absence of uniformity

Rather than an attempt at drilling, (the tip of the drill being pointed would remove material in the center first) Not around the edge. This looks like an attempt at using a hole punch.

Thank you for the information.

Thank you very much for taking the time to explain the above and provide the images. Much appreciated !

It does look similar hard to say, I dont have the coin to hand. It cost me £1 so worth a punt.

Not the best picture so its difficult to really see. The central line of the last one appears to fall in the gap.

Since you mention there is another not listed in Gouby possibly its not BP1901Aa the one I have.

I did read it yes. I found what I think is a BP1901Aa and was simply wondering how rare they are.

I was under the impression they are rare in any grade with only a handful known?

Ok thanks, Gouby BP1901Ab 10 3/4 teeth the center of the last one is not over the gap. The one which is not covered by Gouby similar to Ab where is the last 1 positioned? Thanks

In your collection do you have a 1901 Penny, NARROW Date, BP1901Aa? How rare are these? I remember reading somewhere they are few and far between. Thanks,

I think the coin is 9+K for the following reasons, can you let me know what you think please? Obverse: Its not obverse 7 because the first set of leaves are not nearly touching the colon after DG - Looks to have 16 leaves. - 1st set of leaves are arranged different to Obverse 8 which are more spread out. - The ribbon shows some crimping. - The nape hair seems to match up. Reverse: The lighthouse resembles most the lighthouse shown on reverse K and the date numerals are widely spaced and low in the exergue. Could you please let me know what die pairing you think the coin is. Thanks

Would be tricky using a lathe a precision milling machine would be more suitable, I have one but dont have accurate scales to weigh a coin afterwards. Using a lathe to remove the legends you would also remove Britannias foot for example and part of the exergue.

Il buy it please Chris. Edit; oh no its not the specialized version,

So its pretty common on uncirculated coins ok thank you. Im guessing the penny I purchased won't be overweight then.

To all members who have sold coins through Ebay, LCA and similar auctions and also through something like facebook at fixed prices; What type and or value bracket coins are best sold where and why ? Thanks

That's strange I watched it live aswell and a single bid appeared in the closing seconds I think at 3 seconds, went up by a few quid. Ending at 22.37 Im sure didn't help.

Im not sure if you are on Facebook Chris but there is a couple of groups which you maybe be able to sell items at fixed prices if thats of interest to you. One advantage being no fees. You can search for these groups; British pre-decimal milled coin collectors(1649-1970) British Coins, Hammered, Milled & More.

I would add a footnote! All the action will be in the last 24 hours and ebay will promote the listing and for sure some people that see the listing will have not read this discussion.

I also noticed the 1967 penny struck in cupro nickel the size and weight of the coin possibly matches a Florin. The CUNI penny is pretty much same weight as a Florin with the penny being slighter larger.Looking at the CUNI penny you can see about 1.5/2mm of the rim missing. And the Florin coin is roughly that much smaller than a penny.

Given coins are being checked on conveyors Im assuming this quality control step is looking at coin blanks only? If it was checking struck coins alot of room for error only looking at one face of a coin? They must be checking for incomplete/damage blanks? This image is from 1966 right in the middle of 1965, 1966, 1967 coins.

The 1967 heavy flan coin @secret santa purchased from LCA also appears to show this feature. Although not as pronounced. You would of thought Given the 1967 coin was the heaviest out of the 65 and the 66 at 13.43 grams this should of shown the most amount of excess metal around the edge..? If this detail is infact caused by excess metal being forced/Flowing up the side of the dies, is this even possible? Thanks

Can I ask please; Does anyone know whether its common to see a small raised rim around the edge of pennies. The 1965 penny @RChris has listed on ebay and the 1966 heavy flan coin sold through LCA both coins have what appears to thin raised lips on the edge of the rims? Is this because of excess metal? Because the flan is thicker the excess metal is forced up around the sides of the dies? The reason I ask is because I found a coin online which I purchased which has the raised rim/lip identical to the 1966 heavy flan coin. The raised lip is in exactly the same location on the obverse and reverse sam start and end locations to the coin shown on LCA. I have started at looking at 1966 Pennies and have not see another yet with this raised detail around the edge of the coin. Is it a coincidence the two heavy flan pennies sold through LCA show this feature? Is it also a coincidence the 1966 I found matches exactly that of the LCA coin? And to be clear by matches exactly the raised lip starts and ends in the same location on the obverse and reverse. Thanks

I'm not Peter 😊 and the listing says: London Coin Auctions sold one in 2016 for £280 hammer price. All I was getting at is I would of made it clear the coin in the auction is the coin which sold in 2016.

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