copper123
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acetone is quite good - inert and does not produce a cleaned look
Soap and water is pretty much the same but you might have to use a bit more elbow grease - a small pack of toothpicks is often good for getting off gunk from around lettering.
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The royal mint in room 101?
A bit harsh on a coin collecting / numismatic forum.
A bit like a dog lover hateing crufts
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I have heard that the black finish farthings 1897-1918 look superb with a quick dip in car oil
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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
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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.
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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.
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I would get rid of the coin at anything over £600 .
Invest it in something something interesting victorian or before
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
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charles will be the next in line for the throne , unless you know for certain he will die before his mother..
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i find it strange you say the coin is increaseing in value rapidly
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I would get rid of the coin at anything over £600 .
Invest it in something something interesting victorian or before
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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
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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
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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
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deffo not kosher
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She looks like she is going to give that lovely pair of breasts a right seeing to!!!!!
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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
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"pussy" happens to be a banned word on many forums - even when refering to your own cat - was surprised it was allowed
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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.
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Lidl had sausages on special offer the other week 49p a pound
god knows what they contained
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SPAM,SPAM,SPAM,EGG AND SPAM BAKED BEANS AND SPAM SPAM ON TOAST SPAM WITH SPAM, SPAM, SPAM, SPAM SPAM, SPAM AND SPAM.
LOVELY SPAM
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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.
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probably been in acid
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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
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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.....
The holy grail in a £1 box
in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
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freeman 530 found today in a £1 junk box at a local collectors fair.
Adds to the other 15 or 20 or so known examples .
Just shows it can be done