davidrj

There are serious collectors of these coins here best forum to ask questions before you purchase Health warning - they are obsessed with slabs

WTF???

You are in trouble when you can't get the name of the Boss's Son right

All we have is the seller's photo, so unless a forum member shelled out the $770 we'll never know

My snipe got blown out of the water on this one, Yes a nice grade open 3, but what's going on wiyh the shield protrusion opposite the lighthouse? The rocks look a little odd for reverse g too Doesn't look like a die clash

Two mules are possible for each of 2008 circulation coins with the exception of £2 which still has two rings of teeth/dots (I think). the 50p is least obvious as it's a change in orientation relative to the shape of the blank. Certainly worth an occasional glance at change

a really useful photo

Lots here and reference books

Hindsight is the only exact science

Thanks - interesting

David Groom has left and right pointing feathers for the 1975 2p! One wonders whether in 50 years time these will all be enthusiastically sought varieties, much as we now cherish the vagaries of bun pennies I totally ignored Elizabeth halfpennies whilst they were in circulation, modern rubbish I thought, and so I dont have examples of some of the scarcer varieties

1986 is the earliest I have found type 2 portcullis with incuse rivets. There are quite a few varieties in the reverses and obverses over the years if you compare the circulation issues, the BU set issues and the proof issues. Even though the pictures above show type 1 portcullis as having 110 beads and type 2 having 113 beads, it is not always the case, you can get the type 2 portcullis with the 110 bead reverse too. Here are the Portcullis types I have in my collection (1971 to 1981 I collected circulation and proof, 1982 and 1983 I collected BU set and proof issues and 1984 >2008 I collected circulation and BU set issues) 1971 to 1985 circulation, BU sets and Proof have type 1 1986 circulation has type 1, BU set issue has type 2 1987 circulation and BU set has type 1 1988, 1989 and 1990 circulation has type 1, BU set has type 2 1991 both circulation and BU set are type 1 1992 circulation has type 2 and BU set has type 1 1993 circulation has type 1 and BU set has type 2 1994 both circulation and BU set have types 2 1995 to 2006 circulation and BU set have type 2 2007 and 2008 circulation has type 1, BU set has type 2 Gollly! any similar discrepencies in the 2p series?

Thanks, much clearer picture! Are there any other varieties in the later decimal bronze we need to be on the lookout for?

came across this today - portcullis varieties The author states type 1 (left picture) 1971-94, 1997, 1998 Type 2 (right picture) 1992-7 No info as to whether these are normal currency, specimen sets or proofs how these relate to David Groom's reverses A to C unknown Never really looked at decimal bronze, maybe I should before all the non-magnetic stuff gets withdrawn & melted down

Do they charge the same for coins they don't slab?

Kenya 10c??

Far too much titilation here methinks

I wonder whether anybody knew how rare a 1933 penny was in 1934?? I suspect there were very few collectors of the current base metal coins prior to Peck, and absolutely no incentive to fabricate a 1933 back in 1934 Does anyone know when the first altererd dates surfaced? and now we are getting replicas of the Lavrillier patterns listed as genuine - link

Interesting! seems a sensible option I do wonder how long we will be using any notes and coins Does the future of numismatics lie in collecting credit and debit cards.? I would think early ones are pretty scarce as we all are encouraged to destroy them once they have expired

Just remember - you will never win!

Jamaica pennies struck by RM dated 1899 & 1900, none dated 1901 like this

Museums use Renaissance Wax on ancients Dunno whether anyone has done controlled trials on modern BU bronze Some discussion here

Call me old fashioned but that stikes me as plated. I saw that one and convinced myself it was plated, but then CuNi can go that horrid yellow colour

I think the central hole would part of the original blank preparation, rather than a two stage process. Bit I'm happy to be corrected if anyone knows the actual mechanics of holey coin production