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    Thanks Prax. I perhaps gave the wrong impressions of the grades, one is Fine the other is near EF , I said VF/EF. This is the best one, though I think its been cleaned Terry
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    From Gouby,s site Terry
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    yes I think your right , but the ones I've seen were the complete blockage , so probably the more common Terry
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    Much rarer than people think , with my one yours is only the third one I have ever seen Terry
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    I have two Matt, so there are at least three. Terry p s have looking for years though
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    Jerry. did you see my post on colons in more pennies on Friday, I would welcome your opinion.  Also have you come across anybody else  with the 1860  2*  145 tooth penny.    Terry

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      terrysoldpennies

      Thanks Jerry. did you take it along with you to LCA.  you are Jerry aren't you ,as you finished with Gary!! .

      Anyway looks like its pretty rare     Terry

    3. jacinbox

      jacinbox

      Jerry is Jalida. I am Gary. Unfortunately none of us owns a 2* so Mike printed a scan of the 2*. .

    4. terrysoldpennies

      terrysoldpennies

      Sorry about that . Gary .   nice to speak to you anyway  Terry

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    Richard , did you see my post on colons in more pennies on Friday , I would welcome your opinion .  Terry

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      secret santa

      Terry, I did see your post and have looked at many of these pennies myself. As I say on my varieties website, I'm confused by them. All the pennies with either close or small colons (or both) show the incuse lines engraved on the bun (and the almost disappearance of the teeth into the rim) which suggests they are late stages of modification of the 4 die. The suggestion is that the colons have been re-entered onto a die with missing colons (which also has the lines on the bun) but there are many different "re-entered" colon types which suggests that there must have been many missing colon dies which have had the colons added back, in varying positions. But the missing colon variety (BP1860T) is very scarce and almost certainly (?) from a single die (although I have yet to compare all the known specimens to confirm that). There are other anomalies (see website again) which to me suggests that Michael Gouby's analysis of the nature and sequence of modification may not be absolutely correct. I still want to find time to do much more work on this and will keep you abreast of my thoughts/findings.

      Richard

    2. secret santa

      secret santa

      Sorry Terry, I think that the anomalies of obverse G are discussed on my collection website (englishpennies.wordpress.com) - do you have access to this ?

    3. terrysoldpennies

      terrysoldpennies

      I just tried pumping in englishpennies.wordpress.com  in to google, it wanted a password , I'm not great with computers , not far off 70 you see. am I doing it wrong .    Terry

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    Hi  Prax, about your 1934 missing waves. is it from the Workman collection , only I have two the best being VF-EF, as I wonder as to how rare they are , and what the possible numbers there might be of this type.    Terry

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    Hi Jerry / Richard . This is a type I've been looking at for some time now . I have found two 1860 coins, both as usual freeman 4+d , but slightly different from other types that I have seen. The first has the halfpenny colons like the penny above , but closer, and are larger in size like the normal colons . The other has wide set colons extending into the outer line, and rotated sharply, to a greater extent than the 1860 satin 20. There arrangement is identical to the 1861 satin 28a . Now the odd thing is that both were obtained from Australia , was this a coincidence, or perhaps a batch of pennies, all being of this modified die type were shipped out to Aussie in the 19th c. Maybe the no colon dies were sent out, recut and coins milled out there. Terry
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    That's a tuff one , I would think it must depend on the individual coin, and just how much the degree of wear damage or corrosion affects the overall appeal of the coin. And as to whether the type indicators can be seen clearly. Terry
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    This could be gold plating wearing off ? Terry
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    bh. pic.
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    Jerry , its as you say about the 1915 clogged 5. I bought one four years back for £15, and at the time I thought, have I paid to much , but I haven't seen another for sale since Terry
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    Thanks for the info. Terry
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    Pete . is this magnifier USB connected for a computer Terry
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    8 years of looking , I've have one , seen one other fully formed, and Richards ,not quite two serifs Terry
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    I must confess , I don't know why they should be round or sometimes oval, but they seem to form mostly along the cracks that are in the legend, as can be seen on Richards coin, where a smaller dot on the left of the O must later enlarge to link into the side of the O. I don't know the exact way they are made , but maybe the bronze is soft and creates a bubble of metal in the form of a blob Terry
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    Ian .The die would a Mirror image of the face of the coin ,so a dot standing up off the coin would on the die be a hole, so to remove, it the hole would have to be filled. My guess is that tiny edge parts along the side of the die crack, broke away leaving a small hole, or in this case two holes.
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    I think they are the result of a tiny die crack Terry
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    Full coin
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    Sorry to all you non dot penny collectors . This Obverse double dot type is only found on the 1897 high tide penny
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    ''Flown''
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    Art commissions taken, see my manager
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    the picture Terry
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