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It is a nice legacy and something that you will always remember. I am happy to see that it will go to someone who will cherish and build upon it rather that going for a quick buck. Congrats.

RB is a designation - not a variety. It is also used for copper coins and the designation is not based upon an alloy. I understand where you are coming from, a 1868 dated Sydney Sovereign was minted using silver on the early strikes and copper on the later strikes. It too could be designated as yellow or red, but it is not. Each TPG does things differently. I believe that NGC has adjudicated this matter - so there is no use beating a dead horse. You have made your argument. Move on to something else. Life is too short. enjoy Christmas. Hope that you have a nice one.

All good questions. It is a shame all the way around.

I am sure it can be added back into your registry set if you ask politely minus the red designation of course. From NGC: There seems to be some confusion as to exactly what constitutes a variety. In United States numismatics, a variety may be defined as a die or die pairing that offers some distinctive feature not a normal part of the design. For early U. S. coins, those made before the introduction of the reducing lathe in 1836, every die required extensive hand punching of letters, numerals and other small features. Therefore, each and every die was distinctive, and each die pairing constitutes a variety. Thus, all coins from this period are of some identifiable variety, and each die pairing may be identified by number under NGC's VarietyPlus service. NGC utilizes numerous other designations that do not, however, constitute varieties. These include designations such as FH for Full Head, FT for Full Torch and FBL for Full Bell Lines.Likewise, the designations BN, RB and RD for Brown, Red-Brown and Red, respectively, are not varieties. I expect that this includes world coins as well.

I was just going to mention this. Nice explanation.

Just saw a news article regarding: Stanley Gibbons looks set to fall into administration as part of a plan to secure the future of the 167-year-old rare stamp dealer. The firm, which one of the most prominent names in the stamp and coin collecting world, will appoint administrators at PricewaterhouseCooper as soon as today. It comes just over a year after it was delisted in London and is likely to alarm the 66 staff as well as customers and suppliers so close to Christmas. But the Mail understands it will be immediately bought back by its owners Phoenix Asset Management in a ‘pre-pack’ administration. Phoenix, the biggest shareholder, took Stanley Gibbons off the stock market last year. Stanley Gibbons, the world’s longest established rare stamp merchant, said it and its coin dealing business, AH Baldwin & Sons, ‘have each filed a notice of intention to appoint an administrator’. A spokesman for the firm said: ‘We would like to reassure customers and wider stakeholders that we are continuing to operate and are exploring all options to seek a continuation of the business.’

Is that French Red Book really Red? I’m not sure.

1489 - 2023 and continuing, I have neither one.

It’s difficult digging into frozen ground. I only look at mine during the summer months.

Sounds interesting. What about Sydney?

They were sending these out, but I am not sure if it was just this year or not.

RIP

You are making my eyes hurt! I checked a 1999 1/20 and it had the same marks.

I like it!

Nice move up!

Just finished the book on Gillick, I will have to go back and read the section on the portrait. I just started the Machin book, but it should be interesting as well.

I either forgot or never knew that the sovereign was accepted as legal tender in Portugal. I also did not know that a sovereign was embedded in the Royal Staff used at the House of Commons. Learn something everyday. So much more can be said about the sovereign and its very long history and influence around the world. Thought you might enjoy just a tad of it. Cheers BTW, Chris Barker has given numerous and much more in depth presentations on the sovereign. I especially liked the one on how it helped win the World War.

Many coins graded GEF from the Bentley sale were later graded MS 63. XF to 65 - Wow! Now that is a great pickup.

Get a better/second job! Or not.

Why?

I was looking for something appropriate for Thanksgiving, but the closest thing I found was a chicken, duck and an old rooster. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Thanks Roger - it looks good.