Mr T

Looks like it could be struck out of collar? Not sure how popular error coins are in the UK but here in Australia you could sell it for tens of dollars at least. Nice find anyway - normally the mint should pick this up, or at worst a security company's rolling machine should reject it - they don't often get to circulation.

Probably not - a couple of years ago I got a bunch of site hits (from which country I no longer remember) but they had spoofed some field or other (browser language I think?) to be "VOTE TRUMP" - possibly something similar. Occasionally I see fake hits that just spam the referrer field with some site they're trying to advertise - again, possibly something similar.

Yes it looks to run under the letters - struck through wire?

The Uniform Coinage of India 1835 to 1947 by Stevens and Weir is a good reference - it says that 24,144,000 1947 Bombay 1/2 annas were minted but gives it an equivalent value to the Calcutta. The David Fore Collection of British Indian coins (which was very comprehensive and was sold by Baldwins) didn't seem to have an example though (at least not in the sequence of regular coins). I wouldn't be surprised if a lot were made and subsequently withdrawn (or perhaps never even issued).

Very nice! Are those pages PVC though?

We'll see - in Australia they did a letter for each $1 for a few years (I think they may have stopped) - none circulated and they did each letter each year for a couple of years.

Thanks. Looks like it's missing the 1863 die number 5 penny.

Maybe - I wouldn't be surprised if there are more varieties these days, though I expect a lot would be such small changes that you couldn't spot them with the naked eye as they don't hand make dies any more. They could probably easily reduce the profile by 10% without anyone noticing and strike a whole lot more coins.

I'll make a note of it.

Even in Australia there are a lot of decimal varieties (particularly after the introduction of the Ian Rank-Broadley obverse). I suppose modern mints are just as interested in extending die life as the mints of last century.

Is it available online?

Looks more like a proof to me.

Couldn't agree more. I think this case isn't too bad but I shake my head whenever I see Perth Mint bronze with indistinct denticles and Queen's face in an MS slab. It may be technically uncirculated but if it doesn't look uncirculated I'm not going to pay uncirculated money for it.

What about the obverse?

I'd say EF but the colouring makes it look like it may have been cleaned.

Are the avatars that load taking a while to load?

I would agree with Freeman 1+A.

Works for me - it looks like it's being served by the forum too so if you're seeing other people's avatars you should be seeing your own.

Yes https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/ is good for pennies and http://aboutfarthings.co.uk/catalogue/ is good for farthings but I don't know of anything online that covers halfpennies or silver (or gold) as nicely.

Yes I was going to say looking for varieties is probably worth it, though are there are any decent online resources? MIchael Gouby's site has a lot of detail but it's geared more towards sales.

Ah, so Freeman misclassified one? I guess the Freeman auction catalogue isn't well-enough illustrated to tell?

Is the one that didn't sell in the Michael Freeman collection the one at https://rarestpennies.wordpress.com/1861-f19/?

First one could be obverse 15 (bulging forehead). Not sure about the second.

Ah thanks - just as well I ordered the new Gold Sovereign book yesterday then.

What year is it? Would agree with Freeman J/Gouby k anyway.