Hello17

Commonest (looped Q) on the left, scarcest (long tailed Q) on the right. There's also a short-tailed Q which is between the two in scarcity i have common one i got the 1936 shilling for ten pence because it was in a cupronickel box and the dealer let me have it for 10p because i found . made me very happy

the 1887 is the loop inside the Q or outside

i have an album to put it in (i dont collect crowns though as they dont fit

My Collection: Edward I silver penny (i dont really collect hammered so cannot grade but probably EF) 1674 farthing charlse II (fair) 1797 penny (fine) 1797 twopenny (fine but with a few knocks) 1799 halfpenny (i have 2 , one in Good fine the other in poor) 1806 farthing (nVF) 1854 Penny PT (VF) 1874 penny (Good Fair) NEW 1887 shilling (gVF) 1894 penny (near fine) NEW 1898 penny (VF) 1900 farthing (fine) 1903 penny (good fine) 1911 penny (around fine for the lot of pennies until 1920) 1912 penny 1913 threepence (fine) NEW 1913 Threepence (EF) 1913 penny NEW 1915 Shilling (EF) 1917 penny NEW 1918 threepence (aEF NEW1919 farthing (nVF) 1919 penny 1920 penny 1927 penny (fine) 1931 Threepence(VF) 1932 sixpence (EF) NEW 1933 Threepence (gEF) 1934 penny (VF) NEW 1934 Threepence (EF) 1936 threepence (VF) NEW1936 Shilling (aEF) 1942 farthing (EF) 1945 penny (fine) NEW 1948 Shilling (EF) 1950 shilling(ef) 1957 shilling (ef) 1957 half crown (ef) New1958 shilling (EF) 1958 halfcrown (ef) 1963 shilling (ef) the new ones was £15 altoghether (for my birthday from my grandad)

i like the high jump one (i didn't get it, i saw it though) i will give my 2010 2p to someone else

Not rare at all, but it's a very popular and very nice set. What's more, it's the only issued proof set for the Elizabeth II second type (i.e. post-1953). Well worth adding to a collection - it would be my Number One of the modern proof sets, with 1971 (first decimal set) and 1972 (proof-only year) my #2 and #3. it is nice my nearest dealler had it for 12 pounds and it was nice so i got it he did low prices for decimal ones too(well definetly chaeper than royal mint

i did...

LOL thats is not the victoria on my coins thats is good detail though

i looked at the web page (but cannot check my coins till tomorrow!!!! CCGB 2010 states that a colon pointing at a tooth is rare (i forgot what colon) i spent ages looking at it to conclude that its not rare

i got ccgb 2009 for christams 09 then a year later i got given a little package from someone here (don't know who) that had CCGB 2010 (2009 has a nicer cover to me ) the grading british coins book (otherwise i would still be calling my coins all poor or fair) and check your change it was nice i think all my shillings are english i know how common 1967 were from the start (even though i started with a 1961 penny that i lost thank you for commenting addition to collection: 1970 proof set (pre-decimal)

That was'nt insultive hello17, the man in question is the sort of type new collectors like you need to avoid, and my few words there were not harsh enough, trust me, never buy from this man on ebay when you're old enough to start paying taxes. i have rarely trusted ebay ... i just wait by staring at my penias

Don't wind the lad up. From a very early age I was convinced I had an early unrecorded hammered groat (that my father dug up in his allotment).It was of course a jetton. Apologies - I was winding myself up more than anything! The kid's got a lovely varied set of coins there, and I hope that he will become (if he's not already!) as passionate about numismatics as the rest of us! i have more coins but it did help as my collect went dormant at christmas ... this is about my collection: Edward I silver penny (i dont really collect hammered so cannot grade but probably EF) 1674 farthing charlse II (fair) 1797 penny (fine) 1797 twopenny (fine but with a few knocks) 1799 halfpenny (i have 2 , one in Good fine the other in poor) 1806 farthing (nVF) 1854 Penny PT (VF) 1874 penny (Good Fair) 1894 penny (near fine) 1900 farthing (fine) 1903 penny (good fine) 1911 penny (around fine for the lot of pennies until 1920) 1912 penny 1913 threepence (fine) 1913 penny 1917 penny 1919 penny 1920 penny 1927 penny (fine) 1931 Threepence(VF) 1932 sixpence (EF) 1934 penny (VF) 1936 threepence (VF) 1942 farthing 1945 penny (fine) 1950 shilling(ef) 1957 shilling (ef) 1957 half crown (ef) 1958 halfcrown (ef) 1963 shilling (ef) thats all i remember (i have a few florins and a couple more sixpences and shillings) ill post the others when i get home. summer holidays for me... so more coin time and another big boost will come

i can see the small A but just looks worn to me i do not no much about coins so the T looks normal... i have an 1844 Half Farthing... there nice (mine is gVF ) to look at.

:o please could you think of less er...well use things les insultive...

its a closed 3 for sure

i remember when i started on deciaml... 1988 is the shield (like the post-2008) one i think i went to predecimal as there is much more choises still even before WW1 there was some mintages over 1 million(estimate) (or just after ) hello i remember finding a 197? 2p that looked totally weird (like it was part melted and hit with hammer!!!!

im looking for shillings and pennies

Try putting a toothbrush in your ear. Hahahaha that is genuis

I don't know... then again im a milled person Hello ezzie and welcome to the forum... er.. tounges got tied

that just swept my mind

no...

and a nice little sorting money box

hi there nice to know theres someone else in aberdeen on here, i actually found out on weds that the stamp shop had coins so i bought some got a good deal as well he told me if he gets any coins now he puts them in the window if there any good so keep an eye there cause he does still have, thanks allot mate if you use facebook or something like that you should send me a way so we could talk . thanks wayne I used to think a junk shop (or non-coin specialist) was a great place for coin bargains. That was until I found a small time antiques shop in the Midlands where I bought a few coins at marginally below book price. He also happened to have a VG 1924 florin he was asking £25 for. I told him it was way overpriced and he gave me a sour look. I went back there a few years later and it was still there, unsold, but now reduced to £20. Still can be but you have to be lucky. My 1893 Jubilee Head sixpence in near fine condition came from a junk shop bowl in Hastings a few years ago, for the princely sum of 50p. Ditto a 1905 florin and 1695 sixpence from a Whitstable junk shop for a couple of pounds each. I also picked up a 1671 Crown with the quarto edge for £30 from a general antiques dealer, so it can be done, albeit you usually wade through piles of rubbish before you find a nugget. But isn't that the fun? Certainly for a collector, but maybe not a dealer? I'm quite sure that there's a 1927 reverse 1922 penny somewhere out there in a bowl with my name on it - its just a case of getting out there. Um... er... no! Speaking personally. (Having dealt a bit and weighed through cardboard boxes of auction lots all containing vast accumulations of cupro-nickel, brass 3ds, and 20th Century bronze, you develop a kind of fatigue that never leaves ) Sorry, the fun is in finding the nugget not the wading through all of the cr*p! Although as a collector and not a dealer, I still enjoy going through pots and buckets at boot fairs etc. One day, I'll find the rarer 1965 sixepnce - got a 1964, but there's a boot fair pot with one for me somewhere. i love looking for nuggets (but not chicken ones)too

When buying fishy looking coins look for a WR... it means Westair Reproductions and they are the most common type of reproduction I've found. eBay is by far the best way to sell coins if you don't mind the bother of posting. I'd advise buying a coin price guide from your local bookshop. The best for beginners I find is the Coin Yearbook (because it has not only a decent price guide but also info. about rulers of Britain, identifying coins and also grading them) but if you are going into the hobby seriously you should definitely buy Spink's Coins of England and the United Kingdom and the latest Collectors Coins GB. You'll start off buying any coin that takes your fancy but eventually you'll specialise to just a few or just one area of collecting. Some people just collect British pennies and I am refined to just milled British coins. Do you have a favourite type of coin? Do you like the hammered ones like the one you posted or do you prefer the more modern ones? Do you like the higher denominations like silver and gold coins or do you like copper? I'm quite new to collecting being 15, but I've found that I have learned a lot from being a member of this forum and reading books on Numismatics and I have quite a nice collection. I source my coins from the internet, car boot sales, antiques shops, jumble sales and museums. If you need any help the people here are very friendly and don't mind you messaging them. Sion your 2-3 years older than me then i remember reading through CCGB just to look at the picture it is very nice to meet you (i haven't seen any of your posts yet) and, wayne hello to the forum

i have never been to a fair only to a coin shop thanks for comment