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Hi all this is my last acquisition of the year , a new Edwardian Irish penny Unfortunatly I have only the seller's images , when I will have the coin in my hands I will post better photos. Even if the conservation is not very high I decided to buy it due to the fact that, in my opinion, this is a quite scarce variant of the common class 1b, without the dot before EDW ( Stewartby writes: "rarerly omitted" ) and with the gothic "N" in the reverse legend.

Penny Acquisition of the year for me , just in time for Christmas. f164a Terry

Hi all, I hope everyone had a good Christmas. Just a quick one to say that I just received an email with a code for 20% off all ebay purchases until 6pm tonight (maximum saving of £75). I just used it to buy myself a sovereign and saved the full £75 which was nice. I don't know how many of you use ebay for purchases but I thought I would mention it. The code is 'pny2018' and you enter it in the code box on the checkout page before payment. Have a great new year all. Cheers, Jack

I've just acquired a rather nice, nearly EF, Briot second milled-issue sixpence on eBay (from a reputable seller) and am currently awaiting its arrival. It is slabbed by PGCS (AU55) so I should have reasonable grounds to believe it's not a copy. In my view, the obverse scratches do detract from the AU classification somewhat, but despite this it does look "right". However, I now notice that the reverse legend is CHISTO AUSPICE REGNO and not "CHRISTO" and there is no such variation listed by Spink or North. Could this be an unknown variety or maybe a contemporary fake? Obviously PGCS did not think the latter and for a contemporary fake I believe the die detail is too authentic. Before purchasing I, of course, checked the slab reference number which is genuine for a Briot sixpence of this description. My thoughts on this is that maybe it was a die mistake that was only noticed after coin(s) had been struck then presumably would have been withdrawn. Any expert views on this would be welcome.

It's definitely the thought that counts. It's an heirloom!

Still nice.

Normal. There are 2 reverses, one as this and the other CHRISTO. There are also 2 obverses,with or without the mullet. All 4 combinations exist. cf Brooker 729-732A

She wouldn't be amused.

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