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Was this on ebay recently?

Good luck Pete so far it looks like you are alone in going for this. We will get an indication on the interest on this coin when bidding opens. You are going to see no trouble from me on this.

Second that ..... (also was the surface altered to mask the doctored date?)

I agree with Dave. With gold you will definitely find one in a jewelers vault somewhere in Philippines,Mexico or anywhere else in the world Gold is value in itself and so many people just hogged gold without looking at dates etc. Given this scenario one is bound to turn up sometime or the other

Happy birthday Gary!

I buy coins of the street (10000 for £100) some of which may turn out to be scarce. Once in a blue-moon I may stumble upon something worth £3000. How do I go about asking for a provenance for all the 10000 coins. WTF?????

Pretty rare coin in top grade but it can catapult to an extreme rarity if the fishtail is messed with. The photos are not so clear but worth checking Pete. Well done you

Condition and price? At the right price I am interested!!!!

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2ith4z4&s=8#.Va9ud-HfCww

Wow Pete!!!!!!!!!

Nice Jerry

One wonders if Pennies are losing steam at the mo?

Thanks Bernie. Their are a whole lot of followers listed. I assume they are waiting till the last few minutes to bid. Somehow I thought if the item did not end with a Buy It Now then it might fetch lot more. The other mules on ebay are struggling to fetch £600 but they are TB/BB

This thread is a direct reference to me "Idiot collecting ....." Bernie I would like to challenge you on the number one fan claim I hold a research degree and I can assure you that there is no better way to have conducted research on pennies except the way Freeman did. It is almost perfect. Thanks from the bottom of my heart Mr Freeman

Lovely 1873. I have not seen a specimen with 70% plus luster in a long time for this year.

Dave, I on I or 1 on 1 is fairly common. The things to note with the obv 6 pennies is the R or B or V over A. Value wise I doubt if the overstrike would add anything to the overall value. Pete, I am not too sure of a I over I on the 1860 I asked because I was curious as the obv 6 is rare on the 1860 and any abnormalities would make the coin just that little bit more interesting.

Nice I over I. Is it a 1860?

Dave, I think it's about the resolution of the pics, which isn't great with Omnicoin

Yes Rev H. Another point to consider is that Rev G is widely spaced as well.

The reason I think it did not sell (yet) was because there were at least 5 BB/TB in the market in just one year. Jackson's NGC MS 64 RB that sold for £2200 Terry Vaug's Fine specimen in Cardiff Galleries that sold for £480 Another ebay specimen sold in Apr this year was in fair grade and sold for £220 A poor grade specimen in LCA 2418 that sold for £350 There is also another in poor grade ex LCA specimen currently on ebay for sale. These are all F8s. There have also been 3 F9s that have hit the market including Larry Sinclair's that has remained unsold both on ebay and at LCA. So in general that's been like a mule every month and half.

Awful coin Pete. You should consider getting rid of it. Have I convinced you of selling it to "ME" Pete? Lovely stuff the 4 or 5 you had graded recently. This the 1865 and 1868 seem like real keepers. Good find and were they all from Neil?

All the copper and bronze fans are busy buying up stuff wherever they can find them and driving prices up like crazy Only hapennies and sixpences are coins currently seeing a subdued demand. Half Crowns and gold seems to be doing so well that we are still talking about Stanley like it just happened yesterday. Back to your penny Nightvision, oh BTW welcome on-board. It's a lovely coin something that can easily be graded GXF or above (good) extra fine. It's not a scarce date but there is one major variant and half a dozen minor variants. The close close date version being the major variant. From the pics posted it looks like a normal 1889. If you are collecting pennies good luck to you. However bronze and copper coins are very prone to environmental damage so please do invest generously on storage and accessories. Gold and silver are far easy to conserve considering noble metals don't react easily. However due to their soft nature they tend to get scratched or dented easily.

I have come across what looks like a 1862 half penny with the penny's 6 and 2 or at least it looks very weird to me The half penny 6 is generally leaning towards the right and the 2 is generally leaning to the left. In this half penny that I have found the 6 and 2 are more upright like the ones you would find on a 1862 penny and the 8, 6 and 2 are very slightly larger. Has anyone come across something similar please? I am not inclined to believe it's a new variety or something but I just felt it was abnormal considering there is a penny version with half penny numerals.

Not something one would call a rarity but a nice grade coin

One more from Mr Jackson