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  1. Nick
    I looked at both pictures and nothing registered as unusual. My brain was fixated on grade, rather than the king's effigy itself.
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    It won't be long before you're "Almost a piece of furniture", or something like that.
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    Having looked at the Royal Mint website, it seems that the £110 refers to the proof Quarter Sovereign. The Half Sovereign is £190 and the Sovereign is £360. There are also bullion versions that are a bit cheaper, but not that much.
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    More details here.
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    I suspect the Skipton Castle Collection on Heritage will be more to your liking, VS. However, given the number of MS 65, 66 & 67 grades, the prices are sure to be stratospheric.
  7. Nick
    I would say look at the edge inscription. This seems to be the hardest part to fake convincingly. It should be a well formed gothic script, nicely centred (top to bottom) all the way around.
  8. Nick
    We are talking at crossed purposes, Stuart. Dave's post references an 1862 florin, which is what I replied about. I agree with you, if we are talking godless 1849 florin.
  9. Nick
    "Extremely rare...almost impossible to locate in any grade"WHAT? They are rare and not easy to obtain, but I think I'd save his description for the 1863 florin.
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    Oh, that's just horrible! It is indeed. I suspect that CGS might give it a 78.
  12. Nick
    I've had a few 1918's over the years. The best I've had is this one:
  13. Nick
    I make no distinction between wear and weakness. The fact remains that a substantial portion of the design is missing. It wouldn't be more than EF money to my mind, regardless of the given grade.
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    There are quite a few in the Heritage archive.
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    Thanks Dave. Interesting.
  16. Nick
    They have to. Otherwise, they would be admitting that slabbing doesn't add value.
  17. Nick
    Link added. What a load of old flannel that story is.
  18. Nick
    The Coinage Act was amended in 2011 to allow variations to denominations and/or specifications to be made by proclamation. More details here. However, I don't know where the actual proclamations are published that allowed the £5 coin, £20 coin etc to become legal tender.
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    Link added. Never heard of a coin that has been "hot dead in the middle" before.
  21. Nick
    Any eBay listing that even mentions a type of relative (especially grandad) should be given a wide berth.
  22. Nick
    Yes, it's possible. Here's an example:
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    Nick replied to Rob's topic in Wanted

    Thanks Nick, that's useful to know. Where was it? It was in the Heritage archive. The pattern florin was sold in September 2009 for $3,450.
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    Nick replied to Rob's topic in Wanted

    Here's a picture of ESC 910 (wrongly classified as ESC 907).
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    Nick replied to Rob's topic in Wanted

    London Coins sold two groups of 1848 pattern florins in September 2010 and 2011, but I don't think ESC 910 was amongst them.
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