Peckris

There's a duck below Mrs Peter? Och Donald, where's yer troosers...

Both in the 2:45 at Towcester? I'd say Slippery Sam for sure - he's carrying less weight, did well in the Novices Hurdles, and is a much better price than Jota, who for my money is an overrated bet and his jockey has been recently changed.

No, "retoning" is the standard jargon. It is dealer-speak for "you can still see it was once cleaned so it hasn't retoned back completely yet, but is an ongoing process..". But then, I haven't seen the particular coin you're talking about.

George III is an excellent reign to choose - it's more varied even than Victoria, with all kinds of coin revolutions taking place over its 60 years; it's fair to say that when it began, Britain was in the early milled era, but when it ended the coinage we were familiar with up to decimalisation, was in place. Of course, that coincides with the Industrial Revolution, which makes it even more interesting. There are quite a lot of high grade issues you could place in the 'affordable' bracket (certainly relative to any previous reign): 1787 shillings and sixpences; coppers from 1799 - 1807; shillings and sixpences from 1816; even halfcrowns and crowns are not out of reach in VF or VF+. Nor indeed are coppers 1770-75, or the two cartwheel denominations. Tokens are relatively cheap ... the list goes on.

That's fascinating David - it looks from that, that the RM pre-engraved the H & KN on the dies? It would make sense, as punching tiny letters onto individual dies would be an irregular and inconsistent thing for the recipients.

Ah that explains it - I've had a post go missing this evening, and also seen a two-weeks' old topic appear in New Content, when there isn't any.

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Clearly they both used slightly different alloys - that would explain why Heaton pennies are nearly all black (or darker than RM) and K.N. - who supplied blanks to the RM over quite a few years - are very often reddish. But the dies they used were provided by RM and presumably all they did was to punch in the H / KN? I imagine that the Mint, who used dies to wear beyond normal during the War, told their subcontractors not to worry too much about wear, which explains why you see it so often. I don't know what their processes were, but Heatons had been used to mint bronze since the 1870s, so I imagine they were subject to RM approval and inspection?

I deny it hic and I'll fight anyone who says otherwise

I thought you were a penny collector!!! Britannia is almost NEVER fully struck in that series, her face and chest suffering in particular, due to the sucking .... [pauses for audience laughter to die down] .... away of metal caused by the very deep cut obverse design. You would be very very lucky to find one that was NOT mushy.

I agree about the eye appeal, but I think you're very harsh with your grading. I think it's at LEAST VF. Perhaps GF is a tad harsh, it is early milled after all, but I really couldn't bring myself to give it more than nVF, it just has too much overall wear for me! But.. but.. there is very little on the reverse! Britannia's left t*t is the obvious wear, but look at the shield, olive branch, trident, and "SOHO" - hardly any wear at all.

(How strange - I posted a reply but it's not showing!!)

Forget the 'mushy Britannia' - that is absolutely normal and standard for most GV pennies between 1911 and 1921 (the recessed ear varieties excepted). Yes, the obverse hair detail is faint, and that occurs often on the Heaton and Kings Norton pennies 1918-19 because they used dies way beyond their sell-by date. You would expect to pay a premium for a well struck-up obverse, but on your example, the fact of near full lustre kind of offsets that. I've seen a lot stronger UNC strike (London Coins?, a few years ago), but the lustre on yours is the first I've seen with that amount. Swings and roundabouts.

I agree about the eye appeal, but I think you're very harsh with your grading. I think it's at LEAST VF.

do do the funky gibbon...

o

Very hard to tell from the photos, Peckris, but the hair in particular almost looks like a rusty die? It could of course have been re-tooled to give the impression of a few more curls! Yes, my thoughts too, along the way. I'd recorded it (in early ignorance) as "possible Taylor restrike?", except that Taylor didn't restrike common currency pieces.

That coin is the 2013 Birth of Prince George proof 5 pound. That coin cost $130 at issue, plus $30-40 for submission/grading. While I still don't think it's worth the $329 asking price, it's a far cry from $450 for a coin that can be had for $30. Also, that "import fees" part of eBay is a complete farce. The shipping in the US is free from that seller, and eBay is likely making a killing on these types of coins when they add this "import charge" to them. This (among other reasons) is why I never sell on eBay outside the 50 US states. 51, surely, or have we left? If we have, someone better tell Starbucks, McDonalds, and Subway I don't get whatever joke you're trying to make. I suspect Peck is satirically referring to the UK as the 51st state ... Puerto Rico already has first dibbs on the 51st state! LOL! Not Mexico or (gets wooden spoon out and starts stirring) Cuba?

I can'tIt seems to be half-working : you can Like and see your own likes and also you get Notifications. However you can't see anyone else's likes (which is on general view - not just to admin - in that other forum which operates like this one.)

That coin is the 2013 Birth of Prince George proof 5 pound. That coin cost $130 at issue, plus $30-40 for submission/grading. While I still don't think it's worth the $329 asking price, it's a far cry from $450 for a coin that can be had for $30. Also, that "import fees" part of eBay is a complete farce. The shipping in the US is free from that seller, and eBay is likely making a killing on these types of coins when they add this "import charge" to them. This (among other reasons) is why I never sell on eBay outside the 50 US states. 51, surely, or have we left? If we have, someone better tell Starbucks, McDonalds, and Subway

If you surround it with "" ("Room 101") you only get half a dozen items. That's generally true everywhere for searching, whether on your own computer or online. The "" means 'only look for this complete phrase', but without them, it thinks you want anything with either 'Room' OR '101' in.

Well I switched off the filters and took predecimal.com out of compatibility mode and ... I still can't see who likes what. I am just devastated. LOL But on the 'good' side, now I'm not seeing it in compatibility mode, when I click 'Quote' it does now pick up the text I want to quote as it should. In case that helps anyone else. Nor I - though I can see where I've Liked something, as the button has turned to "unlike". However, I can see who has liked my posts if I look in Notifications (top). But I can't see any case where Person A has liked Person B's post.

What are we talking - "average from circulation, i.e. Fair/Fine"?

Perhaps "mux" means the coin was dirty? In which case, have nothing to do with coins marked "dmux"

'Ere. What have you got against the Daily Mail. They are a long standing manufacturer of Britain's finest branded toilet tissue. Anyway, all you lefties need a target, otherwise you would be rebels without a cause. You think there's only one?