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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bardolph, post: 5003993, member: 96174&quot;]I was born in 1941 and began collecting Queen Victoria copper coins - pennies , ha&#039;pennies and farthings when I was about 11 years old and continilued for many years.</p><p>The UK copper coinage had been given a make over in 1860 with the introduction of the &#039;bun head&#039; coins. All my friends collected coins and we all knew the rare dates: 1860, 61, 69 etc, not from any catalogue or handbook, but simply because they rarely turned up in our change.</p><p><br /></p><p>We continually upgraded our collections when a better specimen turned up, or swapped a duplicate with a friend who had a missing date that we needed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still have most of those coins now - but their grades are rock bottom for the most part. What can you expect of a coin that has circulated for almost 100 years?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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