DaveG38

The two types I refer to in my post above pretty much equate to your top two photos. I've yet to encounter one like your bottom type.

To add another quick assessment. I've just examined the three pound coins received in change to date. All three show minor differences as follows: Coin 1 - Obverse. The truncation point touches the inner ring. The gap between the lettering and the ring is wide. - Reverse. The leek leaf is roughly bisected by the ring. The word 'POUND' is centred in the outer brass ring. Coin 2 - Obverse. The truncation point touches the inner ring. The gap between the lettering and the ring is narrow. - Reverse. The leek leaf is cut by the ring, but the section in the outer brass area is larger. The word 'POUND' actually touches the inner ring. Coin 3 - Obverse. The truncation point does not touch the inner ring. The gap between the lettering and the ring is narrow (as per coin 2). - Reverse. The leek leaf is roughly bisected by the ring. The word 'POUND' is centred in the outer brass ring (as per coin 1). In none of my coins, does the ring meet the leek leaf practically at the point of the leaf, as in the first of Cliff's example above.

You will also notice that there is an obvious difference in the gap between the lettering and the inner ring. In the upper example the gap between the ring and say the 'E' is small, whereas on the lower example it is much wider. That may be the result of a difference in the size of the letters. It's difficult to tell from the photos as they are not precisely equal in size and orientation. The gap between the letters and the rim appears to the same in both cases. However, the gap between the rim of the crown (which is inverted here) and the inner ring is large on the upper photo and small in the lower.

Assuming its genuine, I don't know anybody who would even consider scrapping a 1905 halfcrown!! Don't see much wrong with any of the other coins posted. A fair bit of value there, but the yellow crud is obviously something to be carefully removed.

Anybody help me with a different question. Before the saleroom changed their website, I could always hear the auction. Now, with their new site, I find I am unable to get the sound to work. The icon just above the list of lots generally says that the sound can't be enabled or words to that effect. Anybody get any ideas what I need to do to get the sound to work? To the best of my knowledge, I haven't changed anything on my PC or on the saleroom website.

Looks like it's trying to be a guinea or half guinea. It might be the light on the photograph or it may be that the slight gold tones are the remnants of gilding. Interesting but not a genuine coin.

The only one I have seen so far is where the queen's coronet intrudes into the outer ring of the coin. Most appear to have the portrait entirely within the centre disc. A few have the top piece of the crown into the brass ring. Its also noticeable that the truncation of the bust is usually close to the edge of the inner disc, but on the 'intruding coronet' type there is a gap, as if the bust was struck off centre. The only other type, of which there are hundreds on ebay, are those where the centre has been pressed out and swapped round, plus there are some where the centre disc has been rotated. All post mint of course. Haven't seen any with 2017 on the reverse and 2016 on the obverse.

Not in 1891. Albert died in 1861. I guess he might have stuck around as a vampire.

My missus does! Oooops shouldn't have said that.

Vampire going for Victoria's neck, more like.

Thanks for that, I'll email.

Is this list online? I can't seem to find it.

Don't know if the left hand one is a proof, but these appear to be two minor varieties of the 1977 crown. The left hand one has smaller beads and the gap from beads to the legend is larger. On the right, the beads are larger and the gap is smaller. However, the only caveat is that the pictures are not exactly the same size, so I'm not 100% sure.

Before you rush to condemn this coin, I would just point out that it doesn't appear from the photos, to have the classic scouring lines that come from polishing. The picture though isn't really good enough to tell. It may be that it is unpolished but dipped and that is why it has come up so shiny. In terms of grade it loooks quite high. Difficult to say from the pics.

As I understand it, the striking process puts the edge legend on the blank before striking the main design. That being the case, then the blanks will be fed into the press with the edge legends randomly either way up. Hence, you should find that the two types are more or less struck in equal quantities. Certainly, that has been my observation of the previous £2 coins over the years.

Plus at $70 you should have smelled a rat straightaway.

I recently obtained an Edward VII Maundy threepence (1906), and because the threepence is always the most tricky Maundy coin to find, I thought I would put a set back together. This shouldn't be too difficult given that the other coins aren't really very scarce. Ideally, I'd like to be able to arrange them in a case, and so I wondered if anybody has a spare Maundy case for sale at a reasonable price. Ideally I'd like a contemporary one, even more ideally dated 1906, but even a more modern would probably be OK. Please let me know if you have anything, and I'll sort payment etc. PDQ.

In my experience, coins in local Auction Houses often go for rather more than they would in a specialised coin auction. I also find that estimates are often much lower than the realistic price, so don't be surprised if this lot doesn't go for rather more than the top end estimate. If it doesn't then its a fair buy, especially the cartwheel since that has very nice edges and details.

Ultra-violet in sunlight does it, by providing energy at the correct freqency to cause a reaction in the dyes used. Hence the fading.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm amazed that this would be graded at all. As for the label, well I guess that's just the colour wash of the photograph. If genuine, it doesn't reassure me about TPGs though.

I don't believe that PCGS would grade this offering. Plus the slab looks very iffy. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282359645142?ul_noapp=true

It was that good then!!!!

This is the point where I get embarassed by subjecting myself to public ridicule. When I'm not collecting coins or writing books, I use a Yamaha Synthesiser to write what might laughingly be called music. I also attempt to sing my own songs, which is a particular nightmare, given that my teacher from age 8 told me to mime in the class, and not sing as I was rubbish. Anyway, to cut a long story short, if you would like a laugh at my expense, have a listen to one of my songs, which is on Bandcamp at: https://daveg2.bandcamp.com/releases It's called Satanic Game and pretty much speaks for itself. If you can bear to listen all the way through it would help my stats on the site, so do your best. It's worth keeping at it to the middle 8 as this is particularly horrible!! DaveG38

He's done well to get £4.40 for it.assuming the bidding was kosher.

What's the logic in specifically excluding gold, I wonder? Too much fraud?