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    1940 single exergue . A recent acquisition which upgrades my existing coin , a devil of a hard one to find in top condition.
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    Obverse
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    Talking of 1879s , I think I got a bargain when I picked this one up recently for just twenty quid.
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    I thought you might like to have a look at the Rhus in my garden as this year its the most amazing red I've ever seen it.
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    I picked this 1933 penny up a while back now , but forgot at the time to share it with you . It would be nice if it were the real Mc Coy, but a pretty good modified example I think .
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    Obverse
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    Reverse
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    Acquired this 18.60 dot penny recently [ Gouby 1860Sx ], which also has the E in ONE trying to turning into an F [ Its on Richards Dot penny list ] When I received the coin I had a really good look at it and noticed something else . The obverse side also has a central cut ribbon, and smaller re'entered colon after F: D : Making it a [ Gouby 1860 Vc ] as well . So three separate errors on one penny ?
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    Ah yes , Kid gloves I see
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    I think the H must have been added seperatelly to each working die as I have found 1881 coins with it positioned all over the place.
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    I would have thought that in those days the letter repair punches would have been hand made , and therefore every one would be very slightly different , also when the working dies were repaired the depth of the strike would vary in accordance with how hard the punch was struck.
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    Alright So I got it wrong. It was a BLUEBIRD SPEE WHALE jumping
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    Obverse.
  14. terrysoldpennies
    close ups smoke on horizon.jfif
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    1912 penny which I call - Titanic on the horizon. I first discovered a very worn example back in 2011 , and first mentioned it on the forum back in 2016. I've been looking for a really good example for the last 11 years, and only now has an uncirculated example finally turned up. It actually looks like a plume of smoke rising from an old coal fired steam ship going over the horizon, and being a 1912 penny its association with the Titanic is obvious.
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    I would have said it's a degraded E on the die, repunched with another E ? especially as the P has also deteriorated.
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    I would also say small date.
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    I've increased the number of pixels and increased the size as much as the picture will allow if it's of any help.
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    Reverse
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    Yes, it's a really attractive and unusual shape, and is almost perfectly positioned centrally underneath the D.
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    I thought ide post this one as it may be of interest to some of you. It's an 1863 penny with a dot, well a dash really under the D in F D in the shape of a half round dot.
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    I was lucky enough to pick this one up on the Bay , unattributed as an F763 [ Gouby A1+B ] [ Bulging Eyes ] . Its the same as Example 2 On Richards site . I know Its a little battered, but so hard to find in any condition. I also note that both the Reverses on the Gouby A1+B and the A+B are different in that the date width on the A1+B is wider.
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    No sorry , Its a 5+D .
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    The holes were practical in some countries, coins worn on strings around the neck, like this tiny West African 1/10th penny Indeed the only genuine EDWARD VIII penny I could afford has a hole !!!
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    This was a little while back , so as I remember it, It was about the 1862 2+G only, and it showed that there were at leased two reverse G dies used with the obverse 2 die [ It could be that only one obverse die was used , and retooled to give a new outer circle line ] . With such a rare combination [ 2+G ] it was likely that only one reverse die would have been used in combination with die 2 , but this date variation shows that there were indeed two dies used .
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