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Some more acquisitions. A nicely worn 1906 half crown from ebay and a bunch of thruppys, some which have been holed, which were tucked away in the depths of the parcel of coins purchased from my fathers estate. 1906 KEVII Half Crown  1926 KGV Three Pence  1956 QEII Three Pence  1873 QV Three Pence  1890 QV Three Pence  1916 KGV Three Pence  1917 KGV Three Pence  1926 KGV Three Pence  1932 KGV Three Pence  The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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It was Benedetto Pistrucci. Thanks Kipster, I'll have a read.  The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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Lovely group!  |
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Good group ttkoo - the 3ds are very nice and that Halfcrown is a lot better than you give it credit. Edward VII halfcrowns and florins are notoriously found worn. Yours is a well above average piece. Most of my Edward VII is very average and the few better pieces were not cheap. I have been filling in some of the basic gaps with the Sixpences and Thruppeny bits. It is amazing that I was missing some very usual coins.   1921 Sixpence (An upgrade on the worn one I had to gFine) and the notoriously scarce 1952 sixpence. At just 1 million minted, these coins are surprisingly not common. This standard near VF example cost me $30. 1952 only saw issues of Farthings, Halfpence, Brass Threepences and Sixpences. The lower 3 are common, the 6d is not. The 1952 Halfcrown and Penny are both unique. 1952 dated shillings and florins are completely unknown.   The two scarce keys in the Brass Threepence series, the 1946 and 1949 - filling a big gap. These were not cheap and are basic fine examples. The 46 is gFine but likely shined up in the past.   The 1950 and 1951 coins, these are considered semi keys with low mintages, but not as scarce as the 46 and 49. All the other dates of KGVI and QE2 Brass threepence are common and easy to find. |
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Nice additions Princetane! I got a couple of cheap gap fillers for my old English copper collection this week - a 1746 George II halfpenny with graffiti and an 1826 farthing (the scarcer older type). They cost me a whopping £2 each!   |
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I love the graffiti on that 1746 halfpenny and a no brainer at £2. I see there's one in very fine condition on ebay at the moment priced £32, which also seems very cheap for the grade and age. Edited by Hogarth
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They cost me a whopping £2 each! Great coins and a bargain! Quote:
I have been filling in some of the basic gaps with the Sixpences and Thruppeny bits. It is amazing that I was missing some very usual coins. Excellent additions Princetane  The 1952 sixpence is very nice . as an aside, I am in need of some reference material for British / UK coins etc. With photos, mintages etc ...Is there anything you might recommend? Cheers The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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Some coppers and silvers arrived yesterday. Here are the coppers. 1881 QV Farthing (with nasty gouge to the eyes)  1917 KGV Farthing  1926 KGV Farthing  1939 KGVI Farthing  1947 KGVI Farthing  1902 KEVII Penny  some silver tomorrow The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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Thanks very much Otto I'll check it out.
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Some more silvers from my latest acquisitions. 1920 KGV Half Crown  1911 KGV Shilling  1902 KEVII Threepence  1903 KEVII Threepence. This is a weird coin to me. On the obverse, there are areas around the crown where flakes have lifted away, like a planchet flaw, and on the reverse there are tiny lumps of what appear to be molten metal spray, splattered across roughly half of the face, from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock. Almost like solder. Any clues. (coin is 1.4 grams)  1905 KEVII Threepence with a ding and a scratch.  1907 KEVII Threepence  1917 KGV Threepence - an improvement on my first 1917.  That's it for now. The Ox moves slowly, but the Earth is patient.
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