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Interesting. I would say "post Mint damage" (PMD) and so not making it collectable. It certainly has taken a battering - I wonder if it was in a fire or something?

I have had a bit of a look at this, but got nowhere so far. The head reminds me of the late 18th century evasion and counterfeit halfpennies produced in the UK and America, but the reverse does not relate to these at all. The crossed knot design reminded me of some Portuguese and Maltese coins of that era, but again no match so far. Good luck!

Still no luck on the 2023 10p for me, but I did pick up 2025 5p and 20p in change yesterday.

The second half of the description would be "R over R in Victoria" (not a die flaw). The first half would be the base variety, which someone here would be happy to tell you, but we need to see the whole of both sides. It is most likely F39, but it could be something scarcer. This website (created and maintained by Secret Santa): https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/victoria-varieties/ would help if you want to identify for yourself.

Hi John, Welcome to the forum! The varieties and micro-varieties of pennies are a hot topic here, and there is often hot debate as to which is which. It is not really my area of collecting, but as I understand it, a "Variety" is when there has been a change in the design or layout of the dies. What you have might be called a "micro-variety" where an existing die has been repaired by re-entering damaged or misplaced letters or numbers. During the Victorian era this happened a great deal, so there are hundreds, if not thousands, of examples around. They are collected by the enthusiasts, but generally do not warrant a separate mention in the books. (With exceptions!) There are also "die faults" where cracks or dents in the dies result in anomalies. These are also not really varieties (though some have been listed as such in the past) but are still collected by some. Varieties generally have assigned rarity levels and so prices. Micro-varieties and die faults are much more difficult to value as it depends on finding a collector who wants them.

I would message the seller, but with a feedback of zero and such a cock up of a listing I cannot imagine they would respond.

I only have one these days. 20 years ago I bought a whole collection of Indian silver including several dozen assorted Rupees, but sadly I sold them all. This is William IV, 1835:

Arrrgh!

I wonder whether Gundry relates to the "Bridport Gundry" rope and netting company? I visited them with my father, when he was on business there, in the early 70s, but I believe they are no longer in operation. It was fascinating to see the rope making process and the number of different uses rope and netting could be put to!

Welcome @David WSGG. I can't see anything wrong with your coin, so I would say is genuine. Die numbers are a bit of enigma. The lists that have been generated are not from the RM and merely represent those that have been identified by various collectors. As has been discussed on here before, the lists are not expected to be exhaustive, new ones are occasionally being found. There are not many ardent collectors or collators of die numbers, so a new discovery does not create as much excitement as a new variety of, say, a penny. I believe the list you have referred to is this: https://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/dieno.html which does indeed miss out the 32 for 1873. Tony Clayton, who runs this page, would probably be the most interested in your discovery, but I can't seem to find an email address for him on his pages. Maybe someone else on here knows it? Ah - just found an email: tony@tonyclayton.org.uk

I have messaged the seller - we will see how honest they are. I suspect the "Customer Service Person" at Ebay was an AI bot!

Welcome @Elmo to the forum! An interesting set and intriguing that it is so difficult to find on the net. Individual coins are mentioned on Numista: https://en.numista.com/182480 but they would not list full sets anyway. Not sure we have many members here who are into Chinese coins as our focus is on British issues. It might be worth posting your query on Cointalk at https://www.cointalk.com/forums/world-coins/ as I know they have quite a few Chinese and bullion coin collectors there who may be able to help you.

I recall that in 2016 and 2017 the new £1 coins appeared with a variation in the rim. The milled section at the base of the portrait could be either left or right of the point of the neck and I think lefties were deemed scarcer. From 2018 they seemed to have sorted out the error and all coins were Righties. However, I have seen that the 2025 £1 occurs both Leftie and Rightie. I wonder if this is really an error, or will be another Ebay fad.

Mine matches the left hand version and @secret santa's, so I guess is the normal one:

Yes, I am not sure where AI came up with "Arabia Shelf" - makes no sense from what I know of Ancient history. I think the reverse legend starts "DEM..." so could be the Greek Goddess Demeter? but it may be "DEMNA.." which I can't relate. (The H is the Greek letter Eta - a long ee sound.) The only book I have on these is "Greek Imperial Coins" by Sear, but it has few illustrations and rather assumes you can read most of the inscription!