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I don't know if its of any interest, but i came across this pattern 1894 penny the other day , and wondered just how iv'e managed to miss it in all my years of collecting , it is after all listed in Freemans on page 233 Plate xiv Pic. B terrible picture though. It looks to be the same reverse as the 2mm 1895 but has an unusual looking boat on the right. http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Great_Britain_1894_penny_KM-790

I should have gone to Specsavers.

It's always been pictured on my varieties website.

All right maybe even a ship.

Sunday lunch listening to Hancock's Half Hour was one of my greatest childhood memories.

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 have so far avoided getting into varieties on Victorian Silver, and I have no books on them - could you expand on the above a bit? Spink mentions a longer tooth variety for the 1896, but not for the 1893. Do both occur on both dates? The 1896 value jumps from £125 in VF for the shorter tooth to £165 for the longer tooth - are there comparable figures for the the 1893? I have a very nice 1893, which I think is longer tooth and I would be interested to know if I have picked up a rarity!

Struck in Edinburgh, but sort of makes it into English silver.

Ok one more.. the fantastical world of Queen Anne...