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You mean "bronze" pennies, not copper, but you're doing the right thing in acquiring the definitive literature - no better place to start. For shillings, there's not a great deal of research needed from Victoria onwards so a good catalogue/price guide will see you ok. Basically you've got: - Spink's "Coins of England" catalogue - the CCGB price guide+ (see banner advert above) - for varieties you've got Davies "British Silver Coins from 1816" - Dave Groom's "The Identification of British 20thC Silver Coin Varieties" Then there's Seaby/Rayner's "English Silver Coinage" though no longer in print. That's probably enough to be going on with.

A very warm welcome Hazelman! This Forum is particularly great for its expertise, honesty, and frequency of posts and replies, in my opinion! For shilling varieties I would recommend 'English Silver Coinage since 1649' by Seaby / Rayner, and 'The Identification of British 20th Century Silver Coin Varieties' by David J Groom (a member on here) And I wish you all the luck in the world, do you have a 1905 shilling you are happy with yet?