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  1. secret santa

    Timeline Auctions - Day 1

    The rare 12 sided £1 in old metal is in this auction. Currently at £1900 !!!!!
  2. If you look at the picture in Michael's book you can see the underlying 7 higher to the left and protruding from the left of the downstroke and the resulting 7 is slightly lower than the other numerals. Picture courtesy of Michael Gouby.
  3. Picked up a rare 1874H 7 over 7 from our old friend Lucasz last week for £1.40.
  4. secret santa

    Penny reverse ID please.

    Zoo, read about D and D* on my varieties website (Victoria bronze obverses).
  5. secret santa

    Penny reverse ID please.

    Good point Terry, I've added this info to my varieties website.
  6. secret santa

    Penny reverse ID please.

    And is invariably present on all obverse D* coins.
  7. secret santa

    Penny reverse ID please.

    Take a look at the F28s on my rarestpenny site - most of them have the dropped last 1 in the date like your picture.
  8. secret santa

    Penny reverse ID please.

    Yes, it's on most of my obverse 6s.
  9. secret santa

    Penny reverse ID please.

    A bit tenuous in my view......................
  10. secret santa

    Penny reverse ID please.

    This one's the dead give-away. Even on the most worn specimen if 1860 or 1861. Look at the big pictures on my varieties website. Easier than looking at Freeman/Gouby books.
  11. secret santa

    See a penny, pick it up...

    It's very worn but I think it may be Victoria...........
  12. secret santa

    March 2018 LCA

    I don't know - I bet Rob will know.
  13. secret santa

    March 2018 LCA

    When they featured this in the preview I emailed them and suggested they describe it as F762 which it is and, although they thanked me for my email, they ignored me ! But it's rare one and whereas Michael Gouby originally suggested it might be a "late strike for VIPs", presumably because of the inverted reverse, the article by Paul Holland in the 2017 BNJ suggests it was an early strike and from a working die rather than a proof die. Still very rare though.
  14. C'est la vie - it was always a possibility even though a little disappointing.
  15. I'm glad you're pleased with it Mike. Always nice to see a collector add to his/her collection rather than someone buying just to make some easy money !
  16. secret santa

    penny 1874h F76

    Pete, is there any way that you can get me the photos to add to my website ?
  17. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Is a metal detector included ?
  18. secret santa

    This is just a format test

    An impressive and useful piece of work Mr hawk.
  19. secret santa

    Pushy

    Very wide 4 on that one.
  20. secret santa

    See a penny, pick it up...

    An interesting (not) dot between 1 and 8 !
  21. secret santa

    See a penny, pick it up...

    Young man, you really must get out more.............................
  22. secret santa

    1900 Penny .. dot after O in One

    why oh why did Freeman have to record F147 ??????????????????
  23. secret santa

    Victoria bronze penny rarity ratings

    Thanks Mike - that was a hell of a bargain.
  24. secret santa

    Victoria bronze penny rarity ratings

    Definitely - yes please. If collectors have further examples of any of the rare pennies shown, I'd appreciate details to further improve evidence of rarity.
  25. secret santa

    Victoria bronze penny rarity ratings

    Mike Have I got that one on my rarest website ? R
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