Peckris

It's a one-year type halfpenny 1799. The AVR would probably just be graffiti. The coin is in respectable condition VF or better, but not worth a great deal with the graffiti.

It's quite nice but a very common date - probably not much more than a fiver?

That's an early milled beauty, it really is. Just supposing your dreams came true and you had the funds to realise it, how much would that set you back? £9645.25 plus postage at 2003 prices Eh????? What catalogue lists values down to £...45.25??? I agree. I was just trying to find a pic I had of the specimen 1922 with reverse of 1927, but with the ME obverse, to see if this was also identical to your X2 reverse. Unfortunately I don't seem to have it which may be because I promised to delete it after viewing! Oh well, not to worry. Your picture is really nice anyway - a handsome specimen :-)

Your verbal description was way too harsh! I'd say that's a clear Fine, that reverse. (Haven't seen the obverse). The problem is, there is still too much wear to be really sure of that 8. Yes, there is something wrong there for sure, but it is highly unusual to see a problem with the first 8 of the date : that tended to be carried across on dies for different dates, with only the last digit or two being punched separately for different years. What is most likely is that some 'foreign matter' may have crept onto the blank when struck, e.g. a bit of metal from the previous strike. Or, it may be a cracked die with the crack developed enough to cause a raised anomaly on the final coin.

You can go there with diddly and still enjoy it.You can see what you want to go for...bettcha buy something Exactly. You don't even need hundreds - you could still have a great day out. Look out for the higher priced "trays", e.g. £5 or more - they can have some real bargains in if you devote the time to look through them.

That's an early milled beauty, it really is. Just supposing your dreams came true and you had the funds to realise it, how much would that set you back?

No.

You don't want this one, the lustre is suspect. I remember that coin (from Manchester?) and did wonder about the lustre. The 1933 and 1954 are both on my bucket list, together with the 1920 3+B! Otherwise, I have to do with this (apologies for those that have seen it before). Particularly as it only cost me a penny! No apology necessary - I'd love one of those! But one thing seems quite clear - if you look in my previous post just above, that Photoshopped image is of a genuine 1927 reverse. The so-called "1922 with 1927 reverse" (yours) is nothing of the sort really. It has a much wider rim and longer & thicker teeth. It is really a reverse on its own, a 'try out' if you like. It should be reclassified as a unique reverse, and given its own number. It's not even identical to the 1928-onwards reverse either, as the rim and teeth are different. In fact I'd go as far as saying that the reverses from 1922 onwards would be : Reverse X - normal 1922 reverse, also used in 1926 Reverse X2 - the rare "1927" 1922 reverse (pattern?) Reverse Y - 1927 reverse Reverse Z - 1928 - 1936 reverse (I've given them XYZ letters as I haven't bothered to dovetail them in with previous Geo V reverses)

It's most likely to be in average condition, but the range of values would go from around bullion value in Fair (£2?) up to several hundred £ in Mint condition. Here's mine. Looks impressive huh? Actually, it isn't even EF - that's how critical grading is, and how important to get right. thats a nice coin, i just keep buying crap off ebay it seems, im trying to offload my 15 kn pennies on there at the moment Ebay is OK but get some good dealers and use them. If you went to a fair you could pick up most of the bargain basement items from dealers 50p tins...look in the £4 tins and there are £10 ebay coins Yes, that was my experience too. Stephen Lockett used to dump some quite good 'lot bulk' coins in his trays, but you had to sort them from the chaff. It was well worth it and such coins used to make up a decent proportion of my list. I think Gary has more or less given up on British coins, mainly due to Chinese fakes he told me. He concentrates on foreign coins now, but if you're in there just ask what he's got in your budget and he will pull out any drawers or cases - don't get your hopes up though; his last list had very little British on it. My 1918KN and like Peck's 1930 halfcrown, nice but not in top grade David That IS nice. I don't have a good KN at all. The 19 in really GF but that's it. I've spent years searching for a really GVF or NEF but the prices are silly now and the moment has gone.

If Victoria has been worn almost smooth, then the coin wouldn't even rate Fair (which is the equivalent of VG) - for Fine you should be able to see all design features except the highest. For example you have to see hairlines - at least some. As for your picture, we would need to see it really : try compressing it in an image editor (you can reduce a JPEG to less than half full quality for example, which cuts down the file size to around a quarter or even less than full quality. And if you reduce the actual image size a bit, that will also reduce the file size. It's worth pointing out that Dave - azda - posts HUGE images that still come in under 150k; no, I don't know how he does it..!) If your image isn't a JPEG, maybe that's the problem? Some other formats have very large file sizes.

Not BU, but about uncirculated !!! Thanks '49! Here's my own 1926ME dream ... note the 1927 reverse! (Literally in this case - thank you Photoshop )

When you do a new post, or a reply, there's an Attachments section just below. Click 'Choose File', go to where it is on your computer and select that picture. (You may need to resize or compress it as there is a maximum of 150k per post. A JPEG is usually the best bet.) Then there is what seems a completely unnecessary step of 'Attach This File', followed by 'Place in post'. (Why those last two can't be combined into one I have really no idea). Thank you, it should enlarge OK for detail - I hope! It's a downloadable item, not quite an attachment. But I can see it, though not large enough to make out the legend. However, your description is probably enough to guess that it goes through a list of British monarchs? In which case I would think it is a teaching aid, which there are many different types of in the 19th Century. OR, and this is perhaps less likely, it is a vain attempt by our worst monarch ever to establish himself in the pantheon of monarchy, as a foil to all the satirists who'd quite rightly lampooned his outrageous behaviour and obesity. I say less likely because he'd have to commission a private engraver to make it, and after that, who would distribute it? No, I think it more likely that it's an educational thing. Maybe someone else here has a better idea?

It's most likely to be in average condition, but the range of values would go from around bullion value in Fair (£2?) up to several hundred £ in Mint condition. Here's mine. Looks impressive huh? Actually, it isn't even EF - that's how critical grading is, and how important to get right. Nice coin Peck. I sold mine because it didn't cut the mustard...yours would. Oh don't get me wrong - I've no regrets about owning it! But it is the most worn halfcrown I own of that particular series, not surprisingly

I've searched the net for an image of a BU 1926 modified effigy penny, but there isn't one anywhere I can see. Sorry! (That would be my dream coin).

OMG, you must be kidding! Two 50p's, three £1's and three £2's, in one year? What are we "celebrating" - the "Year before the Olympics"? And who is the big-eared gonk in the middle?

When you do a new post, or a reply, there's an Attachments section just below. Click 'Choose File', go to where it is on your computer and select that picture. (You may need to resize or compress it as there is a maximum of 150k per post. A JPEG is usually the best bet.) Then there is what seems a completely unnecessary step of 'Attach This File', followed by 'Place in post'. (Why those last two can't be combined into one I have really no idea).

It's most likely to be in average condition, but the range of values would go from around bullion value in Fair (£2?) up to several hundred £ in Mint condition. Here's mine. Looks impressive huh? Actually, it isn't even EF - that's how critical grading is, and how important to get right.

Welcome to the forums I'm afraid what you're looking at there is an example of the Great (<- irony) British Coin Redesign of 2008. This involved replacing the serviceable though hardly inspired designs from 1968-71 by throwing open a competition to redesign the coins to a group of 3-year-old kids living in an Essex postwar council estate. For some reason, a design that featured a single Royal Coat of Arms split over the reverses of all denominations which refused to make a coherent whole when assembled because the designer in question was too young to realise that coins by their nature are round and will not tessellate, won. We are doomed to live with these for the forseeable future, unlike the recipients of the Victorian Jubilee Head who only had 6 years to put up with that particular misfortune.

Interesting comparisons. Just out of interest, how much would a (very common?) 1885-O Morgan dollar fetch in absolute brilliant sparkling UNC condition? The fields are virtually mirror-like, and the raised design has a frosted appearance. Probably not very much? I'd say around $60-115, or perhaps more. Though Morgans are perhaps the biggest example of grading influencing prices. A coin rated as MS-62 might fetch $75, if the coin was rated MS-64 it might fetch $100, and if it is rated MS-66 it might fetch $300 or so despite there being small differences in eye appeal from MS-64 to MS-66. Thanks. Oh well, I won't retire yet then! (Mind you, it only cost me £12 in 1978 so there you go)

That's AHorrible+ / NHorrible

Unless of course, you mean the Milky Way lander.. or was it Snickers? STANDARDISING?? Don't get me started!!

Interesting comparisons. Just out of interest, how much would a (very common?) 1885-O Morgan dollar fetch in absolute brilliant sparkling UNC condition? The fields are virtually mirror-like, and the raised design has a frosted appearance. Probably not very much?

Also the fact that in terms of bronze issue, they were the longest running design by far, lasting for near 35 years. When you consider the nearest competition was the piffling 15 years of Geo V (1911-1926) and 11 years of Geo VI (1937-48), which are the longest running predecimal designs since (technically, the Eliz II design ran from 1954-1970, but effectively it's only a six year span), that's a hell of a long run. Plus of course, the mystery of getting that flat disc with perhaps a mere silhouette of Victoria on the obverse, and if you were lucky a CD on the reverse. Yet with all the rare varieties you scoured that date just in case! Pennies from 1895 seemed to occur more frequently in VG or even F, the same with Ed VII.

I emailed her 4 days ago to say it was a modern repro and only worth a quid or two. Needless to say with it already at £410 the silence was deafening. It's been withdrawn. Probably reappear in a few weeks time with an 'ambiguous' description .

Very cool. He seems to have missed the 1997 Crown though, with Prince Philip on More seriously he has missed all the lion-on-crown sixpences and shillings of Geo V and Ed VII, not to mention the lion shillings of Geo VI and Eliz II, the horse and dragon on 1935 and 1951 crowns, and the lion and unicorn on the 1937 Crown.