scott

yea same with the collection i got, my great grandad saved em up in 67... sout of what? 200-250 coins majority was average grade, nothing special in there, some nice reverse 1908s (only fine those reverses)a fine grade 1900 but there was an 1860 and an 1861 and 1864 serif 4(all very worn, i might show you those.. well the 61 is unidentifiable but the 60 is maybe just about and the 64 is..well a 64).

13 types makes me wonder though, is it is as rare as we think but i think pointings should count if its 1 or 2 types in a year? but 13? As far as i'm concerned low tide = F156 with MINOR pointing differances normal is F157 1903 is F158 and open 3 is 158A (why A?) 1904 is F159 1905 is F160/1 (another pointing this is the E in penny pointing at a rim tooth or a gap 1906 is F162 1907 is F163 then we have 1908 F164-6 all pointings again but the rare one is 164A with the colon after britt pointing at a tooth 1909 F168 which is 1 in the date pointing to the right of the tooth and F169 1 above tooth which is rare 1910 F170 so.. thats what i read from CCGB whats F167? and all of these are all pointings (except low tide which is the victorian reverse) of course things get missed (see 1858 small date farthing and PECK, which is obviously a variety but was missed) but thats rare, and i would love to see the differance between all 13 of these because well.... thats a lot of differances in such a small area. it was fine in the victorians you could see date differances, but spotting the differance between 13 spacing differances in that small area? i must really get that book...

yes i won it http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT listed as 1875 BUT having taken the picture and zoomed in and also after comparing to other examples, i believe to have got my hands on an 1875h penny (had to check for the size of the H and the size of the raised wear looks to be that of an H)

doing fine so far. even with the silly penny prices got a fine gade 1862 (99p with 1.65pp) and a beaded boarder 1860 halfpenny for 99p(1.10pp) also found some wheat in all that chaff... i wont reviel until i win it (if i do)

nice 1902 but £20 O.O wide 2? how rare are wide 2's i always thought there were date spacing differances in 1902's... i got my F169 1909 penny through luck (bulk buy) by 1939 rhodesia 6D through luck (bulk buy) my 1858 small date farthing through luck (dealer didn't have a book with it listed) so there are ways to get one cheaply, but you do need luck

look at the americans, every singe tiny error is listed as a varieties. some should be listed if there are enough imo

yea but you lose money doing that metal dectecting you can make some money

i saw a 1864 in fine going at £58, it was the serif 4 too... but yea i see those 1 side sellers and get annoyed.. i use both sides to decide.. and its always the wrong side!!!

there was a bulk buy with one in i think, cos that went way up to like £5-6 for some worn 1903's.. tbh pennies are flying up to stupid prices currently. i would have done what you did.. prolly would have rejected it though

gawd thats nice... i really do need to find a book which explains all these types..

whats the dyes... seems hell of a lot of money for something so ugly how rare is R5?

that would, trust me, they always do

those things go for more then £2 more like 15

ahh ok, i have 2 1913 pennies already both 2+A going off colon pointing and date spacing anyway

yea not much in it.. thats probably why its not well documented

thats great.. i might as well then, i have no idea what the differances are between the types, cant find much on george V types, but the information would be great for searching deep into the depths of dealers and ebay

first one is a 1770 5 kopeck, hard to value though... lots of factors with russian pieces

i have an issue with the 1913...because its worn and £2.... and i'm quite into my pennies atm... so curiosity..

hmm, i know that lustre can fade but keep the colour cant it? because i have seen yellow lustre before on coins of the period, only thing i can think of as well as additions, what grade is it EF?

perhaps.. there are some nice pieces there, if i know what was so rare about that 1913.... but yea lower starting usualy gets the ball rolling easier anyway

1903 penny EF? grade... thought it was polished but as you can see, the wear to the raised parts shows the normal colour underneath, had this coin for many years and i like the detail.

1697 halfpenny, basically still on my project of collecting at least one coin from each monarch, (...anne will be fun...) this was the willam III i got on the cheap. i have little resources for identifying these, except for coins market values... hard to tell if there are any dots on the obverse

so whats the differance? 174-7 are valued the same, whats this one?

yea i know... i really need to find out what these dye numbers are 1*? whats 1*? what is making the 1913 £2? i thought all types were about the same

yea how did that one get identfied... i love the 0 on lot 5 though using those pennys to identify mine...