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It was a million to begin with. Then reduced to 180K for a chip shop. Then reduced to £5 start and sold for a bit over £12 from memory.

People would stay say "I collect pennies" though.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Unauthenticated-1933-george-v-bronze-type-penny-gap-filler-dirty-bent-read-all/124535324180?hash=item1cfee23e14:g:I4cAAOSwYBRf8Z6b She didn't take long. Relisted with starting price of 10k. "This coin was cancelled at 370 due to the private offers and the amount of good feedback. people saying it could worth alot .. I had a lot of them. So now it's simply going on for the price of a car then a girl will be happy" "but I really can't say if it's genuine i can only tell you what mum told me so it's fifty fifty chance"

Yes, it is a truly historic denomination. But it will undoubtedly survive even if it will no longer be a circulating denomination. I rather like the idea of having gold bullion coins called pennies. Such items would commemorate the penny as a once important denomination. They are now just copper plated steel coins that no one want in their pockets.

"But I won't let them go for any less as your getting all 11 of mums last coins" Looks like there shouldn't be any more inherited coins for sale after these.

Regarding the "1933" object: looks like the top bidder wasn't genuine. From the description of one of her current items: "I'm letting the rest of mums collection go I would have listed mums penny with these but I dont have to sell that one if I don't want that one may be kept" Hopefully she will be keeping that as an "heirloom" and the item and the story will not surface again.

She was initially asking for £3. It is now withdrawn due to an "error" in the listing.

When I was visiting Wales, there were cafes where you can pay using Victorian pennies. You can exchange current coins for Victorian pennies with the modern values stamped on one side. The menu had two price lists: one for modern money and one for people using the "old money". Just a bit of fun. But I don't think it is worth causing suspicion and confusion for a bit of sentiment though.

I have checked using an inflation calculator previously. 1 pound in 1961 is worth £22.43 today. So a farthing would be worth 2.3 pence.

The plating is actually very thick at 25 microns. Hence, at least it will never wear off from the limited circulation it is likely to get.

I agree with Peck that copper coins are rather pointless these days. But we will produce them in sets and so the penny will never disappear . It's rather like the sovereign and will always be available to collectors.

A chocolate teapot is not so pointless. Lindt has made a classy dark chocolate teapot a few years back to promote its range of chocolate-tea pairings. 🙂 https://www.cityam.com/pictures-lindt-s-made-3kg-chocolate-teapot-and-guide-eating-its-chocolate-tea/

Presumably it could be of interest to investors too. The Edward VIII went to "a British collector in the room at The Waterbird Collection" in 2019

I would imagine that the famous 1933 penny is always going to be more desirable than an Edward VIII. The last one was sold in 2016 for £151k by Heritage. It wouldn't be at all surprising if the 1933 would auction for more today (particularly due to the weakness of pound sterling).

https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2019/rare-king-edward-viii-s-abdication-coin-makes-uk-auction-record/ An article regarding the penny after the Spinks auction.

Mintage figures from the Royal Mint site. https://www.royalmint.com/corporate/circulating-coin/uk-currency/mintages/1-penny/?

That's because 1p coins for circulation was probably last minted in 2017. There were enough 1p coins available so none were minted in 2018 except for those found in sets. The mintage figures from the Royal Mint site. Looks like no more were made for circulation after that.

No, that won't be classified as an error. Looking for a serious error coin from change is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. Only errors that are really obvious are worth extra money. Even then, there are not many error collectors and most won't be worth very much. Have a look at this link: https://www.changechecker.org/tag/error-coin/

I think the sealed bags of new coins came from the bank. From the Royal Mint website: "The Royal Mint cannot provide circulation coins to the public. We sell collector versions of coins, details of which can be found on our website www.royalmint.com."

True. But if you get say £100 worth of 50p coins, then I would imagine there will be some new coins. Obviously, your chances would be higher if you know when new coins were being released (e.g. the release date of Brexit 50p coins was announced I think).

Absolutely.

I would say that coins in a mint bag are "uncirculated". My view is that a coin is only "circulated" if it has been used to pay for something in a transaction. (Personally, I don't think one should take grading terms too literally. Hence, I am happy to think of a "circulated" coin as unciruclated if it is not below the quality of a typical coin found in a mint bag)

Among the many vices of George IV was being excessively overweight. One of his nicknames was the "Prince of Whales".

"This year’s edition has also been embellished with a special mint mark, the royal cypher of George III, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the end of the reign of the first monarch to appear on the modern Sovereign." That is just so lame. A frightful price for an ordinary BU sovereign.

The December LCA catalogue is now up if anyone is interested.