Bronze & Copper Collector

Apropos to the above: A man travels to Spain and goes to a restaurant near the bull arena for a late dinner. He orders the house special and he is brought a plate with potatoes, corn, and two large meaty objects. "What's this?" he asks? "The Matador Special, Senor," the waiter replies. "What meat is it?" the man asks. "Cojones," the waiter explains, "They, are the testicles of the bull who lost at the arena this afternoon." At first the man is disgusted; but being the adventurous type, he decides to try this local delicacy. To his amazement, it is quite delicious. In fact, it is so good that he decides to come back again the next night and order it again. This time, the waiter brings out the plate, but the meaty objects are much smaller. "What's this?" he asks the waiter. "The Matador Special, senor," the waiter replies. "No, no," the man objects, "I had the Matador Special yesterday and it was much bigger than this." "Senor," the waiter explains, "the bull does not always lose."

I believe it is what Iain Dracott identifies as a F over F in his Victorian Half Penny article... More defined than in my specimen.... Nice example of the variety....

Here is the example in my collection. I thought I had another, but I can't locate it now. Possibly sold on ebay, but I can't access my records in turbolister...

We better hope that eBay doesn't read this. They might get the wrong idea....

Tin NOT included!!!

A job for Allen Stockton...

If that were the case, it would beg the question of what years are available to take the "0" from. I am probably missing a date as I am writing this without referring to a guide, but the only dates on copper pennies that have a "0" in the date are 1806, 1807, and 1860.... 1808 excepted as unique.. I believe they have a method of softening the metal around the digit and moving the metal as required....

Entire Reverse

Entire obverse

Just for comparison, here is mine...

Not to be too picky, but just to confirm that it is a typo and not an error in the RM system, I assume you meant to write December 31, 2020, not 2021... If it does say 2021, then their system has serious problems and argument could be made that it is unreliable and untrustworthy...

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." - Sherlock Holmes - (The Sign of the Four - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I concur inasmuch as I think I see a shadow of part of the final digit which looks like parts of a 1.....

Magnificent!!!

The 2 individual sets of 3 rings worked out.... these were only 3/4 inch rings, but they matched the spacing as imaged. I just cut an unused plastic binder that I had to make front and back covers to protect the pages. Not a perfect solution, but for me it works. An additional benefit to this option, is that the pages lay flat and you can keep them with the updated guide book.

Center space between the 2 groups of 3 is too far apart....

I might have found a workaround solution... I ordered this from Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07VDX2TVH/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_4QALFbSH0V9A8?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 it's a 3 ring grouping, supposedly with the proper spacing for the 2 individual 3 ring sections of an a5 binder. If 2 if these are used separately, you can make your own binder with the proper spacing between the 2 sections. Just make a front and back cover to protect the saved pages.. I'll let you know how it works out when I receive the shipment from Amazon..

I've checked the a5's on Amazon, but they don't appear to match up completely with the binder they are in. I might have to take a page in to a store and match it up properly...

Does anyone know the size binder that is used for the guidebook??? I want to put the old pages in a separate binder for reference as it is too tight to have them in the back of the original.. Thanks

F-282a, 7 & G, 6/8... Excellent find.... Congratulations..... much nicer than mine...

It certainly looks like one.... More like the 7 & G's that I've seen than a 5 & G, but would have to see the obverse to be conclusive....

I would never have thought that it could take so many words to say NOTHING... Possibly more words in the listing than in the dictionary....

Extraordinarily GENEROUS Seller.. Unlike most that you find ..... Seriously, a lovely coin... There was a high grade slabbed example on ebay that became unavailable about a month or two ago.... I was watching it, but it was out of my price range..... Was that this specimen???

It's like going into a brick and mortar store (selling anything), and everything is all over the place with no semblance of order. Extraordinarily difficult to find anything without perusing every aisle. And wasting valuable time..