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On 10/24/2024 at 3:34 PM, Sword said:That would be like finding a Kew garden 50p before people got crazy about them. Hope you have kept it too.
Indeed I have! Along with all my decent finds from the late 60s, which include the first ever 1926 penny I found - which, after several months and a very close look, turned out to be an ME - plus an UNC 1938 halfpenny with good lustre, an EF 1935 halfpenny with lustre, and a 1909 halfpenny in better than VF.
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3 hours ago, Coys55 said:Nothing very interesting for you, just an 1866 penny that I found in a bag when I was about 12 (so almost 60 years ago). I remember finding it because it was the best Victoria Penny I ever found in my numerous 10/- (?) penny bag searches. When I found it it had been highly polished, but has mostly toned again now, although I assume that it can still be recognised as polished. I assume it was someone's lucky penny and it accidentally found its way back into circulation.
Anyone care to ID it variety-wise?
Nice find - beats any bun penny I found in 5/- penny bags (the best would have been 1890 1891 1892 in VG). I do remember switching to 3d and in the first bag I checked was a 1949!
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1 hour ago, copper123 said:Shame a few of the more common ones cannot be owned by collectors
Agreed - but perhaps they want to keep the hoard together, at least for the time being?
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Wow, I never knew Bernie was selling his penny collection. I remember his 'Wanted' ads in Coin News in the 90s. I also didn't know he was the owner of the 1954.
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Japanese workers employed in a sewage works were happy to meet each other briefly, like Nips in the shite.
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Amazing that they are nearly all either Harold or William, of 1066 fame. I wouldn't be unduly worried by reduced rarities - for one thing, those two kings from 1066 make them VERY popular, and second, they will be on museum display indefinitely.
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5 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:The Sale is not online yet and just in this months Coin monthly.
OMG, has Coin Monthly been resurrected?
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On 10/18/2024 at 5:46 PM, secret santa said:Yes, especially as I messaged him a few days ago to tell him it's a modern replica.
I just did too.
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On 10/10/2024 at 8:37 AM, The Bee said:Interestingly the 1986 earlier volume covering 1860-1970 is only available in 9 libraries (according to World Cat), 8 of which are in the UK and 1 in South Africa.
So I have set some searches in hopes one will turn up in time.
Best of luck - hope you manage to find one.
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On 9/22/2024 at 9:56 AM, secret santa said:This was Michael's first book (published in 1986) and is useful as it covers Edward VII to Elizabeth II.
Particularly useful as he divides the pages into horizontal strips so you can align any obverse with any reverse to see both together.
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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.
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On 10/1/2024 at 7:29 PM, secret santa said:I've just checked through my dates from 1882 (F114, F115) through to 1894 when obverse R was used and, like Paddy, my 1890 and 1891 pennies all have the fatter chin, but 1882 to 1888 and 1892 to 1894 have the normal chin. It seems strange that this slightly different obverse was used for a 3 year spell in the middle of a 14 year run.
I've asked Michael Gouby for his views.
Regal disapproval?
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only one of those dated 1983 would be worth good money (that was the year nearly all 2p's were 'TWO PENCE')
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On 9/28/2024 at 1:24 PM, copper123 said:sounds like the owner or his estate had a good day
On 9/28/2024 at 1:43 PM, Paddy said:... and Noonans too! Commission on all that lot must have been much more than expected.
I suspect it was classed as 'an important collection' - I did note that most items had sound provenance. It's the only explanation that makes sense, though I'm pretty surprised that Noonans hadn't done enough research and so come up with more realistic estimates.
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2 hours ago, copper123 said:No harm in hoping m8 after all every coin has a hi bidder
this was way out of the ordinary. .. one item had estimate £200 - £260. As I liked it a lot I bid the high £260 (+1). .. it went for £4,200 ... and that was pretty much typical!
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Did anyone here have a look at, or bid on, or even win!, any of the gorgeous Ancient Greek coins in this sale?
I placed a 'highest estimate' bid on a few of the more modestly priced items, hoping I might get one of them. But after the first few lots I knew I wouldn't - everything went for at the very least 5 times estimate, but more often 10 times, and in one or two cases even more ... one lot was estimated £2k - £3k, but went for £40,000!!
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On 9/20/2024 at 9:47 PM, Martinminerva said:All explained in this thread from a while ago:
https://www.predecimal.com/forum/topic/14238-1953-farthing/?tab=comments#comment-202806
In summary, it is the pointing of the F that is crucial: to tooth on common reverse B but to gap on this VIP unrecorded one.
Ah, right - thank you.
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1899 is *the* year for varying date widths - they occur from narrow to very wide
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On 9/18/2024 at 10:45 PM, PWA 1967 said:That’s not B reverse , it’s unrecorded.
How so? The I and T of FARTHING both point to a tooth where on Reverse A they point to a gap.
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It looks clearly like a B to me - if you look at the other three Rs on the obverse there is a clear gap between the left down stroke and the curve of the R
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That's 2+B but I'm sure you knew that!
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On 9/15/2024 at 7:35 AM, SilverAge3 said:I'm not very familiar with ½d, especially from this era, does this one look really off, or am i mistaken?
Yes, that's not genuine though it doesn't look like a modern fake - possibly what the Americans call an "evasion", i.e. counterfeited in the 18th century?
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10 hours ago, jelida said:It is the bottom of the leg of the 7, there is an illusion that the leg of the 7 comes down the left of the void of the 8, when in fact it comes down the right side and aligns perfectly.
Jerry
yes of course. I was seeing the left hand of the lower 8 loop as being the 7 downstroke, when as you say it's actually on the right.
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what's that protruding from the bottom of the 8? certainly not part of the 7.
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someone please tell me how 950 cheddar cheeses can possibly be worth £300,000?