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Do I detect another fan of the late, great Tony Hancock ?

It may be just a bit of cud to you mate, but to me it's a bloody great monstrosity of metal disfiguring an otherwise beautifully formed 6...... In other news I'm seeking a psychiatric referral in the near future........

of the £320....

I found a 1862 penny with a 6 over 8 in the birmingham fair recently and bought it for 20p and sold it for £320 beat that lol

I can believe it. They're just not being used - and that's been the case for a very, very long time. Hence why you can very easily find 30 year old 1 & 2p pieces, still with almost full mint lustre.

Lukasz would be selling that as a 6 over 5.

Yes, those PFNNY and ONF varieties are extremely unexciting being die fills, not errors.

There's a somewhat similar specimen to Mike's in the next LCA - not quite the same position of 8 but the same wonky last figure 1. Also an interesting R over small A (a lazy attempt to repair the leg of the R ?) and a very unconvincing (to me) 1862 PFNNY.

This forum is sometimes the best Envy Management Course available. It should be on the NHS.

Mike is right they do occasionally show up. I have bought an F24, F27 and F32 on ebay in the past 5 years.... only 1 of these was spotted by other bidders... so the total for all three was only around £500.....bargains can still be found, although it is increasingly difficult with so many people now playing the game

So two questions for me are: 1. is it a penny (based on the position of the middle prong on the trident and the N)? 2. Is the reverse die a copy of the Soho Britannia , or a modified Soho die sold by Taylor to Heaton. As Taylor acquired the tub of dies at the Soho auction following its closure in 1848, the options are it must have come from him after 1860, or undocumented dies must have left Soho before closure, or a second lot of dies was obtained by Heaton at the auction. Given Taylor was also striking tokens for various people, it would be surprising if he passed work on to a competitor, including the supply of dies. And as an afterthought - is the edge plain?

Thought I'd share this token with you. Won on eBay just before Christmas. Just arrived. Very pleased with the detail on the emu. Circa 1860 I think. And quite scarce?

Suffolk D&H15....excellent condition bought simply for the design, just love the hat.

Newbie, quite scarce

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