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You guys are really getting into some heavy stuff! When is does the voting take place for Scottish Independence? Ours is in November.

That's a really scarce one! It is a really strong strike, but does have a odd coloring. Maybe chemically cleaned? Either it is cleaned, or his camera light setting is set wrong. Nice coin though!

The penny is certainly the least rare of the three 1860 copper coins. Spink has the Farthing and Half Penny at about twice the value of the Penny. They show the Penny (EF) at 3,750, and Unc. at 6,000 (pounds). Still the Penny is not "Common!"

Not me...must be someone else!

Welcome to the Forum. I purchased many of the Dansco generic pages, and made up my own albums for farthings thru half crowns. They have coin pages with cutouts that fit most of the British Coins...and they will custom stamp the covers for you. I don't think these would help you for type sets though. Dansco will send you a brochure of all of their generic pages, and albums, so maybe you could find something. Sorry I can't be of more help. Regards,

The U.S TPG Companies use U.S. Grading terms...VF-20...MS-61, etc.

The main problem with U.S. grading of English Coins, is there are no good grading books on this side of the pond. Most Dealers here, as a result, grade their English coins, one or two grades above what they really are...doing grading by guesswork. Derek's book on grading has helped correct some of those problems...for those who have the book. The real problem is most U.S. Graders and collectors don't have Derek's book!

Verdicare is pretty expensive, and I couldn't get it to do anything to remove verdigris.....

The only other coin I bid on was the 1869 Penny, which jumped into the stratosphere very quickly, the bidding was frantic on it!

Catherine, I was one of the people on the floor bidding on that one, yesterday in Chicago. There were some nice Penny's being sold. Congratulations on a great buy!

Peter, you work for yourself. You can retire when you like. "Full" retirement here (USA) has gone from 65 to 67, although you can still get reduced retirement at 62. If you work past the full retirement age (67) you get a small increase for each year you work beyond retirement age. I worked till age 72, so I got a little bump for the extra 7 years I worked beyond retirement age. Constant moving goal posts here. I wanted to be a policeman when I left school. These,the fire services and teachers&civil servants certainly get a great deal. Fireman and policeman get a whale of a deal here also. They work their 20 years to qualify for retirement, then they retire, and start drawing their retirement pay. At the same time they rehire as another public employee (police, fireman, investigater, etc.), and start getting regular pay, as well as, retirement pay.

Peter, you work for yourself. You can retire when you like. "Full" retirement here (USA) has gone from 65 to 67, although you can still get reduced retirement at 62. If you work past the full retirement age (67) you get a small increase for each year you work beyond retirement age. I worked till age 72, so I got a little bump for the extra 7 years I worked beyond retirement age.

Happy B-Day Gary...what are you now...39? LOL! Then I would be Jack Benny... No, I'm now 62 Jack Benny...that brings back memories! LOL. You are now "early" retirement age...wow!

Happy B-Day Gary...what are you now...39? LOL!

John, It looks like Michael may be up and running, as a web-only business now. All of his links work again, so I guess he is setup to buy and sell. http://www.michael-coins.co.uk/

Good information Gary, thanks for posting!...

The U.S. Marine Air Wing used to fly the Harrier "Jump Jet." It's really cool how it takes off!

I would say it is not a "C" letter Half Penny...JMHO..

Greaves, I use a Canon Powershot SD1000 (Digital Elf). It has a Macro selection, and zoom. It does a pretty good job at closeups of dates, etc. It not expensive, so if you need a cheap camera, that does a good job, you might try one out.

Funny you should mention the "Basement." I bought a 1860 N/Z off of Steven Hill, and when I asked him if he had any provenance on the coin, he said no...I think that one just came from the basement! I thought he was kidding...who would store coins in a basement? LOL!

I am not impressed with the Baldwins offerings, and find them to be a little aloof. Baldwins always had and still have the "me expert, you dickhead" approach to dealing with ordinary collectors.

Stop by their booth some time, and ask to see their copper/bronze Pennies! I don't think you will find much. btw...the coins you are referring too, are the upper level type items Steve mentioned. Being a Copper/Bronze Collector, I am not impressed with the Baldwins offerings, and find them to be a little aloof.

Steve Hill told me that Baldwins don't deal much in Copper/Bronze...more the upper level coins only! Every time I see Baldwins here in the USA, they have a few Pennies, but not many.

Thanks Josie, same to you.

Half English, and Half Scottish...both currently British! Ha,Ha...