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    Jubilee head sixpence die pairings

    in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

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    9 hours ago, 1887jubilee said:

    Yes you are onto something here. I have examined my extensive 1887 collection of 6d. There are as you say different obverses but not limited to the two you show. Even the reverses are not limited to the A-E in Davies. there being at least four of 1887 alone. For comparison I would like to see your obv. 2 if it is 1887. I only have one.

    Four different reverses for 1887? What are they?

    Pattern 1951 Crown, What Do You See?

    in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

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    On 3/5/2021 at 7:01 AM, coinkat said:

    The reverse is different... I would suggest substantially different. There was another thread I started under varieties that address the main difference between what I refer to as the type I Reverse which is the type we see on the pattern and the type II Reverse which is the reverse type on the other that was posted on this thread. There are significant differences in the detail of the horse, the dragon wings, the forearm of holding the sword. What I find puzzling is how this difference could go virtually unnoticed for the better part of 69 years. For these interested, the discussion is more developed on the other thread

    Related to http://www.predecimal.com/forum/topic/13797-1951-crown-type-i-and-type-ii-reverse/

     

    Pattern 1951 Crown, What Do You See?

    in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

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    On 3/1/2021 at 4:59 AM, VickySilver said:

    I am trying to see, but these old eyes can't see a lot....I wasn't too keen about the initial SNC offering but the shilling has more differences (I can not find that one at the moment).

    Hard to say from the pictures, but comparing to https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/items/57841, there might be a bit more detail in the King's hair and area under his eye, and on the reverse the left arm of the centre cross almost touches the bottom arch on the pattern but is well clear on the standard.

    Both reverses have 180 denticles and both obverses have 183 denticles by my count.

    Are there any better images?

    Collection going under the hammer 10 Mar at DNW

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    On 2/28/2021 at 7:20 AM, 1887jubilee said:

    The 1887 Halfcrown with 7 to a bead is a significant rarity. I have sent the information to a friend in Australia who has been looking for one for some time. The double florin obv.1 rev. B is well known but represents only about 5% of 1887 double florins. If you have anything else 1887 please contact me.  PS good to see all the familiar names on the forum.

    Do you know if the 7 to head is known on circulating coins? I'm inclined to call it a pattern because it looks like an unrecorded obverse too - there are two lines on the bottom of the crown like obverse 1 but three pearls on the central arch like obverse 2.

    Entertaining Discussion of Value - The Proof 1911 Five Sovereigns

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    On 2/20/2021 at 8:47 AM, Peckris 2 said:

    You na' lyin'...

    (Think about it...!)

    True, but in the scheme of things I think there are much fewer collectors of high denomination gold than pennies or sovereigns for example.

    I imagine a big reason for most people not collecting them is the price, so their higher prices and apparent popularity seem a little strange.

    London and Llantrisant 1965-1970

    in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    Posted · Edited by Mr T

    On 2/1/2021 at 9:40 PM, AardHawk said:

    Exactly what information are you after? Is it annual production numbers for 1970 Lsd proof sets?

    Yeah I'm looking for who struck how many sets in each year.

    So far I found that 74,293 sets were struck at Llantrisant in 1973-1974 and that apparently took the total to 730,610 (so presumably another ~25,000 were struck in 1974-1975).

    I imagine the previous ~656,000 were struck both at London and Llantrisant from 1970 (or maybe even 1969 onwards).

     

    I got the 1973-1974 mintage from the August 1976 Australian Coin Review but I don't think previous issues have all Royal Mint reports unfortunately.

     

    And it seems like London was definitely being wound down by that point - I need to re-read A New History of the Royal Mint to see exactly what was happening...

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