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Pretty sure that's the exact same coin from 2015, but for some reason I couldn't seem to find the obverse picture on my computer records!!

Hi Richard, Don't know why I had it as an F73, it is an F66. I don't have a picture of the obverse but the guy who offered me it advised it was an F66 at the time.....back in 2015. I believe he sold it around the same time, but cannot remember where. I probably should have taken it for £400!! Maybe ghosting of the bun, on a slightly rotated dies piece??

Yes, but on a different reverse

Yes, I think yours is a Ba Paddy, slightly wider and directly over a gap between teeth

.....actually, perhaps a bit narrower than Ba!!

For 'date width' collectors. Picked up quite a nice 1895 1mm penny, which looks to me to be something in between Gouby's Ba and Bb, with the centre base of the 5 neither directly over a gap (Ba) or directly over a tooth (Bb, wider).

I wonder what Linda would make of this one. Perhaps missing waves......and lighthouse!!

....turning up in your change 😂

This one, on an F16, has always intrigued me. Ghosting of Victoria's face can be seen (as it often does) above Britannia's left knee, but there is also something strange going on with the border teeth. The series of pictures at the bottom show an overlay picture of border teeth, from the same coin, which I have made gradually transparent from 0% to 100% as go from left to right hand side. This shows that the marks through Britannia's knees are clearly from border teeth. I bought this coin at Heritage in 2013 (MS63 Slabbed), and it took me a long time to find another F16 like this, to prove that it must have occurred during the minting process.......rather than the coin being hit with something post-minting. I will show the pictures of that other coin immediately below, as this picture uses up my 500Kb allowance!!

This similar low grade example sold on ebay a few days ago for over £70

Did you know it's the 'bisect lines' 2nd numeral 8? Gouby marks as RARE in his latest pages. Looks like a Ba.

The alleged 1858/3 penny was discussed on the forum about 5 years ago, and I put a few reference pictures on that might be useful to share again:- 1858/3 Penny - Page 3 - British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries - The British Coin Forum - Predecimal.com If you scroll down the page there are several posts with additional pictures. Hope this is helpful reference

Over many years of looking I have seen two 1890's with low 90 on ebay. One of these was low grade, which I couldn't bring my self to buy, so I informed a collecting colleague.......and he bought it. I found the one pictured below much more recently, and was pleased to acquire it for under £70. I think they are rare. By the way, I never did get any reply from Mike Hopkins relatives. The nearest relative was found by heir hunters to be living in Canada, and I asked the appointed Solicitor to pass on my contact details so that I could ask them if Mike's collection had formed part of the inheritance. This was because his house had been broken into after he passed away suddenly (in his house). Also, no one seemed to know if his collection was in safe custody, or in his house. I wonder whether we will ever get an answer to that; it was a fine collection!

I recently found this 1898 penny on ebay. I believe it is Gouby type Ca, which is rare, but I cannot easily find and auction (or other) sale information for this sub-variety. Does anyone have any sale information which might help me value please?