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Getting my feet wet. What do you think?

XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
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Be gentle, it's my first time...


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  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    A few more...




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  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    Very nice selection Xpiperdream.The sixpence and the Victorian farthing are my favourites, but the little George VI farthing is a great little coin too, don't you think?
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  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    I love the little bird!
  • LuvdawgsLuvdawgs Posts: 1,512 ✭
    You're doing very well for just getting your feet wet, X. Congrats! Very purty coins. I love the wren farthings too.
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  • JamminJJamminJ Posts: 1,413 ✭✭✭
    And the Brit collectors win another convert! I especially like the three pence and the six pence, did you go to the FUN show?

    Nice coins and good to see you over here, XpipedreamR.

    -JamminJ
  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    Nice haul! Now that your feet are wet, jump on in! image The water is great!
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • canadiancoinguycanadiancoinguy Posts: 405
    I like the 3d.
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    I like them. It looks like some of them came from eaglecoin. I was watching that 1885 farthing for a while when it was on ebay...
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • toyonakatarotoyonakataro Posts: 407 ✭✭✭
    Very nice. Is the first one Maundy coin?
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Just what we need---another British coin collector...image

    Great coins, PipeDream!!!

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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Feet wet? I think you are up to your neckimage
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    very nice coins and pictures...the 87 3d could be a maundy coin, I would need to see it. Lloyd could probaby make that determination from the picture,

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    the 87 3d could be a maundy coin

    Afraid not. It's likely a business strike. The maundy set issued in 1887 still had the "young head."

    It may also be difficult to distinguish proofs of this year from common business strikes since this was first year of issue. Checking rims is the recommended procedure, but the edges on 3ds are smooth, so even that easy check is not possible.
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    XpipedreamR, is that last coin a 1953 GB or a colonial?
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great observation Wybrit... the young head issue completely slipped my mind. Thanks for the correction.

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  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭


    << <i>XpipedreamR, is that last coin a 1953 GB or a colonial? >>



    It's the '53 GB.

    Thanks for the input, everybody.


    By the way, what exactly are Maundy coins. I've heard the term, and read a little about them, but I'm still not too clear on the conceptimage
  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    Maundy coins are silver1, 2, 3, and 4 p coins struck to be distributed on Maundy Thursday (the day before Good Friday). Originally they were distributed to the poor, but now they are given to people who are recognized for their community service (or perhaps service to the crown) and sold to collectors. Since they're silver, the 1 p coins are really small! I believe they are all struck with the young portraits of Victoria and Elizabeth II no matter the date. If you ever wonder why you have found a young head 189X 3 p, it would be because the coin was a Maundy coin.

    BTW, that's a nice 1887 3 p you have! I need one just like it for my silver Golden Jubilee set. image
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  • toyonakatarotoyonakataro Posts: 407 ✭✭✭
    Was it possible to spend maundy coin as a regular coin to buy something?
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Nice coins!

    Your feet are pretty wet, that's for sure. Why don't you take a few steps deeper now, deeper into the Darkside!
  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    Do they still produce the Maundy coins?
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    Do they still produce the Maundy coins?

    Every year, maundy coins are issued.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    Do you have a picture of the 1953 reverse?
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  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭


    << <i>Do you have a picture of the 1953 reverse? >>



    Unfortunately, I can't find it. And my own pic of the coin wouldn't compare, believe me!
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