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Yeah really confused, I think so is he. Why's it got 27 watchers as well

Link

Sadly, his 1912H is only EF…..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1912-H-Coin-UK-1d-Penny-Era-King-George-V-EF-Collections-Bulk-Lots-/121604080721?hash=item1c502b0451

[Mrs Peter]

Oh Peter. What terrible news. I'm so sorry.

[Edward I Penny, but which class]

You're very welcome.

I too have been searching for sources which may help identify my long cross pennies (a dozen or more). They all look the same to me!

These are the sites I've found to date.

[Edward I Penny, but which class]

Are these of any use to you Dave?

http://www.bajr.org/BAJRGuides/37.%20Coin%20Identification/37Coins_I.pdf

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/Long-Cross-Pennies/Long%20Cross%20Pennies%20P1.htm

http://www.englishhammered.com/home.html

http://www.psdetecting.com/Inscriptions.html

[1699 Halfpenny error?]

Haven't forgot you MR, just a little preoccupied at the moment, but I'll get there!

No worries Stu, looking forward to hearing from you.

I have newly discovered Nightmares In Wax photos to share too!

[1699 Halfpenny error?]

Could be, though in the hand and under strong magnification it just looks like pitting, and I see Mr Roos has a faint mark similar to mine though I would have thought we would have seen the remains of something bolder, all very confusing, I think I may well keep it.

This tiny mark is incuse

1699-01.jpg

And interestingly, this was the only giveaway on my 1700 hopeful no-dot shilling, which had a slight incuse flaw where a stop should be. After stumbling upon a perfect die-match with a partial stop, I concluded that when the clog gets big enough it will bulge and produce an incuse mark on the coin, as it did on mine, leaving also a tiny stress crack, which you'd expect.

Interesting point Stu. However, the little dig on my coin is much lower in the field than one would expect to find a stop?

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'guaranteed genuine, and from my own collection'!

161814582838

I sent the seller a note to which I had a nice reply this morning. She's deleted the listing.

[1699 Halfpenny error?]

Could be, though in the hand and under strong magnification it just looks like pitting, and I see Mr Roos has a faint mark similar to mine though I would have thought we would have seen the remains of something bolder, all very confusing, I think I may well keep it.

This tiny mark is incuse

[1699 Halfpenny error?]

That's a good point Scott.

Unfortunately, the coin you've uploaded is much too corroded for a firm attribution to be made from a photo.

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Best use of the word 'Slight' I've ever seen

I love this. Such optimism.

[1699 Halfpenny error?]

What was it Speedbird was saying about straying off topic?

Bottom line is: Nicholson 128.1699 date in exergue, without a stop after Britannia, is extremely rare with only a handful of examples known.

[1699 Halfpenny error?]

….. No one told me there was a plot!?!?

Another was sold by London Coins in 2012

http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=137&searchlot=1634&searchtype=2

[1699 Halfpenny error?]

A fourth example can be viewed at Joe Lee's site.

http://www.farthingshalfpennyerrors.com/william-iii-halfpenny-1699-no-stop-reverse/

[1699 Halfpenny error?]

Here's mine.

Possibly something going on underneath the T too?

[More Pennies]

Drum is fine with me mate (though don't be banging it too noisily, we don't want to upset the neighbours, do we.).

Meadow? Wherever you fancy. Personally, I'd choose Cheshire, but that's just me being selfish…...

[More Pennies]

Ha, ha. Pete, I totally get where you're coming from but, let's be realistic, its just a hobby we're talking about. So what. Hardly important in the scheme of things, is is? Are you happy with the coins? Yes? Then, what's the problem? Like I said; Rise above. Let's you and I skip through the meadow together, humming a favourite tune…….

[More Pennies]

We all are still trying mate. The job is never completed. If I were to meet the me I was thirty years ago I would be horrified (and probably a little amused)…….

[More Pennies]

Wha! Leave it Pete. In the scheme of things minor misunderstandings don't amount to of a hill of beans.

BTW: Has anyone ever actually SEEN a hill of beans? Why beans?!?!

You're a good bloke, and well liked here. All will seem utterly inconsequential tomorrow.

Rise above old bean, rise above…….

[The Nicholson Halfpenny Collection.]

If you look at the curved bar beneath the lower loop of the B, it exactly follows the shape of the right leg of the R.

The little shape sticking out from behind the top right corner of the B's upright doesn't match the overlaying letter either.

[The Nicholson Halfpenny Collection.]

Here's a close up of the B…...

[More Pennies]

I haven't come across this error before.

One for the penny people on here. Must be rare?

[More Pennies]

'VIGTORIA'

[The Nicholson Halfpenny Collection.]

Hi Joe. I didn't buy hoping it was the mule as, to me, it obviously wasn't and so knew the seller had misidentified the date (as mentioned by Scott it's a 1697). I bought it for what I had noticed as something unusual going on underneath the B of Britannia.

I'm not a novice, and the early milled copper series has been an interest of mine for decades. I do know your site too and have had it bookmarked for some time. I have many of the varieties you list AND several which you don't!

[My latest pocket money purchases...]

I think you're possibly being a little harsh on the Rev of your 1934 shilling but, maybe also, a tiny bit optimistic re. the Rev of the 1914.

Just my opinion. Generally, your grading looks pretty good to me.

[My latest pocket money purchases...]

Nice group for the price.

So. Nonmortuus. You're practising your grading. What have you decided for each?