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  1. copper123
    I have been around for ages and I have never heard of one for sale anywhere By the way the farthings are not as rare as most people think I would imagine between 250 and 100 exist (I have one as well)
  2. copper123
    "aUNC = a coin with wear that the seller doesn't want to list as gEF because aUNC sounds better" sounds like what a dealer whose name is well known on here does regularly though he does it with near EF coins not GEF His name sounds like ""at Can you think of anything better? As regards to gradeing systems, sorry I cannot
  3. copper123
    Gvf for the 1844 halfpenny for me though the reverse looks slightly better say GVF/VGVF but you have to remember apart from the comon dates of 1853 ,1854 and 1858 these coins are quite rare in the higher grades , good job there are few halfpenny fans around or they would be very expensive.
  4. copper123
    I think this statement is right "Uncirculated is a graders opinion rarther than a factual statement of what has happened to the coin over the past XXX years"
  5. copper123
    To be honest if you do get hold of a genuinly uncirculated coin you generally fall in love with it , you and whoever else sees it , this is why the massive price difference exists it's the (I want THAT one) factor, is more pranounced in the USA with many collectors paying five times the amount for a genuine brilliant unc coin when compared to a GEF 70% lustre
  6. copper123
    I must admit I bought a 1843 half farthing in Near EF grade (strict ) with 20% lustre for about £4 at the birmingham coin fair this year
  7. copper123
    That looks very sellable to me - pity there are few collectors of isle of man stuff - the island itself have killed off the trade by just producing to much of it
  8. copper123
    Tis true very few coins actually grade as uncirculated , it is probably the most hyped grade , most coins are either GEF or a/unc
  9. copper123
    I cannot emagine the mint has had to change even one mule 20p changed for a regular issue 20p , quite apart from the transport to get there what is the incentive?
  10. copper123
    Maybe its like the one used for coronations at westmister abbey - you know the one that george IV bought that added 5% to the national debt. It really has not had to much recent use
  11. copper123
    Just wait another 12 months or so and at this rapid decrease in prices you will end up owning the lot for nothing . Then you can pass them on to your customers, ( but then you will have to ask yourself honestly if imaginary coins have any value)!
  12. copper123
    sandblasted at an angle with high pressure sand or something else for a very short time?
  13. copper123
    .... no it's not
  14. copper123
    Well I would make a guess at £800 -£1100 very specialist item if two farthing collectors took a shine who knows . Very rare and esp so in that grade , stunning as you say , one coin I would leave in a slab
  15. copper123
    Looks like a bog standard 1837 sixpence in VF grade price seems about right but a rare date might be fake. Dont like the orientation being wrong - should set alarm bells ringing
  16. copper123
    MMMM nice for £2 not unc but easy EF on obverse unc rev
  17. copper123
    Oh matron ! nipples worn down ,take it away! Nay nay and thrice Nay In for me in for me they have all got it in for me!
  18. copper123
    copper123 quickly runs to his collection and checks his loose drapery
  19. copper123
    To be sure I am sure that you need a higher grade example
  20. copper123
    those coins should be a good investment as well as being valuable now - I don't blame you for keeping them , they are very handsome too
  21. copper123
    there is the 1671 pattern is there not that had loose drapery sorry don't have a copy of peck to hand but I am sure there is a 1671 loose drapery pattern.
  22. copper123
    No I meant that the loose drapery is a variety that not many collectors bother with even though it is quite an important one
  23. copper123
    This seems to be one of those varieties that farthing collectors dont really bother about not sure why along with 1834 and 1835 1823 roman I, 1853 ww incuse, 1855 ww raised and a few others . I must admit I have one though
  24. copper123
    Funny enough George IIII farthings are very common finds and were hoarded by the public for some reason . They were the first issue of farthings since 1799 1806/7 so there was a bit of a shortage of that denomination in circulation . There were quite a few farthings made between 1821 and 1825 when coinage of pennies and halfpennies resumed , presumably the cartwheels and 1799 issue and 1806/7 issues were sufficient for the public's needs up til then.
  25. copper123
    In the immortal words of Mel brooks scott "It's good to be the king!"
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