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Peckris 2

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  2. Posted

    On 11/14/2024 at 10:30 PM, blakeyboy said:

    One of the few things they have got right.....!

    The other one i noticed was inTrader Joe's supermarkets where  the sign in the till lane said "15 items or fewer".....

    Maths is short for the plural 'mathematics' - how do you reckon 'math' is right??

  7. Posted

    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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    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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    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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    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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