declanwmagee

Hi Guy

I am sure we have spoken about this before, but how did you get to 26 varieties?

If I tot up all the minor varieties detailed in Groom, I get to 60 distinct types, and if I just include the major varieties, I get to 17, so which of the minors do you include?

Here's my list of 17:

1902: 2

1903: 2

1904: 1

1905: 2

1906: 1

1907: 1

1908: 4

1909: 3

1910: 1

cheers

Declan

Hi Declan

I have never heard of "Groom" before - is this a book or person or both ?

60 types - I thought my Edward VII Pennie collection was almost complete - Dam - Drat hahahah

Here are the variations of Edward VII pennies I know of:

1902 - Freeman 156

1902 - Low Tide - Top of 0 in date partially filed in the form of a line at the top of the loop

1902  - Freeman 157

1902 - Matt Proof - Discovered by Michael Freeman

1902 - Kings Norton Trial Piece

1903 - Freeman 158

1903 - Freeman 158A

1903 - Closed 9 in date

1903 - Broken N in oNe

1904 - Freeman 159

1904 - Closed 9 in date - I discovered this variation - Hope its not recorded elsewhere :-)

1905 - Freeman 160

1905 - Freeman 161

1906 - Freeman 162

1906 - Closed 9 in date - I discovered this variation - Hope its not recorded elsewhere :-)

1907 - Freeman 163

1907 - Closed 9 in date

1907 - Missing lower colon dot after IMP

1908 - Freeman 164

1908 - Freeman 165

1908 - Freeman 166

1909 - Freeman 168

1909 - Freeman 169

1909 - Raised dot after N in oNe

1909 - First 9 closed in date

1910 - Freeman 170

Please don't forget to enlighten me about Groom.

Regards Guy

Hi Guy

I'll go through those at my leisure - thank you!

Groom is:

The Identification of British 20th Century Bronze Coin Varieties, by David J. Groom

ISBN: 978-1-4092-8550-2

It's miles more detailed than Freeman - for instance he describes 13 types of 1902LT, and 13 types of 1907.

Dave Groom is on the forum "daveg38", and I bet he could flog you one - he's done one for silver too - better than Davies but, like the bronze one, only covers the 20th century.

hope you find one - if you like your varieties, you'll love these two little books...

Declan