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When the pre decimal coinage was in circulation, the 1912H penny was as common as the 1912 penny. It is equally likely that 1912H pennies were saved in UNC because they were unusual. Most 1951 pennies still survive, far more than the number of penny collectors. A coin is not rare if almost every dealer has a selection of them.

Am I the only person in this country that does not love two hours of x factor at the premium times on saturday and sunday nights ? Whatever happend to those period dramas and good films that were on nearly every weekend , now replaced by the sharon and simon show . Makes you bloody sick . Partner now watching this drival so I cannot watch planet earth II till its finished , grrrrrr Bah humbug

The thing is that the 1951 has on over inflated reputation, and you cant blame the dealers from cashing in on it. Being one of the older generation I can tell you that people had more on there mind , and little money then to indulge in coin collecting. The boom really came in the 1960s when the introduction of decimal coinage was announced . Terry

Of course, and by the time you come to look at the book price, it may well have moved on from there. That said, much as I would absolutely covet a small date 1877 in AF, I wouldn't pay $15k for one. So that was a decent sale you got there, Bob. There is a certain cache attached to a small date 1877. Obviously there are other varieties within specific dates, which are just as rare, but which wouldn't fetch anywhere near what a Freeman 90 would attract. I suppose they are so instantly recognisable. I do take Pete's point about the 1912H - even in BU, £2k is absurdly expensive, as they are not actually that rare.

Will save a few fireworks and let them off when you sell it

The only way is Essex is puke , celebrity bb , and big brother (is it still going?) that jungle crap (better name for it) Shall we start a petition to parliment ? The grumpies charter , calls for a blanket ban on reality tv And give brian cox and david attenborough knighthoods , oh sorry Attenborough already is one

Seconded, the coins are always superb however the prices a little too high for my liking.

I forgot to add that we weighed the coin before submission to PCGS (11.16 grams).

Hello everyone! I just stumbled upon this here so wanted to point out a few things. -In general we don't comment on the sources of our coins (unless there is an exceptional provenance), as we are a business and prefer to keep our sources proprietary. -This is the Spink coin. At the time of the auction it was heavily covered in PVC plastic residue from improper storage in a PVC plastic holder. PVC residue must be removed to avoid damage to the coin from hydrochloric acid released by decaying PVC and we did so. This is a standard and non-invasive procedure. -We have permission from PCGS to use their images in our listings. Since PCGS (not Atlas Numismatics) took this photograph, there would be no reason for anybody to doctor the image. We do not doctor images. -We stand behind all our coins and offer a full no-questions-asked return policy for all coins purchased through the mail/post. In addition, we offer free domestic shipping and (thus) would greatly prefer customers to know what the coin actually looks like in hand before ordering. If this coin (or any other coin) doesn't satisfy our client completely we will gladly take it back and issue a full refund. I'm happy to answer any other questions. James Ricks, Atlas Numismatics

I own the other PCGS MS65 example. It is hard to photograph through the slab. It is a brillant example though!

I googled it!!