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I wonder if his Grandad was the forger...
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Two 1953 proof halfcrowns. Obv 1 on the left. There are quite a few small differences. The L of ELIZABETH is also quite a good differentiator.
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I guess it depends on when they were produced. If it was at the beginning of the 1953 production, you would expect obverse 1, but if they later decided there were some additional VIPs that needed sets then they could be obverse 2.
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Looks like obverse 2 to me. Both obverses exist in both proof and currency. I use the cross (+) to differentiate the two, although there are plenty of slight differences. Obverse 1 is just left of bead, obverse 2 is directly to bead.
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It was way too good for me.
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It's a shilling not a sixpence.
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It must be time for an updated Davies book...
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I have all four examples. There are quite a number of unconfirmed varieties in Davies that are now known to exist.
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You have a reverse B proof. Both reverses exist in both proof and currency.
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Here's my Rev B 1937 florin. I don't remember it being difficult to find, but maybe I was just lucky.
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The obverse looks a bit weaker than the norm, and there seem to be a few small scratches on both sides (although they could be on the slab). Nice lustre though. However, there are going to be nicer ones around with a number less than 66. It certainly is not £290 worth of coin.
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Here's the link for the 1917 sixpence: http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?searchlot=2972&searchtype=2&page=Catalogue I can't see any wear, so I wouldn't have a problem calling it UNC. Whether or not it is actually lustrous remains to be seen, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it fetch £120 or maybe a bit more.
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It's a well known, good quality fake. Plenty of info in the fakes section of the forum.
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Cameo or not ? Be wary !
Nick replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Proofs are made using polished dies and polished blanks. Currency are from standard dies and standard blanks. Specimen and proof-like come from one of each of the other combinations (not sure which way round). -
Cameo or not ? Be wary !
Nick replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Pictures of coin VS referenced above. -
Feel sure that a VIP set would not have been presented in a standard cardboard case.
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It's my own personal spreadsheet, so not published.
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Yes, there was. I have a spreadsheet in which I noted down all the die numbers that I'd seen and 84 does appear for 1865 shillings.
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Or if you want the max. resolution images...
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You just cannot tell how many coins each reverse die produced (other than by estimates based upon previous sales). During that mid-Victorian period they struggled to get quality steel and therefore some dies would have broken having struck just a few coins and others perhaps as many as 100,000.
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The easiest way I found to distinguish between them is to look at the 2nd I in SHILLING. Rev A is directly to a tooth, Rev B is directly to a gap. Both reverses exist in proof and currency.
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I have a 1937 proof set with a 2+B penny. I bought the set because it had the 1+B variety of florin, but am now doubly pleased.
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1920 threepence - Sterling v debased
Nick replied to Nonmortuus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
By sound. Put them on a piece of glass and raise one side a couple of mm and let it go. They will make different sounds. Then compare with a pre-1920 threepence to see which is which. -
Or perhaps you could use Google Drive to host the images, which is free up to 5GB of storage. Not sure whether they allow embedding in other sites though.
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Perhaps the best solution would be to rent your own web-space and host the images yourself.
