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And a happy 65th also. Time to sit back and relax (null)

I like the line stating you should avoid 1866 and 1871 halfcrowns, as these are forgeries. OK, thanks for the info..Quoting his eBay blurb here "Victoria's Half Crowns were struck from 1839 to 1901, none were struck between 1851 and 1873 because of the striking of the new decimal coin the Florin which was struck in its place. " Since when did decimalisation come into effect between 1851 and 1873?

Ibelieve 1909 in high grade is rare

Perhaps prohibited by youtube and the owner of the clip

I think some liquid refreshment is on the cards this evening

Stewie i totally agree with what you say about todays German kids still having too live with another generations atrocities. Living and working here i do see it first hand. While we must always learn from history and never forget what happened there should be a point where future generations SHOULD'NT be blamed for a previous generations actions. Look at Britain during the 1700 and 1800s, they colonised 2 thirds of the planet while America dropped 2 A bombs in Japan and wiped out millions, what has been said about that? I really do think it's time to let the future generations be cut a little slack

Yes to both

Ok here is something to chew on imstead. The upcoming spink auction catalogue is out http://issuu.com/spinkandson/docs/15004?e=2874488/11739654

It would be easier of there were pictures of the coins whicj were stolen

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-467249/Historic-coin-collection-worth-500k-stolen.html

I remember reading about that theft, it was posted on here some time ago, it was the owner ofthe coins who got robbed, he was bequething them to a museum but had some top class stuff, all that history gone Thanks again for sending the wee guy a Roman Peter, i'll let you know when it arrives.

I have a P&M 6d, twas a metal detecting find and the finder wanted to sell as soon as he found it. Its not brilliant but it is an example

The engraver http://goldsovereignexpert.com/info/jody-clark/

Notable cleaned coins lose value, you should avoid them if you can. Welcome to the forum

Look at his eyes thinking he has something there. His head is so far stuck in the sand that he cannot read that the thing is half the given weight of an original. Numpty

Thts what the old goat has been doing. If I find any typos he's gonna get his pebbles in a slimg

The 96 shilling is South African. The more worn silver coins would be bullion value only. The 1935 crown looks nice but i'm on my iphone, so someone on the computer can help a bit more shortly

A nice VF Charles I shilling here 141591381979 Oh wait, it's a friend of these boards

When is their catalogue due out? They're leaving it a bit late in the day if the auction is on the 12th

Do you do the the catalogue for Dukes Alan?

Just wondering if it's been mounted. Double struck arm also with some flattening at 8 oclock I think the 50k valuation by the BBC is OTT or good/free marketing by dukes

I can forsee in my crystal ball Geoff Cope having a stab at this, even though it's shite

Its the BBC Rob, what else would you expect

Lol. Dukes is on the Saleroom but the catalogue is'nt out yet, just checked

That is the OBV Paul