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You've got it wrong (as does most of the country) I'm so glad someone else defends the 'leopard' truth Methinks no-one in England will ever get it right now, after that "Three Lions On My Shirt" nonsense, grrrr. They are three leopards en passant heradically speaking, as opposed to the Scottish Lion rampant (or is it guardant? Does anyone care?) Mind you, if I met a hungry big cat, I wouldn't stop too long to check out if it was a leopard or a lion Heraldic English is arcane, seems lions and leopards are interchangeable lions/leopards

For those of you that collect world coins, this looks a pretty good deal compared with the cost of the books Ultimate Standard Catalog of World Coins 1601-Present 5-CD Bundle $99.99

I upload my pictures to photobucket then paste the IMG code here. the image code looks something like this Hope this helps David

No. They are all on Ebay

Yes, proofs are nice - I thought as a schoolboy I would NEVER be able to afford a proof, and I remember some years later buying a 1950S proof shilling and feeling ridiculously pleased with myself! It's really frustrating, but whenever people here post links to a Spink Auctions coin, the link just takes me to their home page, not the coin itself. If it takes you to the Spink home page when you click on the link -- upon returning to the forum post -- try clicking on the link a second time. Oh, that works!! What strange voodoo is this ... ? Very strange I agree, but a vary useful tip, thank you

Just got a 2010 2p in change today, anyone else spotted this year's coins yet, they normally seem to be released for the Xmas tradind

Don't worry. Not everyone collects gold, I don't have any. Nor me, I also have very few silver coins, Copper, bronze, brass etc in abundance David

I agree! I also buy prefer a holed coin in good nick to one with heavy wear, heavy cleaning I hate David

As my grandmother used to say "I'm as old as my tongue, and a little bit older than my teeth" Don't think I can beat 13 David (OAP)

Australian penny varieties

My son is 28, I'm going to buy him a dictionary for Xmas, with bookmarks for LEND and GIVE! They don't tell you these things when they are cute little babies do they David

Hi Rob, welcome David

Guess which one you would get on the winning bid 1886 penny - uncirculated David

British Museum online catalogues:- Paper money of England & Wales Roman Republican coins Can we hope to see Peck in the future? David

Best storage for these is white paper envelopes What, you mean ordinary bog standard postage type envelopes, David ? Sorry, I should have said acid free 2x2s like these David

Best storage for these is white paper envelopes

there's one here if anyone needs one, bit like buses David

A picture is worth a thousand words 1862 penny I expect heavy bidding at a mere $250 start David

Hmm, this is one of those times I need a green smiley for envy David

I think it is, high sea is difficult to see - best look at shield base touching border beads and P of penny pointing to a gap Here's mine (the only one I've ever seen) pulled from circulation years ago. A very scarce die! gor for it! David

How odd! They only illustrate the obverse! David

I'm re-reading my 1966 version of Freeman's The Victorian Bronze Penny. He mentions veiled head pennies with milled edges:- 1896 5 out of 4943 1897 4 out of 4297 1898 1 out of 2971 1899 19 out of 5688 1900 15 out of 6901 1901 16 out of 4533 my 1970 edition of his The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain mentions just 1896 F144 R18 1899 F151 R18 1899 F152 R18 1901 F155 R18 Is there anything in his later additions? No mention to my recollection in either of Gouby's books I have a couple that are almost certainly fake - I'll dig them out and see if I can get a photograph Anyone here know the story behind these? did the coins get sold? were they all dismissed as altered? Attached is a picture of the milled edge. I thought the general consensus was that all those listed in Freeman's 1st book had been consigned to the "altered post striking" category David

another demonstration of coin conservation His other coins look equally good David

Is it safe to come back in now? David

Apparently the second part of the James Workman sale will include an 1876 'no-H' penny so it'll be interesting to the see the scan of it (although Bernie did suggest that it might be the result of a clogged die). Wide or narrow date? Is this the Bamford one illustrated in Michael Gouby's book> David