Hussulo

Hi Stacey, What you have could be a penny struck on a foreign planchet (different coin blank, metal). Or I don't know if you know this but since 1992 copper plated steel has been used to produce pennies, so perhaps the copper plating has come off or wasn't correctly applied to the blank before striking. Regards, Hus

As 1949 says the mint mark is just left of the date you can see a picture on my site here: http://www.coinsgb.com/George_V/6-Penny.html

Welcome to the forum. It should be fun researching them.

My best buy was an early US coin for $300, which I thought was a rare die variety. After purchasing it and doing some research I found out it was. 6-8 months I later sold it through a specialist US dealer, he took 10% for finding a buyer and my cut was $7,650. I did well on gold coins I purchased a few years back which I recently sold. Not huge amounts but ones I bought for £80-£150 I sold for £150-£250 thanks partly to the hike in gold. I've made some losses too but overall I've done well out of the hobby even though my aim isn't to make money, I collect for fun.

They are all nice but if you hadn't shown the prices I would have still picked the top one. More detail a nice tone and fuller flan on the top one.

This is one I used to own. Lovely natural toning with a lot of lustre showing through:

I believe this is an example of natural bronze toning. I'm really pleased with this coin:- Thats a nice one 1949threepence. here's one I shared not to long ago probably envelope tonning but it does have some lovely blues and gold in it: 1696 William III Sixpence, first bust, early harp, large crowns

I wouldn't recommend: dandruff shampoo- left a brownish toned all over coin bleach- left green circles on the coin nail poish remover- went a lovely shade of blue jack daniels- nothing apart from being a bit more shiney smoke- little brown dots but smelled bad as I think the coins will look cleaned/ stripped if using dandruff shampoo or bleach. and the rest of the things you've tried will look artificially toned. I have tried and successfully used yellow sulphur powder to tone an edge knock/scratched on a copper coin. I made a paste mixing the sulphur powder in a little water (apparently you can use Vaseline too) and applied it to the bright scratched area it took a couple of days but it did work and it looked natural. Here is the after pic: I'll try and find a before pick but the edge knock was also scratched and looked a bright coper colour. I have heard of people using stink bombs to tone silver colourfully. Apparently if you place a silver coin in an airtight container brake a stink bomb in next to it and seal the lid it works. I've never tried this though. What ever you use will most likely result in the coin looking artificially tones. Nice natural toning takes years to appear.

Thanks for that, Hussulo. I've noticed some variations with standard pricing though. Any reason for that ? You've got to remember this is a 2007 price guide so some of the prices will no-doubt be out of date-low but I think its handy as a reference. I didn't compile the prices as they come directly from Chris Perkins' (owner of this forum) Collectors Coins GB 2007 price guide.

Now added shillings, eighteenpences and florins to the price guide. http://www.coinsgb.com/Price_Guide/Price_Guide.html

Thanks for the heads up I've now added that section to the site: http://www.coinsgb.com/Price_Guide/Farthings_1838-1864.html

I've just completed the price guide for British Threepence's, fourpence's and sixpences. You can see them here: http://www.coinsgb.com/Price_Guide/Price_Guide.html

It is. With this new ongoing court case I wonder what will happen if the US government win over the Longboards? What will they do with the 10 new c1933 $20's: 1) Destroy them. 2) Legalise them and sell them to collectors. 3) Donate them to museums.

And since then 10 more have come to light. "from the family of Philadelphia jeweler Israel Switt, the illicit coin dealer identified by the Secret Service as a party to the theft who admitted selling the first nine double eagles recovered a half century earlier. In September 2004, the coins' ostensible owner, Joan S. Langbord, voluntarily surrendered the 10 coins to the United States Secret Service. In July 2005, the coins were authenticated by the United States Mint, working with the Smithsonian Institution, as being genuine 1933 Double Eagles. Currently, the coins are held at Fort Knox under lock and key. After the announcement that the US Secret Service had recovered the coins and that they had been authenticated, Ms. Langbord publicly claimed that she inherited the coins from her father via legal means, and continues to threaten a federal suit concerning the surrendered coins. To that effect, Langbord has apparently retained the services of the attorney, Barry Berke, who represented Fenton with the only monetized 1933 Double Eagle." from Wikipedia. the case is still in court. Also it is no longer the most expensive coin in the World. Recently a 1794 dollar sold for record $7.85M: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37265346/ns/today-money/

PS. not only Irish but they made them depicting Edward VIII and for various countries like Cyprus etc.

They are not real patterns, they are modern fantasy pieces. I think they may have been produced by Richard Lobel or for Spink to sell at a patina sale? Not worth a lot and I'm not keen on the fact that they haven't got replica or copy stamped on them, I guess because they aren't copying a real coin they can get away without having to do so but I'm sure many novice collectors have been fooled by them.

the winner selected randomly out of a hat by my wife is..... 1949threepence Congrats 1949threepence PM me your address and I'll get it in the post to you.

Spink 2010 prices it as £750 VF and £1750 EF. I haven't got my copy of Collectors Coins GB 2010 yet.

PS this giveaway is for ONE medal only.

To celebrate our free trial month in April over on Coins4u.net I would like to have a giveaway. The prize: This is ONE of four replica medals I purchased a while ago. It is quite large and copper coloured, although I don't know what it is made from. They all have a similar theme which is that of hot air balloons. If you would like a chance to win this medal post a reply in this thread. One entry per person only and the winner will be randomly drawn. I will post it anywhere in the World to the winner at my expense. Winner will be chosen on Mon 5th April and announced here. All entries must be in before 10pm GMT on Sun 4th April. Good luck

Hi Azda, Its a nice coin. The top part of X in REX is filled in, which is a chip in the die. There is something on the N in BRITANNIA possibly another chip in the die. I don't think its an N struck over something. Honestly although interesting, I don't think these error would warrant a premium for the coin. Error collectors usually look for major errors (off centre strike, brockage etc.) on coins and variety collectors usually look for a change in design or an error that has been man made like and overdate or over stamped letters like or an N over say an E. You could list it on ebay starting at what you paid for it and list the errors with the hope someone might be interested and it might do well but if you send it off to a major auction or a specialist, I don't think the errors are major enough to get them too exited. Hus

I agree. At first I thought maybe it's AW using an alias but his writing style is different. Some of JAG's first post were entertaining but they went down hill fast...

Perhaps worth around £5 to the right buyer. The thing is most error collectors only go after or pay big money for the more major and striking errors like brockages and off centre strikes. I find them all fascinating though.

Here's a link to an article including a picture of it: http://www.coinlink.com/News/world-coins/goldbergs-acquire-legendary-king-edward-viii-1937-proof-set/ Wow what a set!

There was no Sovereign Hussulo, it was a halfcrown, perhaps polished with brasso, nevertheless, it was silver, honest Sorry my mistake I meant halfcrown. thats what happens when you try to converse on three different forums simultaneously. Occasionally things get muddled but I stand by the rest of my statement.