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  4. Posted

    1 minute ago, Rob said:

    But recessed ears appear to only be collectable in high grade and to penny afficionados. People who just want an example of that year tend not to be interested. Thinking they would have some appeal, I put a pair of recessed ears, both a 1915 & a 1916 in F-VF on for a month (relisted twice and starting for a quid) early on last year and nobody was watching, let alone bidding on them. I eventually stuck them in the melt pile. I think the market for specialist varieties is more rarified than people might think, whatever the denomination or period. Unless it is unbelievably rare, or the vendor is lucky enough to get two specialists chasing a difficult variety, most things seem to languish and maybe sell for a quid, or opening price.

    I totally agree, Rob - this, to me, is one of the most uninteresting penny varieties. I can never actually spot the recessed ear itself and only go by the broken tooth in the border, and so a variety which only appears to differ by half a tooth has to be pretty esoteric.

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    30 minutes ago, azda said:

    The designer initals under the Queens head should read JC, yours seems to be upside down also there seems to some sort of wording just in front of the queens head, just down from her chin. 

    The J.C looks OK to me. Just checked it against a random 20p in my pocket and it's the same.

  12. Posted

    The fifth article, in March 2016's Coin News, contains the following reference:

    ".....the less scarce 1934 penny which is notable for being issued with the lustre 'mint toned' - not dark as with farthings between 1897 and 1918, but a dull reddish colour achieved using sodium thiosulphate ("hypo")."

    And that's all she wrote.....

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    4 hours ago, Guest Sam_guest041 said:

    Removing the H would not help. The London mint 1882 is spotted by examining the obverse. The obverse of an 1882 London mint penny is always a Freeman 11. You might be aware that the Freeman 11 is characterised by a distinct hooked Victoria nose and very minute but observable gap between R and I of BRITT. One can rub the H away but all the 1882 Heaton mint pennies are always paired with Freeman obverse 12 (and not an obverse 11), which always has a straighter nose and there is never a gap between the R and I of BRITT.

    I agree, but this one looks pretty good.

    1882 F115 no H obv.jpg1882 F115 no H rev.jpg

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