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Beautiful coin - congratulations!
Pic of my 1829 sixpence which is the obverse die.
 

Upgrade to my no-die-number 1879 sixpence - I now need to work out why I have multiple lower graded versions, possible unrecorded varieties 🤔
 
 

Want to show this amazing rarity: the George IV 1829 half sovereign mule with 1823 reverse. Ex Terner collection, PCGS PR64CAM. Only 2 are known and the other one is impounded in the Royal Mint collection. The Royal Mint actually struck 4,205 half sovereigns during 1829, but all with 1828 dies. 

 

Upgrade to my no-die-number 1879 sixpence - I now need to work out why I have multiple lower graded versions, possible unrecorded varieties 🤔
 
 

This arrived today, a 1942 dated, Irish 1/2 Crown, second type, made of .750 silver.
A quite large coin the Irish Half Crown featured an Irish Hunter horse on the reverse, all Irish coins of this period had a national animal on their reverse, a Gaelic Harp featured on the obverse of all coins.
The 1/2 Crown was the highest denomination of coin that Ireland had during the pre decimal period, the first type of coin released was in 1928 and the harp separated the date with the century one side and the year the other, also on the reverse was the words Saorstat Eireann or 'Free State' , in 1939 there was a second type of coin released which had the date all in one area and the words Free State replaced with Eire or Ireland.
The mintage for these coins was very low, that combined with the high silver content meant that not many of these coins have survived in uncirculated condition, silver was used in circulation Irish coins until 1943, though very few were made that last year.
My coin while in mint condition with all its lustre looks to have a slight manufacturing fault, above the horse it looks like a rogue piece of silver got stamped into the coin with some other bits, perhaps this is why its in such good condition, was it put aside as a reject possibly ? it came from London where they were minted by the Royal Mint.
The production figures for the second type 1/2 Crown are as follows, as can be seen, each year production got lower and lower,
1939,   888,000
1940,   752,000
1941,   320,000
1942,   285,600
1943,   1,000
 

Upgrade to my no-die-number 1879 sixpence - I now need to work out why I have multiple lower graded versions, possible unrecorded varieties 🤔
 
 

Upgrade to my no-die-number 1879 sixpence - I now need to work out why I have multiple lower graded versions, possible unrecorded varieties 🤔
 
 

Upgrade to my no-die-number 1879 sixpence - I now need to work out why I have multiple lower graded versions, possible unrecorded varieties 🤔
 
 

Upgrade to my no-die-number 1879 sixpence - I now need to work out why I have multiple lower graded versions, possible unrecorded varieties 🤔
 
 

Upgrade to my no-die-number 1879 sixpence - I now need to work out why I have multiple lower graded versions, possible unrecorded varieties 🤔
 
 

If anyone is after some of the higher end LMU coins it might be worth taking a look at this link https://www.astebolaffi.it/en/auction/337
They have some really nice coins, some murats, Johnson’s, Parma’s pretty much everything!! They where even nice enough to send me a full color catalogue 😁.

Well I have had loads of stuff come this past week, both to keep and to sell on, I will take pictures and put them on here when I get chance to look at them all.
First is a pair of WW2 dated British India 1/4 Rupees, made of .500 silver, these were a bargain buy in an auction where I was the only bidder, I saw they were in not bad condition and decided that even if they were not quite good enough to keep they were worth selling on at a profit.
The 1/4 Rupee came in a huge variety of variations, some very rare and worth a fortune, there was different mints denoted by an L for Lahore, a small diamond for Bombay and nothing for Calcutta mints, there was a small headed king, large headed king, short fleur delys on his crown and long ones, high relief portrait and shallow relief portrait, and finally differences in the bottom flower centre, thick edge, thin edge, long edge teeth, short edge teeth, reeded sides and security sides, just to name a few lol .
The 1940 below has short fleur delys on the crown, shallow relief portrait, thin edge, short edge teeth, and a reeded side, this coin was made by the Bombay mint and had a production of 28,947,000 for that year alone, though this was far less than Calcutta's which made 68,675,000 that year also.
In 1943 a security side/edge was put on the coins to help stop counterfeiting the coins were made a 1mm smaller in diameter with a thicker rim, this 1943 dated coin has high relief portait, short fleur delys, thick rim, long edge teeth, and a security side/edge, it also has the scarcer slightly different flower style at the bottom of the reverse of the coin, 
95,200,000 were made this year but all the variations are put into this total figure for Bombays production that year, the rarest of this year are the ones made at Lahore with 23,700,000 minted in 1943.
I sold both of these the next day.
More stuff to come when I get time.


 
Differences in the coin edge/sides
 

Just arrived today from Canada
 

well another half to go in the collection sits nice next to the 1870 half been after a good 1871 nose to t variety for a while 

Received plenty of coins today but these are my favourites
Started the South African decimal silvers, some nice Polish silvers, and this beautiful Cyprus 9 piastres 1913 with a mintage of only 50,000- probably my rarest world silver to date!
 

Received these today from Biards , lovely little coins. 

1871 Victoria Proof Sovereign 🤤🤩
 

Some new additions- my first coins from Saudi, Romania, Estonia, Czechoslovakia
 
From @ilovesilverireallydo

A pair (4th & 5th Effigy) of ridiculously low mintage (10 each) platinum 5p coins (1/4 oz each), from the 2015 platinum proof sets.

Got this 1936 Southern Rhodesia half crown in the post. 

Gorgeous Ansell Sovereign, good week so far! 🥰
Many will know how rare they are in higher grades like this!

My first four Gods of Olympus arrived. 2017 Perth Mint. Absolutely gorgeous. 
part of a 12 coin issue, but not going to go after all 12. 

The 1880 error sovereign with the second 8 over-struck a 7 in the date. 

Received this 1989 Bu 5 Pound Sovereign to join my 3 coin set to form a ‘poor man’s’ 4 coin 1989 set! 
I haven’t bought any Sovereigns for quite some time and re-aquatinting myself with 22 Carat Gold makes me wonder why I had  taken a break. 
I think grading these classic and special year design coins has its place- but these are staying in their presentation cases and going in that drawer in the dresser for safekeeping- you know the one, the one housing the best cutlery, the Irish Linen Napkins and the Elk Horn handled corkscrew.