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27 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said:

Still can't believe that London Coins example...

Beggars belief, doesn't it. 

Even more incredible that someone fell for it. 

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acquired this at Heritage for $32 hammer.

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One thats a bit different (daft ) that i bought last week.

A couple of other different types have been touted about recently but only wanted one 😉

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:)

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29 minutes ago, mrbadexample said:

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That's looking suspiciously like a 164A - very neat capture, Jon. Well played that man. 

Better than average specimen as well :)

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2 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

That's looking suspiciously like a 164A - very neat capture, Jon. Well played that man. 

Better than average specimen as well :)

Only the second one I've seen where the top of the ear is still intact (the other being the far superior one Terry found), although no doubt there are plenty I haven't seen. Chuffed to bits, and the seller included a free halfpenny too. :D

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On 3/23/2019 at 8:02 AM, PWA 1967 said:

One thats a bit different (daft ) that i bought last week.

Yes, I've added these 1902 Trials to my rare penny website - there's an interesting combination of obverses and reverses, all interchangeable.

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5 hours ago, secret santa said:

Yes, I've added these 1902 Trials to my rare penny website - there's an interesting combination of obverses and reverses, all interchangeable.

Yes.When i was doing some research i found this link quite interesting.Not just pennies but other denominations ,some of which have been asked about previously on here.

https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/special-collections/foreword.php?specialcollection_id=160

If anyone is interested you can click on the tab at the bottom and some have footnotes as well as descriptions.

I believe there are a few others about ,but as i mentioned just a bit different.

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Hi guys, i think that i have just purchased an f175. The reverse is definitely B, but i cannot upload the picture. So hopefully, this is an obverse A. It was cheap anyway.   

And it is 1913. Probably an f176.     image_56deeda1-a655-4bfa-9e88-056250f53c94_1296x.png.d49cafcef59d2315143c8934a37d9c09.pngRegards, Ian

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That would make it a F177 Ian .

Although unsure what REV you mean ?

Its OBV 2 though.

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12 minutes ago, Iannich48 said:

Hi guys, i think that i have just purchased an f175. The reverse is definitely B, but i cannot upload the picture. So hopefully, this is an obverse A. It was cheap anyway.   

And it is 1913. Probably an f176.     image_56deeda1-a655-4bfa-9e88-056250f53c94_1296x.png.d49cafcef59d2315143c8934a37d9c09.pngRegards, Ian

That's obverse 2. So if it is reverse B, it's a F177. 

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Ok cheers, i could see that the colons after IMP did not line up quite right, but the colon after BRITT seemed like obverse A. Oh well, i will keep looking.

The reverse is B, i have no doubt.

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10 minutes ago, Iannich48 said:

Ok cheers, i could see that the colons after IMP did not line up quite right, but the colon after BRITT seemed like obverse A. Oh well, i will keep looking.

The reverse is B, i have no doubt.

Another good indicator Ian.

OBV 1..... I of IMP to space

OBV 2......I of IMP to tooth.

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Thank you for that indicator PWA, i will make a note of that and try not to make that mistake again.

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You get a 'feel' for Obverses 1 and 2, and Reverses A & B after a while. I could see that was the second obverse even without checking the teeth. 

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Obverse A                                                                              Obverse B

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A & B much closer together on obverse B

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Yes the gap is the first one i look at.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/George-V-1913-One-Penny-Coin-Collectors-King-George-5th-/202639009952?nma=true&si=RoK94v15yq838hgYv7cnTr69aSs%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Maybe all the posts on here about 1913 pennies even sellers are checking them now ,this Rang F175 was listed and taken off straight away a couple of days ago :D although not really worth much more than a couple of £.

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51 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said:

Yes the gap is the first one i look at.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/George-V-1913-One-Penny-Coin-Collectors-King-George-5th-/202639009952?nma=true&si=RoK94v15yq838hgYv7cnTr69aSs%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Maybe all the posts on here about 1913 pennies even sellers are checking them now ,this Rang F175 was listed and taken off straight away a couple of days ago :D although not really worth much more than a couple of £.

Except R. Ingram.

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57 minutes ago, alfnail said:

1870 Dot Reverse.jpg

I sold one just like that, I believe it was to Tony Crocker. It has the large dot below the "Y" in penny.

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Got this off the Bay a couple of years back.

Same tilted 1 and 7.

Which of course it would be.

Are they going for good money now, or are they still too uncommon?

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5 minutes ago, blakeyboy said:

Got this off the Bay a couple of years back.

Same tilted 1 and 7.

Which of course it would be.

Are they going for good money now, or are they still too uncommon?

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Blakey, That "Dot" is footnoted in Freeman's Book on page 74, footnote #16. Michael told me one time that he did not assign #'s to items he had not actually seen and verified, instead he made a footnote listing only.

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Oooh yeah- hadn't noticed that.... cheers Bob

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3 hours ago, blakeyboy said:

Got this off the Bay a couple of years back.

Same tilted 1 and 7.

Which of course it would be.

Are they going for good money now, or are they still too uncommon?

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One was sold by London Coins in December 2016 for £400 + BP (Ex-Findlow, see link); I can't see that they have sold another one since.

http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=155&searchlot=1202&searchtype=2

Other than yours, and the one Bob sold to Tony C, I am only aware of one other which I saw briefly on ebay (think about a year ago) and then it disappeared...…..not sure why!

So my feeling is that it is rarer than the 1897 Dot, and probably on a par with the 1875 Canon Ball.

Maybe other members know of additional examples, would be good to hear. 

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Yep, I have a feeling that's the four.

Wasn't there one sold in the US in the last 2 years?

Or was it an 1875 dot...can't remember....

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