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  1. Michael-Roo
    Same coin….
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    Saw that in the other thread too. Yes, much better than your 1909, particularly breastplate detail etc. One thing though: give your scanner a wipe!
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    It might be worth your while comparing this with Paulus's coin (above). The hair detail looks to be worn away on your coin, though I suppose it may be that it was struck from a knackered die?
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    That looks right to me too. many thanks. Its a 5 over 3 / normal obverse.
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    A lighter image of same...
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    Forgive me for resurrecting an ancient post but, Rob, could you id which 5/3 this is please? many thanks.
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    'Unfortunate' use of photo crop…. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Extremely-RARE-Bronze-Victoria-Penny-1882-No-H-Encapsulated-by-CGS-/322313778761?hash=item4b0b65f649%3Ag%3AKBUAAOSwnbZYFx-N
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    http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/44573
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    I'm sure William Devane will think that 'spiffing'……..
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    Should any of us ever feel the urge to go out looking like a twat help is at hand….. https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/gallery/2016/sep/16/supersize-me-the-menswear-trend-for-oversized-fashion-in-pictures
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    Now, now, Paulus let's not fall out over minor differences when we could just as easily focus on that which we have in common…. 'All hail the plough!!!'
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    Another token. Norwich 1794 this time. Edge plain.
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    Not bad for a 17th century farthing token. Even shows a little residual lustre.
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    I noticed that too (Google images), though the tall, house-shaped structure, between the towers seems to have gone awol since the 1790s…..
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    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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    This 1674 farthing has all sorts of extra bits and pieces….
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    1673 farthing, no obverse stops, reverses A & B.
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    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?
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    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.
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    Here's the obverse again, taken this time under a desk lamp.
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    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.
  23. Michael-Roo
    Hunting and documenting copper varieties, 1671-1860, would provide you with decades of hunting fun.
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    Ahh, them were the days (wipes away tear of nostalgia)…….
  25. 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.
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