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Penny -1874-H Reverse I

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Good evening...

Does anyone have an image to share of the 1874-H penny with the I reverse? I have not seen one and I am curious as to how different the light houses as well as the trident shaft from the H reverse. Any help would be appreciated- Many thanks in advance.

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1 hour ago, coinkat said:

Good evening...

Does anyone have an image to share of the 1874-H penny with the I reverse? I have not seen one and I am curious as to how different the light houses as well as the trident shaft from the H reverse. Any help would be appreciated- Many thanks in advance.

Note the tall helmet plume. Unique to reverse I.

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I have two specimens of 1874H Reverse I for sale on eBay, finishing this afternoon (Sunday 12th), if anyone's interested! One is a F69, 6+I and one a very worn but even rarer F76, 7+I.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?item=284552412594&hash=item4240a53db2%3Ag%3Ab44AAOSwRephqPIj&_ssn=1970kit&_sop=10

No bids yet!!

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9 hours ago, Bronze & Copper Collector said:

Lovely example.

F-69????

The Picture is from my Library ,  mine is not that good !! , but yes an F69

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Here's my more worn F69- maybe helpful....

 

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33 minutes ago, blakeyboy said:

Here's my more worn F69- maybe helpful....

 

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That's a really nice strong VF example. The F69 is not very difficult to get hold of per se, but it is extremely difficult to obtain in grades above near fine. 

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Excellent images-Many thanks-very helpful

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22 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

That's a really nice strong VF example. The F69 is not very difficult to get hold of per se, but it is extremely difficult to obtain in grades above near fine. 

Mike- my thoughts exactly. Came in very cheap, a gamble on a fuzzy picture, and I like it in this condition- it's been in circulation, 

and it's humanised to some extent. Obviously, if a BUNC one came in cheap I'd be pleased, but I'd _like_ this one more...

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1 hour ago, blakeyboy said:

but I'd _like_ this one more...

Blake, could you post a pic of the obverse as well, please ?

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Your wish......

 

 (I've cleaned the bad blobs of crap off since.)

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33 minutes ago, blakeyboy said:

Your wish......

 

 (I've cleaned the bad blobs of crap off since.)

 

GVF, some would say NEF with great hair detail remaining. A nice coin, and rare that good.  

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20 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:

A nice coin, and rare that good.  

Definitely in the top 3 of F69s that I've seen.

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ooh...I'm a bit amazed at the response, Gentlemen.  I know it's a bit of a rarity,  but I assumed that there were many other better specimens

belonging to the members of this esteemed forum....

 

Not a bad deal at £16, I thought.

No really - you read that correctly🙂

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23 minutes ago, blakeyboy said:

ooh...I'm a bit amazed at the response, Gentlemen.  I know it's a bit of a rarity,  but I assumed that there were many other better specimens

belonging to the members of this esteemed forum....

 

Not a bad deal at £16, I thought.

No really - you read that correctly🙂

Blake, the very best specimen I've seen is EF - Richard's example. 

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Mine is the ex Frank Stephenson specimen, which I bought from PFK Auctions in August 2017 for £400 hammer. About VF, but nibbled round the edges, bashed in the centre of the reverse, and nowhere near as good as Blake's.

   

Freeman 69 rev cropped.jpg

 

amended F69 obv cropped.jpg

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22 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

Blake, the very best specimen I've seen is EF - Richard's example. 

Bernie has a lovely AU specimen. I'll post it with his permission.

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2 hours ago, secret santa said:

Bernie has a lovely AU specimen. I'll post it with his permission.

Thanks Richard - that's definitely one I'll look forward to seeing. 

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ditto

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On 12/13/2021 at 2:15 PM, 1949threepence said:

GVF, some would say NEF with great hair detail remaining. A nice coin, and rare that good.  

It's a very nice coin especially for the price, but I'd rate the grade lower : VF for the obverse, but not quite VF for the reverse. Pp 72 and 113 of the 'book'. (However, grading is partly a subjective  thing).

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WOW!

Almost as good as my  F76!

 

 

 

I wish......:-)

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