Mmm, a bit cleaned there and harshly so. This would be a coin right up my alley, and looks good as far as authenticity. Value? Well as a cleaned...
Who approve it? They do look like clowns. BTW, I quite agree with the sentiment above in that the "tribute" coins of E8 are abyssmal in quality -...
As a followup: the first unslabbed coin is the "VIP [sic]" Record proof, and the second is graded by PCGS as Proof66 Cameo, and is a sparkler in...
How is that not soft strike in areas of highest relief on the obverse? That having been said, at least in the UK this coin would be dinged for the...
Agreed to the obvious, for sure. But perhaps you ought to look at the error coin site hosted by Mike Byers to see what kind of money HE asks for...
Yes, the penny in 1982 should have been a bronze composition. It is struck on an original GB sixpence from 1953. Somewhere I have one struck on a...
Yes, we are on the lookout for these gold and other pieces (I posted on my 1983 IOM Viking proofs here before). No mintage listed in Krause (and...
I guess so, although there are probably some "ordinary" proofs with near equal details.....An ordinary can come with relatively deep strikes and...
At first a strange look, and then came to like it more and more. The silver versions are quite nice also, and quite a bit less expensive.
LOL, not sure just how the birds came to stand for the Nation states...
Yes, very nice there Sir. I have a couple of silvers I got cheap from the 1890s that I will try to post soon.
Aha, Lord M, you hit it on the head. If you look closely, and it is hard to see on this one, it is struck over a 1953 SIXPENCE! Kind of like a...
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