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Thank you for your valued comments. To respond - first to Mr Peckris, the 1926 proof is not missing as it is a collection of circulation pennies. Secondly to Stuart (coinery), apologies for the confusion. Thirdly to Jerry - i do not agree that it is wrong to say "probably R19" if between 2 and 5 are currently known, and if more are found one day i would change it to "probably R18". If you have FACTS that say otherwise then so be it. Otherwise it is not wrong to state the current number known as being probably correct. I also disagree with you that i should mix up my labelling by using Freeman here and Gouby there as it would be chaotic - i am quite happy to add a subsection to the Freeman number where it is primarily the same coin but perhaps with a different date width.

Hello. This 1954 unique circulation penny was recently sold by Bernie Workman through Sovereign Auctions. In November 2024. I saw some speculation on this forum as to who the buyer might be who purchased this penny and a number of the other pennies at the same auction - and whether it may have been bought by an American investor. (I think it was someone called Secret Santa asking). Well i can put your mind at rest that i am neither American nor an investor - i am a private British collector who has specialised in primarily bronze circulation pennies for over 50 years (though i do now have quite a nice collection of copper pennies too). If you had designs on buying it you may actually have preferred an investor to have bought it, for as a collector i virtually never sell anything, and this penny will hopefully not be sold again or seen again, apart from being able to be viewed over the internet. I do believe that i have probably the finest collection of bronze pennies in the world (including the museums), though one or two of you may challenge that assertion, but my collection also includes one of the only 2 available 1933 circulation pennies and a host of other R19 and R20 pennies. Although i don't ever sell any of my coins as a rule, i am more than happy to share the collection with you through a link on here if anyone is interested in viewing it. Just let me know.

You really shouldn’t be so sensitive to criticism, I have already stated that it is your prerogative to act as you wish. As they say, you can take a horse to water etc. Jerry

Thanks for that, and stand easy please. I spotted it coming up at a non-coin specialist auction, incorrectly labelled as a "Charles II hammered coin"! I was considering bidding on it if it turned out to be Henry IV or something else scarce, but I suspected Henry VI. I left it - hammer price was £40 this morning. Thanks for the info and I am relieved I left it.

Isn’t that the same (to a degree) for all markets though - from coins to houses to art to (dare I say) women. So perhaps more important than market domination is to ensure that we share pictures on the internet of what we have got (within reason) and for everyone else to enjoy. 😊

Don't think he has a shallow pocket regardless. Many will remember Colin Adams and his domination of pennies, and to some extent, half crowns 20-25 years ago. He did not make many proclamations as I recall. As was stated elsewhere in this post, he may well have the best penny collection but that not necessarily something to broadcast IMHO. Also, interestingly there were others that checked the just mentioned collector's ability to corner either denomination. However, I do congratulate Mr. Booth and as I have the chance will view his collection a bit more. The bigger issue is the domination of the modern market for rare coins by those blessed with generous resources and the squeezing out of those with more modest means.

I’m not sure where you want to go with this? KB’s resources , as in my case, may well include a pension pot - they are still demonstrably resources spent that most of us do not have! Mr Booth is lucky enough I understand not to be limited financially in the way most of us are, and more power to his elbow, as the saying goes. And I too would much sooner see these coins stay in the country of origin and in the hands of a collector than with an overseas investor - that was the issue that was addressed in the original post! I did not to say that we should be prohibited from collecting whatever we want, from wherever we want. And not a full stop, definitely a comma - If I had the ‘resources’ the prices would have been higher! But I did win two Workman lots. Jerry

This is entirely your prerogative Kevin, but why not just do what others do and state ‘not listed in Freeman’ and then your own description or reference? If we all did as you do, there could be dozens of Freeman 0’s 10 A, B, C’s etc in use all referring to different coins. Anarchy! Jerry I will address the rarities issue tomorrow , the wife is grumbling about me using the iPad in bed!

Presumptuous? Unless Kevin had the resources, how could he have afforded such wonderful coins? The Workman spend alone is greater than my pension pot! Yet I still obsessively splash out when I can…… Jerry

I am intrigued: is this the best circulation penny collection in the world? Does anyone know of a better collection? (I like the concept. I aspire to have the best collection of silver threepences, Britannia groats and other tiny British (empire) silver one day … 🇬🇧)

Not sure if this will help as the reverse picture is even worse:

I think there is confusion here Kevin, our Coinery (Stuart) is not to be confused with ‘The Coinery’ (Guy) who has the 1808 penny. And I think Stu came first! Jerry

Great to hear @Circulation penny collecto and welcome to this forum. It would be great to see images of your collection, if you are prepared to share them? @secret santa on here has created the most comprehensive guide to pennies online that I am aware of, and I am sure he would be just as keen to see yours. Hopefully, with your agreement, he could include some images from your collection in his guide?

Scary one at that. We don't often hear claims like that on these Boards but it might be interesting to see a photo montage of at least the highlights...There are definitely some stoppers in the Penny series.

Well that’s some claim CPC and phenomenal to have you on here and in touch with us all! Wow, without being overbearingly starstruck, that’s quite something, and great news to hear these Great British coins are still gracing a UK collection. 🙏

Looks like https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/italian-states-venice-scudo-km-143-1624-25-1629-cuid-1161875-duid-1495817 Not bad - seems to be worth close to twice the melt value even in quite worn condition.