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  1. secret santa
    Yes, Michael just mailed me to say that the 2 previous sales had realised £80 and nearly £90 !!!! You got a bargain.
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    Well done Mike; Michael himself also bid for it as he has no copies left for himself !
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    On obverse C1 the 6th to 11th beads below the bust touch the bust whereas on C they do not.
  5. secret santa
    What auction was that ?
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    I agree about the F77 - very hard to get lustrous examples, likewise F20/25, but my records show that F14 grows more plentiful with lustre all the time (at least 18 to date).
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    I've added a page to my rarest penny site called "Scarce Pennies" and included a few such as the 1863 open 3, F79, F98, F164A etc each with a single example. I'm interested to hear other suggested inclusions.
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    Brilliant - thanks Paddy - job done.
  9. secret santa
    Any suggestions for a cheap and safe method to convert PDF files to JPeg ?
  10. secret santa
    Yes, it's Ceri Davies' coin - it's a shame he doesn't share his collection.
  11. secret santa
    I think it's Ceri's ? I'll use the James Workman example to avoid any issues of misuse.
  12. secret santa
    Anyone got a photo of a lustrous one please ?
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    I've got a bit of time on my hands at the moment so I might create a page - it's simple to remove it from the menu if I find that it's common.
  14. secret santa
    I've maintained a record of rare penny sales for about 15 years but never included F79 - going back through similar records as Mike has, I find about 16 examples, of which some may be duplicates. It's an unspectacular die pairing and has never attracted any attention.
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    I have a feeling that there only around a dozen penny collectors on the Forum so we may not get a very representative selection ?
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    Although neither drawing is particularly accurate - the 5 with the pointed top should be noticeably fatter, and the 5 with the bulb top should have the curved part closer to the top bar - unless he was working from completely different versions ?
  17. secret santa
    Interesting but this diagram is a little confusing as it doesn't correspond to his descriptions of the date numeral 5 on page 2 which agree with my own findings: the tops of the 5s are in direct contrast to my findings for dates from 1856-59. large date small date
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    A must-have for penny collectors. Michael's Victoria edition has superseded the early pennies but it covers Edward VII to Elizabeth II. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-coin-book-The-British-bronze-penny-1860-1970-by-Michael-Gouby/363269173178?hash=item549487afba:g:XFYAAOSwRFtgDGIm
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    Thanks Mike.
  20. secret santa
    I bought this as an 8 over 3 but it's the type that Michael argues is 8 over 2.
  21. secret santa
    Not resolved - watch this space.
  22. secret santa
    Thanks for the pics, Jerry. I've taken a second look through auction archives and I've now recorded 16 examples, most of which are a decent grade, so it looks as though it may only be scarce rather than rare but almost certainly less common than Freeman's R13 would suggest.
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    I see that LCA have an 1875 F79 penny in their next auction, described as very rare. I have gone back through their auction archives and, indeed, there are not many examples. My own archive compilation has only 11 in total. Can it really be that rare ? Perhaps collectors could share their specimens and I'll decide whether to add it to the rare penny site.
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    I don't know - I think it was Terry that mentioned it on here a while ago and I've been looking out for one. Maybe someone else can shed more light ?
  25. secret santa
    A 1921 F191 missing waves finally arrived from the US. Not really a variety but the first coin that I've bought for a while.
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