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One for the Penny boys..............work this out if you can 01/06/2014 Auction 145 English Coins Lot 2446 Penny 1868 Freeman 56 dies 6+G, Gouby BP1868Ab with 11 1/2 teeth date spacing Choice UNC with some lustre, slabbed and graded CGS 82, the second finest of 4 examples thus far recorded on the CGS Population Report £875 01/03/2015 Auction 148 English Coins Lot 2186 Penny 1868 Dies 6 + G Freeman 56, Ex-Roland Harris Collection London Coin Auction A124 Feb 28 2009 Lot 710 Unc obverse almost fully lustrous, reverse near so, rare thus and the finest so far recorded by CGS at grade 80

Yes

Ah ha latest picture looks better

Can't see anything to be honest. The 1897 dot that you're hoping for looks more like a colon dot.

Happy round number 80 Boab (RLC) have a good day. (null)

They always only post a few at a time, just enough too dangle the carrot

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If only 9 coins were previously available I'd very much doubt the BM would hand any over for public purchase, at least not in the short term. They would have to die study the coins and any possible duplicates MIGHT be offloaded eventually. I believe a hoard means 10 coins found in the same hole or a proximity of a 3 meter radius, when this is the case they must be recorded and handed over to treasure trove who then will determine if they are of national importance or not. I've heard of finders waiting months or even years for an answer back on their finds, this is why now some detectorists are reluctant to involve them anymore. In other cases I've been hearing that the trove now want grid references of the finds before even bothering.

Thanks to Mr T for this useful link on the Junilee head Sovereign http://issuu.com/jammdesign/docs/jubilee_brochure/1

My old one

I think endica is for US based customers. Doesn't Royal mail offer extra insurance £1 for each £100 value?

I'm struggling to work out how the seller can list at such prices, any new ebayer who starts selling is limited to £3500 a month for a certain period of time or unless they have a certain amount of feedback. Very strange

Well the P in PENNY definitely helps as I always thought the tide should be higher than the folds on the robe, but from Ians picture that's not always the case

Thanks Terry and Ian, wasn't intending in a bid, more highlighting the fact I didn't think it was what the label states. Let's hope nobody goes stupid money on it or they'll be very disappointed

Here is the 1897 in question, the tide is clearly below the 1st fold of the robe

The reason I question is that American TPGs do make mistakes on British Pennies, the seller won't argue because the label states that it is what it is and shouldn't be argued with if it comes from a large TPG. I once corrected Notheast numismatics who had a slabbed 1895 2mm, but it wasn't and I pointed it out to them, they eventually agreed with me and said they'd contact the TPG about it

I was always under the impression that the tide on the 1897 had to be above the folds on britannias robe for it to be a high tide?

Is it me or is this NOT a high tide? 321939581443 Same seller has an 1841 halfpenny saying its FDC but it's graded at CGS85 which is choice UNC according to the CGS list of grading numbers. FDC is proof but it doesn't look proof to me Same seller again has an 1893 penny graded from CGS and does look like 3/2 but how CGS would have missed that I've no idea

Here's an open 3 for you David 401036500352

Explains alot*country*cottage*interiors* previously, that was his wifes eBay name, he took it over after he was Mentioned in these boards an awful lot for a few things such as dipping and overgrading etc etc etc

Yup

Yes it had me smiling as well Richard. The orb in the REV is worn to death and there has been dipping involved, you can see the staining left over. I loved the "razor sharp detail" blurb in the description