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terrysoldpennies

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  1. 1945 Tripled 9  penny   and a 9 over 9

    Both these coins came up for sale with the same seller, advertised as 9 over 9s , but on closer inspection one turned out to be a a triple 9 .  David J Groom lists a tripled 9 type, but as far as I know its not listed by Gouby ?  .  Anyway I personally have never seen a picture of one ,  Groom lists it as  ex rare .

    The first picture In close up is the Tripled 9 .   Second close up picture has indicators of the three 9s .  No1 is the top and bottom of the first 9 , No2 is the bottom and right side of the second 9 ,  and  No3  is the normal 9 .   It also appears to have a 4 over 4 .22483302_1945Triple9close-up.JPG.60c925488ba8ae27a71fa701448727d8.JPG

     

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    Below is the 9 over 9   Gouby Bb

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  2. On 4/29/2024 at 10:49 PM, Michael-Roo said:

     

    Terry,

    Here's something I came across earlier this evening which I thought may interest you.

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    Thanks for that Michael ,  I knew that he was a Nepolionic Veteran, but because I found the picture on a French site, I assumed he was French .  As you probably know he was pictured with a woman who I assume was his wife [ Picture below] . I used the picture because my wife thought there to be a resemblance to me 😟 .   I do hope though that I don't look as grouch as he dose . Ironically my son in law has two ancestors who fought at Trafalgar , one of whom who lost a leg and survived , I myself had a three times Gr Grandfather named Thomas Mason who fought in the American War of Independence and was with Conwallis when he finally surrendered at Yorktown in 1781.  He must have started his military career when he was recruited into the Third Reg. of Foot [The Buffs] in London, probably taking the Kings Shilling while drunk, as he then absconded only to be recaptured by a bounty hunter and sent to the Savoy Prison [ The converted old Palace which was where the Savoy Hotel now stands ] He went on to rise up to the rank of Sergeant and serve for twenty years.

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  3. The one thing I have noticed that seems to be present on all genuine Victorian copper pennies, is the wider tooth under the 4 in the date , which shows up very nicely on your Picture  Jerry oops make that Ian 😁

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  4. The Ae has the  0  directly over tooth 13 as shown by Gouby. My coin is exactly 13 teeth which is the same as the Gouby  Ae .  But your coin has the  0  slightly to the left of tooth 13 so you could say its a 12.3/4  tooth width and is unlisted 

     Maybe I'm nit picking as the difference is miniscule , but there must have been two dies as in my example the 7 is high in the exergue and in yours its lower down below the other digits in the date

    I trust I make myself perfectly obscure. 

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  5. On 2/9/2024 at 4:08 PM, secret santa said:

    BP1870Ae - Gouby says rare.

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    Sorry Richard .This Picture you show is not listed by Gouby.  I failed to count the teeth on Goubys Ac which is a left of tooth 12 example , yours is a just to the left of tooth 13 and is in fact a 12 and 3/4 width  , where as the gouby Ae has the  0  directly over  tooth 13 


  6. 7 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:

    I believe freeman had a deal with a local bus station in the sixties were he bought them all at face value , then went through them and took to the bank himself.

     

    What a good way to work out at the same time as collecting, he must have developed  a fair set of Biceps moving all that copper 😉

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  7. 7 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:

    I have never looked before Terry and thank you for bringing them to our attention.

    I have just had a quick look on American eBay and the first few i have looked at a couple appear to be the narrow one.

    Am i missing something and wrong or are they the right type ?

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204589827335 

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126257870145 

     

     

    Yes your right Pete ,sods law that two should turn up at the same time !  Why in the USA  ?

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  8. 1940 Narrow date penny.

    This date width penny has been mentioned by me on here before, but I did not give any indication as to just how rare I thought it might be.  When I found the first one some ten years ago I had no idea just how rare they would turn out to be, with just four turning up in all that time.   I know that this 1940 type penny will not be considered one of the greatest discoveries of all time, but I think it will be of interest to the large number of 20th century collectors out there,   It is rare, if not ex rare, and with there being very few rare 20th century types to collect it is really one to find and get into the collection.

    Below are the four types I have found,  the one at the top being the rare narrow date.    Note that the 0 in the date is centered directly over the tooth, but with all other types its to the right partially or directly over the gap between the teeth.     Interestingly three of the four I have seen were for sale in the USA , was this a batch made by the Royal Mint and distributed to the American Army during the second world war ?

    My lucky fined uncirculated example also below.

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