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As no-one else has stepped in to answer your question, I'll give it my two penn'uth for what it's worth. I can't seem to find anything about the 1848 in either Freeman or Peck. But a similar offering on e bay (minus the crown) is touted to be by Moore, and cites Rogers No 262, but without the doubled I - link. There is also a specimen with the crown, but no other detail - link I wonder if there is anything else in Rogers that might help. Or indeed in Tony Barter's book. Quite apart from anything else, the horizontal lines through the 1 seem to be strongly indicative of Moore. So I'd say on balance, it is one of Moore's model pennies.

This LCA catalogue malarkey is well and truly confusing. I joined their mailing list for a catalogue in about 2017 and received my first one in 2020. Had them regularly ever since.

Yes, indeed. Although curiously there seemed to be absolutely no fuss about that at the time.

Absolutely - long term stalemate seems the most likely way things will go. It won't happen, but in my view the best way forward would be to cede the territory Russia currently occupies in the extreme East, to Russia, and for the remainder of Ukraine to become immediate de facto members of NATO, and to move NATO troops in. Put the ball firmly in Putin's court and see if he dare risks a world war.

Yeah, these holes you know, they tend to wear their way right through the metal, naturally.

Not any more unfortunately. Following a robbery last year, he's decided to throw in the towel and retire. Massive great shame but I wish him well. Screenshot from Coin News March 2023:-

That's useful if you live in the outer Hebrides.

If you're inexperienced it can sometimes be difficult to tell the difference. But as Richard says, with a true beaded border, the beads are fully separate from the rim, all the way round the 360 degrees. With some, due to minting issues, some of the teeth are away from the border, and do appear as separate discrete "beads", but they aren't beads they are teeth.

No, I didn't get it, and apologies because my post above doesn't make that clear. I just happened to notice, amongst all the other crap looking 1862 pennies, that one had sold, and I wondered why. Didn't take long to find out ! Sorry you didn't get the 1897 HT. Another example of wondering why that specific coin had "sold". Although from what you say, it sounds as though some funny business was going on. Maybe somebody alerted them as to what it was, just as you bought it off the website. I know I felt disappointed that someone had "beaten me to it", as it was in the days before I'd got one, although the point is moot as you were unsuccessful. The only bargain I managed to nab from there, before it went elsewhere, was a very decent Bramah 26a (no serifs to the I of Britannia) You certainly do, especially as the photography is quite dark and you have to open up each one to take a proper "confirmatory" look.

This company (Cambridgeshire Coins) is so careless and let an 1862 F38 go for just £4.00 !!! Admittedly not in brilliant condition, but a bargain nonetheless. Previously they let an 1897 high tide penny in GEF with lustre, go for about £45 - missed that. The site is worth regularly checking for bargains. link

If you offer e bay sufficient evidence, they will take down a fake listing. They did once at my request. The details are on the forum somewhere. But that was one amongst many. The vast majority we will never see. As pointed out above, as long as they can make a profit, that's all they're really concerned about. They only pay the merest lip service to seller honesty. I think all you can reasonably do is keep a sharp lookout in your areas of interest.

Also strikes me as a perfectly literate individual deliberately disguising their writing in an attempt to appear uneducated.

If this is all made up, then how much lower can you sink than to assert that the proceeds will go to a motor neurone disease charity, and even quoting the names of a couple of well known sufferers.

"It" being the operative word - Sam Smith.

Sounds like typical 21st century logic.

Nice issue free F69, Blake.

Well, you say that, but with LCA. there is a big problem with certainty. As far as I can tell (and feel free to correct me because I'm far from certain), the auction is held in private behind closed doors. There doesn't seem to be an address for a room auction over the two days, and it's certainly not live over the internet, nor is there any indication of how to telephone bid - so no bidding war in real time. Consequently no bidder will have any idea what anyone else has bid - so whether you bid successfully depends largely on pre auction judgement on what others will likely bid. If there is a room auction where is it, and where is it shown in the website, because it's not exactly hitting me in the eye. Not that I can afford it either way, on this occasion.

link For me there is one outstanding coin, and that is the VIGTORIA penny (estimates £500 to £1500). Lot 1677. Probably be above max as it's in pretty good nick for a VIGTORIA. There is also another die No 4 under date. Lot 1678. Quite possibly the worst one yet in terms of wear.

Their grading standards seem much looser than ours.

I'd grade as EF/gVF. Despite the dirt patches, the obverse detail is EF. Reverse about gVF.

I'm almost certain there's an underlying H there.

Neat capture Bruce.

If I hadn't known what he looked like before, that pic would be unremarkable, But....what the hell has he done to himself? Obviously botox to his forehead, as I'd say it was near impossible to get to 63 without some lines. I had them at - sometime in my 30's I think..

I believe that buyers do factor in buyer's premium when considering a coin. I know in my case, I've really got to want a coin offered by Noonans before considering a bid on it. Simply because their premium is so steep. On a really expensive coin that can make the end result much higher than with other auction houses.

You were saying........😼