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Picked up this 1874 this week F73 with 7 over 7

Gary , you've placed the same obverse picture on the 1913 Penny F175 as on the F176. Easily done with all the work you've put in.

Looks like someone was even worse than me at spelling.

1860 Gouby T missing colons . my best find for a while

We should look up to our politicians, Pillars of society yeah Right.

Well, It is '' Free for all to see '', But your right , I was so wrapped up in it I failed to notice. Smacked wrist.

Lukas is claiming this to be a D* 2* ITS NOT it has a 143 teeth and is a D Freeman 2 not the D* 2* with 145 teeth I have informed him https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1860-Penny-Unrecorded-Gouby-Obverse-D-or-G-A-Of-Victoria-Points-To-Tooth-RARE/332960341847?hash=item4d85fb9f57:g:t0QAAOSwj-RcF8nw:rk:162:pf:0

Its GROUNDHOG Day

I could be wrong , but I could have sworn its 1908 Penny. Nice coin though

Yes indeed , unlike officers who got it because of there birth status.!!!

That smaller symbolic type Gorget shown in the picture you posted John was worn as part of cavalry officers uniforms throughout the 18th and 19th century

RUBBISH what's a farthing anyway ????

I was having another good look at the pictures of this New type 1847 with no colons after REG, and noticed that instead of a gown with the elaborate lace neck line, which you find on all the other reverse Victorian copper types. This one has what looks like a Gorget breastplate , with the embossed head of Medusa set into the centre , its difficult to be sure though as it could be a chainmail neck piece with the embossed head of Medusa on a solid piece of metal set into the chainmail . Small breastplates like this were used on armour going back as far as the Romans, and has been used for decoration on some military uniforms right up to the present day . Pictured below is a Gorget worn be the German Military Police during the WW2, which I think looks remarkably similar to Britanniar's neck piece on this newly found type.

Vote ROB for PM .

It could be ???

Talking of poor strikes during the war years, this one has to be the worst I have ever seen. And its uncirculated

It certainly difficult to be sure as to whether its a 4 or 5 , but I would favour a 5 as the outer ribbon just below the bow narrows sharply on a 5 ,and they have an in cut groove forming a fold , not to be found on the 4. The narrowing is still clear, but the fold has worn away on this example . As to the over letter, i'm not convinced, its quite common for a die crack to appear around the legend at the bottom or the top of the lettering , and if it were a crack , with the extreme ware present on this example it would not now show as that part of the coin has worn away ??

Hi Lucy, Welcome to the mad house

To me Ian it looks like a smaller sized 4 has been used, and then overstruck with the correct sized 4 ??

Sorry Richard I think its an F13 3+D but still just a standard coin

Its Rare alright , would it be possible to find one in a worse condition. There is a worse 1865 !!! . I think its got woodworm

This is the 1877 he's selling, it has the two 7s closer together , it is pretty rare though.