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Oi...im sure that i see a slight wave in there somewhere cheers peckris that made me laugh

Hello Red Riley, Thank you very much for your reply, very helpfull to me. Fortunately this one shown, is the only one that has been given to me (by my Dad) and i can now stop the mind boggling internet searches that ive been doing to try to establish what coin it is. Thanks again Red, cheers mate

I am really at a loss here with this one! There are no I.D. marks that i can see other than the date @ 1806. On the back you have what looks like Britania seated BUT facing the other way holding the staff at her side? Its size is slightly bigger in dimmension than a penny but twice a penny's thickness. Other than that i dont know what to say as i dont know what to look for? The pictures are not great but in all honesty what you can see in the photos are about what i can see looking at it in my hand. any ideas anyone..?

Hello all, its that pest again I am going to ask some questions, some or all may seem stupid to others on this forum, from looking through the site i have only now found out the amount of work that all the "collectors" put into this subject. Please understand that these question are GEUINE, they are coming from someone who is not a collector. I was given the coins by my father and he said "have a look there maybe something in there , they may just be rubbish". All the coins were not sorted out, there are probably around a few hundered in all. Here go's: 1) Do i leave the coins as they are or do i try an attempt to clean them? 2) Do members of this forum have knoweldge of Commonwealth coins? 3) I have got a lot of coins (mainly pennies or half pennies0 that are for want of a better word "flat". Is there any point in trying to do anything with these or should just put them in a "copper pile". 4) Am i right in thinking these were made from copper? 5) After seeing some of the points that collectors pick up on with coins, for me (not a collector) what would be the best way & cheapest to veiw the coins i have been given, good magnifying glass or microscope? Many thanks in advance cheers

oh well So this is NOT an error coin but asyou have all described one thats probably been run over either by a steam train or the 9.15 out of Euston Thanks for your input time and expertise on clearing this up for me.....Thought i had something of value there and i had only gone through 3 bags. cheers

Many thanks to you both for your time and expertise:D cheers

Chris, sorry i forgot to ask, i know that the picture quality isnt really a lot to go on, but with your experience how would you grade this coin, im not looking for an exact grading as i would assume that its impossible to do so from a photo but just a guide? thank you

Thanks for the quick reply Chris, really appreciate it cheers

I have a George 1937 half penny error coin. Whilst seraching the internet today without any luck of trying to find names of coins, metals etc, i came across a site that listed error coins and all the different type of errors that could be found on coins. Could someone please try to explain a bit more about this coin (other than the poor condition) cheers all

Hello all, New to the forum and my first post. I am not a collector (as yet) but.... I have been given a large bag of "old" coins, mainly British coins but also some from worldwide. There are a lot of the normal "run of the mill" half penny / one penny including an error half penny. That error information was only brought to my attantion when on another internet site. Anyway back to the point of my post. Can someone please identify the coin pictured, and if known what type of metal would this be? Many thanks in advance cheers