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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.

Isn't that 1200 posts, not 1000? Oh well, in a few posts time I will find out for sure

The Edw VII penny doesn't look streaked at all, just some dark staining which could be from anything. The 1919 penny looks in good enough condition for it to be "streaky lustre". Interesting. Those dark patches probably look clearer "in hand"? I can't tell much from the picture. "Steaking" may or may not, be lustre. I would have said that "marbling" is the actual metal content, not lustre? IMO.

Yes, good point. It looks a little strange, the lustre, but environmental toning could account for that.

Ladies?? OY!!! Is that a typo for 'laddies', or do you need a brain transplant?? From the 25p tray of a dealer at the Midlands Coin Fair (unsorted :-) ): • 1888 sixpence GEF • 1951 brass 3d, Unc with strong lustre From a Warwick&Warwick auction lot of pennies from 1860 to 1967 • 1919H with the usual flat hair (worn die) but in all other respects GEF or better, rich chocolate patina - £20 From a New York dealer : • 1903 halfcrown F+/AVF, lustre - £26 From circulation : • 1926ME penny, GF - £0.005

Forgive me being pedantic 1949! but don't you mean a "die blemish"? If there was a genuine die error in the modern era it would be remarkable and valuable, as witness the 1983 2 NEW PENCE error. (Though strictly speaking, even that is not a die error, but a mule - I'm finding it hard to come up with an example of a die error in modern times). Yeah.......I suppose. I'm not really sure what you would call mine either, and I'm very open to persuasion on this one. It appears like a little bubble in the upper field of the reverse. Die "blemish", as you suggest, maybe ? Or other blemish? E.g. on the blank itself? Or a bit of grease or foreign matter that got in for just one strike only?

Good pictures scott. The 1866 penny is an enigma, but it COULD be a result of an abrasion scar across the reverse which exposed bare metal and hasn't properly toned back yet. It doesn't look like a classic example of 'streakiness'. Your other two pennies seem to be classic examples of 'streaky lustre'. This occurs a lot in the early 1920s, but you appear to have got two examples from earlier than that. However, there's no way of telling whether they came streaky from the Mint, or have acquired some form of environmental toning. The Vic in particular looks like a 'toned Unc with lustre', while the Edward ... do you think it is possible that is a high grade penny that has been artificially lustred? (It has the look of an Edw VII farthing that's been treated.)

Forgive me being pedantic 1949! but don't you mean a "die blemish"? If there was a genuine die error in the modern era it would be remarkable and valuable, as witness the 1983 2 NEW PENCE error. (Though strictly speaking, even that is not a die error, but a mule - I'm finding it hard to come up with an example of a die error in modern times).