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  1. Paddy
    I might be able to help, but those pics are tiny and I am struggling to make out any detail. Can you post larger versions - if necessary one per post to keep within the limits?
  2. Paddy
    Yes - I think it is evidence of weak strike rather than wear. Each of the 8 coins has a different level of detail in Britannia, but the rest of the coin is so sharp I think it has to be weak strike.
  3. Paddy
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-58268540
  4. Paddy
    Here is one of them for detail:
  5. Paddy
    Well this doesn't happen often. At the market yesterday a chap brought me a small box of coins including 8 1908 Pennies all around AU! I believe they are all F166, so not desperately scarce, but uncommon with this amount of lustre. I cannot possibly use all of these - I will post in the For Sale section in case anybody needs one.
  6. Paddy
    It certainly sounds possible - I will pass on to my friend. Can't be many people with that name writing on coins! Thanks,
  7. Paddy
    Wow! Makes it quite a score then! I think I paid about £30 for the 4 penny, 3 halfpenny, 1 farthing and 1 brass threepence Whitman folders mostly complete! That one better go in my collection then.
  8. Paddy
    ... and finally a 1916 in rather good condition:
  9. Paddy
    Next 1864 with Crosslet 4:
  10. Paddy
    This one is 1863, I believe dies 6 and G so F42 - common but quite nice:
  11. Paddy
    I mentioned picking up a decent Half Crown - 1927 proof version - in a bunch of Whitman folders this week. I also got a full range of other folders in the series - mostly full, much in low grade - but a few pleasant surprises like these (one per post): 1860 Beaded border - I believe dies 1 and B so F6 but please correct me if I am wrong.
  12. Paddy
    Does the name Roger Bickford-Smith mean anything to anyone here? A friend of mine, who has become a coin collector in the last few years, mentioned that his uncle, the above named Roger, was a keen Penny collector - probably in the 1960s - and was writing a treatise on some aspect of penny varieties when he died quite young. My friend would be keen to know if any papers or articles by him still exist.
  13. Paddy
    He has it as a "Private Listing" so you can't even see the pattern to his shill bidding.
  14. Paddy
    I don't often get drawn to the dark side (foreign coins) but here a couple more I got a while back. I particularly like the Hannover piece as it is George IV as Elector of Hannover as well as King of Britain.
  15. Paddy
    Yes, I know it has been mounted and repaired, but still an attractive design. The Hapsburg chin was the clincher for me:
  16. Paddy
    I can see it in Krause - Y#335, page 440 in my 2011 edition. Described as "Unadopted design of National emblem". Estimated value bears no resemblance to the figures on Ebay though!
  17. Paddy
    I think it is called Horsetail or Mare's Tail. See https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=257 for advice.
  18. Paddy
    The 1888 and 1909 look very obviously heavily cleaned to me. It is not just the colour, but also the evidence of quite a bit of wear, which is at odds with the apparent lustre. I see quite a few like this, where some amateur has been at them with lemon juice or similar. I would be less certain of the 1854 - the wear and residual lustre look much more in keeping.
  19. Paddy
    Welcome to the forum Greg! You ask a lot of questions that needs long answers, and I am sure others will chip in with their thoughts. Just to let you know, I also live in Devon, so if you would like to meet up, we can discuss and I can pass on my thoughts. (I have been collecting and dealing for 20 years+.) I am in Barnstaple Pannier market most Wednesdays, if you are in North Devon?
  20. Paddy
    I still think this is the best way to deal with them:
  21. Paddy
    He can't even get the date right!
  22. Paddy
    That must rank alongside Ratners for a quick way to lose your job!
  23. Paddy
    Another nice find for someone: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-57520248
  24. Paddy
    Funny I had one as well today.
  25. Paddy
    I use the Coincraft book that Rob mentions. I am not in general a fan of Coincraft, but this book is not bad and at least is not printed on toilet paper, like some of theirs. I picked it up very cheap at a coin club auction. It is on Amazon but currently cheapest is just over £80.
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