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That's how I always report - fraudulent as in a copy / replica not described as such in the listing.

Free with 4 gallons...

There are more varieties of 1858 than possibly all other copper pennies put together. It was all down to the delays involved introducing the bronze with which the Mint had major problems. So they used and reused the 1858s. Then the delays continued so they had the 1859, finally the very rare 1860 just before the bronzes were ready.

Of course it's real - it's the ultra rare "1881 with beaded border".

Could be Kaithi perhaps?

I don't think it's Sanskrit (which alphabetically is virtually identical to Hindi).

Good luck with your £450 valuation! (The problem with the commoner varieties of 1860 - 1863 is that many were put aside at the time, as it was such a radical change to the base metal denominations; there's quite a lot of them out there. Nevertheless they are popular, so you might still get a decent offer).

You've got to take into account that these are the world's longest continuously struck/circulating coins. They may even still be being struck. I'm sure there must be ways of determining the age of examples, but I personally don't know what they are.

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I would say that it is Freeman 10, Obverse 2 + Reverse D. Not one of the rarer types, but very nice condition to have. Approximate value, around £200.

That last one in the CAMEO list appears to be NO CAMEO.

Frosted on one side I can understand. But no frosting at all? That's not a cameo.

That's ludicrous. If there is no frosting, then the term "cameo" cannot apply without rendering the English language meaningless. I'm not sure what PCGS think they're up to.

1977 crowns too - though at least their saving grace was the good design.

No doubt Richard will get the usual bad press.

I bought Pete's 1957/58/59 florins - I'm very happy with them. We did a good deal, favourable to both parties. The 1956 will be of equal quality if anyone's interested...

You may find that those dealers (or their immediate forebears) got badly burned in the "investment crash" in the values of post-Edward VII coins - especially Geo VI and Liz II - that occurred after decimalisation. That would have put some out of business, and certainly it would have generated an attitude that 'modern is rubbish'. However, young collectors these days trying to put together a BU set of pennies 1961-67 may find they are less easy to come by and so they will have the effect of pushing prices up, even if (elderly) dealers won't touch them with a bargepole.

And let's not forget that 50 years on, the 'scarcity myths' prevalent at the height of modern coin fever of the late 60s, still prevail to some extent! I offer you the 1923 sixpence, 1946 halfpenny (BU), 1958 brass 3d (BU), all 1926 halfcrowns, 1965S shilling, and many more. The price guide compilers, and the dealers who feed them, still apply a premium even though since the Great Melt many of the 'scarcities' are far less scarce in relation to their peers than they were back then.

You have a 1959 half penny with silver on it and it looks copper with no hole

That's Boris Johnson for you!

Really? When did decimal end and what's taken its place?

That's far and away the most important thing. Read profusely - books, magazines, specialist tomes - and try to work out what interests you before you jump too quick. A good starting point would be Collectors Coins GB and Grading British Coins, both available via that banner ad above. If you think you want to go further back, invest in a copy of Spink's Standard Catalogue, which lists most English types from Celtic and Roman onwards, and which becomes more comprehensive the further forward in time you go.

Probably not a specimen - as this was one of the last 2 years of silver content a whole lot were put aside. I have one very like that. I remember in 1980 it listed at £2 in BU (and most of that series). Then the Bunker Hunt family tried to corner the world silver market, and these jumped to £12 in BU almost overnight. After a few months of Brits feverishly turning in their ancestral silver for its melt value, the whole enterprise failed and these were back to £2!

Sorry, I wasn't well yesterday. Have now replied.

Ah, sorry - I didn't realise you were personally so badly affected.