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Drove past this today. Nearly crashed laughing. A44 near Rhayader.

New member here! Here is my recent acquisition 1937 Crown, paid around 34 CAD (20 quid) for this piece.

Yes, that's another example where the weaknesses on the reverse are quite normal. I'd say the BU value in Spink is for a normal strike and you could add a premium for fully struck up examples. They're scarce!

Indeed. It's not a true optical illusion or deliberate trick photography. It's us reading the picture wrongly. Usually when you re-examine, there's some other context detail you've overlooked. Such as there's one less tooth between the previous letter and the one you're looking at, than on the real thing. You have to check, double check and triple check. The 1909 one is difficult, as depending on how you look at it, the base of the one can be over a tooth or over a gap. Although on the real deal, there seems to be a marginally larger space between teeth, and the base of the one is literally smack over the tooth. I would say with that one, unless it's absolutely obvious at first glance under magnification, then it isn't a 169. The hollow neck is really difficult though, IMO.

I now think I've done that with a 1911 penny this week. Done it before on a 1909- the picture was definitely showing '1' over the tooth. Not when it turned up. Same coin, different lighting.....

Agreed. (Or to put it in terms the RM understands, "a greed")

You can also be totally fooled by the photo, which can distort the true appearance. A few weeks ago I bought what I thought - was indeed convinced - from the photo, was a 1908, 164A. Only very cheap, fortunately. But when in hand and through a loupe, I could quite clearly see that it was a mere 164. Definitely the same coin as other indicators matched.