Paddy

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.

Not that it is any more likely to be correct than any other source, but my old copy of Krause (38th edition dated 2010) reads: 1960 - 1,024,000 1960 Prooflike - 70,000 1960 Proof - Note VIP proof - 30-50 pieces So that maybe where people are getting that figure. No figure against Proof suggests they have no data on that. They do not list Silver proof at all.

Things might be moving - I got 2 2022 £1 coins and a 2021 20p in change today. I have had the 2022 5p before and a couple of the 2023 CIII £1 coins, but nothing much else post 2020.

I tried to post my pics of the William II penny last night and again this morning - still no progress.

This just to record the issue several of us are experiencing when posting attachments to threads: When an attachment is dragged into the appropriate area, it appears there correctly, but when we go to save the post, the system jumps to an unformatted page with a "Forbidden" error. The detail talks about being "unable to access that page". I have tried many times, coming out of the thread and back in, even logging completely out of predecimal and back in, with the same problem. If I delete the attachment, the words of the post save fine. Can someone please look into this? It has now been several weeks since I was last able to post a picture.

My first school was in Englefield Green! Is St Cuthberts still going?

Yes @Coinery I hadn't really paid much attention to the variety before, but mine I believe is S2596 with the smaller rose and the elaborately decorated dress. The OP is S2594 I think with the larger rose and the plain dress. The latter is slightly scarcer. @Citizen H I see no problems with yours being fake. If you look at the form of the 5 in the date, it is the same on both examples. I don't know if it is still the case, but the main giveaway for the fakes was a blundered terminal to the cross fourchee. This was discussed somewhere on this forum at least 5 years ago.

Nice coin, but not particularly rare. Lovely history concerning their minting at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloy_Mestrelle In that condition probably £80 to £100. At least is appears to be genuine - there are fakes around. Here is mine - slightly better condition:

Weight is within range (4.7 to 6.3g approx) and you would not expect a reeded edge on a farthing of that date. Apart from a lot of corrosion, I can't see much wrong with that one.

I think you are reading the figure for proof issues of this date, which is 1312. Regular business strike, of which this is an example, the figure is 7,010,000 !

Good grief, what an appalling fake! Let alone the completely inaccurate description. Look at his feedback - 280,000 odd reviews and only 82% positive. You have to work hard to be that bad. PS, and in the feedback you will discover he is in China, which explains a lot.

Yes, it is noticeable how much narrower the edge is. Checking back through mine, it seems to be the same for all the Reverse A (Freeman) GV pennies?

... and the 1867. Shame about the gash on Britannia's leg, but otherwise pretty decent:

I saw the conversation under "Wanted" about 1865 and 1867 pennies, and decided to check mine. I don't think I need to upgrade any time soon. The likely costs were a surprise to me. I have had these a long time and have no idea what I paid for them - I would appreciate some idea of current market value? The 1865:

It is worth keeping an eye on local auctions. Boxes of Vicky pennies often come up in house clearance sales, and sometimes include some rarities unidentified. The lower tiers of coin auctions can also be good as again they may not have identified the good ones. Also, you won't be fighting with the big bucks buyers. My local coin auction in Exeter, which runs every 3 weeks, has had some great pennies at low prices recently.