Dave Everitt

Windows is covered above, but on Mac OS X the free bundled Preview will resize an image and let you know the file size in Kb.

Thanks everyone, I this is all now clear so I’m starting separate Vic Copper spreadsheets! Great forum. I’ll be back with more questions…

Oh LOL! Real forgery or Photoshop?

thanks - although I meant the one in the photo PWA 1967 posted above…

I see everyone laughing! But to be totally clear, please bear with me and help correct my Cu-era Vic coinage ignorance LOL - I presume that’s a ’38 halfpenny?

Indeed, thanks - see reply below explaining how I made the mistake 😞

Yes, I realise this now, thanks! Problem was two fold: 1. it’s not my usual era; 2. I was working from a photograph with no size reference of 10 coins I offered to check for someone. AND… I now need make some new Vic pre-1860 copper spreadsheets and check the coins from that era I that do have!

I maintain spreadsheets for all my collection (specifically predecimal bronze and brass from 1860) but recently offered to look through some early Vic pennies, among which is one dated 1838. I keep the mintage figures in my spreadsheet, but cannot find a figure for the 1838 penny from my usual sources, although there appear to be a few examples around. Can anyone point me to an authoritative mintage figure for the English 1838 copper penny? Some other scarce dates in this batch of 10 seem to have overprinting (or have been tampered with) so I might come back with more queries.