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It's not a known major variant but a minor one. Yet it is a variant and as someone that collects variants I would be interested in acquiring the specimen if you are considering selling it. If you don't want to sell then I would still say you are looking at a 100x premium on the coin. The 1919 London mint coin in the current state would have got you 20p so 100 times that or £20 - £40 you could get for it in my opinion. Happy collecting and congrats on owning the coin.

There are specimens that I are known to have a small raised dot where the 'H' of the Heaton mint would have been. Some argue that these specimens were struck by the London mint to check how the aesthetics of the coin would change if a character were introduced. However others argue that this was due a clogged die. One has to consider that the circumference of this dot is almost perfect and it is of an uniform size on most coins meaning there is a good chance that this was a deliberate addition. Have to wait for someone like Gary or Bernie to respond so that we can hear their views.

I am convinced it's a deliberate dot. Better pics showing the full reverse would be useful though.

All's Well, Ends Well

There we are. Two gents doing the right thing. Over to you Pete show us the man we think you are mate. Prax would be happy to see this tread becoming such a great source of penny knowledge. It's one I troll regularly on the forum

Pete, Vicky and Dave. Please shake hands first. All 3 of you are good contributors. Can we for a moment forget yesterday happened. We all know how stupid grading companies are and how many integrity problems have been reported about CGS. That is not to say that Pete's coins are not good. After seeing the pics of the coins I am sure Vicky would have said some nice things about the coins

Coin is genuine but it has been cleaned. http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=15ojd5j&s=8#.VczW5PnfCww

I thought it would be days before someone gave the right answer. It is not a c over G or anything like that. It is a clear VIG so possibly pretty rare indeed.

Have you come across this before?

BINGO!!!!

Something is very unusual about this coin. Can you spot it? http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=29ynl8n&s=8#.VcyDdfnfCww

http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?searchlot=2623&searchtype=2&page=Catalogue

http://londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&auc=146&searchlot=3326&searchtype=2 One of the finest known.

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?