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What's coinstar ?

I assume that if they can only come here if they have relatives over here, those relatives will house them in most cases ?

Sergei L****v must be one of the most evil people on the planet (trying to avoid libel).

Interesting because this is the first time that Fedex have ever got it right for me ! Luck of the draw ?

I've just received a penny from the Stacks-Bowers sale shipped by Fedex and, for once, they didn't slap the 20% charge on it - about 6.2% in fact - I have no idea how they arrived at that.

Repairs to the legend are manyfold.

I think the case for an overstrike with a "V" punch is strengthened by Gary's picture where the R and I are clearly overstruck.

Yes, it's on my collection website. No sign of repunched R or I.

I have in my own collection a similar example regarding the A/V. I have described it as follows: there is a clear and sharp but very thin crossbar to the A, possibly as a result of the A being repaired with an overstruck inverted V punch, leaving the the faintest but sharp remains of the crossbar, similar to the residual 8 of the 1861 F30 6 over 8 (see below under 1861 F30). The cross bar is barely visible in the above photograph but clearly and sharply visible at an angle under a magnifying glass.

Assuming that there was only one working die for the F27 because of its rarity, then dropped final 1 rules out your example 2 (all the example on my website have this lower1)

You sold me this penny as probably the first suggestion of the existence of the F27. You'll see that the top of the gap between helmet plume and head is very narrow and appears to me to be smaller than your examples. But it's a brave man that makes a firm decision.

Anyone spot the 1862 5+G (H+g) penny on Ebay recently ? An exciting new find perhaps ? Gary S has confirmed that it was erroneous listing with the seller getting his photos confused. I had suspected as much because the obverse and reverse photos were different technologies (one was JPEG and the other PNG images). Disappointing though.🙁

My sturdy 5 has the same flaw. The slim 5 doesn't.

These are my 2 F79s - the 2 5s do appear to be slightly different ?

I got mine from DNW last year for £618.

John Spring first brought this to my attention a few years ago and I have a couple in my collection, through luck rather than intention. I don't think it's particularly rare.

Investment - so, who decides the value of the investment over time ? It can only be an opinion until the item is actually sold which might then make a loss.

Grab yourself a bit of the Edward VIII penny. https://showpiece.com/edward8-penny

1875 F80

For anyone who didn't see it:

It's still in there as Lot 428. I can't believe they didn't remove it as soon as they received emails about it. Their credibility is plummeting. https://www.dnw.co.uk/auctions/catalogue/lot.php?auction_id=626&lot_uid=418653&search=1

It does look a little different, but it would be nice to have an EF specimen to be sure.

I had already also emailed DNW but have had no response.

Yes, that's very concerning when one of the top auction houses doesn't spot a blatant modern repro.

The reverse has 179 teeth - the true reverse should have 156 ! And the chainmail is more like the plain trident version. And the obverse has 180 teeth vs 175 on a real one.