secret santa
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Spot on - lovely coin. It's number 6 on my rare penny site.
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Mine has got the same as Ian's.
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Great stuff, Ian !
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Th explanation for the "dots" was contained in an article that I wrote for Coin News last year. I'll try to precis it for the dot penny page on the rare penny site.
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Looks like it - over to Ian to confirm !
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Right, I'll update my descriptions.
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I also bought a coin in this auction - an 1859 small date with what Ian Fall calls a "narrow" 9. It's taller with a larger and oval loop. I've been looking for one of these for a while so I think they must be scarce. Ian's comparison:
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I seem to remember that years ago some weather forecaster said that there was an over 80% probability that tomorrow's weather in the UK would be the same as today's. How things change ! -
I'm not inclined to add it to the "Dot" pennies because virtually all of these have perfectly circular raised dots about which Paul Holland has offered a plausible explanation for their origin and I'd prefer to keep them together as a single "phenomenon". Possibly another page could be created for coins with extraneous extra metal such as this ? Let me think about it. Richard
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At the time of buying the coin, Barker, of Hull, said he was “over the moon” when he discovered how unique it was. So, how unique is it ? Rather unique ? Quite unique ? Very unique ? A trifle unique ? I'm afraid that the word "unique" is going the way of "literally" and "amazing" - i.e. becoming meaningless.
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1923 Specimen Strike Half Penny
secret santa replied to Patrick2023's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I would expect a specimen strike to be much, much sharper than this. -
Very rare 1881H F103 sold on Ebay today for £1420 - a reasonable price for a genuine rarity with fewer than 10 examples on my website.
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Ditto for me - I agree that the die crack looks to be a definitive identifier for the obverse. I'll look a little more at the reverse.
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Just checked my 1856 OT - detached clover is there but NOT the misaligned colon after DEF.
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Great work as always, Ian.
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A cursory examination reveals a die crack on the obverse from the C of VICTORIA to the rim and, on the reverse, the colon after DEF is misaligned.
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I wait with bated breath (saves me looking !)
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I've added a little more to the Victoria bronze obverse page on this. https://pennyvarieties.wordpress.com/victoria-bronze-part-2-1861/
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Me too.
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Thank you for your kind comments but the halfpenny site is very much an afterthought, something to do in Lockdown. Pennies are my main (only) interest.
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F39
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I've mentioned this with pictures on my varieties website for Edward VII pennies but haven't noticed it on 1900 pennies.
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Yes, slip of the keyboard ! £12,880.
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I was going to bid for the 1895 pattern (F777) at Noonan's today. A similar specimen sold for £3500 on Baldwin's list in 2011 but today it went for £10,880 !!!!!!!!! Needless to say, I didn't buy it.
