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Apologies if this is the wrong place to. I have been occasionally finding damaged tickets but hadn't realised that they might be useful in tracing which collections / auctions coins have been in. Sadly in the absence of tickets I think all I have which are remotely related are: a "modern" sealed Spink envelope (probably contains a penny); a Baldwin's envelope with a holed "to Hanover" token; and a I what might be a pre decimal envelope with an 187 Farthing in it. If I find any tickets that have a number / surname on I will share them

That 1875 no H farthing is probably only worth about £8 -£12 depending on the variety a really poor return on cash over probably the last 55 years

I saw one of the Gouby books on ebay a while ago - keep your eyes peeled.

Basically, you've got one narrow date, and the rest are wide dates. I'll leave it to others to see if there are micro varieties among the latter.

In the same way that the tooth enhanced obverse D is designated ‘D*’ in Freeman, should we be looking at an ‘R*’ designation here? Particularly if some dates do prove to come in both varieties. Jerry

After photographing some half crowns graded by PCGS and NGC I've noticed the reverse of the coin in the holder seems orientated with the shield turned to the right. Probably because they align the obverse when placing the coin in the holder. However, CGS seem to get the right orientation. A minor irritation I know but it would be better if they got it right.

Situation seems to have been resolved. I don't know if I fixed it by poking around, or if it was a browser issue that was resolved. In either case it seems to be working. Thanks all.

Well, I would certainly avoid the big companies that advertise gold coins for investment purposes in the colour supplements and magazines, they tend to price way over the top. The price of gold bullion changes on a day to day basis, and the value of for example a sovereign will also vary depending on whether you are buying or selling. And if you decide that you also want your coins to be rare, or in particularly good condition there will be a collector’s premium as reflected in Coin Catalogues such as Spink. I would strongly advise attending a coin fair such as those held in London, The Midland Coin Fair or the fair held in Yorkshire. There you will se a large variety of gold coinage at keen prices and can talk to bullion dealers and will enter the market with a far greater insight. Jerry

The tide levels for all the 1874 pennies I believe are "low" compared to some later ones, so there is no variation with that. (Low and high tide varieties are of interest in the veil head Victoria and Edward VII pennies.) I have downloaded your picture, rotated it and expanded as far as I can. I think we are going to have much better photos of the "2" to accept as that and not a damaged "H" as there are no other records of a die number in that location for an 1874 penny. The reverse on your coin appears to be Freeman H, which is the most common for an 1874H penny.

And I had looked at this specimen at £50 in a dealers tray at the Midland Coin Fair many times over the last year or two, but left it thinking it was an F763 (I have several); but when it dropped to £17.50 I thought it worth a punt. On closer examination I think it is an F8B, on the basis of the relationship between last colon and cape, and the position of the 'dimple' left by the worn rose. What do you think? Jerry

And a 1875 'cannonball' from an online dealer, £11 plus £2.50 postage.