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It sticks out like a black sheep in my collection Rob. I,ve seen some coins posted on the forum that have been dipped and they seem to come up great. Just looking for your valued opinions. I will try giving the coin a wash as you mentioned.

About £30 tops for the cartwheel penny and £5 for the 1806 on a good day. So not a bad buy.

Maybe a waste of time with receipts if your house burns down. Unless you keep your receipts with a family member......and hope!!

Sorry here is the reverse.

Hi. I have this very dark toned 1905 Edward VII sixpence. I have been reading on the forum about people cleaning these coins with silver dips. I was under the impression that cleaning coins was a big NO. What do you guys think...leave it or give it a dip? If so what is the best silver dip to purchase? Thank you.

Thanks Rob

Hi. Final question on this, i,ve looked but cannot seem to find what the J R initials on the reverse of the coin is. Any ideas?

Wait until ebay have a max £1 selling fee?

Hey now that you say that Stu and that i,ve seen your coins to compare, i can see the June staring me in the face with that J. I,m off for a look at the pdf now and brush up my knowledge on gun money. Thanks guys for all your help.

Nice coin Michael. Kind of puts mine in the shade condition wise. I got carried away in an auction last year and ended up paying £20 for it. Very interesting story about these coins Bagerap, thanks, its something new i,ve learned today, well that and not to slander the other halfs cooking!! So can i deduct from your explanation its a March coin? It weighs app.5.5 grams, so a shilling?

As Michael says your coin with the harp is probably an Irish half penny, but its pretty smashed and probably worthless. Your gold sovereign looks in really good condition and coins like that sell on ebay for £250 plus although if your a new seller the buyers will be wary of purchasing it.

Hi again. I have this James II 1690 gun money coin which is not in great condition, but i am going to sell it and was wondering what sort of price ask for....if any!! Is there supposed to be a month on all of these coins? I can only barely make out what looks like an inverted Feb. As always any advice is appreciated.

Thank you.

Hi. I,ve recently been thinking of adding some half/full sovereigns to my portfolio. The problem is that i,ve been reading about them on - line and there seems to be a lot of good looking fakes going about. I purchase most of my coins on ebay, so you can imagine its a bit of a minefield!! In fact i seen a 2013 sovereign being sold earlier for £57.( It had the description. ...2013 proof gold sovereign? Not sure if its gold...blah blah). I,ve seen these listings before and i steer clear of them. Is there a website or a book i can purchase that states what gold sovereigns have been copied?

Thanks for the info Rob. Very interesting . I learn something new ever day. You seem very well versed on the subject and i will keep this facts for future reference.

Hi Colin. Now there's a coincidence talking about cleaning coins and you knowing your farthings. I was just looking at a 1674 Charles II farthing on ebay which is on auction with no bids as yet. Plenty detail though cleaned. Shame really.

I couldn't say for certain that they,ve not been cleaned. But why have only 7 or 8 of these 1941 half pennies for sale and no other coin sales to his name? As you said Colin, i think whoever stored them never knew their value and never took proper care of them,hence some of the very small marks here and there.

Hi Rob and thanks for your reply. I wish i knew about this forum before now. This is a coin i sold about 2 years ago as a1698/7 overdate. The buyer was in a bit of a dispute with me, which we sorted, with him stating that it should be a Septimus edge and not a Decimus edge. It is an overdate as you say and listed as extremely rare. I have another on sale which is listed at DNW auctions next month, which they valued by pictures, giving me an estimate of between £800-£1200. But on inspection, again it was a Decimus edge. So the value went down down to between £300-£400 because of this. I.m still happy with the price as i picked it up at bargain basement price. They are both the same overdates and both extremely rare, do you think the price difference has something to do with mintage numbers?

Hi. Can any of you guys tell me if this is a 1698/7 William III Halfcrown overdate? Decimus edge.

Is it unevenly toned or is it just your pictures?

I was going to say wait until the sun comes out from behind that cloud (on the coin). Managed to get a better couple of pictures. Your help is appreciated.

Haha Scott, sorry, everyone apart from yourself on the forum seems to have one of these half pennies.....you don't really want one, they are quite common now. ?

1967....i never even noticed. Do you mean the broken E? I wonder why the seller had about 8 of these, all in slightly different conditions?

Here's the other one i purchased from this seller. A few light scratches but still at least EF condition in my humble opinion. Ok for £50.

Personally i would not attempt to clean it. I bought another one for £50, again in great condition.