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Have you tried contacting the Preston Guild, it is still on going. http://www.preston.gov.uk/yourservices/events/preston-guild/guild-history/

I'll have to put together a montage of the different varieties of 5 found on Halfpennies, generally only the open and closed 5 varieties are described, Colin Cooke have described the various forms of 5 in the past, apart from CGS I don't think they are recorded in any reference material

I had an email from Semra yesterday, details below We would like to inform you that the next London Coins Auction is Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th March 2016. Also just a reminder that if you intend to leave bids, don't forget to place your bids by 10am GMT on Saturday 5th March. We can accept bids by e-mail : bids@londoncoins.co.uk, or snail mail to 4-6 Upper Street South, New Ash Green, Kent DA3 8JJ, phone 01474 871464 or fax 01474 872173. Semra Cetin London Coins Ltd

I helped with a probate a few years back for a friend whose Uncle left a collection, had a lot of Chinese coins to identify

Emperor WEN TSUNG AD 1851-1861 50 CASH

Glad you like them, an interesting part of the model/Toy coin learning series, still in use at Schools today but in plastic and decimal denominations. David Evans produced a catalogue British Cardboard Coins from 1860 (Galata) back in 2004 documenting Cardboard coins he had found and collected over many years, due mainly to the composition, and the fact children were involved, most of the earlier issues haven't stood the test of time and are now quite rare, Partial sets dating from the 1930s up until to 1964, during which the number and types seem to peak, still turn up on fairly frequently on Ebay for a couple of pounds each, but the earliest (embossed) issues circa 1860 to the early 1900s have become increasingly difficult to find in any condition and can fetch between £10 to £15 pounds each, dependent of date/type and condition. I am always interested should anyone have a few tucked away John

I always answer honestly and openly any questions on Coppers, but with varieties I like to be sure before I say anything as many we see either garden shed projects or just die deterioration. I will be sending a couple of GeoIV Pennies varieties I am now sure of to Richard for inclusion on his site

No WW on Truncation

I overlaid several letters, best fit below, Ian Fall has a similar overlay coloured that are probably a little clearer. The B also is the First letter of the next part of the legend, which would fit with the error.

That is my listing, but there are a couple more currently listed to choose from, one at £1,995 BIN, another at £3,000 BIN

I've got a spare

Thank you, hopefully they will or straight into LCA June along with the remnants of the storage boxes, cant be humping them about, just got my Garage back

Not Robs, but I think he has collared me I have recently cleared my Garage and have half dozen storage boxes of lots acquired at auctions over the last few years, basically I have bought job lots to get something I have wanted, with an impending House move, I am selling off rather than hump them all around with me. Most of the coinage is RM Base metal and silver, along with the equivalent in Commonwealth coinage, Banknotes, stamps and covers, most of the smaller Auction Houses do not sort through these types of lots so there has been a few gems in there, Seeing the current prices achieved for the 1983 rare set and Aquatic 50p 1st Ed. both at Auction and on Ebay I thought I would put them out there whilst I type out and image all the other bits. John

The British Bronze Coinage 1860-1869 by M Gouby has a chapter on numbered coinage, Michael researched some of the book at Kew from Mint records/correspondence and there is a table of known coinage and numbers used

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all

It didn't sell at that auction, Neil Paisley sometimes reads the boards and maybe able to let you have some of the details of any subsequent sale

One sold by Colin Cooke in the Alderley collection, It is online at the website

Both on large date Obv, smaller dot has a PT Rev and larger an OT Rev

It is sought after, but is not recorded as a variety, In all probability just an indication that the die is starting to fail, other examples have the dot larger and irregular in shape

Hockings may have the answer you are looking for, His records from the Royal Mint indicate Matrices with the date 18__ for the Copper coinage, punches and dies thereafter had the required numbers added.

I have never seen reference to CP1860/59 proof, there is a record in Mangahas of an example in Lead, a Bronzed currency piece recorded by Peck was described as with WW on truncation and therefore suggests an altered earlier date The same record suggests CHP1860 proof and currency in the BM, the latter was recorded by Peck as a later Mint strike Ex-Fremantle

Some of the UK patterns and models are listed in the Krause Unusual world coins, which is a separate volume to the other catalogues produced by them

Krause Unusual world coins page 188 ref X# 10

Heritage use FedEx for more expensive purchases, FedEx invoice the charges separately, whether they pass it on is another question

Peter, Condolences to you and your family