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If its of any help these are all the different date widths I have come across. And this one with normal spacing but for the 7s being closer together which is scarce

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 . Below is the 9 over 9 Gouby Bb

I thought this 1926 ME I picked up recently for £250 was quite a lucky find.

I have rung the wife and told her I my be a little late home

A little Christmas cracker joke . What do you call a Duck on Drugs A QUACKHEAD

What a stunner, and with just a couple of surface marks . 😄 George V half penny 1921 extraordinary tone | eBay

Funny thing , we fought for a Parliament and look what we've ended up with , a plutocracy !!

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.

I picked this one up recently , A stunning piece as you can see 😂.I wish . But , its an F21 3+d 1861 and on Richards rare list I payed sixteen pounds for it in a terrible state . Both pictures below and after a clean up

Yes its a 3+D ,

Well, I would love to be a Numismatist , but alas I'm an Oldmismatist 😧

That coin has the modified head found on the 1926 ME and on the 1927 ?

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 😁

Yes I think your right Richard about the Ad comparison Terry

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.

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

Yes Pete , Richards and Michaels are Ac, and the one I have shown is the Ae 13 tooth with the 0 directly over the tooth.

I'm sorry to have to disagree with you both as your two coins are both Ac with the 0 just to the left of the tooth. below is a picture of all the different date widths I have found , and an Ae to compare with.

That really is an odd one , there seems to be no sign of damage or tampering with the coin ?

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 😉

Unfortunately I think that the best coins are being bought up by the very rich, purely as investments along with art and classic cars, which are also sky rocketing. I collect mainly Pennies and over the last few years it seems to me that most of the rare types are rarely come onto the market. 😞

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