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Yes coin collecting has seen a rise in my opinion but for the decimal stuff more so.
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On 6/22/2023 at 2:29 PM, VickySilver said:
I think it may be a true rarity and ought to be written up in Coin News or similar - very interesting.
I'm surprised it wasn't at the time (or maybe it was - I can't remember when I started subscribing).
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Hm, working now.
The noses do look a bit different for sure.
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19 hours ago, 1949threepence said:
From the LCA website:-
This F71 appears to have an aquiline nose, with a prominent bridge - link - but that's not what I would call a "hooked" nose, as such.
This F71 appears to have a normal straight nose, no different to any pre obverse 11 nose link
Freeman 106 - I would say this is a "hooked nose" link
Are those links not loading for anyone else at the moment?
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On 6/15/2023 at 10:14 PM, VickySilver said:
Ah, wish I could tell you exactly but I recall it was early to mid 90s. It was very large and included such as gold strikes of all the "silver" denominations that are attributed to the LONDON mint! Also matte proof sets of all the 1927-1953 years, and BOTH 1922/4 LONDON mint satin specimen/proof sets, and proof sets of many other years (so called VIP record proofs). Even at that time with relatively low interest in proofs of George V and VI, all of these sold relatively rapidly at what today would be bargain prices. I was desperate to pull together funds to get what I could as I knew that there could not be too many such hordes out there.
Again what was remarkable is not that many were very rare (which they were) but in some cases represented the sole source of some coins, and these also again London mint issues! Nobody has ever been able to explain to me how in the world that occurred. As far as I know there was no official announcement of these sales and although I can not prove it, am of the understand that these left under somewhat nefarious circumstances with "insiders" walking away with many for but a song.
Interesting, I remember seeing a 1966 Australian specimen set offered for sale and it was reportedly from the Pretoria Mint collection - no other details though.
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Ah yes, just the one obverse for the wreath sixpence in 1887 which I guess will be I of BRITT to gap.
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Not sure - maybe the Royal Mint annual reports (now on their website and searchable) give some figures?
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I don't have many proofs but I think I have most of them in flips. I haven't checked them lately though.
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Surely if it was an intentional fabrication there would be more out there and someone would be cashing.
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On 6/12/2023 at 7:10 AM, Peckris 2 said:
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As you can see, the rest of the reverse is standard - pretty much what you'd expect. It was the date that drew my attention to it when I first saw it on sale (by a dealer who was just selling it as a bog standard 1887 JH).
Ah thanks - and which obverse is it?
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On 6/12/2023 at 11:32 PM, VickySilver said:
A bit of a diversion: of course some of us remember when the Pretoria Branch Mint DID INDEED deaqusition their holdings, or at least a substantial portion & don't think the RM will be doing so....
What year was that?
The Royal Australian Mint sold off a bunch of its collection (1987 or so onwards) including some rare patterns. Bit of a shame I thought, even if it was good that a few things saw the light of day.
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Trick of the light but the c and e look different - like the top bar is shorter on the c.
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Freeman is the only place I know of for bronze farthings.
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On 5/27/2023 at 8:12 AM, Peckris 2 said:
I think possibly that my rarest coin is an 1887 6d identified as one type among very many patterns that exist for that year (and none have more than subtle differences):
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As you can see, the first 8 is struck over another 8; however the feature that first drew my attention to it (and why I bought it) is the big gap between the second 8 and the 7. The inner circles of the 8 point directly to a space, but on the normal example they are to the left of a bead. The tail of the 7 points exactly to a bead, rather than to the left of it.
Do you have pictures of the coin in its entirety?
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No, this is the first I've heard of this and while I don't collect decimals myself, I do keep an eye on this forum.
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Freeman 5 is Peck 4 for farthings (and Freeman 6 is Peck 5 - the three berries obverse).
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Yeah no mix-ups on the 1925 by the looks of it.
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What are the Groom numbers for the reverses? I have 157 and 163 denticles for the obverses but I think the different reverses have the same number of denticles.
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On 4/23/2023 at 6:49 PM, Rob said:
ESC 3249 (1738). The last one I noticed went through Heritage in the last 5 years. Can't remember the date though.
Many thanks.
Unhelpfully listed under the sixpences of 1880!
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That's quite nice - good call out to their heritage.
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The Royal Mint have done coloured coins before haven't they? Or is this pad-printed rather than painted?
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On 4/19/2023 at 8:04 PM, Rob said:
I think the 1839 sets were produced on demand up to the mint refurbishment in 1882, because it's difficult to find another reason for the 1839 sixpence reverse combined with the final young head obverse which wasn't introduced until 1880. These are rare. It might also explain the minimal number of inverted die axis 1839 proof halfpennies (P1523*) and farthings (P1557) known. My 1839/41 halfpenny is inverted, but I don't know anyone with another inverted 1839 halfpenny to see if that is also 1839/41. Can anyone chip in here?
Is the 1839 proof sixpence with obverse 6 mentioned in any books?
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On 4/21/2023 at 5:02 PM, Kipster said:
Is this normal?
Seems to be - buyers fees and sellers fees together are now standard, though I have seen some auction houses pay you for the big ticket lots as VickySilver said.
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1981 25p "Experimental Coin"
in Decimal Coins
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Predecimal halfpenny trial?