pies

Welcome to the forum,not many penny collectors here(sorry Rob) I would be happy with Declan's grade I'm hopeless at grading For buying penny coins look at pennycrowncoins.co.uk not super cheap but fair prices and as Derek literally wrote the book on grading coins you know the grades will be accurate

Sorry but for my eyes and fingers they are,pretty coins though

Ah the old hammered stuff, i keep looking at it ,but im out of my depth, there are so many varients that i couldn't tell a fake from a proof or a bargin for a rip off. I will drift that way soon, once my understanding has got a bit lot better .The pennies are fairly straightforward with lots of info available The reason i dont do halfpennies is purely because they are pretty much the same, and farthings are just too small. Milled silver gives me a reason to buy other coins, plus i like the coins

I know, like Zulu's "bloody hundreds of em"

Apart from these: 1904 '4 points to tooth' 1911 Gouby X 1915 'recessed ear' 1916 'recessed ear' 1944 'last 4 points to tooth' 1946 'ONE*' flaw Does anyone have anything not listed in Freeman? (actually Dave Groom lists a couple of other date position varieties, as I recall?) Yep i have UIN 17141, not only is the date spacing different but when rotated britannia is at about 75 degrees

Ok Rob yep there are quite a few of them, i suppose i come into the catagory as well

So what the most boring the 1908?

I read in another post Rob thinks there are too many penny collectors on here Can't say I've noticed that many probably could only count four or five of you, so if you're a penny collector show yourself

Rob a mac in car terms is like an Aston Martin, Bentley Audi. A PC is more like TVR, Fiat Datsun You pays your money.....

Buy what you like,buy quality. The collection whatever it is will sort itself out from there

Coin six is unc. Taking a decent photo is a challenge for me theses days:(

Rob seriously think about getting a mac. Microsoft software is so full of holes that scammers etc find ways in. Then Microsoft release a patch and so on. Every new piece of software you load slows the machine down even if you uninstall it as it usually stays in the registry. Since I have had my apple I have virtually zero problems

1,unc 2,aunc 3,aunc 4,might not grade due to scratches , but could be otherwise unc 5,aunc Thats my guesses

This is my error 20p. Not sure what flan it's on though

I'd be inclined to break it out and remove the problem, a very nice coin would sell on its looks alone regardless what cgs say

Very nice!!!! I can but dream

really nice coin you have there!

I think they come from the same as this series http://www.coinpeople.com/index.php/topic/14833-spink-patina-collection/

I know You bought it then Pies?Yep been looking for one to turn up for ages. I saw one I think at the London coin auction a while ago and regretted not getting it so I was buying this one. I have uploaded pics to the acquisition thread

Cheers all

I know

If I had a hat on I'd take it of for you guys. Incredible how you do it

They're surprisingly common and that's among the worst examples I've ever seen! Keep looking (on UK eBay) and you'll definitely find a much better one for less than £30. As mentioned above, the rarities (which are VERY rare) are the miss-spelt 'PENNEY', the dated 1844 and the all silver examples. There are also lots of micro-varieties, for which there's a book published, should you be interested in researching further. Do you know the name of the book cheers

sorry typo 1868

Im after the 1968 penny they have,got a high secret bid down as will be out of reach on the day,as they say got to be in to win