davidrj

more "fillers" here Though I do have a soft spot for these Anything that might encourage youngsters to take an interest should be welcomed Interesting bits of my "penny" collection - Oddments section does anyone know if others exist, these two certainly from the same manufacturer - sure the H does not refer to Heaton

Is making an accurate copy of coin of the Realm not forgery? or does the law only cover only items that are currently legal tender?

Apologies for that Gary, if it's any consolation, mine arrived today - looks cheap tatt will have a play later

Peck, you are right bit of crud at foot of upper 7 and lower 7 slightly thinner down stroke ?worn die

No AT here, so maybe it means undercooked

Sorry to bore those that don't like date variations 1897 high tide : - Gouby gives just one type - his BP 1897 C (V+x) 7 pointing to a bead - upper photo shows 7 pointing to a space, minimal I grant, but a definite difference in date width Given the scarcity of this obverse there may be other unspotted variations out there

nine bob note

looks like you need to crop a fairt bit, might be insufficient resolution for variety differentiation

Pity it's only a 3MP camera, I like to image at a higher resolution, but looks ideal for someone listing lots on Ebay Database can be modified with Access - £109.99 on microsoft uk (nb $109.99 in US! )

spotted this on Ebay "Coin - Stamp Camera - Photograph & Catalog with Coin & Stamp Databases Included"

One of several on Ebay

Toitoiseshell toning - Monneron de 5 sols 1792 struck by Matthew Boulton

moving the vertical bar allows me to see a good image of coin of interest

I find I can put all the info I need into the file desciption of my photos - I can view folder containing them in large icon mode This is folder D:\coins\france\1795-1958 old franc\F126 - F143 10 centimes

but then 1919 KN in bronze are often very weak strikes

this 1863 10 centime bronze coin has a strange but distinct lilac colour (more so than this scan shows) I've always assumed it is a cleaned coin retoning other theories welcome

Bet you didn't know that defaced 1967 halfpennies are legal tender and recognised by every monetary authority worldwide Harry Potter makes rainbow toning look attractive

Good example of a double strike post Peck

Nice 2mm. There are other differences too, alignment of letters with border beads and a shorter trident. There are only 3 basic reverse types (though lots of varieties) for the bronze penny A: Ship & lighthouse - Bun pennies 1860-1894 (34 yrs) B: Just Britannia - old head Vic, Ed VII, George V 1895-1936 (41 yrs) C: Lighthouse - George VI & Eliz 1937-1970 My view is that each series should be treated together for die identification, rather than splitting into reigns

yes Bob I know there is a date difference, I was looking to see if there were any other die differences, this is only wide date 1895 recorded as far as I'm aware my error above was not first checking different lighting on the same coins, a problem especially with lustred examples, much prefer to work with nice chestnut toned EF bronze when variety spotting David

looking for more 1898s and 1895s so far found 3 varieties of 1895, the 2mm all appear identical but hard to find spares of the 1mm with intact border beads date differences on the 1mm quite striking, but is there a slight difference in the relationship of the drapery, waves and rocks to the union flag on the shield?? scans done together at roughly the same orientation correction lighting from the opposite direction shows NO difference in the 2 1mm reverses - top image is a 2mm still looking for another wide date(s)

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looking for more 1898s and 1895s so far found 3 varieties of 1895, the 2mm all appear identical but hard to find spares of the 1mm with intact border beads date differences on the 1mm quite striking, but is there a slight difference in the relationship of the drapery, waves and rocks to the union flag on the shield?? scans done together at roughly the same orientation