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The inscription is right for George II - DG (Dei Gratia "by the grace of God") MBF (Magnae Britanniae, Franciae "of Great Britain, France") ETHI( (Et Hiberniae "and Ireland"). There should also be REX ("King"). It looks like a medallion of some kind, especially as the portrait faces the opposite way than on the coins.

I'd agree - certainly minimum VF but probably better.

It is some ancient law that was never repealed about being found within the walls of Chester City isn't it? I think it also stipulates that they must be shot using a bow and arrow. Not even a crossbow?

Not forgetting the eighteen pence, three shillings, and dollar, not to mention broad, angel, unite, and counterstamped "pieces of 8" Mm, I obviously did not think this one fully through, I was trying to make the poll on what I would consider the standard pre-decimal denominations. Maybe this needs a re-think or a new poll? Ideas anyone? How about, "What is your favourite denomination for collecting purposes?"

Not forgetting the eighteen pence, three shillings, and dollar, not to mention broad, angel, unite, and counterstamped "pieces of 8"

Neither an accurate nor an honest description. Still some mugs who see the word "gold" and trip over their brain cell in a rush to reach their wallet though (yes, I know I used cell in the singular) I remember standing on the Kop in my younger days when some guy in front was raging loudly and frequently at everything happening on the pitch. One student-type behind me turned to his friend and observed drily, "Wonder what he does with his other brain cell?"

We all have daydreams about coins or we wouldn't be here, I guess. But it's rare for me to have actual dreams about coins. So after having TWO this week, I thought I'd share them with you. In the first, I acquired an 1882 London Mint penny. Despite being pretty worn (only half the legend visible), I managed to get it authenticated by no less a personage than Michael Freeman! He pointed out that he could easily tell it from the "grizzled" mouth (that's 'grizzle' as in what a baby does, not old-timer wrinkled). So far, so near normal.. The second one must have been set when they changed the size of the 5p (early 90s). I noticed that instead of the Mint issuing a huge number of small 5p's all dated 1990, they had simply reduced every withdrawn coin to the new small size. I was picking tiny Victoria and George V "shillings" out of my change, when I noticed a type I never saw before : a monarch with a Rolling Stones head of hair, and the attribution was Edward V VI VII and VIII! Anyone else had a dream about coins that's worth recounting?

Blimey. If even Coincraft won't play ball, then there really is NO FUTURE (thank you Johnny Rotten).

I'll go along with the others - GVF and a nice looking coin. Any slight detail lost is not critical for this type. If the price is right, go for it!

She should have bought Premium Bonds

Sorry should have been clearer! Yes I mean not just what you still collect but what you have collected, if that makes it clearer? I want to try and be as statistically as accurate as possible, so if your main collection is pennies but you also have other denominations that include more than say 5 of that denomination that I would constitute that as a collection of that denomination. I hope that helps clear the mud! PS Note to myself, proof read your posts twice in future!!!! I've included double florins even though I don't have 5 of them. But leaving aside varieties, there's only a few years of them, so I've ticked that box. And most of the others too.

Hmm. Not sure how to respond. I have examples of most of those denominations in my collection - is that what you meant? Or, do you mean "What do you STILL collect?" - my brass 3d collection is complete apart from Edward VIII (never fill that gap ) so I'm not still collecting those.

As a word of caution I can't help recalling that when I visited the corinium museum in Cirencester as a child they sold tons of replica roman coins, so could it be you have somehow acquired one of these replicas rather than a genuine one. Of course it could be a genuine one, in which case just ignore me, but I think it's worth bearing in mind. Wow, I lived in Ciren for a few years as an adolescent, AND I dug on the Roman excavations they held in the 70s. When were you there? It's very unlikely to be a replica, being so worn. Replicas are generally in reasonably high grade otherwise no-one would want them.

Yes, that's about how long you'd have to keep it before it was worth anything The good news is that you can replace both the Dove of Peace £2 and the Churchill Crown for not much more than face value. Victoria was crowned in 1838 after coming to the throne in 1837, so your feeling is quite correct, and she was indeed 19 at the time.

Really? Blimey, I look forward to that! Peter's being saying that for a while now. I'm not aware that Rob has ever confirmed or denied it. I know it's not relevant to the OP but the late great Colin Cooke was working on the farthing replacement for CW Peck before his sad demise.

I'd be very surprised - there's absolutely no love lost between the Japanese and the Chinese. Even more so than between the English and the Sco Welsh.

I hear you Geordie! I have a drawer full of the damn things, just because I picked them up cheap at auction. But apart from some of the piedfort £2, the 1983 piedfort silver £1, the first ten years of silver £1 proofs, and the 1996 decimal anniversary silver set, you can keep the rest of the ruddy things.

Das verletzt meine Seiten zu lachen! Ich liebe google Ãœbersetzer! and back.. It does hurt my sides laughing! I love Google Translator! Huh. Disappointingly consistent (The translation back was using Babylon not Google - using Google got exactly the same English unsurprisingly)

I admire your laudible target and your optimism, but unless you are prepared to dig deep suspect the wheels will come off the bus. You will struggle finding a Harthacnut, Harold II or a William II for under a thousand, not to mention the minor inconvenience of an Edward the Martyr - One type, always popular, portrait coin, always expensive. And the major inconvenience of an Edward VIII which I recommend you start saving for now. Thanks Rob I did check out the prices intially and some did make me twice! But if it never gets finished I don't mind, the goal and the hunt is what matters for the collection at the moment, and not buying coins just to fill a gap! Some compromises may have to be made (such as dropping to VF for the bun heads, but I actually prefer the pre 1895 pennies in VF I think its due to the history and that they were handled probably!) everything post 1895 is as close to Unc as I can afford apart from some of the scarcer coins I will settle for VF or F if needs be. As for the Edward VIII if had that money to throw about I would have a complete collection of every penny, mint etc plus a mansion, 20 odd cars................... etc. But if I ever saved that amount there is no way in hell I could convince SWMBO to buy a single coin for that amount (or her description "a piece of metal!!!! ). It will definitely prove interesting when I start with the more expensive hammered coins! Your bun policy is romantic and laudable in its own way. However, do be aware that if you are prepared to tolerate a variety of grades in your collection there is great scope for affordable completion. For example, buns from 1887 to 1893 are readily available in EF or better - with lustre - for very reasonable prices. Especially 1890-92 for some reason. F or GF could be reserved for difficult dates like 1864, 1869, 1871, 1865/3, 1875H, and then you could hover around the VF mark (+/-) for everything else. In fact, most dates can be picked up at good prices in GVF and you could even go EF+ for the common varieties of 1860-61, and 1862-63.

Six penn'orth, surely? Do I win the prize for being the first to state the bleedin' obvious?

Nice. Silver 1944-1946 is quite common in high grades as it was hoarded after cupro-nickel replaced silver in 1947. Having said that, it's still nice to get a BU example like yours, and if you are a type collector that's a gap filled. Very nice shilling.

I have the pdf from another, very friendly source. Please send me your email-address via IM, so I can provide you the pdf. Done - and I've received your pdf, many thanks. A slight confusion, as I thought you were talking about my missing 'Ron Stafford 10 pence survey' pdf. But it's worked out even better, as I still have the Coin Monthly with the 10 pence survey in, but I've never before seen the halfcrown survey which you've sent. So a good result!

What date is it, just for the record (and is it E or S?)

Once again... it is very usefull and not harmfull to have as much literature as possible And I will purchase the catalogue of davies by chance as well. By the way... I do have the pdf of the 1982 stafford paper. In case there is any interest let me know via IM please. And hopefully I will get some more papers dealing with coin varieties soon. I'm certainly interested, as I made the scans and uploaded the pdf, but it's sadly now disappeared off my computer.

Didn't they? That's interesting. So 9 would be VIIII then ? I didn't know that either, when did it come in, anyone know? William IV is IIII on his coins .... According to Wikipedia: "Subtractive notation was rarely used in Ancient Rome but became popular in the 13th century." Yes, the Middle Ages was the period I had down. Though IIII was certainly IV when clocks became popular from the 17thC - so why clock makers preferred IIII is anyone's guess. There are a number of suggestions here as to why clockmakers may have preferred IIII. Interesting article -- I rather like the 'single mould' theory myself, giving the symbol I for use all through, the symbol V only in the second third, and the symbol X only in the last third.