Peckris

Wonder what the price was? The 1873s and 1881s (especially) are very difficult in high grades!

Clearly that's a highly probable explanation for many, and one which I never thought about. That too, sounds quite plausible, but why 1928 in particular, peck ? Oh, what I meant was, after the designs changed. Could have been any year really! But perhaps people liked the old designs and were sorry to see them go?

In my wife's family, the tradition was to keep a penny or a larger set of coins for the year of a child's birth. This is something which we have continued with our kids and if a friend has a child, then they get an uncirculated mint set from me! OK, a bit off the subject, but if this was a widespread practice then it would account for a large number of survivals in high grade. I had a published theory about the survival of 1923 halfcrowns in high grade : it was the last year of high mintage of halfcrowns of the old type. (Low mintages in 1924-26.) My theory is that a (?large) bag of 1923 halfcrowns didn't get issued, and was belatedly released after 1928. By that time, the old designs were wearing rapidly due to shallow design. People getting uncirculated 1923s in their change might have thought "Hey, the old design! And in nice condition too!" and put one or two aside. And so more survived than other dates. Just a theory of course, but there has to be a reason why that date is so easy to find.

Even out of focus you can easily tell it's a fake. It's not a fake, it's a replica! Look at the distance of the design from the rim. No wonder he unfocused the camera

Your 1926 is the normal one, and not in too bad a condition. Your eye is a little over-optimistic! Correct for 1949, the 1900 is certainly VF minimum but it's hard to gauge its surface from the picture (as you say), the 1914 is Fine or maybe even GF but you would have to be able to see all the shield for VF, and the 1902 is only Fine (the shield is quite good, but look at all the flat areas on Britannia). Sadly there' nothing of any particular value there. The 1926 MIGHT fetch a pound or two on eBay, but perhaps only 99p. There's a scarce(ish) variety of the 1902 where the sea level is below the point where Britannia's legs cross, but I don't THINK yours is that one (and in that grade there's not a huge difference in value between them anyway). Sorry to be a bit downbeat.

Thanks. Yes, you have the regular issue. Value is about what I said before.

Yes, you have a maximum of 150k per post. Try a different post for each side. If still too big, use a graphics program to reduce the size of the pictures.

Haven't a clue. But this one looks early milled, not hammered.

150k is the limit (per post). Nothing special about that penny. Common 1903 - there's a rare 1903 variety but that isn't it. (Just vandalism probably.)

That's a nice example! (and yes, it is a Geo III Crown). Yours is better than I thought it was going to be. Not far off EF grade. I'd estimate its insurance value at around £150 - £175. Obviously you would get far less if you sold it to a dealer. Also it depends how serious that scratch is on the face, which can only be properly assessed "in hand". There's a few scarce varieties, but we'd need to know the FULL and EXACT edge inscription, including any stops. I've quoted the price of the standard issue.

£151 is a bit on the high side I agree, but not ludicrously so. £31 for yours? If truly BU you got the bargain of the year! Yes, it was my research that got it listed by Spink in the first place. We've already agreed this is the commonest variety, but as I said above, no 1921 shilling is common in BU, in fact I'd rate it the scarcest (in UNc) of that series.

Hi rogbat, Welcome to the forums A scan or photo of both sides of the items would be apprecaited to help identify.

If it was genuinely uncirculated I'd say that was not far off a fair price. IMO 1921 is by far the rarest shilling in that series in Unc - yes, rarer than 1925. But I assume you're pointing us at the scratch on the neck, and what looks like wear to the hair detail? And as a 5+E the most numerous of the 1921 series. I'd have put it at sub £100 and would have been desperate to go more than £60. I agree it's the commonest of the varieties, but what I was getting at is that NO 1921 shilling is common in Unc. Even in Spink - not the most enthusiastic listers of modern silver varieties - it's over £100. I'm not sure what that ebay dollar price translates to exactly?

I'm not surprised. Though you would think the Mint would have eradicated that by now!

If it was genuinely uncirculated I'd say that was not far off a fair price. IMO 1921 is by far the rarest shilling in that series in Unc - yes, rarer than 1925. But I assume you're pointing us at the scratch on the neck, and what looks like wear to the hair detail?

You mean the reddish streaks commonly seen? That's just got to be a copper-mix fault hasn't it? Quite common on cupro-nickel 1947-1951, but I've seen it as late as mid-60s halfcrowns.

I wouldn't rush to buy the G4. Apparently if you hold it in your hand, you lose the signal! (Mind you, who buys an iPhone for making phone calls anyway?)

Something to do with fish? Oh sorry, I thought it said, 'Forum Cod'. ><((((~º3 ººº

I didn't even know this existed. There's no 465A in my Freeman (I just checked) so it must be a later addition. But one thing's for certain - if the rarer reverse is Freeman's Reverse B (long teeth) I would have spotted one straight off, so I've never seen one I can confidently say.

Wow, that beats my AFair example for 90p !!

Ouch. That's way more than a £350 coin IMO ! It's GEF with lustre, not easy to find in that grade at all. Oh well, better luck next time.

Speaking as Scheherezade (this is my 1001 post ), no I haven't, but Chris seems to be otherwise occupied these days - he hasn't posted for what seems like ages.

That halfpenny just looks stained scott, i.e. surface, not metal content. Dark patches on bronze are nearly always staining. And ... this is my 1000th post! Let's see if the label changes or not Oooh yes, I'm now a Forum God! And in less than a year too! Ok mortals, just build me a temple and offer up a different BU bun penny each week

The kind of lucky break you can only dream of Nice! Even if they were all 1915 you could still turn a nice profit on them

You sure you're not talking about the farthing? There's a very rare 2+A proof farthing, but the 2+B is common. 1953 halfpennies have two obverses (neither of them rare) and one reverse. As for the penny, I assume you're talking about the experimental Type 1 (edge border toothed)? You can forget that! There is one example known - possibly two at the most - you can save yourself a lot of time looking for that one.