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Thanks Brandon!

No I don't, but thanks anyway - I don't want any 'battered' coins regardless of the rarity!

You got one! Nice one Will!

I'm down to 9 after picking this up from The Druid last month

Ah, you got that one, nice!

I acquired this coin a good while back (from Rob I think), just wondered if it seemed okay to people?

This is the example from MH Coins, currently graded PCGS MS64

Recent-ish addition

Ah yes, so I see ...

1669?

No Ottley reverses, no, and I haven't come across one either! And I've only got one reverse 4 example:

Gorgeous examples! So you're one of the Birmingham Kempson buildings collectors I'm competing against! Funnily enough I also have 10 left to collect: 150 ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S CHAPEL. 159 THE OLD MEETING DESTROY'D 167 MEETING PARADISE STRT 171 ST. PAUL'S CHAPEL. 180 GENERAL HOSPITAL 184 LIBRARY 186 BIRM WORKHOUSE 194 BLUE SCHOOL 202 THE NEW BRASS WORKS 205 NEW BREWERY

Latest, a Bath penny Conder token, D&H 4

Just when I thought I'd seen it all, here's a NGC designation I had not seen before - DPL. In case you cannot guess, it stands for 'Deep Proof Like'.

Thanks Rob!

I won lot 66, which ticked a few boxes for me - my first Charles I Bristol mint, my first declaration coin, and my first coin illustrated in Brooker

Just thought I'd start a new topic on this, there is much to debate, not for the first time I am sure! A while back I acquired 2 'pieces of eight' examples, the type collector in me wants at least a 4 reales, example and an octagonal counter-stamp example. Here are my 2 (Mexico and Bolivia (Potosi) mints), would love to see other members' examples!

I only have the 1 Pidcock's example at the moment, this one's a farthing, with an elephant and cockatoo. Undated but late 1790s, as Will says The other animals in the Pidcock's farthing token series are catalogued in Dalton & Hamer as lion, two-headed cow, pelican, beaver and wanderow (a type of monkey) The Pidcock's halfpenny token series also depict zebra, crane, tiger, rhino, eagle, nylghau (a type of Indian antelope), kangaroo, toucan and ostrich - I can only imagine that all these creatures were on view at the exhibition! There is evidence that Claudius had a 'war' elephant in England in Roman times, and that Henry III had a menagerie in the Tower of London, which included an elephant given by Louis IX of France in 1255. I continue to find these 'Conder' tokens fascinating pieces of our history!

There are now 'expand' arrows in the top right. For me, if I click there, the coin images virtually fill the screen, as before ...

Thanks Dave, I may well be sending you a few for the May grading session, I don't think I'lll be able to make the imminent one (but it might be possible)

Do they send them to the US for grading? (i.e. is in on-site submissions or on-site grading?)

Next up, the latest addition to my Kempson's Birmingham Buildings Conder Halfpenny mini collection (I now have 16 out of the 27) This one also has some nice provenance, being ex Sven Gahlin collection

A few newbies worthy of sharing (hopefully!) This lovely Warwickshire County Conder Halfpenny Token is ex Richard Dalton (of Dalton and Hamer fame). It's an effigy of the upstart crow (Shakespeare) on the obv.

EF for me