. Any thoughts @NRP ?

I received the e mail authorising me to bid at 17:20 today.

Although does this mean you have to re-register for each auction? Again, not crystal clear. Auction Mobility? Is that something separate from the main site? By contrast, dnw & Spink are paragons of simplicity and ease for the end user.

Well I thought I would also try and register, if not for this auction, then for another in the future. But all I've got is "registration pending" - pending what? approval? Not much use if you want to bid imminently on something.

I can believe it. They're just not being used - and that's been the case for a very, very long time. Hence why you can very easily find 30 year old 1 & 2p pieces, still with almost full mint lustre.

It may be just a bit of cud to you mate, but to me it's a bloody great monstrosity of metal disfiguring an otherwise beautifully formed 6...... In other news I'm seeking a psychiatric referral in the near future........

What's wrong with the 6 on this F39? Looks like there might have been some metal displacement. Certainly looks like nothing I've ever seen before. The link to the sale is here

I'd say obverse 2.

Yes, I 100% agree. Most of the time it doesn't matter, but there are times when anonymity is preferred, and without notes and coins, that won't be possible. It will also be the end of discount for cash by tradesmen.

So double what was paid 5 or 6 years ago.

Looks more like wear to me. Maybe not a brilliant strike when minted.

Yes. An example is the canteen at my workplace. From April this year they will no longer be accepting cash. Only card payments, contactless, tap and go, and the like. Although I did hear that at one office, where this system is already in place, the technology froze one dinner time, and it was complete chaos. All the dinners had been prepared, but no-one could pay for them. In the end, staff did pay cash, and a number of IOU notes were written by the canteen manager because no change could be given. I find it a bit sad to be honest, because I feel we are being forced down a road we don't necessarily want to go down. How the office collections will be done in future, I really don't know. If a machine is used, you'll have to state exactly how much you want to give, rather than discreetly placing a few coins in a tin. That could be embarrassing.

Agreed 100% - the more I see of PC'ness, the more it seems so artificially contrived and irritating. If we must have a coin to mark the transition, at least make it a decent one. A £2 would be better than a 50p.

I wonder if any of those March 2019 efforts ever made it out of the Royal MInt.

I did try calling my bank about their policy on the old £2 coins, but it was a call centre and she literally didn't have a clue what I was on about.

I'm not convinced they'd be refused, but I just wonder where they are. Maybe they were just more conspicuous back then, because they were the only ones around. Nowadays, of course, they're swamped. But the fact remains, they definitely circulated. I'd certainly notice one if it were handed to me in change.

I've not had one of those 1986 £2 coins in my change since about 1996. Probably received one about five times between about 1989 and 1996.

Logical. Shopkeepers would have no doubt been aware that they were then able to pay them into the bank as 25p's, but many customers would have complained or said "what's this?" if they'd been handed them as change. Which wouldn't have been worth the time and hassle trying to explain.

Not necessarily, and definitely worth an investment. I had to do a double take as it's not dissimilar to an 8 over 6. You just never know what might suddenly cause major interest down the line. Talking of 8 over 6's, I actually bought one in March last year. Lot 1253 at the LCA. Except it's not a F33A. It's actually a F18 (2 + D) modified to Gouby AA (D + d). At any rate close to that, but the underlying figure much thinner, hence "wiry 6". Gouby said in 2009 there was only one known. Purchased out of interest and not overly expensive, but only fair. You can clearly see the wiry 6 under magnification.

To get an F32 in that condition is fantastic. What a superb specimen.

There are some rare date sub varieties with probable mintages way below 210k - although whether they would count in this scenario is debatable.

Indeed. As Chris said, it doesn't look quite natural.

Yes, definitely a F39. I'd say toned GEF. Nice coin.

That's an impressive haul, Ian.

Very occasionally one does randomly show up. But those moments are as rare as the coins themselves.