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  1. secret santa
    Thanks Declan, and Pete has just mailed me a copy so Happy Days.
  2. secret santa
    Great work Declan. Would you mind if I use your stats on 1913 pennies for my penny varieties site ?
  3. secret santa
    Don't recall seeing one but a die break shouldn't be enough to make it a particular variety (IMO)
  4. secret santa
    I do something very similar - I take high quality pics with a digital SLR and macro lens, store them on my PC and on ONEdrive (cloud) whilst keeping a duplicate set of pics reduced in size by 60% using Photostudio (from 2 or 3 megabytes to <500 Kb) on both for uploading to here or websites.
  5. secret santa
    Looks like a standard currency issue to me but I'm not an expert. When I took a holiday job in 1965 as a lorry driver's mate, we used to transport antique furniture quite often, and the shop owner used to sometimes tip us a Churchill crown which, considering that Smithfield Market would tip us sixpence, was a small fortune.
  6. secret santa
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Victoria-bunhead-penny-dated-1671/263426088724?hash=item3d556b1f14:g:9UoAAOSwp7taU6Be Never realised Victoria was on the throne for so long !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1897-DOT-Victoria-Penny-coin-W1897a-Fair-F147-O-NE-very-RARE/142486494758?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D49131%26meid%3D256f57045f0e4a90b2a78ae6f448981a%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D253354778435&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 They're not all locked up yet..................................
  8. secret santa
    Yup
  9. secret santa
    If you've never seen the genuine one, I doubt it.
  10. secret santa
    Blimey, these fakes are good...............................
  11. secret santa
    Just had a look at at a picture that Rob put up (of a genuine one I assume) and I can't see any obvious difference from the one mentioned above in the sealed pack. What am I missing ?
  12. secret santa
    which of course doesn't help if you've never seen the real thing....... Anyone got a pic of a genuine one ?
  13. secret santa
    Help me out here, how can you tell it's a fake ?
  14. secret santa
    The interest will be sparked when someone discovers another like yours Zo. At the moment people collect the F147 dot because Freeman (for some reason) decided to formally record it. At the moment, yours is a spurious dot that might even come off when scratched and so will not become "official" until someone comes up with another specimen. Meanwhile, someone may decide to speculate on your coin in the hope that others may appear.
  15. secret santa
    What a super way to end the year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  16. secret santa
    Teeth and linear circle are all part of the engraved die.
  17. secret santa
    All the F26s that I've looked at have the letters of BRITT very close to the linear circle so it's probably a clumsy repair to the linear circle that's impinged on the legend ?
  18. secret santa
    Get those pennies up asap !!!!
  19. secret santa
    Does anyone know if Ron Stafford is still around ? I used to exchange letters but haven't heard from him for a few years.
  20. secret santa
    I'm not a million miles away (south oxon) and find that offer rather tantalising...........
  21. secret santa
    The latest email from Sovereign Rarities lists coins variously described as "Deep Cameo" and "Ultra Cameo". Are these places just trying to invent grades to get more money out of collectors ?
  22. secret santa
    And the king's moustache has been twirled on the right coin - or is it Hercule Poirot ????
  23. secret santa
    OK - I've just unplugged/replugged the modem and all is fine !
  24. secret santa
    No, I select English single lots - page 1; comes up but when I try to click on next page or any other page, screen just displays "can't be found."
  25. secret santa
    Is anyone else having trouble checking the realised prices ?
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