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  1. secret santa
    Well done Mike - a genuinely scarce variety
  2. secret santa
    Good buy Jerry - a rare one, that.
  3. secret santa
    Yes, it's a "feature" of the forum - although I highlighted a piece of Ian's posting, because it was within your reply, it attributed the quote to you.
  4. secret santa
    The first useful information will probably be the posting of the prices realised, probably on Monday or Tuesday. This will give you a clue as to whether you were successful or not, but not necessarily as auctions often let a floor bidder take a lot with a bid that matches a commission bid. If successful, you will receive an invoice later in the week.
  5. secret santa
    Not to mention, there are no known proofs with this die pairing !
  6. secret santa
    Thanks Jon - it doesn't look like a proof with those teeth ! How come this seller has such a high feedback figure ?
  7. secret santa
    Have you got the link, Pete ?
  8. secret santa
    One for the penny collectors..... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1897-DOT-Victoria-Penny-coin-W1897a-Fair-F147-O-NE-very-RARE-/142401613037?hash=item2127cc2ced:g:81IAAOSwYlRZMHBo
  9. secret santa
    Just checked about a dozen and they're all "smooth to the left" - quite interesting.
  10. secret santa
    And the reverse
  11. secret santa
    Yes, it's been posted a few times but here it is again to save searching.
  12. secret santa
    No - this rare, possibly unique, penny has the modified effigy obverse but the true 1927 reverse.
  13. secret santa
    Thanks Mike, just what I wanted.
  14. secret santa
    Can anyone tell me about or point me to a reference about the Royal Mint Trial 12-sided £1 coin, many of which are for sale on Ebay. I'm particularly interested in the number minted, how they were distributed/applied for, etc etc
  15. secret santa
    Certainly - ignore their description. You're virtually correct in that all three are examples of early beaded border pattern F763 but lots 2833 and 2972 are Gouby A+b where the R & E of REG touch at the base and lot 2834 is Gouby A1+b where R & E do NOT touch at the bottom. All 3 are rare and should fetch broadly similar prices.
  16. secret santa
    Loadsapennies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  17. secret santa
    One of my spares has a low colon although maybe not as low as yours.
  18. secret santa
    I have 2 Peter Nichols cabinets and the second was bought second hand at a London Coins auction - some of the drawers didn't have the size of recess that I wanted but I sent one off to Peter Nichols and they made me half a dozen of the same size with the recesses that I wanted that fitted exactly. It's not a bad way of getting a quality cabinet designed to your particular reqts.
  19. secret santa
    It appears that the horse is rogering the dragon.............
  20. secret santa
    No - I don't think a scan from his book will transfer very effectively
  21. secret santa
    I've added your coin to my rarest pennies website as the 3rd example - hope that's OK, Jerry.
  22. secret santa
    Excellent cannon ball find Jerry.
  23. secret santa
    Just a well-worn penny, methinks.
  24. secret santa
    Far and away my favourite Viccie reverse
  25. secret santa
    Yes Terry, considering the number of reverse G coins struck over 14 years, I think this open P version must be quite scarce if not rare. I'll leave it to other collectors to check their coins to shed more light. I've just looked through some of my stored pictures and I've found roughly 3 other F37 proofs with open P and roughly 3 without (I say roughly because some of the pics aren't high enough resolution to tell). I haven't found any other F20 examples.
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