copper123

The royal mint in room 101? A bit harsh on a coin collecting / numismatic forum. A bit like a dog lover hateing crufts

I have heard that the black finish farthings 1897-1918 look superb with a quick dip in car oil

No victorian farthings are hard in good grade - except for a very few very rare varieties. Which makes them ideal for collecting doesn't it. IMHO a collection of top grade bronze halfpennies is much , much harder

The 1876 H seems to have been the one to invest in along with 1875 no H I agree . Funny enough I am finding 1872 a bit of a bitch to upgrade, at a reasonable price, and I totally agree with your 1869 comments. 1875 H, 1884 , 1885 and 1886 seem now to be a lot more common than they were years ago even in the top grades , though this is also exagerated by the hoard of 1886 farthings that colin cooke bought some years ago. I also have invested in a really lovely 1895 old head that i got for less than £10 in Gef - Aunc grade from an american would you believe.

Strange thing about 1895 YH farthings was they were massively overvalued in the sixties and seventies but now never seem to have recovered to any sort of premium level since their collapse in value (or stagnation at least), over the last twenty five years or so.

Ooh, ignoring Edward VII, the scarcest reign of modern times, and George V, arguably the most interesting reign of modern times? Surely Edward VIII coins are the rarest of all modern coins - I must admit i love Edward V11 coins as well

charles will be the next in line for the throne , unless you know for certain he will die before his mother..

i find it strange you say the coin is increaseing in value rapidly

I would get rid of the coin at anything over £600 . Invest it in something something interesting victorian or before

probably it would be best for a potential buyer of the above 3d to make his own mind up if it is proof or currency- in the end the buyer decides. Ebay the coin with virtually no complex details and it will find its own value. Personally these coins (3d's) do little for me , I prefer the silver ones but I known others love them

I would guess that about 50% of 1953 plastic sets probably got broken up probably mostly before 1960 Most of the coins were then spent after the excitement of the coronation had passed. It's only a guess but judging on all the circulated 1953 penny's u get probably a reasonable guess

It's also true that most of the proofs are still in the original sets and therefore only available to commerce that way. Prob only 2,000 - 3,000 sets have been broken up over the years

deffo not kosher

She looks like she is going to give that lovely pair of breasts a right seeing to!!!!!

what a lovely edge - shame about the rest of the messing about by foolish people though. thinking about it the person that caused the damage is probably dead though it look like it was done many moons ago

"pussy" happens to be a banned word on many forums - even when refering to your own cat - was surprised it was allowed

hello 17 - at least you are not damaging uk coins . It was a criminal offence to do that a few years ago, (In the uk of course), so we could all have ratted on you and had you sent to a young offenders institute.

Lidl had sausages on special offer the other week 49p a pound god knows what they contained

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Funny enough it is quite common to find mary coins defaced probably contempary damage - they have crosses scratched deeply on the surface . It was probably done during the reign of Elizabeth the first and refers to the fact that mary was catholic . I here she had a thing for the bishop of bath and wells as well but it stopped short when he presented her with his parsnip.

probably been in acid

The lions and the lis look different on the forgery less clear and convincing. Overall apart from marys chin quite a convincing coin though. At least we know to look out for them now

hi there hello - did you know the best way to clean coins is with acetone and you could add to that a toothpick - i have always had great results using these two things both seperately and together . Acetone is a strong solvent you can pick up a bottle on ebay for around £5 . It does not harm to toneing or lustre, gets rid of gunk and dirt and allover is the perfect product to use on SOME problem coins. I am sure many users of this forum have had good results from it.....

Wow you live near London. You should have no problem selling the esp if you are based near the m25

If you are near a major town (London , Birmingham or manchester for instance )you might be better off listing them as a pick up only lot on Ebay. Pick a free listing day and put a reasonable reserve on them and hope a newbie collector is interested. You could always leave them at a friend or relatives house if you don't live near a major city. Just keep relisting them till you get the price you want. Other more valueable books , IE peck or freeman's books sell like hot cakes anyway . But the run of the mill stuff i.e. Spink is a bit hard to shift once out of date .