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Congratulations Scottish!! I have been looking at the beauties on the banknotes, and the China 2 Jiao note definitely gets my vote!!! Would you object to a link being placed on my website?

q OMG!!! A fool and their money are soon parted!!

Huss, A genuine congratulations, to you and your wife!!! Make the most of parenthood and enjoy it while it lasts , it does not seem 5 minutes since my two were crawling around, now I am the resident taxi driver, whilst they are full of hormones in and out of moods every minutes . It really is something you have to treasure whilst it lasts!! Ahh the joys of parenthood, wouldn't swap it for the world Remember when Sophia can get around by herself keep those proofs well out of the way. I remember finding my neice with quote "a really shiny" coin in her hand, turned out it was one of my Jersey proofs... it has never looked the same since!!

Rob, I can appreciate where you are coming from on this, but in my opinion I am a collector of coins and my aim is to obtain better quality examples rather than a coin that has numismatical history attached to it. I genuinely could not see myself selecting a farthing even with Freeman, Peck, Cooke pedigree over a better quality example. I guess that is just my individual approach, I am always more amazed that a coin has survived in "grannies" drawer for 80 years than a coin cabinet. I guess thats what makes us all individual otherwise we would all be chasing the same coin!!

You are stuffed either way, poor treatment over here or the old carbon footprint guilt trip if you travel!! They will be expecting us to paddle to Russia soon for our treatment

Teg, I am with you, I have never really been attracted by the pedigree side of things, buy the coin not the owner thats what I say!!! I know it may add a certain amount of fascination, but given the choice you had, I would have gone the same way All I have got to do now is convince my wife to let me buy one!!

What you have on that George I farthing does not appear to be die doubling, but a repunched letter. Because the letter has started to wear on the die, it has been repunched. Because the punch was not accurately aligned it has resulted in the underlying letter still being visible. "Die doubling" is the result of parts within a press being loose, which creating a chattering effect as the planchet is struck which results in doubling of the coin image. You can also get coins which are "doublestruck" which is where a coin fails to get ejected for some reason and ends up being struck more than once. The following are images to a Charles II farthing which has been triple struck. Triple Struck Farthing Nevertheless still a fascinating coin , the repunch may add a slight premium to the coin for variety collectors. But because it is not a repunching error or a recorded variety, I would have thought it will be minimal. I am only back to George IV on the website at present, but I am working on George III and have no doubt I will get back to George I one day (I hope!!! ). If and when I do, can I use your images to show this particular variety. In recognition I will add the comments "images courtesy of coin hunter".

Mike, Welcome aboard!! what are your areas of interest?

Perhaps she was goldplating the sixpence with the gold from his teeth? Scottish, Looks like Mr Berry had a lucky escape, he had to execute a girl he had danced with previously at the police ball. I bet that "killed off" any chance of a relationship!!

Hi Jason, Nice coin - worth a few pounds, £5 give or take a couple of quid. I am sure that Bob C. did not mean to imply that your coin is EF - or close. Fine I would guess - from seeing one side. Bob is also correct that £200 for EF would be very steep! All the best Teg I have an EF one if anyone wants to offer me £200, or I will swap you for an 1840 2 pronged trident

It could be a struck through fragment error. Where a small piece of metal fragment has been struck onto the planchet and merged with the coin. Thats what I meant, but your language skills are obviously better than mine

Anyone have any suggestions for how this happened? I am thinking maybe some part of a filled letter in a die has dropped out onto the die, which has resulted in the strange "R" in VICTORIA. Debris?

My opinion is that it is the obverse of a Hanover token or a gaming counter. As Hus point out it is a brockage, but the price seems way over the top to me

There ya go!!! Hammered Images of unknown hammered coin from Bolt

Sorry cannot get picture to attach, can anyone help? Bolt, Send the image to me and I can host it for you.

A bit out of my price range!! Ouch!!!

A lot of dosh for a gothic crown. Personally I think the one in Baldwin's sale last year was nicer, albeit a bit more expensive. On the collecting side of things, I thought the 1839/41 proof halfpenny was a lot more interesting. Nice proof Rob, Good price too. You weren't the lucky bidder by any chance? Funnily enough - yes. Although I clearly wasn't the only one who noticed it based on the hammer price which is about $200 more than they would normally go for. Talking to Steve Hill at DNW yesterday, he also saw it, but didn't chase it. The one time that slabbing of a UK coin appears to have had a positive outcome, well at least for Rob!!

You have copies of Bramah and Batty!!! If ever you get the urge to sell let me know I have been looking for ages without success I know my luck I will buy one the day before it is scanned into google books!!

Dave, I seem to remember there being a variety where the pearl numbers on the crown were different, but I cannot find reference to it at the moment. Eleven pearls either side of the crown is the norm. If I find the reference I will let you know.

How did you find it, was it a detector find?

Completely off topic, but Basecamp, what is your avatar? I have looked at the image time and time again, but I just can't get it . I know it is going to be one of those pictures where once someone points it out I will say "doh!!" Please put me out of my misery

I think farthings on the whole have remained fairly steady. Bronze farthings seem to be fairly steady, but I would say that copper farthings prices seem to be rising slightly faster. Some dates that definitely need updating are: 1843 3 over 2 much rarer than price guides suggest, the Colin Cooke one sold for £100 in GF and I am unaware of any others even reaching auction. 1851 D Over D again very much underpriced, I would say this is much rarer than the 1844, but I suppose there are more date collectors than variety collectors. Again I am unaware of any making it to auction, and the Colin Cooke example hit 4 figures in AUNC condition. 1859 - Recent examples have been selling well and I would now put this as the joint second most expensive date in the copper series. 1844 first, 1849 and 1859 in joint second with 1855 WWR next. Chris, Is this the sort of info you were after or something more general?

A nice bargain for someone!!! Why did I not visit the forum yesterday, I could have bid

Hi, I have encountered foreign coinage when detecting, which I admit threw me at first, when I was finding them on farmland. I think mainly due to the fact that the coins of the time had an intrinsic value, it was commonplace for foreign coins to be circulated. I also remember reading this in a reference book somewhere, but do you think I can remember which one!!!! I have mainly encountered French & Irish, yet to find a Spanish coin!! It must also be noted that the fact that this coin is holed may indicate that it formed part of a necklace or bracelet which has just become lost at some point in time. Where was it found?

I tend to agree that it looks like a filled die, although it is difficult to tell from the photo.