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Anyone else having problems with Ebay Search? Ebay wont let me save any search, even though I've deleted all my old ones - I'm using Firefox 25.0.1?

But then the 2p & 20p mules are both certainly accidental - should they be excluded? Taxonomy is always an imperfect discipline

Goose is in the oven; spuds.parsnips, sprouts etc ready to go time for a drink! Merry Christmas everyone

Quiet in here today! have you all started on the 12yr old malt already? Merry Xmas everybody and may you fill some of those annoying gaps in your collection in 2014 David

Probably throughout history, when economic times are bad, silver and gold disappears under mattresses

confusing terminology gets in the way when discussing date widths in pennies the "narrow" dates for 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, & 1879 are distinctly different dies from the "normal" or "large date" bun pennies - I prefer "small" date - using "wide" and "narrow" as descriptors for variation of date width for a specific die the former should be in the price guides, the latter not in my view edit: Just noted Accumulators post above

Is this the silliest moustache ever? Italy 10 Centesimi 1894 BI (Heaton)

answering my own question "A Numismatic History of the Birmingham Mint" James O Sweeny 1981 still unknown mintage though

Just ordered my copy - has to be ink on paper for me

and another Latin American 28.9 mm 11.86g cupro-nickel pattern 1 real or Honduras 1870 - mint unknown but probably either Paris or London who were both experimenting with cupro-nickel as an alternative to bronze at this time (Paris produced the currency 1 real for 1869 & 1870, London starts the cupro-nickel penny series for Jamaica in 1869) happy with this on at £10, I was searching for an upgrade to my poor copy of the currency type

They will, once their own kids start asking questions. My grandchildren love looking at old photos from the "black & white days"

Another "penny" Ecuador 1872 2 centavos by Heaton, single year type, mintage unknown but probably less than 500,000, hard to find Does anyone know if there is a searchable achive for what Messrs Heaton actually produced in the second half of the 19th century?

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I went from collecting pennies from change. ( Date run, but NOT all varieties completed long long ago (though many are in cr*p grade)0 - to foreign pennies and penny sized coins I just need one to complete my French bronze 10 centimes date/mint run (1853-1921) - the 1878 K ... very rare & pricey assuming you can find one Nowadays I tend to buy what appeals to me at the time, most likely still to be large copper/bronze though

it's actually worse than I thought - two different die rotations! these three 2 pence carefully positioned on the scanner with the tops of the shields aligned with a ruler as best I could the other shield twopences I have (not 2013) all appear normal be interested to see whether this sloppiness at the Mint is normal for this issue - check your change please folk

Just pulled 3 2013 2 pence from my pocket change - looking to pick one to keep[ One is normal, the other two have approx 120 degree die rotation, ie with obverse normal at 12 o'clock, the reverses are about 8 o'clock A sample of 2 out of 3 not a good statistical sample as they could well all have come out the same mint bag does this happen often these days?

Nice one Bob!

you were correct Peck - Legend in corrupted Greek script: BACIΛEYC BACIΛEWN CWTHP MEΓAC OOHMO KAΔΦICHC ("Basileus Basileon Sotir Megas Ooimo Kadphisis"): "King of Kings Vima Kadphises the Great Saviour" This forum is superb for the range of expertise we can call on - this morning all I had was the Ebay seller's description "Old Coin" - quite pleased for £9.38 plus £1 postage

Many thanks what a useful site I think mine is this one The Coin Galleries: Vima Kadphises http://coinindia.com/galleries-vima-kadphises.html Vima Kadphises was the father of the great Kanishka I. He probabaly reigned during the first quarter of the 2nd century. The empire must have begun its rapid ascent during his reign, as he introduced gold coinage to accompany the well-developed bronze coinage. Silver coinage seems to have disappeared from the Kushan money supply with Vima Takha (who also isssued very few silver coins). AE tetradrachm or unit, c. first quarter of 2nd. Century Weight: 17.01 gm., Diam: 27 mm., Die axis: 12 o'clock King standing facing, sacrificing at fire altar at left, club, tamgha and axehead-shafted trident in fields, Greek legend around: BACIΛEYC BACIΛEWN CWTHP MEΓAC OOHMO KAΔΦICHC/ Siva standing facing, holding trident and deerskin, bull Nandi right behind, Kharoshti legend: maharajasa rajadirajasa sarvaloga isvarasa mahisvarasa Vima Kathphishasa tratara Göbl 762, MAC 3008

Not got a clue on this copper - can anyone help? 3.8mm thick, 27.2-27.6mm diameter, 16.76 g ? Indian native stae or central Asia - one of the 3 scripts looks vaguely Russian

What have the French done to upset you?

loads of fakes how long before these reappear?

Taking the p*ss Rob?

he makes no claim to its authenticity, suggest extreme caution - the description "Georgius III DEI DRATIA" says it all

spotted this on ebay, What strikes me is the amount of circulation this major misstrike has seen. A 2 sol piece minted in 1792 at Arras - I suppose in a time when addressing a neighbour as monsieur, as opposed to the politically correct (at the time) citoyen could send you to the guillotine; nobody saved an odd looking coin - more likely it was regarded as dodgy and a priority to pass off to the next customer ASAP. The same coin, if minted today, would be on Ebay in at least EF with a hefty price tag Got me thinking - is the collection of error coins a recent phenomenon, and were mistrikes shunned by 19th C gentleman collectors?