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Hi John, Nice Penny! I checked the Peck Book on Copper Coins, and it states that "All colons sometimes weak or missing" on the OT 1854 Penny. FYI!

B&C, I am going to be at the New York show on Friday, 1/8/09. I am staying at the same hotel as the show is being held. If you are going to be there that day, let me know, and we can meet and put a face to the name! I know you , like me, will spend most of our time on the Bourse Floor, but it would be nice to take some time to say hello. I talked to Michael Gouby earlier this week, and he is not going, but he said a friend of his was setting up a table. He didn't say who the friend was though, so I don't know if it is anyone we would know or not. Are any of you other Forum Members attending?

I agree with Gary about the two books he mentioned. But if I was allowed only one (1) book for reference, it would be Krause "Standard Catalog of World Coins." While the Krause Catalog lacks a lot of the benefits of The Peck and Freeman books, with respect to English coins, it is the largest and most complete World Coin reference available. The biggest issue with Krause, is there are multiple books that must be purchased to have the full set. Each volume is about 2 1/2" thick, and cost about $65.00 each. Each volume covers 100 years. Just MHO!

Digger, You may have hit the jackpot with the 100 mill coin. According to Krause World Catelog, they minted 200,000 of the 1934, 100 mill coin, and it has a value (in Fine) of $90.00.

Merry Christmas David, and to all on the Forum. For Christmas, my wife bought me a plane ticket, and Hotel room for the "New York International Numismatic Convention," set for the first week in January. She said I had been good this year, so I deserved it (I bought her a new car!) LOL!

Badger, The last email address I have for Mal is "mjlew@orange.fr." You can purchase the disk from him.

You get the disks off of Malcolm himself. I'll look around and see if I still have his eMail address.

James, The bottom REG, of the three you have shown separately, almost looks like an R over a B. Is it?

I usually try to attend either on Thursday or Friday.... But I'm sure that we an work something out to meet.... Maybe all forum members attending can meet there at some point..... As the time gets nearer for the show, I'll check with you, for when you are going to attend, and maybe more of the Forum can also make a connection, at the same time. I've still got to decide if I am going to attend, but at this point there is a good chance.

B&C, Thanks for posting the 1915. That is the first one of those I have ever actually seen, although I have read about them in publications. BTW...are you going to the NYIN Convention in New York City, on 1/7-1/10? That is one of the few big shows I have never been too, so I might try to make it this year.

None of my 1869's have a date like that one. I was a little doubtful about the coin when I first saw it.

Peter, I never thought about the 1840...but I think you are right! I have four (4) of the 1839 2 prong farthings, but none of the 1840's!

The 1839 Farthing (with "no stop" after DEF, like your speciman) has a value of 5 pounds in Fine condition. No value is shown for the 2 prong version, but I would assume about a 15-20% premium over the aforementioned pricing.

You have a 1839 2 prong trident. It has a premium over the regular 1839 coin. Bob C.

Rev, Welcome to the Forum, from a fellow "Yank."

Badger, That is a really nice coin, thanks for sharing. If you ever want to entertain selling it, send me an email with the price you want for it. (RLC35@aol.com)

Hi Badger, From the pics of the 6 and the 1, it appears your example may be the best in existance. Can you post a full pic of the obverse and the reverse? Bob C.

In the USA version of eBay, all identities are protected, except the winner! BC

hopefully this link works 1916 penny Sadly I'll never know - just got this from the seller "es gibt leider ein Problem mit der Münze - ich finde diese nicht mehr. Möglicherweise wurde sie von mir doppelt eingestellt, jedenfalls ist sie nicht mehr auffindbar. Ich habe Ihnen zudem keine andere Ersatzmünze von 1916 anzubieten. Gerne überweise ich den Betrag umgehend retour, falls Sie schon überwiesen haben. Möglicherweise haben Sie auch einen Ersatzvorschlag aus den von mir eingestellten Münzen, es können dann als Entschädigung auch gerne 2 Münzen sein. " My German isn't good, but I think he's not got the coin he advertised. You can put that information into a language translater (google for language translation), and it will make it into English for you. Bob C.

You are right Colin. I have a new PC with Vista, and it does not work well with that program. I have a extra laptop with XP on it, and that is what I use with the QX5.

Here is the third pic (200x)

Here is the second pic (60x)

Hi David, I have seen the imager you show at coin shows, but have never used it. They are usually for sale at all of the larger coin shows here in the U.S. I have a "Digital Blue" model QX5 didgital microscope that has three settings 10x, 60x, and 200x. It does a very good job of bring up closeups, and varieties, but will not capture the "whole" coin, even on a farthing. I am attaching an example of the pics on the three settings. It will take 3 posts due to the size of the pic. Here is the first picture of a farthing triple 4 in the date.

This is the coin that was shown earlier on this thread, and on eBay. I wouldn't have known about it otherwise, since I didn't have it on, as one of my favorite searches. Thanks to all for your comments.