Paddy

I'll try it with this 1927 penny upgrade picked up the other day - nothing special and a pity about the spots, but still an upgrade on the incumbent.

Yes - I can see them. Odder and odder!

I'll try again. This 1889 penny F127 is my old one recently replaced with an upgrade. Any reasonable offer, to include postage, will be considered. Maybe £2 plus postage? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JTE8XOLzPp3g5gmt4icxzo8KU0stdXs5/view?usp=sharing

I can't spare the time to go through the whole site - it is huge! But a few I have spotted: Victoria Obverses, 3 images just after "Some other indicators of Obverse B on very worn specimens are shown below:" 5 images under Obverse L, just after "with an obverse 7 that seems to have a marginally thicker outer tie ribbon (see below)." 1 image just after "Some specimens of 1875 F80 are found with a circular raised dot below the first I of VICTORIA" 4th and 5th image on Obverse M just after "outer tie ribbon points outwards towards the F of F:D: and the legend is in slightly higher relief with slightly thicker letters" That seems to be all on that page. Maybe others can invest a little time on other pages?

This was another lot at the auction with the Charles II shilling that I was bidding on. The 1722 halfpenny in the lot looks to me to be A over inverted V on the obverse. Any thoughts? I didn't win it in the end - I was unsure of the variety and I didn't want all the other junk in the lot! https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/e61eb2a077e214d818bf2cf0d1bc2e8a/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/timed-general-household-furniture-antiques-bric-a-b-lot-976/

Here is the link to the Charles II shilling I was querying. Now sold for £160 hammer, which was a bit more than I wanted to pay: https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/3e8b94d42749dbfeb5cada4abe437cca/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/timed-general-household-furniture-antiques-bric-a-b-lot-974/

Yes. I just checked the Victoria Copper Obverses page and many of the pictures showing varieties of date numbers are missing, starting with the ones after "Two kinds of 5 are found on the 1854 pennies".

It is a small house clearance auction that only very occasionally has coins. I am impressed they even managed to recognise it as a British hammered coin. Last year they listed large quantities of GB pre-47 coinage without even realising there was silver content! I will post the name after the auction is over - I don't want anyone else on here bidding against me...

Ah, thank you - yes that fits. I saw S3308 and S3314, which lack the denomination marks and so did not work. I failed to turn the page and see S3322 which does have the XII. Thank you.

I have seen this shilling at auction and I am struggling to be sure what variety it is. Described as Charles I shilling and weight given as 5.65g. It appears at first glance to be Group F, but then the mintmark of a Crown does not make sense in the books. For the Tower mint the Crown should be Group D. For Aberystwyth mint it lacks the plume in front of the bust. I even checked the milled Charles II shillings, but that also doesn't seem to fit. Or is it just a fake? Please don't ask for better pictures - these are what the auction house has loaded! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1orBt9X3of0XOuY-SxK8cLWV3drCbMlPk/view?usp=sharing

I can't see anything wrong with it, but some of the recent repros are very difficult to spot. If you have had it more than 30 years, I would think you are safe. Check the weight against Numista. Check the silver content with the sliding magnet test, or better still if you have a jewel nearby that has the Xray gun thingamajig.

The missing obverse identification pictures have now been restored - thanks to Richard.

Yes, the duplicated Varieties list has cleared - thank you. I still get the missing images though.

I have PM'ed Richard direct and he does not see the same error at his end, so he has suggested I ask here if anyone else is getting it. Two specifics: 1. In the George V Varieties page, the list of varieties appears twice, one straight after the other. 2. In the George V Obverses page where it offers images to distinguish types A,B,C and D, the images are missing with the broken link icon. Can anyone seeing this try on their machines and see if they have the same error? https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/george-vi-varieties/ https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/george-v-obverses/

To me they look more like crossed ceremonial maces. I can't see any Maori influence in the overall design. The handles don't make sense as oars. Is the other side the same?

Both seem to work. well done for finding a work-round. (Can't help you with the coin!)

Interestingly my email to Chris has just bounced back after "repeated attempts to deliver" and a lot of other error messages indicating server failure at predecimal.com.

I emailed Chris direct earlier today. I will let you know if I hear anything.

I would say a contemporary counterfeit. I don't like the shape of the forehead, nor the irregular date. Weight is about 2/3rds of the minimum indicated in Peck.

Reference my comment on a link in LCA site - CANCEL! I think I was thinking of another auction house - possibly Noonans.

Do you mean the live bidding that you can access from their main website? It only becomes available on the day of the auction and you can't even see the button for it at any other time, which I found rather confusing too.

Just tried submitting a new topic in For Sale - same issue. I tried both with text and picture, then with just picture - same result. It seems I can only post text at the moment.

I would suggest the 1816 is a contemporary forgery in pewter. The colour looks all wrong for Silver, and the wear is excessive. (They were often made ready worn to disguise any imperfections.)

Hi @Chris Perkins, Any progress on this? I saw someone - presumably from your host company - making test posts successfully to this thread, but most of the rest of us are still getting the error. I could post a screenshot of the error page we get when we encounter the problem. If you or someone from the hosting company PMs me an email address I can do that. (Obviously I can't post it here!) P

Hi @Chris Perkins it might be worth the host reading the thread in Members, Coin Acquisition of the week as that has quite a lot more discussion on this problem.