Mr T

In the museum itself?

I thought I read the greyer coins were due to manganese in the alloy (might have been in Davies?).

I think it's the whole circulation vs non-circulating thing that's sort of being discussed in the modern proofs thread - I think more people would collect from change than anything.

I should hope not. The Royal Australian Mint auctioned off some its modern pieces in the last few years, though it was all 1987 onwards.

Not my cup of tea but I guess they found a market in the 1960s and 1970s when it was a new thing. I'll only buy a modern proof if I can't get a circulation finish example of the same coin.

Ah yep right you are. Thank you!

Not quite British but close enough - I've been looking at the pattern cents of Nova Scotia recently - the obverse dies used were the same as the British halfpenny - and I've been trying to work out which dies were used. https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=1910&lot=30541 is Freeman obverse 3 I think? https://coins.ha.com/itm/nova-scotia/world-coins-canada/canada-nova-scotia-victoria-bronze-pattern-cent-1861-ms60-red-and-brown-pcgs-/a/3054-30535.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 is Freeman 4 I think? https://coins.ha.com/itm/nova-scotia/world-coins-canada/canada-nova-scotia-victoria-specimen-cent-1861-sp64-red-and-brown-pcgs-/a/3054-30538.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515 is reported to be Freeman 7/Peck 6 and I think that's right. Any thoughts appreciated - I thought it would be easier to count berries and leaves.

Could just be a foreign planchet?

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Yes I thought that he probably didn't himself that - "On l'appellait Guillame le bâtard" is more correct I think. French isn't my first language but I think that's right.

Got a picture? I would have guessed acid bath but you say the features look correct.

il s'appellait

I assume they sell them online - I remember buying a few bulk lots of international stuff from an ebay seller (like kilograms of coins from the same country or same denomination) and I don't know where else they could have got them.

Oh nice - didn't even think of university libraries (not that either is convenient but oh well).

No, I figured if my local state library didn't have it my local library probably wouldn't be able to get a hold of it. Thanks.

No such luck - my state library doesn't have a copy and nor do the interstate ones I'd have a chance of visiting.

I recently read a couple of articles in Coin News about 1887 two pound varieties (A very rare Victoria 1887 Gold Two-Pound variation from June 2018 and Rare variety Taking a fresh look at the Victoria Jubilee Head 1887 £2 from August 2018). These articles both make reference to an article - “Two Pound Pieces of 1887” by G. Dyer and R. Lubbock - in IAPN Publication No.8 and that seems to be the only place where these varieties are actually properly documented (both the articles in Coin News allude to the different obverse and reverse dies without going into a whole lot of detail). Anyone know if these details have been reproduced elsewhere? I don't want to go hunting down an out of print book just for single article in it.

MATLAB has a 3D plot of a 1911 Wheat Cent (obverse I think) as an example - from memory it was a decent enough representation but no idea how they imported the data.

Currencies of the Anglo-Norman Isles, 1984 McCammon?

Most likely consistent, due to a damaged die.

Any luck?

Wouldn't surprise me. I vaguely remember some South African piece being given an MS label because that was how it was produced, even though it had wear.

Got any details? http://jerseycoins.com/pen12/pen12.htm doesn't mention it. That said, it wouldn't surprise me - I think various Canadian cents are known in brass so clearly it was being played with in the mid 1800s.

I'd be inclined not to trust them - probably the mint uses the cheapest plastic available.

Any buy Coin News online from https://www.tokenpublishing.com/subscribe/coin? I'm curious how the online issues are delivered and if getting back issues is possible with the online option too.