Colin G.

Storage conditions can also have a major affect on lustre, in my opinion lustre can be removed by other factors..

Same for me, won one but two others are at my max bid so I may have won them.

I agree, I think bullion is the lowest risk on eBay for a seller as long as you have a decent feedback/reputation

That's why it needs to be left alone!!

A few for me but nothing too extravagant

Would you be willing to e-mail me a copy as well?

Dave, I just took a look at Martin Platt's 1860, that you guys referred too...in my opinion it really is a Mule...FYI! Ha,Ha Bob, Fair enough - from the pic, I didn't like the look of the bead like teeth. Maybe more obvious in hand. Either way, at £1250 and cleaned, I'm not interested. I agree with Bob it is a genuine 1860 Mule.

Try telling that to a prospective buyer of a BU 1874 "G's over sideways" I know of one in existence...just got to wait for it to come on the market

I must say I have always found Semra very pleasant to deal with, only yesterday she bought some bulk lots to the Midland coin fair for me to have a look at. They usually bring the single coins, but she went out of her way to accommodate my request. I know some will say it should be in their interests as the auction house to accommodate, but this can not said for all auction houses.

Welcome to the forum William, always good to see new collectors on here

I have an 1840 with a faint trace of the flaw along the arm, and being a flaw it is inevitably a progressive indicator, but it would be good to see images of them if you have the time? You can e-mail them direct if you prefer. Thanks for having a look through, I think we have checked against several hundred examples and the indicators have been consistent, but a wider specimen will inevitably throw up some interesting examples.

The threefarthings...definitely fits into my collecting range

Or as they say in binary - 01010111 01101000 01100001 01100001 01100001 01100001 01100001 01100001 01101000 00111111

I would take is as a compliment..but then again I am also a bit geeky!!

Peck every post you do now all I think is Big Bang Theory

I am not far off uploading the "new look" Victorian Copper series on my website, and thought I would get the forum users feedback on a recent discovery. It would appear that through collaboration with a fellow numismatist, a new Reverse type has been identified within this series. The change in design is very consistent across the dates, and has clear date spans (1838 - 1845 for Reverse type A and 1843 - 1859 for Reverse type B. This currently results in both Reverse types being available for farthings dating 1843 - 1845 and both types can be fairly easily obtained. From the information we have studied there is obviously the potential for 1841 & 1842 farthings with Reverse type B and also an 1846 Reverse type A, with the 1842 being the most likely possibility. The link below gives more detail and highlights the identifying features with each characteristic detailed under magnification via a hyperlink. It is only accessible via this link however links to the page on the website will be included in the near future. http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/Victorian%20Copper%20Reverse%20Types.html Following Rob's recent discussions about the 1839 proofs, it is interesting to note that all proofs have the "expected" combinations, with no 1839 proof Reverse type B farthings identified to date, which is a shame because it would have given some evidence that these were being struck later than 1843. The two noted anomolies are the 1860 proof and 1864 copper farthings which appear to have type A reverses which is quite strange. The "currency" example in the 1860 farthing in the Oxford collection appears to have Reverse type B. If the utilising of old proof dies were the explanation for the 1860 and 1864 proof strikes, it would have been more likely that the Reverse dies from the 1853 proofs should have been available. There is definitely additional study to be undertaken trawling through back catalogues etc, but I thought some early information may assist with the study. However I would be very interested in hearing from any collectors who have any examples of farthing types that do not conform to the above guidance.

I always think the hollow neck is more apparent on the artificially darkened farthings, and have highlighted the area on my page for those that are still a bit stumped about its location http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/Farthing%20-%201911.html Quite surprising that it is not classified as a separate Obverse design type in many publications considering it spans all three bronze denominations, that surely must indicate it as an intentional design change

I agree Rob has always been a big influence on my library which is steadily growing

Can't really assist much, but what a very attractive coin!!

Which branch of Poundlands would that be and when? He's safe - £50k is nowhere near the estimate That is an astonishing result!!

Agreed, I am also struggling to find any reference to an 1839 proof quarter farthing.......

Based on my own experiences with US major auction houses I would suggest not Bob I had also clocked the mule....or toothed border farthing if correctly described I did mean to have a look on the forum to see if it was the same coin.

Thanks for all the info folks...really appreciated, I believe all dodgy code has now been removed...anyone fancy a second check? I suppose it may take a while for cached versions to catch up but fingers crossed

All, I have had a couple of people say they are getting a warning message when accessing the site via google chrome, however I am not getting the same messages when I access via google chrome. All checks I am doing via google webmaster tools are also showing the site to be clean, and my own hosting company is showing no obvious issues, although I am yet to start delving deep into the control panel. Before I embark on an IT mission, are there any kind souls who would be willing to quickly access my site via whichever browser they use and feedback whether any browsers or antivirus/malware software gives any notifications/error messages. Actually I have found it....panic over!!