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Hmm I don’t see any obvious signs of tooling but it’s difficult to rule out ! Assume there would be still be the outline of the letter visible under a loupe due to the surface under the removed H being less toned ?

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As I've said before on here I don't often buy coins these days but will, once in a blue moon, spend an idle hour or so grubbing about on Ebay.

It would seem there are still occasional bargains to be had as I've just bought this. BIN £1.50, and with free postage.

 

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Gentlemen, PROOF? of PROOFLIKE, like?

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6 hours ago, Diaconis said:

Gentlemen, PROOF? of PROOFLIKE, like?

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Not in my opinion, no. Good strike, especially to the obverse. But not prooflike, nor an impaired proof. 

Currency strike. 

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Here's the F38 I won earlier this week. Not a great specimen but extremely rare, and another Freeman type off the list.

 

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On 6/23/2019 at 8:22 PM, 1949threepence said:

Not in my opinion, no. Good strike, especially to the obverse. But not prooflike, nor an impaired proof. 

It was passed yet again.

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38 minutes ago, secret santa said:

It was passed yet again.

No great surprise.

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Pleased to have located and bought a decent F164 specimen, now freed from its NGC slab (MS64, No 1754587-007 slabbed 25.7.07).

They're actually quite tricky to get, especially in decent grade. 

 

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Nice coin and yes scarce.

The provenance is.....

Baldwin St.James

Edward V11 Part 2 Paul Hayward Collection.

LOT 374

Incase you were not aware and are interested.

https://bsjauctions.auctionmobility.com/lots/view/1-1XDHE0/united-kingdom

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Sorry i have just seen the ebay listing and hadnt noticed it before :D

 

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1 hour ago, PWA 1967 said:

Nice coin and yes scarce.

The provenance is.....

Baldwin St.James

Edward V11 Part 2 Paul Hayward Collection.

LOT 374

Incase you were not aware and are interested.

https://bsjauctions.auctionmobility.com/lots/view/1-1XDHE0/united-kingdom

 

I was aware thanks. Also Ex Dr A Findlow (hall of fame) 

 

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3 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said:

Definately is NOT Findlow thats a mistake 🙂

Seller told me it was - although it's of zero importance to me either way. I'm just delighted to have bagged the coin for a very reasonable price.

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Had a brew with Pete and came away with this.. not bad at all 😎 

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7 hours ago, damian1986 said:

Had a brew with Pete and came away with this.. not bad at all 😎 

 

Very nice too. The 1904 is a harder one to get especially in such a high grade. Not far off BU with no issues.

Neat acquisition.  

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9 minutes ago, oldcopper said:

Peter Shhhhhhhhhh . The 1933 penny is a really good buy and well spotted :D

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20 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said:

Peter Shhhhhhhhhh . The 1933 penny is a really good buy and well spotted :D

and look at the condition - it must be the finest known! I could make big money on this…

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Picked up this amongst a bag of otherwise junk and modern stuff yesterday. Slight upgrade for me and always nice to get one of the scarcer ones:

1875 H Penny, Dies 8 + J, F85 I believe:

 

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1 hour ago, Paddy said:

Picked up this amongst a bag of otherwise junk and modern stuff yesterday. Slight upgrade for me and always nice to get one of the scarcer ones:

1875 H Penny, Dies 8 + J, F85 I believe:

 

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Good find Paddy! 

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Acquired this at Heritage:

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Nice, but another grossly overworked obverse die!

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10 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:

Nice, but another grossly overworked obverse die!

The best 1921 I've seen was posted by @zookeeperz in May 2018. Although it is Obverse 3 (F191). Fully struck up both sides, with outstanding hair detail, it's probably one of the best, if not the best, you'll ever see.

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Here are a few of my recent acquisitions, the F169 is the Baldwins one, cheap enough at a bit over £500, the rest are from Ebay,  a tenner for the Gouby X, less for the 1875 cannonball and 1860 Gouby G with very close colon dots. And I always said date spacings didn't float my boat but was tempted by the 1904 with 4 over tooth -just about- it is not exactly the same as the variation shown in Groom but either way seems scarce.

Jerry

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