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Coppers

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  1. Custard..after all he did admit "I never accept coins that aren't up to scratch".
  2. Chris....According to the ebay listing "The seller ended this listing early because of an error in the minimum bid or Reserve amount". Even in ending his auction, this seller proved to be incapable of telling the truth. Perhaps he should go into politics.
  3. Sylvestor... I wonder if in making the Edward V reference, this fellow may have been thinking of Edward VIII and so out of the rare 1933 Penny of George V and the equally well known rarities of Edward VIII emerged the hybrid of Edward V. Nearly all of the 1933 pennies for which I've seen photos had been darkened at the mint. The one exception to this that comes to mind was sold at auction in 1972 and had been part of a 1933 proof set.
  4. Sylvestor's right about this being a photo of a genuine 1933 Penny. It appears to be the one depicted on Tony Clayton's website. Here are links to the obverse and reverse photos: 1933 Obverse 1933 Reverse Now if we can just figure out how this coin ended up in the seller's loft...
  5. I think that Iranian can be used...one could say an English penny Yes, i should definately stay out of foreign and ancient coins...sorry if i wasted your time I think that the language spoken in Iran is a Persian language called Farsi.
  6. The gold "penny" has now been now been written up and is pictured on the Spink website.
  7. I think I've seen at least three mint state 1869s up for sale in the past year -- this one, the one Dragonbrit had for sale, and one at a major auction in California. Anyone see any others?
  8. Here's an article on it.... New Discovery
  9. This auction ended early with the comment that the item was no longer available for sale. Did the same thing happen earlier with an 1869 Penny that Dragonbrit had up for auction on ebay?
  10. Jon... Some time ago, I had heard that this particular coin had once one of the finest known, but that in a misguided attempt to improve upon nature, it had been turned into an unnatural looking orange, then subsequently slabbed MS-65 Red by NGC. Any possibility that the toning occured after it was slabbed?
  11. Jon...I hope you are not being overly optimistic
  12. 1933 1d? Well almost.... 1933 1d
  13. And the winners of the Coincraft catalogues are... Emperor Oli and Half Penny Jon. Congratulations! A flip of the coin determined that Oli will receive the 1999 issue and Jon the 1998. If you each will let me know where to send the book to, I'll have them shipped out next week.
  14. Thanks, Jon! I will. There should be quite a few dealers in British coins there.
  15. So far I've heard from both Oli and Jon. I'll be at the ANA in Pittsburgh this Friday and will post the names of the winners on Saturday.
  16. So far Oli has requested to be in the "running". Any/all requests to be included should be made no later than this Friday (August 20th).
  17. I have two older editions of the Coincraft Standard Catalogue -- specifically 1998 and 1999 -- that are just gathering dust. I thought that there might be two other members of this forum that could use such a catalogue. My only stipulation is that you must currently be a student in good standing. If more than two of you are interested, I'll be writing your names down on slips of paper and choosing two names at random.
  18. A collector friend of mine emailed me today to take a look at this remarkable proof sixpence now up for sale on ebay. Curiously, the seller has a 100 percent positive feedback. 1879 Proof Sixpence
  19. Denis...one other series you may want to take a look at are British Trade Dollars.
  20. Agreed. I doubt that it will sell even at its current price.
  21. Someone must have contacted the seller who has relisted the coin with slightly lower expectations. Relisted Penny
  22. A Very Happy Birthday! Will you be getting anything special (i.e. a coin) for your birthday?
  23. Beautiful coins, but not worth any near what this fellow is asking for them.
  24. For that kind of money, I'd rather have a 1933 Penny or a 1952 Halfcrown.
  25. Oli...And thanks are due Sylvester as well for providing additional information on the "off-year" proofs. This may be somewhat off topic, but what series of coins are each of you currently collecting?
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