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secret santa
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12 minutes ago, jelida said:While on the topic of pennies purchased from Australia, I got this one last year
Very nice - hard to find in a lustrous state.
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7 minutes ago, Martinminerva said:Incidentally, what is the best known specimen of the 1877 narrow date? And anyone got a picture?!
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I agree (although the Victorian copper proof penny prices seem to be going through the roof), but I used the comparison just to say that I didn't think the Medusa price was unreasonable.
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18 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:I don't think I'd regard it as a complete rip off.
Its rarity is comparable with the 1877 F90 which would fetch much more in that condition.
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My bid of $200 was winning for a couple of weeks !
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Not even room bidding now - postal bids only, maybe telephone ?
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Rather harsh !
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Sadly, "Noonan Syndrome" will soon be taking on a whole new meaning.
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2 hours ago, alfnail said:Again hardly any pennies at the DNW (Noonans) auction later this month, but perhaps a couple of interesting ones.
Are other people having trouble accessing this auction ? Every change of page or lot takes between 30 and 40 seconds to come up on my PC.
I've just found that it's much much better on Firefox - I was using Chrome previously but the DNW site worked perfectly on Chrome.
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The coin wasn't sold as a proof and Peck never suggests that the bronzed pieces are proofs. Their purpose and creation remain a mystery.
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6 hours ago, oldcopper said:There was an unofficially gilded 1841 in the Colin Adams sale of 2003.
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1 hour ago, oldcopper said:That might be the coin originally sold by Baldwins as a bronzed proof (sale no.52) where Roland Harris bought it for ~£600. I saw it then and it was obviously a currency piece, so why Baldwins said it was "undoubtedly a proof" I don't know.
People presumably sussed this as it only made £190 at the Harris sale (LC 2009), with LC's description somewhat ambivalent about the proof designation.
No - different coin. That was an ornamental trident (P1513) penny (lot 666) but this is a plain trident P1514 coin.
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3 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Was it flagged up as a bronzed piece, Richard, or just sold as date only?
Yes, advertised as bronzed.
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On 5/4/2022 at 9:28 PM, 1949threepence said:Ian, In a footnote at page 407, Peck states that bronzed currency pieces exist for 1841 (no colon), 1853 (OT), 1855 (PT) and 1857 (OT).
This is something that I've ever noticed, or seen referred to anywhere . May I respectfully ask whether you have ever come across any in your extensive experience? If so, should we regard them as scarce? I'd imagine they would only be noticeable as such, in very high states of preservation.
I bought a bronzed 1857 from Sovreign Rarities a while ago.
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Ian Anderson at DNW has replied and asked me exactly what issues there were. I've listed about half a dozen and promised to give a more exhaustive list on Friday.
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I tried to use the Contact Us facility on the new website in order to let them know of our views and discussions but, surprise surprise, that feature also doesn't work !
So they will be blissfully unaware of my views. I have now sent that message to some of the previous dnw.co.uk addresses so maybe something will get through.
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I often get the same sort of results but, of course, when you include them in a Word document or on a (Wordpress) web page, you can drag them to be the same size.
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21 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Managed to get an 1831 proof penny (the commoner type with the reverse inverted). It is true to say there is a small but visible edge knock on the obverse side, but that apart the coin is immaculate.
Any reason why you don't crop your photos Mike ?
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I worked in the development of I.T. systems all my life and to see something this poorly tested really annoys me. It may not have the importance of the Royal Mail Horizon system or an Air Traffic Control system but if they're blaming the lack of rigorous testing on tight deadlines (set by themselves) they should be ashamed. And it doesn't say much for the level of respect they show to their customers.
End of rant.
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The more you look through this website for particular collections/coins etc, the worse it gets. It really is appalling.
I hope someone from DNW is reading this thread.
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Just tried the archive function - clicking on a previous catalogue brings up............nothing. Don't they test these things before going live ?????
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The DNW site was one of the best coin websites - very quick and easy to use. Excellent archive options.
The new site is (currently) several steps backwards.
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Their new website is a disaster. It runs like a dog, has no option to increase the number of items per page and has no option to select a sub-set of lots (e.g. pennies) from an auction preview listing. They're not doing themselves any favours.
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One of the oddest mules I've ever seen.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265694898603?hash=item3ddca669ab:g:7EAAAOSwuMtigoVG