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That's two in a short period of time. I bought the 8+J in the CCA/Nantwich auction at the end of November. It was described as 8+I (also described as such on the accompanying envelope) but obviously wasn't. I paid just under £45 for it. I'm looking for a 8+I, 9+K and 12+L if anyone has anything available, as long as it's not a washer.

There's only one response to "one up her chimney"...

This company (Cambridgeshire Coins) is so careless and let an 1862 F38 go for just £4.00 !!! Admittedly not in brilliant condition, but a bargain nonetheless. Previously they let an 1897 high tide penny in GEF with lustre, go for about £45 - missed that. The site is worth regularly checking for bargains. link

The Lingford catalogue is available on the Newman Numismatic Portal https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/auctionlots?AucCoId=512958&AuctionId=533901

You need to refer to the Lingford catalogue, where all the legend varieties described by him are listed (13 obverse and 20 reverse varieties). The top one is 1552 obv.A and the second was not listed by him, though the obverse configuration with just a colon before the tun does appear in 1553 as his 1553 obv.B, so is likely a late die. I haven't compiled an exhaustive database of images for these, so can't say how rare the bottom one is, but don't have any examples to date. I wouldn't lose any sleep over the lack of stop - it's just another die (even if not recorded by Lingford), and probably specific to just this one.

That is just bonkers, ‘certified a genuine not genuine copy!’ Unbelievable!

Get your modern replicas certified here! Genuine fakes! Well done London Mint Office, I would never have thought of it! In conjunction with WRL it appears. And Blakeyboy’s favourite seller. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234887771095?hash=item36b066f3d7:g:xY0AAOSwtY9j4Tvl&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA0MedcjrSMGxQ3Cnzt8mY9pGNbrLe%2FAjkbJ4BNSTM5IdIbIQTSoHbzeTvMX5nAPL4brJXAzUt16bQDlQw4Xp8Hm2k%2BIMaalaEoptPpO%2FKEv5rQ98ZsQZd7NEeukaDSxH%2BoIpcU4boaay0LBblIshZ7%2B85MiPCF6IEpSsFVHuDNEsjQUym1MmBKDODzAPj9QKdnCiayhre%2FUNoiNLPVhtRwCMN7DYqUP7EFcbPtZC8tHvBpNzrwfI%2BDXtXHygx1VWXzRRrE9BqgqLxPTeBuJ7IWUQ%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5rakv_EYQ Jerry

Well spotted! Was this recently or a while ago? I take it you got it? I spotted and "bought" the 1897 HT some time ago, but it never arrived and they refunded me without question or delay. I think they realised their mistake...