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I don't leave a gap. If I get that lucky then I'm prepared to move everything along one.

In addition to the great remarks already made, there's one or two more tremendous pluses as far as coins are concerned. Once you have any coin, it's yours for life if you want it to be. You can look at it whenever you want, appreciating it, and maybe contemplating its history - what pockets, purses, tills or collections it may have been in. Same with all the coins you've got. Once in your ownership, they will never cause you any hassle, annoyance or grief and can only ever enhance your relaxed moments.

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No, but I'm never going to have a genuine 1933; however, if I'm collecting a complete date run of that series, a convincing fake carefully crafted from a genuine penny would fill a gap. Ah. I'm happy to offer £50 for that one! I was thinking of one in VF or better I think there's 3 factors: 1. objective i.e. absolute number minted 2. being recognisable - which explains why H & KN pennies (for example) are more in demand than minor varieties of bun pennies 3. popularity, which as you say is a product of marketing to some extent; either way coins can come into fashion a drop out again.

We're back to Reggie Perrin and the Grot shop, but it's true- a major major driving force!

That's a part of collecting I don't get. I don't have the desire to replace rarity with fakes / replicas or whatnot. You'd spend your money and still not have a 1933 penny.

Found in birmingham for the princely sum of 50p , and its a rarer type

Some of the stuff I have picked up over the years is certainly a lot more in demand , but its a small but growing market a lot of the collectors from the seventies that collected just as an interest have much more knowlege so people are less willing to let the more interesting item go for a song . By the way do you have a joseph moore quarter sov?