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Page 2 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 12-26-2004, 08:27 AM   #1 (permalink) sylvester Coin Collector     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,095 A bit of a hard one to scan this, it has a dark tone and all... __________________ To reiterate Roy's words , 'a £0.01 coin is a penny, and not a cent, the UK have never issued cents'   12-26-2004, 09:29 AM   #2 (permalink) longnine009 Senior Member     Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The 60Minutes State Posts: 202 After the mail clears up I'll probably send away for a replica of the Vicky Gothic Crown. __________________ Caje-- "Coward dies a thousand times, brave, only once." Kirby--"That's about all it takes, ain't it?"   12-26-2004, 10:22 AM   #3 (permalink) crystalk64 Knight of the Coin Table   Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 523 My Mood: Sylvester you have given me some valuable information and I appreciate it! The coin has been added to my "Must Have" list and the search will be on!!! Sure is a beautiful coin that would look great in my world collection. I will have to keep you posted on this one!!!   12-26-2004, 11:10 AM   #4 (permalink) sylvester Coin Collector     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,095 I know where there's a cheap (a really cheap one for sale that i could PM you a link to), it used to be mine actually. It's a high grade specimen and it's nice, but it's been cleaned at some stage and it's got die flaws, or flan flaws. You could call it an error. __________________ To reiterate Roy's words , 'a £0.01 coin is a penny, and not a cent, the UK have never issued cents'   12-26-2004, 02:53 PM   #5 (permalink) the_highlander Senior Member     Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 218 i just sold quite a nice 1697 sixpence for only 18 pounds   12-26-2004, 02:56 PM   #6 (permalink) the_highlander Senior Member     Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 218 compared to american coins you can pick up some rare uk coins at great prices, guess were kind of lucky like that.Also we dont go all fighting with each other if its ms64 or 65. most coins are sold of the usual 7 old grading system and then you add eye apeal   12-26-2004, 03:06 PM   #7 (permalink) the_highlander Senior Member     Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 218 i realy hate searching for a picture of a crown you get all these pics of teeth up, horrible i tell ya   12-26-2004, 03:09 PM   #8 (permalink) the_highlander Senior Member     Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 218   12-26-2004, 04:44 PM   #9 (permalink) sylvester Coin Collector     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,095 Quote: Originally Posted by the_highlander Is that a crown? (I actually want one of those, especially in that condition if it is). I have an iffy Quarter Laurel somewhere. __________________ To reiterate Roy's words , 'a £0.01 coin is a penny, and not a cent, the UK have never issued cents'   12-26-2004, 03:15 PM   #10 (permalink) the_highlander Senior Member     Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 218 its amazing you can get a nice example of a oliver cromwell shilling so cheap. this one going for 255 pounds, if that was a usa coin of the same rarity and condition that coin would be 250,000 usd lovley coin   12-26-2004, 03:18 PM   #11 (permalink) the_highlander Senior Member     Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 218 i always had a pre-concieved idea that queen anne would be some lovley queen.And even though the mint would have done its best to show her in a good light, shes quite ugly dont you think ? imagine what she musta looked like face to face.first time i say a coin of her it ruined my romantic image i had of her.   12-26-2004, 03:20 PM   #12 (permalink) the_highlander Senior Member     Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 218 this coin just impressed the heck out of me, such great condition on a rare date is pretty amazing   12-26-2004, 04:47 PM   #13 (permalink) sylvester Coin Collector     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,095 Quote: Originally Posted by the_highlander this coin just impressed the heck out of me, such great condition on a rare date is pretty amazing 1707 is not rare. Especially the post-Union ones like that one. __________________ To reiterate Roy's words , 'a £0.01 coin is a penny, and not a cent, the UK have never issued cents'   12-26-2004, 03:23 PM   #14 (permalink) the_highlander Senior Member     Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 218 my favourite reverse of a qv coin, love the sovereigns from australia that used the same reverse, so much better than the ones done in lodon.No wonder they command higher value.well apart from the gothic crown of course Last edited by the_highlander; 12-26-2004 at 03:27 PM.   12-26-2004, 04:50 PM   #15 (permalink) sylvester Coin Collector     Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: England Posts: 1,095 Quote: Originally Posted by the_highlander my favourite reverse of a qv coin, love the sovereigns from australia that used the same reverse, so much better than the ones done in lodon.No wonder they command higher value.well apart from the gothic crown of course My favourite would be the shield reverse sovereign. But a close second would be the reverse of the Gothic crown. __________________ To reiterate Roy's words , 'a £0.01 coin is a penny, and not a cent, the UK have never issued cents'   Page 2 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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