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Thanks @Rob the NGC site confirms the details but has no pictures. @Chris Perkins - are you interested in this sort of new variation for later reprints of Freeman (or otherwise)?

Who?

No idea! I presume if there is anyone hot on the topic, they will take note and maybe add it to a later publication. But as no one seems too interested in Half Pennies at the moment, I suspect there is no one to do it...

Wow, @DrLarry you have got your teeth into this one! Has anyone else noted this missing rock pile before? Thanks for all your help.

Yes - Lot number 754. Sorry - I thought the link would do it.

The door seems to be a good indicator for reverse G, which as I understand it should be the norm for 1862 unless it also has a very rare Die letter (A, B or C). So I would expect al to be reverse G - but there seems to be a reasonable proportion without the rocks - hence the query. Is it a different reverse, or just a blocked die on a normal G?

I suspect this is another of the high quality 1818 Half Crown fakes - what do others think? (Pictures are not great, but...) http://www.charterhouse-auction.com/antiques-sale-catalogue?inf_contact_key=34a4585adace5155122a0fd9e8ace0f58a64d420c0070b7843bcfb085c2f64f9

Thanks for that @DrLarry - I want to put these away in my collection but I want to be sure I have them right before I do so. Any comments welcome. It is long overdue for someone to do a thorough website on the Half Penny - I have neither the knowledge nor a good enough collection (yet).

I might well try year sets at some stage - the challenge is getting them mounted in a presentable way at an affordable price. I don't think I would carry on doing the markets if I made no profit at all. Today I took about £330 net of table money and I was one of three coin dealers stalled out. Maybe there is more coin activity at the local markets than some of you fear?

... ah but by saying "may" they give themselves a let out cause. If it is in their interests to find a recording of the call, they will do. If it is in YOUR interest, then that call was conveniently not recorded. Murphy's law applies.

The replies usually start either "We value your custom..." or "We take customer service very seriously..." before going onto explain why they no longer value your custom or provide any customer service!

Thanks for the support! I find that I mostly end up selling small-beer stuff: low value foreign coins, decimal 50ps and £2s and some of the British Crowns (1965 to 1981) to youngsters. For all these I see my job more proselytising than making a profit. Once in a while I pick up a serious collector, but most of the sales to them are done through subsequent private meetings or negotiations via email. The other key reason for doing it is that occasionally someone will bring me "Granny's box of old coins" and that is generally the best source for exciting new stock!

This one comes up on Saturday: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/dawsonsauctions/catalogue-id-dawson10034/lot-da88b1e0-8dae-40a9-9357-a8f701244ac9

FIVE - I have this as 4+G - no incuse lines but too few leaves to be a 7, reverse with the door on the lighthouse:

FOUR - I have this as 5+E - fewer incuse lines on the leaves, also die fault on the forehead, and the same LCW on the reverse.

THREE - I have this as 6+E - 6 as before and E because it has the LCW above the date:

TWO - I have down as 6+G - 6 because most leaves have the double incuse lines, G as before because of the lighthouse door.

As mentioned in a different thread, I came across a bunch of reasonably decent Victorian Half Pennies recently, which I hope have provided me with some variety fillers and some upgrades. I think I have identified them all, but I hope one of you experts might be able to have a glance over the following 5 1861 coins and let me know if I have them right? ONE - I have this down as 7+G - 7 because no incuse lines in the leaves and the extra leaf present, G because of the lighthouse door:

... Close up of rocks area:

I found a bunch of Victorian Halfpennies in reasonable condition recently. Going through them to check for varieties, I came across this one, which seems different. It should be 7+G on the Freeman system, but all the other reverse Gs I have seen have a large rocky outcrop to the left of the Lighthouse and above the sea line - this has nothing there. Is it just the result of a blocked die or is it a different reverse?

... and he has had 7 negative feedbacks in the last 12 months, six of them have been removed by Ebay, the one remaining is for selling a Fake item. Report!

Not good enough for Aliexpress - that one is not even designed to deceive!

That screams replica at me. Copy of an Elizabeth I Half groat.

I spent a little money at DNW and filled a gap in my Crown collection:

In case anyone is interested and down in North Devon, I will be stalled out at South Molton Pannier market this Sunday, 17th June, and again at Barnstaple pannier market on Wednesday 20th June. If you plan to show up, please give me a little forewarning so I can make sure I bring the right stuff along for you!