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Managed, at last, to get a VIGTORIA:

The working die wouldn't have been created with a G in VICTORIA and therefore it must have been caused by manual intervention. London Coins note that the rogue "G" is of a slightly different format to the other proper "G"s (in D:G: and REG) and Michael Gouby suggests that it might have been caused accidentally through an intended die repair to the "G" of REG being carried out by a repairer forgetting that a "G" on the right of the incuse die will actually affect the left side of the struck coin, and inadvertently "repairing" with a "G" punch the "C" of VICTORIA instead which is on the right side of the die diametrically opposite the "G" of REG. Anyway, the error must have been spotted quite quickly given the restricted numbers of affected coins that reached circulation, as demonstrated by the fact that only 10 surviving examples have so far been recorded out of huge numbers of 1862 pennies.

Evening all, Just browsing through some upcoming auctions and having a look at some interesting coins. However, I've just been looking at the buyers fees for a particular auction, and it's 24% PLUS VAT, making it nearly 30%! That sounds exorbitant to me, seeing as they also seem to be charging a consignors fee of 15% as well. I know London Coins charges around 17% and Baldwins was 20% + VAT, so what's the average BP these days? Around 20% plus vat? Cheers

There is no latin name for elizabeth so it was not changed