1949threepence

Choice BU. Very desirable.

I made a bid on that F112, and still lost out. Interestingly, the penny was part of John Stephenson's unsolds from that PFK auction last year, which he placed with DNW along with the rest of his unsolds, including some halfcrowns. I think most of them shifted this time, whereas the PFK was a disaster from John's point of view. I believe it was John's late Father who paid over £2k for the 1882 no H. I know all this because I had previously asked John to alert me when the remainder were going to be auctioned, and he did so a couple of weeks ago, highlighting the very low estimates and that the 1882 had been originally bought for over £2k. I also missed on what was quite a decent F38 - bid £500, but went for £550. If I hadn't had to attend yet another useless meeting at work, I could have been on my PC bidding higher. The F38 continues to elude me as it has done for the last several years. As for whether the penny market is dipping, really too difficult to tell. I don't really think so - more likely that many aren't wiling to shell out on poor, albeit very rare varieties. Although the step up from fair/poor to fine seems to make a very significant difference.

So was I. But I did a bit of research and it would appear that lightning doesn't always take the highest and easiest path to Earth. Hence why people get struck in the street walking along, while the tops of nearby houses remain unaffected. In fact it can strike just about anything. explanatory link

Another useful bit of info. Thanks Gary.

Very interesting. Wonder what the story is behind that leaflet.

That is true, although obviously the piece of cutlery which first attracted their attention to what happened, was clearly not itself magnetic, as two magnets repel rather than attract. Yes, the shed was incinerated. There is nothing left of it. Burnt part of the fence down as well. But the house was unaffected as the shed is someway up the garden. It appears lightning isn't always attracted to the highest point. Thanks for the explanations gents - very interesting and enlightening (no pun intended) .

In the early hours of 27th May this year, this area, along with many others in the South and Midlands, experienced some violent electrical storms. I can attest to this fact as I was woken up by one at about 3am. There was another one the following afternoon, not quite as bad. Somebody told me that lightning had struck the shed next door, incinerating it immediately, and certainly there was a fair amount of cloud to ground type lightning. This is where it gets interesting - the couple whose neighbour's shed was struck, tell me that they had some coins on the kitchen working surface, and it was the next day, when the lady put a piece of cutlery close to them, that she noticed some of the coins stuck to it. They had become actual magnets, and her husband placed some on the side of the fridge, as they acted like fridge magnets. Over the course of the following week, the effect weakened, and they've now reverted back to non magnets. The obvious inference is that the temporary magnetism is in some way directly attributable to the close lightning stroke which burned next door's shed. Any scientific explanation to this phenomenon? I'm at a loss. I certainly don't think they've made it up. Another obvious question. Why did it just affect the coins and not the cutlery or any other metals in the house?

As others have said, a fake, and a very obvious one. When you've looked at thousands of real pennies, the fake ones hit you in the eye immediately. The obverse looks more like an obverse 2 than a 6, but that sure ain't no Freeman 38.

Larry, I notice you never quote the post you are commenting on. Always useful to do this as a) it avoids confusion as to who you are referring to, and b ) it alerts the person you have quoted so they can immediately see your post if they want to. If you are unaware of what to do, just click the word "Quote" on the post you wish to reply to.

I've got no real issue paying the tax. What annoys me is the resultant delay in receiving the item.

Thanks Gents. I can see that now. In my defence it was very late at night and I was practically falling asleep, so wasn't fully compus mentis Fortunately others were awake !

Looks absolutely superb, Andrew. (meaning the cabinet as a whole, not just the custom tray)

Just seen this on e bay. On the face of it, a bog standard F29, but what the hell is to the right of the light house, rock wise, and what is that tube like object to the left? To get a clearer view go into the link and see the expanded view - link

Interesting that whenever dnw offer up a Peter Nichols cabinet for auction, they now refer to it as "by St Leonards" as opposed to "by Peter Nichols". Whether this is to distinguish it from those now produced by the new makers, I don't know. link to example in the June 2018 auction

Quite a few years ago (2009) I couldn't help noticing the amount of scuffing in the obverse field of the newly minted BU Darwin £2 coins. Wasn't just one, they were all the same.

No, I can't. For comparison, here's another one I've looked up:-

Richard, are the scratches definitely on the coins themselves, and not on the casing? Sorry, I'm probably trying to teach my Grandmother to suck eggs here, but just thought I'd mention it to eliminate the remote possibility. If on the actual coins, then yes, it's an utter disgrace.

Wondered where you'd been, Pete. Hope you are now feeling better.

I'd say that cabinet friction or, as in this case, "folder friction", on an otherwise uncirculated coin, would be negligible in terms of actual wear - given they're not actually circulating and continually getting wear from constant exposure/friction with other coins, frequent handling, being drawn across surfaces before pick up etc. That's true wear criteria. Pictures would obviously help, but in their absence, I'd say aUNC.

If it were the 1934 Crown..........you'd be talking.

Yep, you have my sympathies. Communicating with some of these individuals is like trying to walk through treacle. Often I think how nice it would be to just have a normal conversation with someone who spoke the standard Queen's English, hadn't got a weird, difficult to understand foreign accent and they could actually comprehend what you were talking about - and you them !!!

I'd imagine it is. Did fakers ever bother going down as low as 10p?

Of course, it has to also be remembered that not every package from the States, or wherever, actually gets checked at all. Many if not most, just get delivered (eventually) in the normal way, with no additional cost. In fact I think all my coins from abroad have just been pushed through the door.

It reached the stage for me where if I wanted anything printing off, I was consigned to e mailing it to work, and printing it off there. I have finally got one to work. It's supposed to be wireless, but in the end I had to connect it with wires to my main PC. That's the only way the sodding thing will work.

Same here. I was perfectly OK with Windows XP to be honest, but when that was no longer supported I replaced with Windows 7, which is a slightly enhanced version of XP. We've got Windows 10 at work, the adverse experiences of which made me decide on the Windows 7 route.