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I messaged him to say that it was not the 1927 reverse and to mention the confusion of obverse and obtuse - he then changed the description to the "rare 1927 obverse". I then messaged him to say that it was not the 1927 obverse (M.E.) but he has not replied. Fortunately, no-one has been daft enough to bid on it.

[1860 Obeverse 1 extra ribbon]

Very common occurrence.

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[Michael Gouby's The British Bronze Penny 1860 - 1901 (book) joint 1st & 2nd edition - Wanted]

Happy to help.

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On 3/24/2024 at 10:38 PM, Martinminerva said:

Thanks, Bob. Just out of interest, what reverse is yours? On Richard's draft on his halfpenny page he (and I) assumed yours is a reverse G as mine is, but that was when we thought they were both the same obverse 6. Now we're sure yours is obverse 4, wonder if it's a different reverse too? Can you post a picture of the reverse?

Any updates yet, Bob ?

[Michael Gouby's The British Bronze Penny 1860 - 1901 (book) joint 1st & 2nd edition - Wanted]

I have emailed Michael to see whether he has any copies left.

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Obverse 3 - 138 border teeth

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1 hour ago, Bernie said:

I could be wrong but the brown one appears to me as obverse 4 and the other obverse 6

The closeness of the V to the linear circle supports this.

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Will do !

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Trotters ??? - I think the name gives it away Rodders.

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16 minutes ago, jelida said:

That’s an impressive spot, Pete, another one to watch out for.

Ditto - surprised this has taken so long to be noticed.

Another date to pore over !!!!

[1897 Penny - NGC calls these two High Tide, seems incorrect]

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I bought this coin as a forgery in November 1986 for £14 and sold it as such a few years ago for £30.

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1 hour ago, Martinminerva said:

Maybe someone has really bought it, and they're either ignorant, in for a major disappointment, or currently pursuing for a refund for item not as listed?!

The seller doesn't own the reverse pictured so heaven knows what was sold, if anything. 

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3 hours ago, martinross44 said:

Try this one https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VNLYiXI7E3Iuz7y0NnK5ZrdQbjRN_p8D/view?usp=drivesdk

Nope - access denied.

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Clicking on the link only brings up the left hand side of the coin for me - it's the right half that will tell us the obverse type.

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Yes, I'm conscious that I'm telling the manufacturers of these coins where they need to improve although that assumes that they're trying to produce absolute copies, which I'm not sure is true. 

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6 hours ago, SilverAge3 said:

We should really be paying attention to the sources for ebay scammers, like this, and noting what is off with these copies, and help educate collectors.

I'm building up some details of these fakes/replicas on my varieties site:

https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/fakes-replicas/#top

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2 hours ago, SilverAge3 said:

Now of course we have fake slabs too

I haven't seen any of these yet - do you have any pictures ?

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Sold for £450 (maybe ?)

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I've just looked at 8 photos of 1893 over 2 and they all feature that weakness in the horizontal bar.

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I emailed the seller earlier. It makes interesting reading:

Me: Can you confirm that the obverse photograph is of the same coin as the reverse photograph ? They are a different colour and taken with different backgrounds.
Thanks

Him: It's the same I have a crappie phone all my items I removed because I take hundreds photos. I already sent a video to a lady and I did polish the front with a silver jewllery cloth. The lady offered to buy it off here last night need to remove it but ebay got massive fees

Me: You've been rumbled - That reverse photo is taken from London Coins website directly ! And who knows where the obverse is from.
Best to take it down before you're in trouble

Him: Well I've a video so no rumbled here lol I was asked for a live video which I sent the buyer they are happy and will be buying I've never once lied cheated so the fact you say that tells me your probably a scammer.

Anyone could ask me for as msy photos videos with today's news on and they'd have it no problem. Seems a smart lady dealer was the only one so watch for the review after. And I've found a buyer for the rest of the collection too. you'll see the other penny also the one I was told wasn't real thank god I don't listen

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30 minutes ago, terrysoldpennies said:

That coin has the modified head found on the 1926 ME and on the 1927 ?

Yes, I got really excited last night when I saw it - a new die pairing !

Too good to be true, sadly.

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There is a penny on Ebay claiming to be a 1922 F192A (https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315165500518?itmmeta=01HQ4BZS9A4NM7ZVFA9MG6MAZ0&hash=item496153e466:g:y9gAAOSwvNFl04mN&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4N7kipPiTz0BCXQMgWC6iSMHj%2F5zvSQuQxWjY2cu6yNpjIZ%2F525P%2FMzwhnjKHRdVzwKOh6%2FxD6k4m96TMefoC3i%2FZ2un8azd78R6UEDf2IuGAYr0HhlODfACMlsManI4g1BRVpGQ5Sq39AMYB3bjQ5wmJK2xzvaT1gCcKIVsvA3uVJ8yJrk51DdWtXHwbQQI8xiym02pABGTJhbO165Zxo9HC4Zs5OB9xVhJ%2FunFcmFvno8bmwJUwd9jETHNc%2Bywt3%2Bkx7mF%2BLRWFiUYuLO2T%2FUNKhZ%2F9BZwQh8JWTUektfo|tkp%3ABk9SR96U_4u5Yw

but is the same reverse (same photo actually) as the coin sold by London Coins in September 2019 but with a different obverse photo - different colour, different background !!!!!!!!! (https://londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&searchterm=1922+Penny&searchtype=1)

I smell a rat.