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Aye, me, but i'm in Munich just now, originally from Dundee

What have I missed ? What did the 05 half crown go for in the end ? 2250 GBP, not missed to much, was wondering where ya got to just the other day

Thats cos you're in Wales boyo, although i did stay in the Rhondda valley for a while, near Tonypandy

A close relative of Grade Creep. Hello everyone, I reappear. Christ, the reserection

Here's an example of an overdate. Its my 1848/7 Penny, in fact most of the date has been redone

if that what they mean by line under thanks. seen loads of them must be the ones without the line i need My apologies

I assume you mean this one?

Thats a no bad coin Steve, we could open an 1863 penny shop along with Jay i like mine with a bit of toning old bean i got the joke though

Don't give up Jay, its normally people like you with a bag full of coins who have something thats rare who don't realise it. We were only teasing the newbie, so, welcome to the forum, what else ya got?

Show off.

Just as a comparison Jay, here's my 1863 Penny

Firstly, welcome to the forum. I'll try and answer a few of your questions best i can, others may have a different view. have a battle of Britain peidfont in f- vf condition looks like it was broke out of a set book price states @ £50-£70? Is this right. (My assumption that the price guide is for Proof, you state yours is F/VF condition so perhaps bullion value) have a 1 penny in vf condition from Africa are they rare? (Date?) I have a coin that says one fourth of a shilling is this rare? (Date?) I have an old penny in heavy ware condition that is fixed to another penny (Many have been joined like this to make them look like a brockage error, brockages are rare, 2 joined together are'nt) I have an old 1800 and something gold coloured coin (1800 & something doesn't give anyone anything to go by, you have 70 years inbetween Geo III and IIII, a specific date)?

You're correct Peck, i just saw something on the curve of the 3 and thought i'd mention it

There's also something on the curve,on the outside

Definitely an open 3... I was the under bidder at £310 and rather hoped to get it. Now I wish I'd gone more as it's the best I've ever seen too, especially the obverse Have to agree Accumulator, nice OBV, not seen a better one as yet. This guy is stating that this is an open 3, i'm not so sure it is. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280667045407&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp4712.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D280667045407%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

You could have got a 1903 yesterday on ebay, it sold for 350 quid although the seller might have shot himself in the foot saying it was EF when it was clearly VF or GVF. I will agree with most opinions, ´buy the best you can as its false economy to buy a worn coin then upgrade it later, also what 1949 said, the rarer coins you may have to buy at a lesser grade as the higher grades are outwith most peoples modest budgets, i recently sold a 1905 HC in GVF for 4 figures, and those prices won't drop, especially for the higher graded rarer dates.

and the other 2, 3d and 4d

Got this maundy set, 1717, in the legend "GOERGIVS" the S on all 3 coins looks like an 8, obviously something has been there, but has it been an 8?

Certainly good news. Lets hope they get on with all those copper discs from fleabay to

It should be here by Next weekend, easter holidays here Friday/Monday, so nothing moves in Germany, so i won't expect it until at least late Next week But what i was saying about the REV legend, its only REX that looks iffy, if it was so pixelated surely the rest of the legend would look the same, but to me at least it looks nö different, maybe i'm trying to convincr myself here but i went for it on the strength of a normal gallery pic and not an enlarged one. Will have to wait on its arrival.

That's the thread I was referring to, I have found Geo Iv 1825 & 1826 Pennies similar to the WIIII shown,

This is brilliant to lol http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220768216260&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm570%26_nkw%3D220768216260%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

The original gallery picture, now look at the middle of the E, the left hand side, something is poking out, the X at the bottom, and the top of the R

I think you are going to find that it is just due to the terrible picture, its all fuzzy. The thread Chingford mentions is probably this one but it deals with William IIII pennies, in particular the 1834. 1834 Penny Missing Serifs I spotted the REX from a dealers gallery picture which wasn't enlarged, i've only enlarged here because it was only 22kb, so it's not my imagination. The 2 serifs at the bottom of the X have a curve going up towards the leg of the X, the E has something poking out from the vertical leg of the E and the R looks over an R. I know sometimes pictures can play tricks on you, but with 3 different letters, and only of the REX, why not the rest of them to? As i said, i spotted this from a 22kb dealers gallery picture.