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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2778964, member: 10461"]Great Britain (homeland issues) 18- GREAT BRITAIN: 1 FARTHING, KM788.2.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC18-GB-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC18-slab.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC18-slab.jpg" rel="nofollow">(NGC MS61; mint-blackened finish)</a>Size: 20 mm. Composition: Bronze. Mintage: 8,016,000.Comments: Purchased raw from Tom C. ("Wybrit"), Collectors Universe, 11/20/09. 19- GREAT BRITAIN: 1/2 PENNY, KM789.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC19-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC19-slab.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC19-slab.jpg" rel="nofollow">(PCGS MS64 RD)</a>Size: 25.5 mm. Composition: Bronze. Mintage: 11,127,000.Comments: A gift from longtime friend Don Rupp ("ajaan"), Collectors Universe, 04/2010. I only paid for the grading.  These are truly horrid images.  In hand, the coin was not bad looking at all. 20- GREAT BRITAIN: 1 PENNY (large bronze type), KM790.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC20-GB-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC20-slab.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC20-slab.jpg" rel="nofollow">(NGC MS63 RB)</a>Size: 30.8 mm. Composition: Bronze. Mintage: 22,206,000.Comments: Purchased raw from Don Rupp ("ajaan"), Collectors Universe, 2009.  Upgraded a less Red Mint State example.  Though these are professional photos above, they did not do the coin justice.  In hand it was prooflike, flashy, and absolutely stunning.  The NGC slab pictures are, as usual, a pathetic joke. 21- GREAT BRITAIN: 1 PENNY (Silver Maundy type), KM775.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC21-GB-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />(NGC MS63)Size: 11.15 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.0140 oz. Mintage: 18,000.Comments: From a slabbed Maundy set I acquired from Dimitri Gotzamanis ("SYRACUSIAN"), Collectors Universe.  Previously sold by Richard Abrahams ("greattoning"), eBay. 22- GREAT BRITAIN: 2 PENCE, KM776.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC22-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />(NGC MS65)Size: 13.44 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.0280 oz. Mintage: 14,000.Comments: From a slabbed Maundy set I acquired from Dimitri Gotzamanis ("SYRACUSIAN"), Collectors Universe.  Previously sold by Richard Abrahams ("greattoning"), eBay. 23- GREAT BRITAIN: 3 PENCE, KM777.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC23-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />(NGC MS65)Size: 16.26 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.0420 oz. Mintage: 6,100,000 (circulation strikes)- 8,976 (Maundy issue).Comments: From a slabbed Maundy set I acquired from Dimitri Gotzamanis ("SYRACUSIAN"), Collectors Universe.  Previously sold by Richard Abrahams ("greattoning"), eBay. 24- GREAT BRITAIN: 4 PENCE, KM778.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC24-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />(NGC MS63)Size: 17.63 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.0561 oz. Mintage: 12,000.Comments: From a slabbed Maundy set I acquired from Dimitri Gotzamanis ("SYRACUSIAN"), Collectors Universe.  Previously sold by Richard Abrahams ("greattoning"), eBay. 25- GREAT BRITAIN: 6 PENCE, KM779.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC25-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />(PCGS MS64 OGH - old green holder - cert. # 2302317)Size: 19.5 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.0895 oz. Mintage: 5,109,000.Comments: Puchased from Tom Carroll ("Wybrit"), Collectors Universe, 11/20/09, replacing a really nice AU+ I'd bought from him years before. 26- GREAT BRITAIN: 1 SHILLING, KM780.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC26-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC26-slab.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC26-slab.jpg" rel="nofollow">(NGC MS64)</a>Size: 23.5 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.1682 oz. Mintage: 3,426,000.Comments: Received raw as a generous gift for Victoria from Dimitri Gotzamanis ("SYRACUSIAN"), Collectors Universe. 27- GREAT BRITAIN: 1 FLORIN (2 shillings), KM781.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC27b-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC27-slab.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC27-slab.jpg" rel="nofollow">(NGC MS64; ex-NGC MS65)</a>Size: 28.3 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/0.3364 oz. Mintage: 2,649,000.Comments: Ex-Brett Smith ("BS"), Collectors Universe. Purchased raw; it had previously been in an NGC MS65 holder but was cracked out of the slab prior to my buying it.  I only know this because the old slab insert was included when I got it.  I resubmitted in 2011 and it only got MS64.  Regardless of technical grade, it was a truly beautiful coin with lovely pastel toning.  Never, ever, EVER pay NGC $3/coin for those "Internet Imaged" pictures they offer!  Click the slab link above to see why.  They must use a scanner.  MY scanner produced better images than that!  Fortunately I had the professional photos above. 28- GREAT BRITAIN: 1/2 CROWN, KM782.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC28-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC28-slab.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC28-slab.jpg" rel="nofollow">(NGC MS63)</a>Size: 32.3 mm. Composition: .925 Silver/.4204 oz. Mintage: 1,577,000.Comments: Purchased raw from dealer Jeffrey Zarit, through eBay. 29- GREAT BRITAIN: 1/2 SOVEREIGN, KM784.<img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/Victorian%20Type%20Set/VHC29-coin.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/great-britain-gold-half-sovereign-of-queen-victoria-1901-from-the-terner-collection.286728/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/great-britain-gold-half-sovereign-of-queen-victoria-1901-from-the-terner-collection.286728/">(PCGS MS64, with Terner pedigree on label)</a>Size: 19.30 mm. Composition: .917 Gold/.1177 oz. Mintage: 2,037,999.Comments: Ex-Dimitri Gotzamanis ("SYRACUSIAN"), Collectors Universe.  This coin remained with me after the sale of this collection and became a part of my later <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-june-22-2017.298522/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/lord-marcovans-eclectic-box-collection-as-of-june-22-2017.298522/">"Eclectic Box" collection</a>.  I still have it in that collection as of June, 2017, meaning I've owned this coin for more than a decade, which is a long time in the cycles of my collecting.  With my ever-evolving collection, that doesn't happen very often.  Only my metal detecting finds have been immune from being sold or swapped.  But some pieces like this one are "longer-term holds" for me. 30- GREAT BRITAIN: 1 SOVEREIGN, KM785.Size: 22.05 mm. Composition: .917 Gold/.2355 oz. Mintage: 1,579,000.Comments: Though I did have the Australian full sovereign and the British half-sovereign above, I never got around to acquiring a British full sovereign for this collection.  All of this was done on a fairly tight budget.[/QUOTE]

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