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UK missiles £50M vs Iran Drones ₽?
Stange world we live in!!
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no one expects the Super Imposition!!
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or these reverse marks on an 1860 F16:-
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Superimposition is often a useful tool for explaining certain features, e.g. on this 1859 penny:-
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The same clashing also happens on Victorian coppers. This mis-lead many collectors into thinking that some pennies had a ribbon behind Victoria's neck.
My small Predecimal icon demonstrates, but here is the full picture for reference.
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Yes, superimposition, here are my originals for reference
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He'll probably get quicker at his 68 times table!!
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On 11/6/2022 at 4:34 PM, Cliff said:What do you reckon to this folks, repair gone adrift?
Hi Cliff, hope all well with you.
Over the years I have seen several YH pennies with similar weak dates.
Here are some examples
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2 hours ago, secret santa said:This penny is listed as an "E over F" in the next LCA - can anyone see anything to verify this ? And why would anyone have picked up an "F" punch to work on the reverse die of a bronze "ONE PENNY" ? And would an "F" punch of this size even exist ?
Very sceptical that it's an E over F Richard.
If they had said it was a P over old style Y then that's very possible...........joking!!
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22 hours ago, 1949threepence said:It depends which year and date type. But either way, I think Ian @alfnail would be far better placed to answer your question than me.
Here are the stats from my 5 years capture of YH penny ebay listings, from over a decade ago. I think if I were to now repeat the exercise (which I won't!) there will no longer be as many 1856's appearing. It seems that for Plain Tridents the small and large numeral types appear in similar numbers.
I was a bit surprised when I did this exercise to find that approx. one third were OT's; I had expected fewer. It is still one of the few coins I seek in high grade for my collection, so it's annoying that there were examples like the one pictured below which got away from me!
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P.S. Congratulations on your Dave Craddock purchase, it had gone by the time I contacted him later in the day!
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2 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Talking about large rose pennies, I just saw this large rose, large date specimen on offer by Cooper's Coins for £675 (link). That seems to be slightly on the expensive side. I got mine in April 2021 (also off e bay) and marginally better, for £155. Don't think they're desperately rare. Although you don't see that many on offer
The Cooper's coin has been on ebay at that price for a while Mike. In my opinion you did very well if you got a better one for only £155.
The LRLD is still very difficult to find, even if not quite as rare as the small date variety.
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On 10/22/2022 at 2:11 AM, Rob said:We have always turned off the lights when not required,
Yesterday I discovered that the dimmable up-lighter which we have had in the corner of the lounge for donkeys years, and is used every evening whilst watching TV, was using a 300W bulb..... suggest worth checking your old bulbs folks! 💡🤔
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I sold this one in December 2015 for £870. Don't recognize it on Richard's site; apologies for not notifying sooner.
I remember that I bought this Die 4 on the same day that I found an 1861 F27 on ebay; think that was my best ever bargain day!!
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On 10/17/2022 at 2:36 PM, Bronze & Copper Collector said:Iain, have you come across an 1855 closer colon (much as the 1853 Peck-1503) such as this?thus??
Regards and thanks again.
Hi Gary,
I haven't particularly studied the many variations in colon dot positions; in my experience the dot locations always vary a little bit from one die to the next.
I have acquired a nice 1853 Peck 1503, because it is a documented type, and have also noticed that 1851's (all OT's of course) have DEF colons at close, interim and far positions.
Below are examples of the close and interim on Gouby Style 2A (second 1 over 1), and Gouby Style 3 respectively.
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I agree that the second 5 on my coin is normal; it perhaps looks a bit fatter because it is tilted anti-clockwise.
In the absence of a really good close-up picture, I think it's impossible to tell what's going on with that date on your coin.
It could, for example, just be some grime on the inner curve, or some 'post-strike' damage (like the attached picture) making that part of the numeral look fatter than it was when struck.
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On 10/14/2022 at 7:23 PM, secret santa said:I have an 1855 P.T. penny which I bought because it appears to have the date numeral 5s in different fonts with the right hand 5 slightly "fatter".
Any thoughts on this 1855PT re. 2nd 5 being slightly "fatter"?
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1 hour ago, Bronze & Copper Collector said:
Hi Gary, this is an Ornamental Trident
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4 hours ago, Master Jmd said:Despite thinking it was a long shot, thanks to @PWA 1967 I was able to source a high grade 2+A 1953 farthing a lot sooner than I was expecting - I'll share some images over in the coin acquisition of the week thread when it arrives.
So here's an even greater long shot...
Last March this CGS 85 ex J.B. de Loynes 1953 VIP proof farthing sold through Noonans for £280:
This sale came before it was known that some VIP sets contain a previously undiscovered 1953 variant (discussed in this thread) where the 'F' in 'FARTHING' points to a gap and the 'I' points to a bead. From doing a small amount of research it seems like a 50:50 split whether a VIP set contained this variant or the more documented 1 + A variant.
I'd like to offer £560 for this coin pictured (double the hammer price), something around that amount for a similar grade, or £250 for a lower grade example which is clearly this variant.
Interesting that you mentioned J. B. de Loynes. He was Chairman of The Gambia Currency Board after their Independence in 1965, and prior to the formation of The Central Bank of The Gambia in 1971. He changed his name to drop the 'de' later in life.
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Any chance of a better picture of this 'central panel' please Richard?
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Would anyone be interested in seeing some work I have done on Victorian Young Head Numeral 5 Fonts?
If I get a few 'yes' replies I will put on the site, but I don't want to fill it up with large pictures for those who aren't interested.
I can always send the details by PM........assuming she's still available...........ha ha!!
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Definitely not 8/6 Mike. 2nd 8 is over gap on 8/6, but over tooth on the Coopers coin. Also no flaw through C of VICTORIA. Reverse colons also completely different locations.