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My ha'penny varieties site certainly isn't going to go down to that sub-atomic level.

I'm not sure it's in the right place.

Right, your images are now visible - I'll download it. secondly, Colin Cooke has a good set of images from the Dr Nicholson collection which I can plunder.

Elizabeth II still work in progress (as are many others). Trouble with these "modern" varieties, the auction houses don't tend to put photos up as they are not rare, and so I don't have pictorial examples of these different reverse types. Re the above comment, 2nd page of what ? (also, I can't see your images)

Try searching the Spink archive - you will waste 20 minutes of your life on what must be the worst auction archive website in the world. It has been discussed on here before but they do nothing about it.

Eureka !

Queueing ?

Onomatopoeia ?

Thank heavens for my allotment. Fresh air and exercise every day and people to talk to on neighbouring plots 2 metres away. Potatoes are in and the whole allotments have never looked so neat !

The 1 over 1 is standard on F36 (bronzed copper proof) and F37A (copper proof) but not on F37 bronze proof.

That's the key post - many thanks Mike.

having now seen the 3rd page of Iain Dracott's article (the rarity list), it appears that the S prefix was established by Ron Stafford, a collector that I have now lost touch with.

Gary Schindler tells me that Mal Lewendon created a Compact disc reference about 14-15 years ago for halpennies - does anyone have that CD or its contents ?

Here's an example of the first 1 over 1. Also 6+G.

I have printed off the Dracott article but I can't work out what the "S" reference is with regard to the obverse and reverse types, e.g. Obverse 1A has F1* and S1. I presume 1A is Dracott's identifier, 1* is Freeman's but what is S1 ?

Thanks for all the information guys - got a few weeks' worth of work to do now..........................

Thanks to those who tried to get Dracott info to me but I couldn't connect to dropbox.

Very interesting - thanks Mike.

very useful - thanks

No - can you supply ?

Paddy, could you provide the link again, please.

To help pass the time, I have begun to create a new website of bronze halfpenny varieties along the lines of my penny varieties site. It is very much work in progress with much to do but if any halfpenny collectors have counted and recorded the border tooth numbers on the various obverses and reverses, I would be grateful if they would supply them to me to avoid me having to count them myself ! The website is www.halfpennyvarieties.wordpress.com Bear in mind that I have no knowledge of halfpennies (although it is beginning to develop) and so there will be numerous errors, I expect.

Now, I may get labelled a killjoy but I'd like to suggest that members try to stick to the subject of the posting category if we want to attract other collectors to this website. A person viewing Predecimal for the first time and checking out the "More Pennies" section will currently be met with umpteen pictures of the sun and may well write it off as a waste of time. If it weren't for Ian's pictures of the various ship types, there wouldn't be a relevant post on this page. I'm all for the occasional witticism and the "Things to make us laugh" section has had some wonderful one-liners recently that I've laughed out loud at. Feel free to disagree but please do it politely.

I'll probably have the time now they've closed my golf course.

Paddy, you left out the crucial 2 doors out.