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1992 20p coins
secret santa replied to Sylvester's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Can someone post photos of the 2 obverses please. -
Penny Acquisition of the week
secret santa replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I thought that Manx coins didn't have a tail ? -
Gary Schindler kindly sent me a copy - free - what a nice man !
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Unused Freeman Numbers
secret santa replied to 1949threepence's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Photo please Gary, at your convenience. Thanks, Richard -
Unused Freeman Numbers
secret santa replied to 1949threepence's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
These numbers appeared In the original 1970 edition; F75 was described as 7+H with H below date and having a grained edge. The other 3 are also described as having a grained edge. Page 19 of the 1985 edition explains that some coins were found to have had their grained edges applied after leaving the Mint, but doesn't refer explicitly to these Freeman numbers although it mentions that the coins are omitted from the later edition. -
Just seen the scratch that Matt posted - agree with him.
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I'm attaching the photo that I have (hope the owner doesn't mind) and you'll see that the border beads are different from the black and white pictured coin, being much more oval in shape.
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That 1954 penny in the picture looks much brighter than the one I have a photo of - maybe it's not unique after all ?
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Are the Freeman sale pictures available ?
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DNW live bidding - a great listen!
secret santa replied to 1949threepence's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Yes, the folds of Britannia's dress often appear near Victoria's neck, producing the effect known as "crow's foot", and is seen on many bun pennies as Mike says. -
Oh dear, time for a lie down I think. Why did I think you were discussing 1946 pennies ? Please ignore all future posts from me, I'm clearly going downhill fast.
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Are we talking at cross purposes here ? Laurie Bamford only collected Victorian pennies. I've been talking about 1946 ONE' pennies.
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Ok guys, calm down, maybe I'm out of touch on this one. I'll have to put my 2 spares on Ebay - they're only GF but cost £25 and £17 15 years ago.
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I think you're over-estimating the value. I paid £170 for my Aunc specimen (in 2004) but I wouldn't want to pay more than £250 for it now. But I guess it's all down to what someone will pay, as ever.
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That's naughty - name that duplicitous dealer Matt !
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Did anyone see Fake Britain on BBC1 this week ? They featured the latest fake bimetallic £2 coins that are so good that they pass all the validation checks in slot machines etc. Very interesting.
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That's a REAL bargain Matt !
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Penny Acquisition of the week
secret santa replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Now that IS a nice coin Jerry - best by far that I've seen on an F72. Could you mail me pics please. Richard -
Looks like a nice example of BP1860V, obverse G+reverse d with re-entered closer colon dots after F:D: as Jerry says. This variety has a very narrow border with the teeth virtually on the edge of the coin in places. See my varieties website below for more details on this variety.
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The reverse dies of GVI pennies - a reappraisal
secret santa replied to davidrj's topic in Confirmed unlisted Varieties.
Note how bottom of waves merge with the single exergue but are clear of the double exergue -
Runner Beans
secret santa replied to secret santa's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
No - the wife wouldn't tolerate a display of mummified beans around the house ! Regarding the number of entrants, because our local show awards the National Vegetable Society Medal annually to the best runner beans (every show can nominate which category it awards the medal to, but only ONE category per year), the runner beans are hotly contested. I would love to say there were several thousand entries but only approximately a dozen -
You may all be mildly interested to hear that my Runner Beans took first prize today in our local Flower & Produce Show.
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Runner Beans
secret santa replied to secret santa's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Thanks for the recipe - I'll get the little lady onto that, although the winning beans will be stuffed and mounted. -
Runner Beans
secret santa replied to secret santa's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
A set of 9 similar - I've been picking likely candidates over the last week and keeping them in the fridge until yesterday morning when I picked my final 9 from about 40 (!) and then wrapped them carefully in damp tea towels and bound them to wooden stakes to straighten and flatten them (a trick I learnt from the aged experts at my allotment). I also entered a bean for the longest but was outdone by a centimetre or two (story of my life). -
Actually yes, there are 5 whiskers on his right side but 6 on his left ! Offers over £1000 please.
