Bernie

Hello, Hopefully I have attached a picture of my 1882 withou H, Not forsale I'm affraid

The foil impressions were produced for numismatic purposes and not intended to be sold. The impressions are of the genuine coins. The 1933 impressions are from a genuine Freeman 209 currency coin. The hairs you mention are impressions of the red hair material which comes from coin trays. A number of these impressions of a 1933 penny were produced and given out, so these hair impressions may appear in different places or not at all. The impressions are produced by a folded piece of the cheapest, thin, kitchen foil, cut to 80x40mm and folded in half. (shiniest side inwards)It is then placed in a press with rubber pads 35mm dia top and bottom, the coin placed between the folded foil, and pressured from the press. I wouldn't advise anyone to try this on an expensive or rare coin unless it has been thoroughly tested on low value coins. Never try this on coins with cracked flans.

For those of you which are relying on varieties in Part 2. I think that it is only fair to let you know what is not in the collection. the following varieties are not in the collection. Freeman 8, 9, 19, 28, 33A, 39A, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 69, 76, 103, 112, 192A, 209, 247.

I have noticed that proof sets with black coloured backgrounds do tend to tarnish far more than other colours.

"last man standing" auction ? Anyway, it certainly looks very interesting. Who knows there might be a high grade 1926 ME penny worth fighting over, if you've a spare couple of grand floating about. 1926 Modified Effigy in ~BU lower estimate £2000 in part 2 auction