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  1. Michael-Roo
    I noticed that too (Google images), though the tall, house-shaped structure, between the towers seems to have gone awol since the 1790s…..
  2. Michael-Roo
    I often pop in here to admire the beautiful and diverse token designs, so here's one from me. 'Payable by N Todd Denton Norfolk'
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    Historically interesting, but a bit like a cat with two heads I suppose: Exceptionally rare, but that doesn't mean to say I'd want to own one…..
  4. Michael-Roo
    This 1674 farthing has all sorts of extra bits and pieces….
  5. Michael-Roo
    1673 farthing, no obverse stops, reverses A & B.
  6. Michael-Roo
    Indeed Peter, a very lucky find. Colin Cooke himself stated, in all his years of collecting, the best he saw was a good fine. The example he kept for himself (reverse A) he only graded as fine, and even this might be judged a little optimistic these days. Here is my reverse A (narrower date) coin, and then the two reverses side by side for comparision. I know you are a farthing collector too, do you have a 1673 no stops you could put up for viewing?
  7. Michael-Roo
    Always good to hear there are other fans of the early milled copper varieties out there! This is the best I've seen, and certainly much better than my reverse die A example.
  8. Michael-Roo
    Here's the obverse again, taken this time under a desk lamp.
  9. Michael-Roo
    Not an 'acquisition of the week' but certainly recent. No stops obverse and the second reverse die showing a wider date spacing. An example sold by LCA in December last year http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=151&searchlot=2310&searchtype=2 was described as 'possibly close to, if not the finest known example of the type'. This new one I've found is better.
  10. Michael-Roo
    Hunting and documenting copper varieties, 1671-1860, would provide you with decades of hunting fun.
  11. Michael-Roo
    Ahh, them were the days (wipes away tear of nostalgia)…….
  12. Michael-Roo
    DaveG38: 'The problem I found with 'standard' insurance companies is that they regard the whole collection as a single item, and the limit (for me) for a single item was around £6k.' We didn't have this problem with ours.
  13. Michael-Roo
    Stephen, I have my collection included (covered and specified) with our home insurance. We're currently with MORE TH>N, it might be worth giving them a go next time you're looking for cover.
  14. Michael-Roo
    Normal.
  15. Michael-Roo
    I think what Stephen is asking is will a lack of receipts, purchase records, etc. be a problem when applying for cover from the insurance company.
  16. Michael-Roo
    Allowing for the wear above and to the right of the ear on the obverse, and the weak central area and minor wear to the swag on the reverse, I'd say a decent NEF.
  17. Michael-Roo
    Here's one which LCA recently graded as GVF.
  18. Michael-Roo
    I see the same dealer has one on at the moment at £125 and described as GVF. I know many argue grading is subjective but this does seem a little optimistic to me. Personally, I would have thought GF nearer the mark.http://www.cambridgeshirecoins.com/epages/es121869.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es121869/Products/%221826%20HALFCROWN%20%28%20GVF%20%29%22 Regarding coin at the head of this discussion, I would agree with Garrett; GVF with problems.
  19. Michael-Roo
    http://blog.moneysavingexpert.com/2010/04/01/april-fools-etiquette-recycling-used-loo-paper-and-more/ http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/banking/2010/04/have-you-got-a-downturn-50p-said-to-be-worth-1000
  20. Michael-Roo
    ChKy, don't worry, you make your point clearly and succinctly. The majority of decent UK people think as you do.
  21. Michael-Roo
    Yes. Possibly been passed (gently?) through some sort of 'roller'? Look closely between 6 and 9 o'clock on the obverse. Not a true circle.
  22. Michael-Roo
    'Political activists'. That'd be the people working, and dying, for representation and equality then would it?
  23. Michael-Roo
    To continue the farthing theme: Here's a William and Mary farthing sized medalet in copper (1689?). Montagu No.15. The nicest of the two I have.
  24. Michael-Roo
    My other one (attached). I have an example of the Montagu copper farthing medalet featuring the same busts which is one of the best preserved I've seen. I'll upload images to the 'Let's See Your Coppers' etc./Farthings thread tomorrow.
  25. Michael-Roo
    It doesn't/isn't. Its just a shallow nick.
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