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  1. secret santa
    And your background blanket/jumper/whatever is a completely different colour too. Did you have a different setting on the camera ?
  2. secret santa
    DNW seem to be the premier auction outfit nowadays. Their grading is accurate as people have said, their website works wonderfully well, their photographs are generally top quality and both commission and live bidding work perfectly.
  3. secret santa
    That bloke "Wood" bought a load more coins again.....................
  4. secret santa
    F38 was never up there but, after Jerry's prompting and consulting my records, I'm in the process of adding it. Please let me know of any examples that I haven't listed.
  5. secret santa
    Done !
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    I'm not sure I'm convinced it's a 4 underneath but I haven't got a better suggestion !
  7. secret santa
    Yes, decent 1915 examples very very hard to find.
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    I'm also unconvinced of the variety. The photo in Michael's book is of a worn coin although I know Michael would not record it if he didn't believe it (or hadn't seen it in hand). Hopefully a BU example will appear sometime, unrecognised by the vendor !
  9. secret santa
    Interestingly, Gouby records R over B on an obverse F (Freeman 4) + rev g, but LCA describes their example as 5 + D.
  10. secret santa
    Fedex are smart - they mail you an invoice about a week after delivery, just when you've thrown the packaging away !!!!
  11. secret santa
    What's that and where would I find it ?
  12. secret santa
    I've just received another invoice from Fedex charging 20% VAT for a numismatic item from Stacks Bowers - I've written to them saying it should be 5% but I'm not holding my breath. Any advice chaps ?
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    Doesn't look right to me.
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    Ditto !!!! Must be a tax avoidance scheme........
  15. secret santa
    Exceptional obverse, Mike, with a bit of crow's foot thrown in and very nice reverse. And a really pleasing colour. Provenance ?
  16. secret santa
    I think that Jerry is suggesting you Google "Thelwell".........
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    Most of you will know that bidding online through the-saleroom.com incurs an additional cost of 3% of the hammer price. I've always felt this a bit of a rip-off but now I see that the surcharge is going up to 4.95% on 1st November. Beware, you unsuspecting bidders !
  18. secret santa
    And as I said above, the Home pages of each website explain the rarity codes used. The rare penny site uses Freeman's rarity codes and the pennyvarieties site uses Peck and Gouby codes. The fact that Gouby and Freeman both use a prefix of "R" can be confusing but the two sites are independent and do not cross refer or compare.
  19. secret santa
    Thanks for the advice. Read the Home pages and you'll see the references to Freeman's and Gouby's rarity codes.
  20. secret santa
    Got a nice 1862 F39A last week. Fantastic condition but cleaned - pity but it was cheap.
  21. secret santa
    Hi Lucy Collect whatever you find interesting or attractive. Some. like me, collect pennies because of the huge range of different varieties but others collect different denominations. Only you will know what strikes a chord. As Chris says, buy a book (they aren't expensive), look through and decide whether something captures your imagination !
  22. secret santa
    Brilliant - mystery solved. But "why Wood ?"............. I guess to preserve anonymity.
  23. secret santa
    Just a decent F10 ?
  24. secret santa
    Quickly, buy it before it's snapped up..... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-1866-Victoria-One-Penny-Stamped/183473333688?hash=item2ab7dce5b8:g:cLQAAOSwszVbuTHM
  25. secret santa
    This "Wood" character only gets mentioned at the end of bidding and merely signifies that it was a book (commission) bidder. It is the last word uttered by the auctioneer before the next lot.
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