Colin G.

I am not fussy, either will do

For me this is what is great about this forum, it is only by multiple trains of thought being proposed that some logical explanation can be put to individual issues and topics. The same as we are doing with the 1839 proofs. Many of us specialise in a single denomination and may have exhausted our search for information in relation to a specific issue, and then discussion from other members on other denominations can trigger off a new path of information. Long may the debating continue

Certainly for the farthings I would agree that whilst some may be struck on standard planchets from standard dies, I am not convinced they were actually circulating as currency, mainly due to the lack of circulated pieces and the number of pieces. I agree that some May have been produced as a back up due to the early issues with the bronze series, but perhaps only a handful of examples survived.

Oh bugger that was showing on my PC earlier

Cracked it!! - choose to share the image then with the image on screen, right click and choose show original and then copy that link out of the address bar into the thread...we got there in the end!!

Ahh okay, instead of adding it as an attachment, you should be able to use the little image icon, looks like a polaroid pic and then insert the hyperlink in there. It will embed the picture in the post.

It works fine for me, have you put the photo in your one drive?

If you choose the photo, select share, then an option is get link, this will give you a link that can be inserted into a thread

There is a public folder in one drive, so I assume you would put it in there and link to the file...I will have a look

I bet Cuba Gooding Junior has a nightmare trying to use paypal

I thought you were Americanising the phrase "Cheese me off"

Ooh very nice, Withers 1a(iv), and this reverse can also be found with a different Obverse die - Withers 4(i). Was it a detecting find? and may I be cheeky and ask are you intending to sell it or is it for your own collection?

Nice acquisition Bob, I believe that is the one from the Canterbury Auction recently discussed. Definitely a rare variety with few known, and of extreme difficulty to obtain, but I don't know whether I would call it the rarest variety. I was also pondering the purchase, well done !

I agree very nice tone on that one!,

You have mail!!!

Welcome to the forum, if you are a regular at the Midland coin fair, then there is a good chance we will bump into each other at some point in the future...I am normally the guy struggling to the exit with a big box of catalogues from Rob

Rob, I can sort out scans of the The Mint - Sir John Craig, but it will be later today.

I was thinking 1820

Hi, It would appear that you have a contemporary counterfeit of a George III shilling or sixpence. The silver wash has come off revealing the base metal. We have a user on the forum Seuk who specialises in these and may be able to give you more info, but the condition is not the best.

Someone has been busy

I don't want to drag this thread off topic, but I have been trying to locate and information in mint reports relating to proofs, I have managed to get copies of early annual reports but they are from 1870 onwards. Does anyone know whether something similar was in place prior to 1870 and what it was called?

John, If you drop me an e-mail I will respond with some library images I have and images of mine It will be nice for me to assist you for once

Certainly one to put on the "to be confirmed list"

The distance between the back of the head and the B in BRITT seems a very clear indicator, as does the lower colon stop after the G in D:G: On Obverse 5 it is virtually equidistant from the forehead and the wreath, on Obverse 6 it is much closer to the forehead and much further away from the wreath.

I would agree, seems to be a 1675