Gary

Hi Mal, the Obv with the half colon dot first seems to appear in 1874 and the youngest coin that I have with the half colon is an 1881 F544. Of the 7 examples dated 1879 (listed as only being obv 5) that I have to hand, 3 are with complete colon dots and 4 with the half colon dot ( Freemans illustration of Obv 5 is with full colon dot). I have- 1875H both half and full colon dot. 1876H half colon 1880 F541 Half colon dot 1881 F544 Half colon dot Using the 1879 farthings, I have compared the two types and can find no significant difference in the design. On the half dot type, the colon dots in general seem to be bolder and on the 1879`s the G of REG does not show the G being over another letter where as the full colon dot has the G over ? Can anyone confirm the exsistance of both types for years 1874-1881 or even outside this date range? Cheers, Gary and the half colon dot type.

I tend to agree with you, this is Obv 6. The apparent flaw to the forehead which indicates Obv 5 is in my opinion due to damage sustained during circulation. Of the 3 Halfpennies of mine with Obv 5, two have the flaw lower down on the forehead, half way between the hairline and the top of the eye and one does not have the flaw. However all three have the scalloped top middle leaf as "Bronze & Copper Collector" mentioned. The incuse leaf veins in the fourth group, to the right and left of the main one seem to be quite clear. The raised leaf veins show up on a scan much thinner as it is only a single line. I had always wondered why Freeman listed Obv 7 before Obv 6! I shall now be on the look out.

Does anyone have an example of this coin or an 1860 F268A (Rev D)? If yes, would you be kind enough to have a look to see if the 6 in the date is recut over another 6? I´ll let you know why latter. Thanks, Gary

The first time I came across him, his starting pices were 0,99, now he has increased the start price for his coins. Maybe he is starting to realise it can not go on like this. Hope so, for his sake.

I have two 1875H, both with 4 Berries (F532), one with complete colon dot and one with half a dot. Opinions? Maybe the Obv 4 Die was not just used for the 1874H Farthing.

I agree with you Rob but in this case I took a chance and it paid off. Obviously I would not be willing to take a chance if more money was involved. I also bought this one1845 Farthing nEF This one, although the grading was Ok did have defects. Small areas of verdigris, but at £7,99 was not a great loss.

1864 Farthing This is a coin I bought from him last week. Look at the scan on Ebay and below is the coin I recieved. If I were him I would buy a new scanner.

According to Freeman the Obv 4 die was only used at the Heaton Mint in 1874. On this Die, the lower colon Dot after F:D: is only half a dot. Is this a distinguishing mark for this Obv Die? I have the second edition (1985) of Freemans book in which F542 is listed as "No specimen known", does anyone know what the F542 was listed as in the 1970 Edition? Cheers, Gary

F532, Yes of course it is! H below date. A typing error from me, sorry.

Just come across this one and thought I would let you know. The A is recut over a lower misplaced A. The T is also recut, slightly off center. It is an 1875H Farthing, F531, Obv 5, Rev C. Grade gF.

Hello, these were probably plated silver (nickel) with the intention to make some kind of cheap jewellery item like a charm bracelet. I have 2 of these plated halfpennies, both 1967, one of which is holed at the top. As to the value- £0,00

The scans do get resized- 640 Pixels wide, I do not know about height! So if you resize your scans using your graphics program to 640 pixels width then there will be no quality loss when posting them. Another tip is to sharpen your pictures before reducing their size. I use a digi cam and even on the smallest setting of 2MB the size is about 3 times that required. Reducing, digitally, the size always results in a loss in quality this can be offset by sharpening the picture before resizing. Trial and error, just play around with your graphics program until you find the settings that suit you. I use Picture Publisher 8 which is free, or it was when I got it which is a while back. The last Picture Pub was Ver 10 and then they were taken over by Coral and it became Coral Photobook. This I have as well but unfortunatly Coral decided to switch of quite a few functions which p****d me off so I went back to PP8.

Ok Chris here is your mega test image

Ok, cheers Rob. So just a recut Die then.

He does not quite get away with it. Quite a few neg feedback entries and I suspect he will not be around for much longer if it carries on. Feedback for qccoins

At first glance that is exactly what I thought, double date, but if you look at the 1 and the last 8, the underlying numerals are definitely larger, in height. Agreed, the border beads look to be double struck but the owner of this coins say`s there is no sign of a double strike on the rest of the legend or bust. Unfortunatly I do not have the coin in front of me and the scan of the whole coin I have been sent is a little out of focus. I would tip on a recut date. The large and small date pennies have a different date width and in this case the underlying date seems to be of the same width as the over date. A worn Die, date recut? um, Chris. I can now add a picture, thanks; but I think I should worn you that I am told I have "unlimited space" and no longer just 65kb or whatever it was limited to before. You might want to check that!!! before your web server is filled by some idiot.

I have been asked about this 1858 Penny by a friend and I am going to throw it open. To me it looks like a small date over a large date but it is very close call, so opinions please. Thanks, Gary cannot attach a picture! "Global Space Left: 0bytes". help! what has happened? Are we no longer allowed to post pictures? Ok, I have put a scan on the net , here. 1858 Penny

Hi everyone, what do you make of this, 1933 Penny Read the questions from potential Buyers and the answers the seller has given !!!! Is this the 1933 penny missing since 1970 !!!!!!!

Yes, I had thoughts along those lines to. If you look at the T`s they also show signs of being double struck. I was quite chuffed to find another one, as you know, the first one is no longer in my possession Now, 2 known examples, are there any more, I think so. Happy Hunting.

by the way, although the reverse of this coin also has the break in the linear circle this is not an indicator that the Obv is the R over B variety. I have found others that have the break where the Obv. is normal.

and the whole coin,

Another one has turned up. This one is in much better condition, my grade nEF with lustre. The overstrike is slightly different (see scan). The one on the right is the original one and on the left, the new find.

Thanks for the info Chris but how do I go about getting a copy, do you know?

Hi Rob, I have, at last, had a good look and can see no signs of another double letter except the F of F:D but that is correctly aligned i.e directly on top of the lower F. I have compared this coin to another F 282 and it seems that the whole of BRITT has been re-engraved or re-punched slightly further away from the linear circle. Although the underlying T is too close to the linear circle to be normal. A x10 Mag was used.