Hussulo

Any pictures? If only one side is blank, my first guess would be that it was post mint damage. Does it look like it's been filed or sanded down?

Good point I hadn't noticed the star. To be honest I don't know. I don't really collect ancients although I do have a couple of Byzantine Solidus coins. Maybe someone else will know more?

Link to Wildwinds: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/honorius/i.html It looks very much like RIC 1206 Honorius AV Solidus. Milan mint. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Honorius standing right, holding standard and Victory on globe, captive at foot. RIC IX 35c. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/honorius/RIC_1206.jpg but I think its RIC 1206d Honorius AV Solidus. Mediolanum mint. Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Emperor standing right, holding standard and Victory on globe, captive at foot; M-D/COMOB. http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/honorius/RIC_1206d.5.jpg The C of COMOB is further away from the O Hus

These sort of things: http://coins.shop.ebay.com/items/Coins-Pap...idZm270Q2el1313 I could be wrong but I think the German manufacturer Lighthouse does a similar silver coin dip? but I have never tried any of them, and don't plan to either.

Just to give you all an update. It came back from PCGS verified as a DP#1 and graded VF35.

Well they are added to my "if ever I win the lottery" list. To be honest I like most if not all the coins I now have in my collection, especially my world gold collection. I am enjoying collecting world gold coins as the only criteria I have set myself is that I have to like the look of the coin before I buy it. Not collecting a specific country, date run or a type allows me a lot of freedom and means I can "cherry pick" the coins I want to add to my collection. On the more strict collecting side I am trying to build a complete set of 1/3 farthings and then possibly move onto the other fractionals as well.

Hard to choose one. The Victorian Gothic Crown would be up there, and If money was no object: Petition Crown Una and the lion Triple Unite Probably more, but they were the first to spring to my mind.

Some US collectors prefer their coins dipped. In fact dipped used to be the sought after commodity. Now the fashion seems to be for wild rainbow coloured coins. Some people say dipping is cleaning, so it should reduce the price of the coins, but apart from guessing that a coin has been dipped, ie too nice looking with no sign of toning it is quite hard to prove, especially in UNC grade. Some coins where stored in airtight boxes or containers after they were minted and show no signs of toning, and full lustre. If you look on ebay your bound to see a lot of Morgan dollars which have with litlle doubt been dipped (ie "blast white"). If however a coin is dipped too many times it will loose its lustre and look cleaned (which means it will loose its value). If a coin isn't UNC and DOES shows wear yet it looks like the day it was minted with no toning, then this should throw up warning flags. This would indicate to me that said coin has been dipped or cleaned.

Can anyone help with what this coin might be? I think it may be a cast/forgery, but I was wondering of what type? I took it down to my local jeweller and he tested it and said its at least 22k on his tester, could be higher but his tester doesn't go any higher. Any help would be grateful. Thanks, Hus

Welcome to the forum Lomax.

Hi Bolt, My website touches on different types of major errors but not different types of varieties or variety errors yet. I am adding to it as and when I get time. Just click on the link below and then on "error coins". http://www.coinsgb.com/ Regards, Hus

I have had a look under magnification at the 1980 10p and there are faint signs of reading to the edge. That coupled with the difference in weight, means it is post mint damage.

I bought this one a couple of weeks ago. It's my first Scottish gold and its now safely stored in the bank. 1602 James VI Sword & Sceptre (120 Shillings) James VI became king of Scotland in 1585 at the age of 21. he was the only child of Mary, Queen of Scots. On 24 March 1603, he succeeded Elizabeth I , to become James I of England. He then ruled England, Scotland and Ireland for 22 years.

The next coin has me a bit puzzled I have to weigh it but, even though thir are a few scatches on the reverse, I don't think it's been filed down. If it hasn't been filed, then it isn't like any error I know of, as all would leave some impression. The only way it could have been made would be with the use of one (obverse) die. I took the coin out of the 2x2 and weighed it. It weighs 10.74 grams on my scales. According to the books it should weigh 11.3 grams, but I weighed 2 other 10p coins of the same type on my scales and one weighed 11.23 and the other 11.19. The edge is also plain and it is the same size as a normal coin:

I bought three miss-struck coins at a local table top antiques fair on Friday. The first two are clipped planchets: I liked this one because the clip is almost exactly at six o'clock. Some people try and collect what is called a clock collection of clipped planchets for the same type of coin. I.e one with a clip at 12 o'clock, then 1 o'clock, 2 o'clock etc. Until you have an example of all 12. I might try that some day.

But I question myself, if the coin is as good as the photo is now. Yes. The colour is closer to it now and the detail is accurate. I don't plan on selling it. I am just trying to improve my picture taking skills and get them as close as I can to the real coin. When I first saw it I thought it was another post from a porno spam bot!

I've had a play about with the colours: Unfortunately the camera my friend gave me isn't working. I have my eye on a new one but until then I'll have to make do with the one I have.

I agree with Red. If you could post a picture of the coin, we may be able to help. Here's one that recently sold at auction: http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.ph...79&Lot=2575

Yes. Take a look at my website below: http://www.coinsgb.com/George_V/6-Penny.html It'll show you where to look for the mint marks and there is a link to a couple of different verities at the bottom of the page. If you want to go to the home page, just click the CoinsGB banner at the top of the page. Regards, Hus

Wow that's a very nice find Chris. To think so many people picked it up and could of had a bargain!

Hi Q.E.D The first picture was sunlight, the second just cheap LED lighting, but I did have to adjust the colour a bit as it was to white. I've heard Tru light or daylight bulbs are good and what most coin photographers use, but I haven't tried them yet.

Hi Holger, 1 I can't get much more distance from the coin or the camera goes out of focus. Perhaps my new camera will be better. 2 Your correct I did mean I use photoscape for cutting the coin away from the background. I normally use a black background when taking pictures of coins (I prefer black backgrounds, but if coins are quite dark they show up better on lighter backgrounds), but this one's in a NGC slabs. NGC slabs have white plastic round the coin. The slab also hides some of the edge so it would be pretty impossible to show any more of the edge without cracking it out. Here's a picture of it in the slab: 3 I really like you coin picture. I had to play around quite a bit with the lighting so as it wasn't reflecting directly into the camera. It's going to take a bit of practice. I hope my new camera is a bit better as I am quite enjoying the chalange of taking better coin pictures. Thanks for the pointers. Regards, Hus

Sorry its got me beat! I can see what seems to be a bit of a legend. Perhaps a II or III. I've circled it in red, but apart from that I can't see any detail that would help attribute it.

Thanks. The current camera I am using isn't great when it comes to adjusting white balance etc. I recently traded a newer camera Sony Cybershot DSC-W200 with my friend. I'm hoping that it will be a better camera for taking coin pictures. It is missing its charger, so I have bought one off eBay which I'm waiting to be delivered before I can have a play with it. I am currently using two photo editing software programs which are both free: http://www.gimp.org/ and http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php I use photscape mainly for its circle cropping tool, which is really easy to use and you can change the colour of the backgrounds of the coin when you crop it. I am keen to improve my coin photo taking skills, but it will need a bit of practice. I would like to take fresh pictures of my collection, but it may take time as they are in the bank and every time I want to take a new picture. I'll have to go to the bank and bring back a couple at a time. Regards, Hus

I wouldn't call this coin Fine either, but It's in far worst condition then mine: South African 2 - 1/2 SHILLINGS Estimate for that coin as you see 500 - 750 £ and it was realized: 880 £ There is my coin to compare: Hi Panterex, Its actually in a better condition then yours. The auction pictures aren't great and the coin has patchy toning which hides some of the underlying detail. If you take the hair and the eyebrow for example, you can see a lot more detail in the auction coin. The colour of your coin appears to be a bit grey and it has possibly been cleaned, it could be the scan though. I agree that Zar coins are very collectable and some do command high values, but when comparing values you need to compare the sale of coins with the same dates as the value of a coin changes depending on what date it was minted and how many have survived etc. Regards, Hus