|
The current range of books. Click the image above to see them on Amazon (printed and Kindle format). More info on coinpublications.com |
|
-
Content Count
3,422 -
Joined
-
Last visited
-
Days Won
96
Posts posted by copper123
-
-
On 7/31/2023 at 11:16 PM, Peckris 2 said:Agreed. It's AVF/VF+ and as I say CuNi coins are usually no better than F after 15 years.
I would say thats about right ,smaller coins like sixpences and shillings tend to circulate less freely and seem to remain in better condition than halfcrowns after 15 years or so, a shilling would prob be in NVF grade
-
17 hours ago, Martinminerva said:Apparently it was found in circulation in 1967, so assuming it was actually released in 1952 that would be about 15 years of circulation. Certainly no better than A.V.F. for me. Wonder how many hundreds or thousands of people handled it in those 15 years not knowing what was passing through their fingers! Similar would appear to be true of the 1954 penny, also found in circulation I believe in the late 60's !! Oh to have been a change checker then!! (But child of the 70's unfortunately so no predecimal for me as a kid - though I did find a 1920 shilling in my change as a 5p as late as 1983 !!)
I found a 1942 florin in 1986 or so .
I suspect the 1952 halfcrown spent a long time in a piggy bank or forgotten about in a drawer well it would have been in fine or good fine with normal circulation after 15 years
-
On 7/28/2023 at 10:26 PM, Peckris 2 said:This is the currency example - as you can see it seems to have had limited circulation; CuNi halfcrowns reached that grade in only a few years.
Halfcrowns did circulate quite a lot that coin shows all the signs of being taken out of circulation in about 1960 or so it looks like less that vf but to be sure I would have to have it in hand and i am pretty sure that will never happen LOL
-
9 hours ago, Martinminerva said:Thanks very much. The key differences I can see immediately is that this genuine one has a wide rim and the L of HALF is to a bead. The copy on the previous page has thin rim and L to gap. But the quality of the copy is pretty damn good (worryingly). Fortunately the obverse and particularly the portrait of Eddy VIII on the copies are crap!!
Edward VIII? surely it should be George VI to make it a even slightly believeable forgery
-
On 7/23/2023 at 10:50 PM, Peckris 2 said:I do remember the late 60s Coin Monthly where this find was mentioned, and the letter from the RM certifying it as genuine.
Until decimalisation was announced as a definite thing in 1966 there was very little interest in postwar coins - I can quite imagine the halfcrown circulating without much notice, not until the Check Your Change booklet appeared, and even Coin Monthly didn't appear until late 1966.
Yes this also contributed to the bubble in modern coins that happened in the early 70'sand late sixties , its easy to look back in old coin monthlies from that time and be horified at the prices
ie Mint grade 1959 halfcrown £20
Anyone who paid those prices was well and truely stitched up
-
On 7/24/2023 at 10:01 AM, Nonmortuus said:I know nothing on Pennys so advised him to join here to get an expert opinion on his coins.
bet I know what he said!
-
1
-
-
4 hours ago, blakeyboy said:Why don't people of his calibre go into politics?
You enter politics to enrich yourself and sod the rest
-
1
-
-
The males can be a bit vicious esp around chick time .
I remember paul merton saying swan upping should be illegal on H.I.G.N.F.Y. it got a good laugh.
-
-
From the news today the first kings swan upping for many years, a totally english quaint custon , who but the english could even think it up?
-
1
-
-
5 hours ago, Sword said:What happened to the shield and trident? The little dolphin looks a bit strange too.
Yes more a symbol of greece than the uk , though a few do like our waters
-
-
38 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said:The gulf stream is slowly moving mainly if not entirely due to the melting of Arctic ice. However we will never get Canada weather as our weather prdominantly is subject to Atlantic westerlies which means much milder, damper climate.
Esp in Cumbria
-
1
-
-
-
If sold it should go under the title of "Experimental CN test coin unknown value" that would be the most honest title.
I must admit that Britannia making all the coins personally brings a smile to my face.
-
18 hours ago, Iannich48 said:Lack of common sense maybe?
there was a 25p coin anyway - the crown
-
-
We are of course very lucky to have the gulf stream - without it these isles would be more like Canada in the winter - please god , no , I just hate my winter bills as they are nevermind a -30 ,in that temperature I am pretty sure I would be stuck at home in the winter for four months.
-
33 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:But of course ours are much weaker than theirs. Some barely register at all. I doubt if we've ever had an F3 - probably F2 maximum.
Possibly the strongest tornado to ever hit the UK, was the one which started in Buckinghamshire and travelled about 60 miles to somewhere in Cambridgeshire, on 21st May 1950. That caused a lot of damage with uprooted trees, sheds and greenhouses ruined, and cars overturned. Luckily it was a Sunday morning and there was nobody about when some scaffolding collapsed into the street.
You were just unlucky to cop for a shower at that specific time..
Just like dorothy and Toto
-
1
-
-
I have looked thoroughly through google and they appear to have disapeared from the earth .
I wonder why?
-
1
-
-
The truth is if you yourself are convinced its a special strike then bid a bit extra for it , it can never be proved if it is, or isn't, but if you yourself can see a reason to bid extra for it then there has to be others out there that would belive the same .
Personally I would never pay a masive premium for one of these coins but hey, I am not the whole of the English collecting public am I?
-
2
-
-
And lots of botox
-
Watch out for novichoc
-
Was not the major thing at this time trying to get rid of "Ghosting" it had plagued all early george V pennies and was a particular hate of the king who himself who was a collector , so it would not surprise me if these were made by the mint and given away as keepsakes to important visitors
1952 Half Crown Revisited, Or Facebook Madness
in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Posted
they were considered more as small change a bit like a 10p is these days , funny enough theres not a lot you can buy with a 10p