davidrj

Just looked at all my dates for this period, and I've noticed the extra part linear circle on my 1883, in exactly the same place. Not on any of the others though. I don't think it's an error. If you switch back and forward from obverse to reverse images on that 1892 eBay example (above), it looks as if it must be ghosting of the base of Victoria's bust - which is quite a heavy raised design at that point. It is in exactly that place. It could be that ALL examples - especially if they are all in the same place - are ghosting not errors. I agree, occurs on more than one die type and spread over too many years to be a flaw Interesting though

1917 penny

This one from Tony Clayton's site , the only others I could find were Coinsgb and here Google dried up after that: I wonder how many are out there? Court didn't find any in his big penny survey David PS Azda is warned not to follow the Tony Clayton link, it may prove too much for him

$61 plus postage for my 1918KN penny Underbidder on quite few for more David

Nb the 1922 (type 1927) reverse appears to have a shorter index finger too (from the 3 coins i can find illustrated) David

1927 to 1936 reverse has the shorter thumb (as does the "1927" 1922) Long thumb, almost touching St george's cross is the norm for 1911 to 1926 David

Possibly Japanese silver, can you give me the weight, and I'll have a go Is this one coin or two? Bigger pictures would help David Can't find anything for certain in Kraus, their illustrations and yours show too little datail Could be something like these Suggest you try the British Museum or ask the folks at Oriental Coin Database

Nice bog head! Wonder whether cargo was bullion or coin

I'm confused too (nothing unusual there) The text refers to the limited edition proof, but this looks like a standard circulation £2 to me and PCGS would have added a P to the label surely? David

Possibly Japanese silver, can you give me the weight, and I'll have a go Is this one coin or two? Bigger pictures would help David

1894 penny David

Gouby lists the phenomenon for 1879, 1883, 1884, 1885 & 1886 Here's mine can't believe this is a die flaw, more likely metal flow similar to "ghosting" Anyone else got an example?

Nice example of extra linear circle here , though I think it's overpriced Gouby list this anomaly for several dates, but without a reasonable explanation I have a couple similar, I'll post pictures later David

Handy Roman date converter David

Good picture here

?? Dracott, not heard of this reference before David

Interesting that Michael Gouby makes no attempt to catalogue date spacing prior to 1866 1866 seems to be the worst David

I would grade the pennies as "CLEAR DATE" which is an adequate description, I can't see a date on the florin, so I'd grade that as "SCRAP" David

The narrow dates in 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, & 1879 are different dies to the normal wide dates of the same years. The most noticable difference being the narrow dates have a thinner lighthouse Date spacing appears to be variable over most of the bun (and the veiled head) series, and in general is random with respect to dies You need to get hold of a copy Michael Gouby's book for details of known combinations. Date spacing is regarded as insignificant by most collectors, but it's quite good fun to try and get the range for each date even with cheap very worn examples. For example I have 4 different 1871s (they are all crap though) David

Bet it never gets as big as the British thread. Just a thought True, probably Scott and I mainly David

If you search ebay for "magic" under coins, you'll find several £2 double head 10p double head all illegal mutilations of current coins David

Thought it handy to have a thread for foreign stuff members may accrue Davic

Wow! Those guys are good! "Islamic-style magic coin from Malay Peninsula, probably first made in the 1950s and first reported in 1969. Front: Old man in long robe, holding walking stick (with sword-blade shape shaft), facing left, standing on ground; chair (?) behind man; Arabic inscription: Raj Kubsyugh. Back: Cannon with four wheels on ground; mountains in background and rock in foreground; Arabic inscription Raj 'Asr. Cribb, #263a: Described specimen was presented in the S.Semans collection, 47 mm in diameter." This interwebby thing is really useful at times! David

I also posted this on another forum. Apparently the script is Malay Arabic, and the coin is possibly a "magic coin" produced in the 1950's now wading through Asian Coin Database to see if I can narrow it down David

Not what I normally buy, but the design intrigued me £5 on Ebay, from a guy who normally sells Rumanian coins and stamps - he listed it as "unknown coin" 45mm cast brass, 30gm. edge plain This has been polished recently so scans poor Side 1 appears to show a 4 wheeled cannon defending a pass between two mountain ranges. Side 2 has this bizzare figure - ?a winged or cloaked ram, with a sword and an empty chair throne Script looks odd - probably gibberish Anyone got any ideas?? ?Modern fantasy ? temple coin ? tourist piece? David