New arrival today from the mail man

rhound1977

Been looking for one of these on and off. I got the Puffin this past summer from Aethelred, now I got the Half Puffin too.

Lundy Half Puffin, an illegal (private) issue from the UK.

coinkat

cool looking coin. I don't recall seeing one.

spinaker2000

note to self: Remember to steal Glenn's 1/2 Puffin next meeting.

rhound1977

<< <i>note to self: Remember to steal Glenn's 1/2 Puffin next meeting. >>

ajaan

spinaker, what are you doing online? Shouldn't you be shovelling snow?

SYRACUSIAN

What was it worth? Funny name for a coin.

rhound1977

I am not sure but I think it traded equal with the Half Penny of the time.....

spinaker2000

<< <i>spinaker, what are you doing online? Shouldn't you be shovelling snow? >>



I'm hoping the rest will melt tomorrow.

Aethelred

Cool coin. Only the birds and Mr. Harman were around to spend them!

wybrit

Nice acquisition.

Donovan

Didn't that guy buy an oil rig or something in the channel and set up his own defacto kingdom?

Lloyd

I'd love to know what the edge inscription actually means:

"LUNDY LIGHTS AND LEADS" (From memory).

Those are brilliant coins - I sold a 1929 Puffin (Penny) on Ebay a few months back, AU with a real dark glossy patina, but some tiny edge knocks. The rims are very sharp and prone to bruise at the slightest knock. They turn up in BU Full Lustre around here sometimes.

More bits of unsure information - I believe that guy was from Birmingham and went to jail for minting this coinage.

Lloyd

Darkhorse

Well made and designed for a private issue. Who minted them and designed them?

cosmicdebris

Definitely up there on the cool coin scale