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The 1864 penny in BU is arguably as rare as the 1922 penny. It's often acknowledged to be the rarest bun to find in top grade. I would probably accept that BU examples of the 1864 are as rare as ANY examples of the 1922.

The 1953 mule is the second one sold in a year (the previous through DNW), so they are around. The problem seems to be in identifying the VIP sets at a glance, based on the style of the case or the even number of coins. The DNW set was 9 coins in a red case, while the London Coins set was 10 coins in a green case! The 1922 penny 192A is far rarer than the 1864 crosslet. Remember that not a single example turned up in VR Court's sample of 675,000 pennies. Crosslets aren't uncommon, though much rarer in top grade and certainly available at a price!

Welcome to the forum! I don't collect these coins, but it's always good to hear from new members.

Some beautiful coins in the sale. The Reddite Crown for example….. !

Welcome Tom!

Thanks for the heads-up. Can't believe they haven't updated all of their homepage though. It still advertises a preview of their last auction in October 2013!

Welcome to the forum!

I was at London Coins today, Dave, but only made a note of penny prices. The biggy was the F-192A, 1922 rev 1927 which hit £3,800 + commission. Nice to meet Derek Allen for the first time!

I'll probably put that into LC next time as somebody would want it. At around 3p it hasn't broken the bank, so no rush to cover costs.. You should do well in LC, I would say £300 minimum, which is 10,000% profit!

I may be interested in the F164A, if its significantly better than my existing example and you're putting it on your site? Though my wallet's rather empty after buying the Moore pennies this week!

Well done with the F164A! These are a lot rarer.

The best reference for relative scarcity would be VR Court, but this does contradict our own collective thoughts. For 1913 (11,000 coins searched), he has: 1 + A (F-174) 22% 1 + B (F-175) 2.6% 2 + A (F-176) 1.4% 2 + B (F-177) 74% So I guess around F-176 prices, for which London Coins have a few past sales. Eg. £150 in GEF last year.

We were discussing this same subject a few days ago in another thread, saying how much rarer the F-175 seemed than the other mule, F-176. I have one in F condition but hadn't put it on my website as I expected an EF+ example to turn up. I've never found one! Value would have to be a guess, based on the F-176, plus a bit. Do you have one Rob, and in what condition?

Now you mention it, with the photo enlarged, it is possible to make out the digits. It must surely be identifiable in hand?

Given the level of wear, I'm surprised it's not still possible to read the date in hand. The photo is just too blurred to help, but surely something is evident under the truncation? There's no other way to tell the three Wm IV pennies apart otherwise.

It really depends what the 2Kg is. That weight, if the coins were of high grade and included rarer examples, could represent significant stock to build a dedicated business. On the other hand, if the coins were of poor, circulated quality with no rarer examples, then it might represent little more than scrap value. We really would need more information. I'm sorry to hear about your health. Was your shop in any way coin-related?

...and yet I had a BU '57 calm sea a few months back but it flew out of my Shop like it had wings. I think it lasted less than a day. It went to Canada, where someone obviously collects them! And Rob does, of course. And I do, but then I collect everything. I treasure my halfpennies! But for some reason, maybe genetic, the halfpenny boys don't kick up a quarter of the fuss those farthing boys make. Talk about 'inverse proportion'. Apart from Rob's collection of proofs & patterns, halfpennies are barely ever mentioned on this forum. I often wonder why? Is it the ONE* 'mint flaw' of 1946 you're after, Peck?

Congratulations Chris! It'll be interesting to see if more start to appear now that the price has been set so high.

Just what I was thinking, Declan. Lots of new collectors visiting us in 2014, which is great. Welcome to the forum!

Not my area at all, but an interesting first post. Perhaps Clive can help? Anyway, welcome to the forum!

That's a great background story, Matt. I'm really pleased you found us as a result of our exchange. It's always good to have new enthusiasts join our hobby, especially those with a few less years on the clock. It sounds like you're already building quite a collection!

My exposure to 'proper' currys in the late 70's involved visiting a girlfriend at Bradford uni. A bowl of soup-like curry and a pile of chapatis. No cutlery, just a sink in the corner for washing hands when you'd finished!

Yep, I have one somewhere too. Almost certainly a bath in acid.

Some nice sites being put together here! One or two of the traditional sellers could be falling behind if they're not careful (though not in terms of stock).

I must be almost the same vintage. These fivers were around, but no reason why a 5 year old would notice them. I recall that the toy of my dreams was the famous Johnny Seven gun. Of course I never had one, but these monster contraptions were still under a pound, which was a huge amount then! Back to fivers, I certainly remember the later blue version.