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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;robp, post: 8116158, member: 96746&quot;]I like a full lustre MS coin whatever metal it&#039;s struck in, but like a diverse selection of objects to look at. I stopped collecting shillings and halfpennies as denominations because I got fed up looking at the serried ranks of MS coins that usually only varied in the date. Full red, white or full gold, it still looked too consistent to my eye and still does. Silver does at least tone to a wider colour range - which I find more appealing. Copper does too on occasion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rest assured, that if everyone collected the same thing, the excess demand over supply would soon ensure the things not on the list of allowed collectables would soon be collected widely.</p><p><br /></p><p>And as this is a sovereign thread, a Charles I 20 shillings piece, but called a Unite at the time. Mintmark Bell, dating it to 1634-5, the reverse has a legend error with FLORENNT containing a surplus N. 2 known. </p><p>This coin ex- </p><p>R C Lockett 4451, Glendining 17/10/1961</p><p>J G Brooker 90A, collection sold by Spink c.1980</p><p>H Selig 28, Spink 70, 31/5/1989</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1412596[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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