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  1. secret santa
    Can anyone tell me about or point me to a reference about the Royal Mint Trial 12-sided £1 coin, many of which are for sale on Ebay. I'm particularly interested in the number minted, how they were distributed/applied for, etc etc
  2. secret santa
    Certainly - ignore their description. You're virtually correct in that all three are examples of early beaded border pattern F763 but lots 2833 and 2972 are Gouby A+b where the R & E of REG touch at the base and lot 2834 is Gouby A1+b where R & E do NOT touch at the bottom. All 3 are rare and should fetch broadly similar prices.
  3. secret santa
    Loadsapennies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  4. secret santa
    One of my spares has a low colon although maybe not as low as yours.
  5. secret santa
    I have 2 Peter Nichols cabinets and the second was bought second hand at a London Coins auction - some of the drawers didn't have the size of recess that I wanted but I sent one off to Peter Nichols and they made me half a dozen of the same size with the recesses that I wanted that fitted exactly. It's not a bad way of getting a quality cabinet designed to your particular reqts.
  6. secret santa
    It appears that the horse is rogering the dragon.............
  7. secret santa
    No - I don't think a scan from his book will transfer very effectively
  8. secret santa
    I've added your coin to my rarest pennies website as the 3rd example - hope that's OK, Jerry.
  9. secret santa
    Excellent cannon ball find Jerry.
  10. secret santa
    Just a well-worn penny, methinks.
  11. secret santa
    Far and away my favourite Viccie reverse
  12. secret santa
    Yes Terry, considering the number of reverse G coins struck over 14 years, I think this open P version must be quite scarce if not rare. I'll leave it to other collectors to check their coins to shed more light. I've just looked through some of my stored pictures and I've found roughly 3 other F37 proofs with open P and roughly 3 without (I say roughly because some of the pics aren't high enough resolution to tell). I haven't found any other F20 examples.
  13. secret santa
    I haven't found any of the slanting P types but I have found 2 open P types, on an F20 and F37 proof. See pics.
  14. secret santa
    Thanks Terry, I must spend some time checking my coins.
  15. secret santa
    Terry, I remember you mentioning this to me a while ago. Have you found this type paired with other obverses ?
  16. secret santa
    I am fairly well aware of Freeman numbers. It's just that having told the poster that a particular penny with inverted reverse was an F762, he signed off with his name and F763 and I wasn't sure why.
  17. secret santa
    £19 is OK for an altered date "discussion piece". And now it's been withdrawn.
  18. secret santa
    If she's quick, there's a 1933 on Ebay at the moment, latest bid a bargain £620 (there's one born every minute) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1933-George-V-Penny-/142353628210?hash=item2124effc32:g:mMwAAOSwIWVY9Rdc
  19. secret santa
    Not sure why you put F763 at the end of your post. Is it because your coin is F763 ?
  20. secret santa
    The only pattern I know with inverted reverse is F762 (Gouby A1 [R & E don't touch]+a)
  21. secret santa
    Interesting stuff. It's a pity that the cameo/frosting doesn't always come over in photographs.
  22. secret santa
    Victoria pattern beaded obverse Gouby A or B (Freeman 1** or 1*) with R & E of REG touching at the base - almost certainly A (1**) Take a look at my Penny Varieties website for details of these two obverses.
  23. secret santa
    So, are these cameo/frosted coins produced intentionally from special dies and/or blanks, and for what purpose and why weren't they documented by Peck,Freeman or Gouby (i'm assuming they weren't) ? I'd just love to know more about them.
  24. secret santa
    The 1958 Halfpenny is for sale on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VIP-PROOF-1958-HALF-PENNY-NGC-PF64RB-CAMEO-LESS-THAN-10-STRUCK-IN-PROOF-/162447813742?hash=item25d2a4ec6e:g:G2EAAOSwImRYCR3Q It has been graded by NGC as Proof 64RB Cameo but is this a recognised grade/state/variety or just NGC's own opinion ? Quote
  25. secret santa
    I'm sure that Paul from LCA reads this forum and he may well be updating some descriptions after seeing some of our comments.
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