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Here are the other 2 I bought together with the 1860.

Thanks Mike, was happy to sell you the 1843 DFF. I have never seen a DFF on REG no colon, and very much doubt that it exists. There is another 1843 REG colon die, which I think is just as worthy as the DFF as being recognised as a variety, and less common than the DFF.......it was probably just never seen by Bramah. This is the repaired REG colon, which imo is the most obvious colon repair in the entire young head penny series, pictured below for information.

Methinks the 1843 would fetch a fair bit more than £40.

I had to do better pictures of the 1913 F175 1 + B ,as the others did not look anything like it and people would think they are turning up everywhere. I was pleasently surprised when it turned up in the post 😃

link to the post I made with pic, back in March

Don't think so Dave. I'm pretty sure the same flawed reverse was used to mint the 1844 DFF examples, and they all come with colon after REG. The 1843 DFF is a rarity within a scarcity. I'd been looking forever, when Ian kindly sold me one in about VF, earlier this year. Was really pleased.

I have the following types: 1. DFF, Orn Trident, REG: 2. DEF, Orn Trident, REG: 3. DEF, Orn Trident, REG Am I looking for a DFF, REG (no colon) type as well?

Here are pics of an 1863 penny that I found in a bulk lot a couple of weeks ago, and have not seen before. At first glance it could be mistaken for a 3/1 overstrike, but I am sure this is 3 over a mis-placed 3 also giving a spike from the outer curve of the '3' but this spike curved rather than straight. There is a small step in the top bar of the '3', which is possibly due to the top bar of the repair '3' punch, though the distances would not fit with the curve of the spike unless the overstrike '3' punch was of a different size font so the jury is out there. I would welcome opinions, but it is interesting and has a place in my collection, particularly as it cost nothing. Jerry

Nice, i may follow you n buy 1 to put inside my air-tight box. Here, humidity is often over 70.

As a result of your thread, Bruce, I decided to buy a humidity monitor, and here is a photo of it, on top of my coin cabinet, showing a humidity of 49%, which from what I've read is perfectly OK for coin storage.

Yes, there are lots of different varieties, even for just 1860 alone; far too many to try to explain on the forum in one post. Suggest you either buy a book, or read Richards website....or both! Fyi this coin is a Freeman 16, which is actually one of the more difficult varieties in 1860, and even in an average grade is quite a nice buy. May I ask what you paid for it?

Hi Mike, 'yes' the no colons was a bit disappointing, despite low grade I thought it would have fetched more. Agree with your thinking, never seen this 1854 reverse with one or two colons missing. As far as I can see there are no other particularly distinguishing features on this reverse which make it worthwhile looking for a 'pre die fill' example with colons still present. The G after REG is the only thing a bit unusual, always present, with that rectangular bit to the left of the bar . Here's my example:-