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  1. Mr T
    Message sent. I don't think I was able to get an answer on obverse 11* though. My 2c (or 2p) is it's the same obverse - the descriptions seem to be contradictory at times and manual touch-ups to some working dies seems like a reasonable explanation.
  2. Mr T
    https://www.ramint.gov.au/circulating-coins shows the current Australian designs - they're not the classic designs of 100-150 years ago but they have a nice simplicity to them I think.
  3. Mr T
    Still in circulation is a tough one - I like Australia and New Zealand's at least, although they've been unchanged for close to 60 years.
  4. Mr T
    The images aren't showing for me.
  5. Mr T

    1965 Halfpenny

    Mr T replied to shamo's topic in Decimal Coins

    Nice find.
  6. Mr T
    Nice find! From the first photo I would have said a letter blunder but based on the above photo maybe something just damaged the die?
  7. Mr T
    No idea but I'd be interested to know. I think https://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=124&searchtype=3&startres=1050 is the Davies collection sale so it's worth looking there.
  8. Mr T
    The leaves near the D:G: was the note I had left to myself but I wasn't quite sure. Nice find anyway.
  9. Mr T
    I think it's a C# - not too sure on the obverse.
  10. Mr T
    What was it advertising?
  11. Mr T
    Looking back at https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/great-britain-george-v-penny-1933-ms63-brown-ngc-a/a/3105-32230.s it says that year sets (as opposed to just single pennies) were interred under new buildings. My understanding was always that it was the penny but I guess that explains the 1933 proof being from a proof set. I wonder if the under foundation stones have proof sets too and the other four examples are circulation coins.
  12. Mr T
    Interesting - touching and not touching the shield?
  13. Mr T
    I've got Remick's book and it's decent. It doesn't go into a lot of details with varieties but that's to be expected. I hadn't heard of the Spink book - can anyone recommend?
  14. Mr T
    Would anyone happen to have a copy of this book? I believe it was published as a .pdf at http://site440.mysite4now.net/hoschcoins/site1/Portals/0/MAUNDYwork.pdf (maybe at http://www.hoschcoins.com/ too) but neither works any more. I think it was published in 2008.
  15. Mr T
    When do new mint sets normally get launched in the UK?
  16. Mr T
    That was quick! And the article says it was done from photos not from a sitting.
  17. Mr T
    What 1887 penny was it? I had a look on their site and could only see a June auction.
  18. Mr T
    What caused that?
  19. Mr T
    Thanks - I saw nothing in the Murdoch collection. I might reach out to Eric Eigner too.
  20. Mr T
    Surely they've been for sale all year and anyone who wants one has one?
  21. Mr T
    Rest in peace.
  22. Mr T
    I know there aren't many half sovereign collectors but does anyone here know of any sales of/listings of/references to a proof or pattern 1892S half sovereign? I've been able to find sales or listings of all of the other pattern half sovereigns of the same era. I doesn't seem to exist in any institutional collection either.
  23. Mr T
    I tracked down the catalogue in question: https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=511728&AuctionId=525399 But it makes no reference (that I can easily see) of Murdoch arranging to have the coin struck for him.
  24. Mr T
    Does anyone happen to have a catalogue of the Murdoch Collection from 1903-1904 handy? I saw on another site that three 1897M half sovereigns were financed by and struck for John G. Murdoch but no citation was given. I assume the auction catalogue is the source of this information but I couldn't find an accessible version online (I think there was a link available only in the USA).
  25. Mr T
    Yes that's it - thank you. Did the brochure accompany a sale? I couldn't find a catalogue. edit: I see there's a listing at the end of the brochure but they're the same small images.
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