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  1. secret santa
    What a great Christmas present !!!!
  2. secret santa
    So would I. http://halls.bidmaster.co.uk/bidcat/detail.asp?SaleRef=5054&LotRef=476
  3. secret santa
    Just got the latest Coin News and see that this coin sold for £1350 in November - someone made a quick profit !
  4. secret santa
    The fifth article, in March 2016's Coin News, contains the following reference: ".....the less scarce 1934 penny which is notable for being issued with the lustre 'mint toned' - not dark as with farthings between 1897 and 1918, but a dull reddish colour achieved using sodium thiosulphate ("hypo")." And that's all she wrote.....
  5. secret santa
    This person really is the scum of the earth. A while ago I emailed him/her politely correcting an Ebay entry for a penny described wrongly as Freeman 76 (as I recall) and the reply was "Who do you think you are - Michael Freeman ?"
  6. secret santa
    Wow - I hadn't heard about that. ELP were a bit far out for me but "I believe in Father Christmas" will always be my favourite Christmas song.
  7. secret santa
    They only accept postal or room bids (possibly telephone bids too). Sadly their website is awful. Very slow and poorly organised. They could learn a lot from London Coins' site. I've had a look and they appear to be only showing one side of coins as you say.
  8. secret santa
    Good job we gave English to someone else because it's being murdered over here..................
  9. secret santa
    Your wish is my command.....
  10. secret santa
    Finally picked up an 1853 Plain trident with italic 5.
  11. secret santa
    I agree, but this one looks pretty good.
  12. secret santa
    Here's a good one..... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-Penny-Coin-British-Currency-Since-Of-1892-/152329635895?hash=item23778dc837:g:KM4AAOSwa~BYNiHb
  13. secret santa
    And the rest! Don't forget that 2 specimens sold this year for £2232 & £1860 inc commission so it may not fetch much more - we'll see.
  14. secret santa
    Don't get hung up on the note. It's interesting but the real value is in the rarity of the coin. Should fetch £2500 plus.
  15. secret santa
    Nice coin. Not the rarest, as you say, but much harder than most to get in good condition, and virtually impossible to find in BU.
  16. secret santa
    I haven't really kept records on this variety other than unc specimens of which the Bamford/Alderley, Workman and mine (ex-Colin Adams) are the only ones I've seen.
  17. secret santa
    Don't worry, Pete, it's well accepted as a rare variety now.
  18. secret santa
    Well, he did catalogue the 1897 dot as F147 (and probably regrets it)
  19. secret santa
    There's a fortune to be made by adding random "dots" to pennies......................
  20. secret santa
    Can anyone see the 8 over a 6 in lot 1197 ? I can't.
  21. secret santa
    Just tried again and it worked with the same image as before - very strange !
  22. secret santa
    This beauty went for only £825-00 in Jun 2014 !
  23. secret santa
    2* is a newly discovered obverse - unrecorded by Freeman or Gouby - a variant of obverse 2 (Gouby D) with 2 extra border teeth such that the A of VICTORIA points directly to a tooth rather than to a gap between teeth as on normal obverse 2 (Gouby D). See my varieties website for more details.
  24. secret santa
    I'm trying to upload an image of only a few Kb but get the message that the maximum is 500Kb - is there a problem ?
  25. secret santa
    Cathrine, I don't know what you paid for the coin but I'd be inclined to keep it. These coins very rarely survive in pristine condition unless they've been protected from day one and your own coin photos show exactly how most of these early proofs appear in hand. I just wish I had the knowledge to photograph my coins in the way that PCGS did - my collection would look absolutely stunning !
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