crow1

These are cool, when you visited the Viking centre in York you had the option of purchasing these for a few pounds, they are collectible as an interesting reproduction. They are a hi-bred of a Viking coin and a Anglo-saxon coin, I purchased one of these during a visit to the Viking centre about twenty years ago, keep it or place it on ebay if you wish to sell, but in my humble opinion it is a token repro.

Craig, looks like a Jorvik Penny repro, the Viking centre used to sell these reproduction tokens in the visitors centre.

Really nice 99 penny up in smoke !

Nice coins guys The 1887 crown - up in smoke - this has been harshly cleaned I'm afraid.

whoops, I apologise wrong forum

Reverse

This is an 1825 Farthing - Type 2 - incuse midribs, peck listed as very scarce. Does anyone know much about this variety

No Nick I hadn't. This one is slabbed and graded at ms65. Makes an ugly coin slightly more attractive to the eye.

Nice coins

Great article. I have started to use a natural light bulb with much improved results.

Has to be done my friend, I tend to buy two or three then keep the best and sell of the others. I just picked up a PF65CAM 1937 crown at the Heritage auctions over in the USA. I bought it to compare with the raw one and keep the better of the two. I bid on about twenty coins and some of the prices were rather high ! I missed a couple of nice proof uk pennies I really liked, they were bid up to between 2-3k dollars unfortunately with a bad exchange rate at present plus fees they were above what I had wanted to pay. Also some purchases from the US attract import tax, I am questioning this with the revenue at the moment hoping they will clarify the law regarding different coins.

happy days, she is a keeper

Evening Paulus, she is a clean example, I can not see signs of cleaning, so I think she is a good clean example.

I just looked again with loupe and it appears to be different toning not wear, I picked this one up for next to nothing as the old slab was very scratched and worn and different show her real eye appeal. Very happy when I freed her from her tomb.

Recent Sixpence purchase, decent proof example.

Thanks again Vickysilver, you have to try and improve your collection if you can, I also find when you trade up and resale that you can ask a little more if your selling quality coins so it evens out, well that's the plan anyway! That is interesting regarding the 82, as I have only seen this extreme blue/purple tone on one other coin I owned a few years back and someone suggested it may have been dipped years before which may have produced the resulting tones. Its a handsome coin in hand, very reflective, its not been polished so would the Copper dip also produce a reflective field ?

I would be interested in the penny collectors thoughts on this 1882 penny. It was dressed in an old ANACS slab. I stripped it naked to look at the tones closer. It was graded at MS62 does anyone think she has been messed with or is the tone genuine ??

Excellent, i am in good company then

I see what you mean. If i like a coin, i don't mind paying a premium, if your a collect-a-holic not a dealer its not so important is it.

I have the penny also, i will dig out a picture if you want a look

I liked them and paid far too much for them as usual !! put them away for twenty years and i might break even :-)

I also acquired a crown and half crown of very similar quality from the same seller. Possibly the same proof set, i don't know.

Very interesting Vickysilver, i have not owned a VIP proof or seen one in hand so have very little knowledge in the area i am afraid. I note that a few examples graded as deep cameo have recently been changed or upgraded to VIP proof strikes. PCGS seem to grade as cameo, deep cameo and VIP proof.

My first attempt seemed to give George an Elvis like appearance, must invest in a new camera !!

I am no David Bailey that's a fact !