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Hi all this is my first forray into hammered coins and am probably way out on grading this coin. I bought the coin because i quite like the bust and its a bit of a change to the Edward Vii stuff ive been buying lately Im grading it as "fine" am i in the right ball park ?

Lol I know where your coming from. I started on Edward vII florins then got a few of his shillings then a couple of vickys shillings then a couple of Edwards sixpences. Now I've just bought a Charles 1 sixpence

Booo hiss booo! I wish I never said I was after Rob's shillings now You can have them as you let me have my florin :D :D

Oi Mongo dont you go buying any more of my coins (I already have 1C) Those pics really help cheers

Most of the time, but there are exceptions, and if a cross must be assumed to be deliberate which would help the accounting theory. That a very precise cross the lines are dead straight so not a casual act

doubt they will come to market they are destined for a museam (sp)

makers mark like they did on bricks These straws are getting very slippery

How about weight adjustment at the mint Just clutching at straws

could the scratches be to test the coin is silver

Sorry Chris they didnt take my fancy but your now short one 1925 shilling Not quite got the hang of inbetween grading yet have I

Yep the 1902, but its mine all mine now. I think i to prefer the toned florins, as it defo gives more depth to the coin

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Sorry for defacing your website with my penny I can assure you it might happen again I hope you like these more my usual stuff The 1906 was from ebay (sorry) the 1902 was from penny crown coins Im grading the 1906 as VF and the 1902 as EF

LOL the world's commonest coin! Still, if you like it, and you're happy to buy from a company that spells "wholly" as "wholey", who am I to criticise? Are you now enrolled in their £40 per month scam scheme? nope phoned up and stopped that lark before it started. i just liked the coin i have a few nice pennies but i dare not handle them.this one can live in the wallet if i like

Just bought one of these http://www.londonmintoffice.org/british-coins-britannia-penny/ Purely cos i like it.I know it overpriced and almost worthless and wont increase in value but i dont really care :D sorry all

FWIW here's my 2p Buy coins you like and enjoy, this should be above way above all else Buy high grades only unless very rare An expensive coin can drop along way in value aswell as rise and the value could already be in the coin so potential to rise (above inflation)is weak, where as moderatly priced coins cant fall as much but have potential to rise further

I can vouch for that! I think high grade Edward VII silver can be attractive and will hold its value I hope so

This very true - for example *why* is the 1989 proof sovereign so expensive? Yes it has a one-off (and rather nice) design, but the mintage numbers are higher than some of the later proof sovereigns and the price is way more than the other one-off design years (2002, 2005 and now 2012). The reason - demand! People like the coin... I can explain the demand for the 1989 coin a bit.When collecting sovererigns it falls into many different catergories ie people collect by monarch, by reverse, by obverse etc. So lots more people chasing it

Cheers they seem to have done some weird stuff back then

Why overstrike a 1 with a 1 how has that affected the value

Hi all your village idiot here Can you have a look at my 1861 shilling the first 1 in the date has a vertical line down the right which to me looks like a poor stamp Any ideas ?

trust and ebay

Looks "easy" to fake

Very nice coin you have Debbie