References and resources

I make use of the following resources as part of my coin collecting:

• The Standard Guide to Grading British Coins: Modern Milled British Pre-Decimal Issues (1797 to 1970)
• The Identification of British 20th Century Bronze Coin Varieties
• The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain
• The British Bronze Penny (Victoria) 1860 to 1901
• Collectors’ Coins: Great Britain 2020: British pre-decimal coins 1760 – 1979
• Coin Yearbook 2022
• http://www.declanmageecoins.co.uk/
• Coin Monthly (from 1977)
• Penny Varieties
• Rare Pennies
• Half Penny Varieties

For the close-up work, I use this Digital Scope. It is a great budget scope and does the job nicely. My only criticism is they could do with including some rubber feet to prevent the base from moving. A couple of bits of Blue Tak sorted this out for me.