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I was under the impression in recent years interest had spiked, not from my own experience but various things I have seen/read. I only buy unattributed coins so loss in the future i doubt will amount to much for me, but same for the collection will probably never amount to much waiting for coins that are never going to appear. -
Is there still a demand for bronze pennies?
RChris replied to RChris's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Same here, checking my mother's purse for pennies when she came home from work every night during the 1960's. It was good while it lasted but I'm now at the age when it's time to move them on. So those I've purchased since have not been a great investment but the fun was in the collecting. It's a shame today's youth are mostly into their phones. -
Sadly, I think you're absolutely right. I imagine most penny collectors became interested during their school years in the sixties and are now in their twilight years (me included) and it seems that the interest in copper and bronze will fade away with them. I shall probably sell my collection next year and am resigned to losing money on many if not most of the coins. -
Is there still a demand for bronze pennies?
RChris replied to RChris's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
No reserve......I figure these things will realise their current value. As I said in my OP, I may be wrong but I get the impression demand is not what it was 10 -20 years ago. Am I wrong? -
It went for £640.
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What size is it?
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Interestingly, I bought a heavy 1967 penny (13.43 gm) at London Coins auction in September 2013 along with a couple of decimal errors for £95. Mint Errors (3) Penny 1967 struck on a thick flan and weighing 13.43 grammes EF, Decimal Two Pence 1978 uniface Obverse only NEF, Decimal Penny 1976 VF with raised unusual collar.
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Is there still a demand for bronze pennies?
Rob replied to RChris's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
The problem with spurious Mint emissions is that a deliberate anomalous product commands a much higher price than a random blank picked up and thrown in the bucket for use. i.e. if you could prove it was a striking specifically tied to a certain mint action, such as trying out a regular mix on a different thickness blank, or a test for a new currency contract from a foreign country, you will do better than the unintended oddball. Wrong flans occur regularly, which is not surprising given the billions of blanks cut every year. Clearly even a hundred wrong'uns would be extremely rare, but in the context of mint operations would only amount to a rounding error if checked for weight. So to consider the above point, it is definitely not common, certainly excessively rare (in the context of a currency issue) and maybe even unique. The problem lies in documentation, because errors are by definition, not struck for the records. -
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I dont think these have been show by me, undated... the lower one look like it may have a cracked die, albeit not currency and only, model / toy coins...
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There are more recent examples like the pobjoy mint £1 isle of man coins in the early 1980's at the ideal home exhibitions they had a special privy mark on them. It might be interesting to get a list of exibitors from the great exhibition , to be honest i cannot see the royal mint being there but the heaton mint or moore could have been . I am asuming the new model crown came after the much more common gothic example produced in 1848 or a little later
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Did you set a reserve? It would be a shame to let it go for a fraction of the price it has previously made.. Surely it's not a common coin? Then again it's quite obscure in the sense you need to be looking for it and weighing 65's to find one.
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Is there still a demand for bronze pennies?
RChris replied to RChris's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Thanks chaps....yes, I saw it on the LCA website when researching the value and included that in my eBay listing. I honestly can't recall if it was I who obtained it from LCA as it is obviously the same one. It's nice in hand, quite obviously heavier. If I did pay that much for it I assume I will be lucky to get my money back. I may be wrong but get the impression there was much more interest back then. -
I quickly checked a few of the obvious commonwealth countries I cant find a bronze coin that size and weight.
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1 Penny 1965 Mint Error - Mis Strike, struck on a thicker heavy flan and weighing 12.11 grammes, A/UNC the obverse with traces of lustre, Sold £280
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That would place it around the time of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Fascinating to speculate it may have been struck there to demonstrate minting machinery, just as the 1951 crown was struck at the Festival of Britain.
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The 1900 is the best grade - edging towards EF. The 1891 is at least F but perhaps a bit better The 1853 has too little hair detail to rate F but getting there The others are scrap I'm afraid
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Is there still a demand for bronze pennies?
Rob replied to RChris's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Interesting as it might be, it will be a random strike on a blank intended for something else. You can hazard a guess as to the intended blank, but if you send it to the Royal Mint, their records will tell what issues were being struck in that year on blanks of that weight. I have a 67 florin which was apparently struck on a blank for a Burundi 10 Francs, which I would not have guessed. i.e yours could be a blank for anywhere on the planet. Best ask the question. Value will be minimal, but does have some value above the regular issue. -
Not Mine, its a commonly heard yarn, on this occasion it was the wife's co-worker talking about the things they do ?!?!? I tend to let the conversation just go in one ear and out the other as its very Very rare that it will be of any remote interest..... " ah my aunties cousin brother uncles mate who has a dog with one eye had passed away and was asked to clear their crap and found a match box with old coin inside!" I was nudged "Old Coins!" huh??? oh now I see... 😮 are they worth anything???? the photos arrived hence the long winded intro.... I could tell them what the scrap price is as they have been circulated but it seem a bit harsh... if by chance anyone can take the time to advise as to the Grade and a better Idea what they may be worth would be of a great help. the Shillings I noted 1864 and 1874 have die No's which for me is a nice talk point.......Many thanks "H"
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I must admit it looks very dated for the time (About 1850 ) a time when the british empire was massively expanding IMHO but at the time it's a perfectly good pattern coin
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I now have my own New model crown and a total beauty it is to I got it for less than three figures so am really happy its in about EF grade
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It may or may not attract enough interest to eventually be classed as a variety. Do some research, write an article, and who knows? Gouby listed the 1946 ONE' and claimed it was scarcer than the 1926ME. I used his note in my ultimately successful effort to get Spink to include it in the Standard Catalogue, which would have increased collector interest several times over.
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