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2 earlier versions of the same pattern - I counted the teeth (122 and both A's point to gaps) on the Royal Collection specimen and it was a 3rd specimen. More details on my rare penny website.

Thanks Terry, that's an interesting site. I've discovered that it holds a 3rd specimen of the QEII pattern penny (122 beads) stating that it was struck on 17 September 1952, backing up the Royal Mint's comments to me when I had my example authenticated.

Where did you find this information, Terry ?

Ah yes, F789 - thanks guys.

Is this referenced anywhere, Terry ?

London Coins auction Feb/Mar 2020 - beware Lot 1438 which I believe to be a F763 (more common than F8B) and Lot 1444 which appears to be an F22 with missing top leaf but when you look at pictures from the earlier sale referred to, the top leaf is clearly visible.

Lot 653

Looks pretty authentic to me...................

It's from the Hiram brown collection but, saying that, there's also a clumsily forged 1943 penny in there as well, described simply as 1943 penny, even though they don't exist !!!

Yes, I paid a fortune for this 1961 penny with the date upside down.

I know it's rather subjective but I'd say Fine only -see cover of said book.

Very identifiable lighthouse, too.

They are, along with the 1882 no H and the 1860 mules, among the most recognisable true rarities which brings the "glamour". I think that if I weren't building up the population with pictures on my website, they might well be still thought of as a single figure population.

And another one at DNW in March - they're coming thick and fast.

And it's virtually identical to the Fine example in Derek Allen's excellent book "The Standard Guide to Grading British Coins".

Probably like online dating - full of promise but ends in tears (so I'm told !)

Winter of '63 - my friend Stewart and I were having a snowball fight outside his house a day or two before school was due to resume after Christmas when our French master/deputy headmaster emerged from his house across the way and ordered us up to school the next day (through foot deep snow) to address letters to all the pupils to tell them that the school would be closed for another week. We meekly obeyed him and struggled up to school along with a few other unlucky victims - imagine what today's kids would say to their teacher in similar circumstances !!!!

When I was about 6 or 7 I nagged my Mum to buy me a pack of Corn Flakes because there was a "skull" mask on the back of the packet but she made me wait until I'd eaten the whole packet before I got the mask. I haven't been able to stomach corn flakes since that day.........................

It's always been pictured on my varieties website.

Any chance of you coming back to help numbers ????

Sunday lunch listening to Hancock's Half Hour was one of my greatest childhood memories.

This forum has complained repeatedly but the site(s) is still as unfriendly as ever.

Do I detect another fan of the late, great Tony Hancock ?

Lukasz would be selling that as a 6 over 5.