Hussulo

Great coin and nice write-up Clive!

Nice medals.

One for sale:

http://www.coins4u.net/detail.asp?id=1767&pic=1#img

I agree, fantastic coins and it's nice to read about the history that goes along with them.

I seem to fall into the main group:

Male, married, 20-30

Great coins guys!

You don't often see many toned gold coins, but I do like the touches of pink on this one.

Didn't you know there is a toned coin forum? Not sure of the exact name but it is a forum dedicated to toned coins. Myself, I'm a coin collector and when ever I get a toned coin, into a cleaning solution it goes. Sorry about that to the toned people but I just think coins should look the way they did when they came from the mint.

I understand not liking colourful toned coins, but why do you want to make a coin look like the way it did when it left the mint? For older coins 100 years+ that just isn't natural, unless they are gold. If I see a coin that isn't unc and has no toning on it, then it just screams cleaned to me, if a coin is worn, it means it has been out and about so naturally it should have acquired toning of some sort.

If you had a nice antique table would you sand it down to make it look new?

Sorry Carl I'm not having a go its just I have never managed to understand the "blast white" phenomenon.

Hus

Imagine that. Someone noticed our grading standards can not compete with the British.

Just kidding you know.

We'll I'm not saying one is better than the other, and once you get used to the 70 point system its quite easy. The trouble arises when people buy an MS graded British coin and try to sell it for UNC British prices listed in something like Spink. The MS graded coin may only be an EF by British standards so not worth the price they think it is.

Its an old saying but buy the coin and not the number on the slab. If you learn to grade coins (which does take a while, and different people's opinions of a grade of a coin can be different at times) then you can really know if the sellers asking price or the grade he assigns to a coin is right.

A lot sellers on online auctions over grade their coins, thats were buying from a reputable dealer also helps.

You may find the grading section on my website interesting. Although British grading standards are stricter than US grading standards. It will give you an idea and teach you about some of the terminology used:

http://www.coinsgb.com/Grading.html

Nice Halfpenny Clive congrats!

but its not hammered.

I've got a 1717 one too they are neat coins. I also have a fascinating double struck 1723 halfpenny which can be seen here:http://www.coinsgb.com/Error_Coins/Doublestruck.html

Do you collect George I Halfpennies or did you just like the look of it?

Great coin

I was refering to the "rather nice George III half penny" second coin after the $1 bill. The rest look original.

Nice pick ups vfox.

Hate to be the berear of bad news, but the George III halfpenny is a counterfeit. Probably a contemporary counterfeit. These are often refered to as evasion pieces coin. Still interesting in its own right though.

Once again another great peice!

Got to love the Godless, Gothic Florins and Crowns. They are atimeless classic.

Here is a link to a copy of one on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1934-100-000-Gold-Cert...1QQcmdZViewItem

Excellent, congrats!

I recived my signed edition of “The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain” by Michael Freeman November 2006 reprint.

This is a great reference book that covers all the British bronze type coins from 1860 - 1970. Pennies, halfpennies and farthings. It covers varieties of the currency issues as well as every type of pattern, proof and trial strikings of each denomination.

In one of the last Coin News magazine's (UK) it mentioned that Bill Clinton was an avid collector of these. He use'd to pick one up at every military base etc... he visited. So he must have a few.

Nice coins!

Wow ikaros some nice coins, and a great variety.

Hi great coins Ikaros, are you after a Churchill crown? becouse I'v got a couple I could give you one? they are cheap and easy to find over here, and underated, but they are nice coins.