Bernie

Wonderful, if genuine. I have never seen or heard of this error before. Let the forum know if it is genuine please.

Neil Paisley of Colin Cooke Coins has informed me that the missing collections will appear back on his website in the near future.

1926 Penny Obverse 4 with Reverse C (this Reverse C appears to have extra definition)

1926 Modified Effigy Penny. Obverse 4 with reverse B.

Standard 1926 Penny, Obverse 3 with Reverse B.

1926 Penny Obverse 4 with New Pattern Reverse.

1922 Penny Obverse 4 with Reverse C

1922 Proof Penny, Obverse 3 with Reverse C.

1922 Pattern Penny, Obverse 3 with Pattern Reverse, similar but not the same as Reverse C. Longer border teeth etc.

Standard 1922 penny Obverse 3 with Reverse B, but struck on Ferrous Planchet.

Standard 1922 but with Dot in trident. Obverse 3 with reverse B.

Standard 1922 penny Obverse 3 with Reverse B

Mr T has mentioned all of the varieties that I know of, The F192C that was questioned in the final paragraph is the 1922 4+C. The links appear to be all there to view the different varieties. I can only guess what was going on. Probably experimenting with different die designs to get rid of ghosting. It is most likely that no penny dies were produced in 1923 or 1924 because of the two 1922 proof pennies that were issued in the 1924 proof sets that were given to South Africa. The two rare examples found of 1926 pennies, obverse 4 with pattern reverse and 4+experimental C were probably struck in 1925. There are probably records of the die production available. Another reader of this forum may comment more on these Royal Mint records, hopefully. I believe that the last sale of the 1926 obverse 4 with pattern reverse was sold by auction at London Coins, although it was advertised as a standard Modified effigy 4+B. There is more to this story of the sales of this pattern reverse, maybe the present owner, who follows this forum may like to elaborate.

Reverse D with Curved line rising to side of shield.

There were two slightly different reverse D die designs. From what I have seen, most 1861 3+D pennies were struck with the one of the two reverse D die designs that have no curved line rising up from the exergual line to the shield. The D Dies without this line tended to give a weaker looking strike. This applies to 1860 pennies also. One of the best 1861 3+D reverse pictures that I have has the curved line, I will try to attach. I will also try to attach a picture of the reverse D without the curved line. Your coin appears to be the type without the curved line.

I had a feeling that you featured the wrong picture, that is why I said "the penny pictured" indicated it was a Freeman 29. Very nice coin... Well done !

The 1867 penny was a brilliant Buy, but the 1861 penny pictured is a Freeman 29, dies obverse 6 with reverse D, not Freeman 21.

Absolute Beauty !!

Many of Michael's rarity estimates were questioned in the 1980's and 90's. Amazingly, time has shown that many of the questioned rarity estimates have proved most accurate. Well done Michael !! This is proof that your work was revolutionary and timeless. Your books and information were compiled before the internet, so with all of the many millions of bronze coins struck it was inevitable that you did not come across 100% of the varieties now known. Your number one fan, I think that the reader that knocked your work would definitely be rated at R20 !!

This I over I in Britt is similar to the 1861, variety obverse of Freeman 33A, that is 6+G with 8 over 6 in the date. Has yours got an 8 over 6 ??? (it is possible that this was the same obverse die used on the 1861 F33A's)

I'm surprised that know one has bought the BB/TB, they're like hens teeth. Nice coin Bob!

1860 mule penny on Ebay.com. Not an excessive price.

That is brilliant information, all new to me. Thank you for sharing your knowledge ! It really does pay to watch this forum.

I believe that the Royal Mint produced these sets to show the South African government the quality of coins that the UK can produce. Probably for gaining contracts for striking SA coinage.

Yes, I have the one that was from the split set. I believe that the other penny remains in a complete set somewhere in mainland Europe. Other coins in proof set are dated 1924. The Freeman catalogue dies of these pennies are precisely obverse 3 with reverse C. The two original sets were said to have come from South Africa, probably sold by the South African government (or mint, if they have one). The coins sets were disposed of in the UK by Spink & Son.