a few highlights of the week
in a recent bulk buy
about £11.20
and found this in a load of pennies at the dealers I have been through and ignored many times, no idea how I missed it.
1890 narrow date, wasn't really looking for it, but it stands out.
I just got a Benjamin Britten for 75p.. the mintage on that and the prices asked...
coin dealer has a bag of the commemorative 50ps, so usually have a look through there, hopfully one of those will turn up.
I want that wide one
I found another narrow one on ebay, just waiting for it to arrive. and incidentally found a narrow date 1890 today as well, which i'll compare, you will be surprised how noticeable they are for 1 or 1/2 tooth difference.
I have found the 2 types of R in 1893, and thats out a few examples I sorted out for later examination, (7-8 examples) and only 1 had short R
not found a rotated in any date at all yet.
gone through a load of mine, not picked up anything bar the heights of the 9s
and we have date spreads all the way through to 1894, so if we are checking obverses then what we do with 1889 is the same for other dates
and that 1889 narrow was something I spent ages searching for btw
both those types can be found readily.
if you look:
top one
top of 9 above 8
tail of 9 just below bottom of 8
second one
top of 9 level with top of 8
tail below
you can tell these widths by the general placement of the 9's compared to the 8 next to it.
this is a rarer one
better ones i own