Penny Acquisition of the week

[jelida]

[jelida]

[jelida]

[Peckris 2]

3 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

The best 1921 I've seen was posted by @zookeeperz in May 2018. Although it is Obverse 3 (F191). Fully struck up both sides, with outstanding hair detail, it's probably one of the best, if not the best, you'll ever see.

link to it 

There's so much hair detail on that I thought it was Obverse 2 until I looked closer!

[Peckris 2]

41 minutes ago, jelida said:

That's amazing for a tenner. The seller obviously didn't know...

[1949threepence]

2 hours ago, jelida said:

Some great buys there, Jerry, especially the 169 which is obviously an absolute sod to get. £500 was a bargain price.

Edited August 2, 2019 by 1949threepence

[blakeyboy]

Those are such a great lot of bargains.

Once again, I looked on ebay to see how I possibly missed them, and can't see them anywhere.

Were they bought a long time ago?

[jelida]

44 minutes ago, blakeyboy said:

Those are such a great lot of bargains.

Once again, I looked on ebay to see how I possibly missed them, and can't see them anywhere.

Were they bought a long time ago?

Over the last four months,  the only one that still shows is the 1904 ( listed by forum member Coinery ). I tend to photograph new acquisitions in batches,  hence intervals between posting on these pages.

Jerry

[blakeyboy]

Ahh.. short so. I often do the same.

I look constantly for 'newly listed' listings of those exact pennies, and it's amazing what slips through....!!

 

[1949threepence]

I've managed to get a 164A - nice specimen.

Although the 164A's are showing up in increasing numbers now, it's quite noticeable that they are nearly all sub fine. This one is about GF/NVF and issue free. Similar grade to Jon's earlier this year, but obviously not a patch on the one Terry posted about the end of 2017. That was superb.

  

[secret santa]

Nice one Mike - I need one like this.

By the way, if you would crop your photos, you'd save me hours😀

[1949threepence]

2 hours ago, secret santa said:

Nice one Mike - I need one like this.

By the way, if you would crop your photos, you'd save me hours😀

Thanks Richard.

To be honest, I've never really bothered with cropping, so consequently never mastered the art. I'll have to look into it, see how it works. 

[terrysoldpennies]

2 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

but obviously not a patch on the one Terry posted about the end of 2017. That was superb.

  

I let you into a little secret about that find.  it was on E.bay and cost me £8    but here's the thing, it was a really bad picture and was listed as a 1903 not a 1908.

[1949threepence]

1 minute ago, terrysoldpennies said:

I let you into a little secret about that find.  it was on E.bay and cost me £8    but here's the thing, it was a really bad picture and was listed as a 1903 not a 1908.

The sort of e bay finds you dream about Terry, and which only turn up very, very occasionally.

[blakeyboy]

Wow...not only the wrong date, but the rare one....wow...

Six years ago I bought a tin of Vicky halfpennies- £1.50.

One of the 1862's in Good had the little 'B'...I had to hand it to my wife to confirm I wasn't seeing things....

[mrbadexample]

On 8/8/2019 at 5:40 PM, 1949threepence said:

I've managed to get a 164A - nice specimen.

Although the 164A's are showing up in increasing numbers now, it's quite noticeable that they are nearly all sub fine. This one is about GF/NVF and issue free. Similar grade to Jon's earlier this year, but obviously not a patch on the one Terry posted about the end of 2017. That was superb.

  

Only just seen this Mike - that’s lovely. ebay? Better than mine I think as mine’s got a few scratches that let it down a bit - it was full of muck when I got it. Hat off, as someone here says. 😉

[1949threepence]

28 minutes ago, mrbadexample said:

Only just seen this Mike - that’s lovely. ebay? Better than mine I think as mine’s got a few scratches that let it down a bit - it was full of muck when I got it. Hat off, as someone here says. 😉

Thanks Jon, not e bay, no...............oh well, as you've asked, I might as well tell the back story on this one, which is a bit circuitous. You might remember that during December 2018, a forum member posted his collection of 20th century coins. The thread is here. As suggested by Gary, the collection was indeed, at some subsequent point, left with Colin Cooke to dispose of - a fact confirmed to me by another forum member a few months back - and for a long time just seemed to be sitting there. There were several pennies I was directly interested in, including the aforesaid 164A, so I contacted Lee Brownson and asked if there was likely to be an auction of them anytime soon. Lee replied to say that there was not enough value in the collection for an auction, but if I let him know which coins I was interested in, together with a suggested price, he'd see what he could do. So I e mailed details of the four specimens I was interested in, and Lee replied to say that it might be a couple of weeks or so before things were sorted, but he'd taken a note, and would get back to me.

Towards the end of July, I received an e mail from Lee to say that Gary's entire collection had been sold to a single buyer, but Lee had held back the 164A for me. Buyer wanted the others I'd requested. That's how I got it. 

I hope I'm not speaking out of turn here, but I can't imagine it's a state secret. I've certainly not been asked not to say how I came by the coin. 

[Peckris 2]

1 hour ago, 1949threepence said:

I hope I'm not speaking out of turn here, but I can't imagine it's a state secret. I've certainly not been asked not to say how I came by the coin. 

No-one hasn't asked me not to quote your whole post so I haven't.. not. 

[mrbadexample]

Two recent acquisitions:

 

[mrbadexample]

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[1949threepence]

9 hours ago, mrbadexample said:

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Jon, I know these are a sod to tell apart, but I think that may be a 177 - P of Penny to a gap and colon between GRA and BRITT to a tooth.

I hope one of the experts corrects me, I'm wrong, and it's a 175 or 176.   

[PWA 1967]

I am no expert but its a F176.

First 1 of date to tooth ,no rim & sea intersects tooth 🙂

Edited August 23, 2019 by PWA 1967

[Peckris 2]

Just from instinct and experience I'd say that was the later obverse and earlier reverse. I.e. one of the scarce combos.

[1949threepence]

Yep, you're right. The one is definitely over a tooth. It just looked at first glance as though the P of Penny was to a gap not a tooth.

I need to get me teeth and gaps sorted.

[mrbadexample]

3 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

Jon, I know these are a sod to tell apart, but I think that may be a 177 - P of Penny to a gap and colon between GRA and BRITT to a tooth.

I hope one of the experts corrects me, I'm wrong, and it's a 175 or 176.   

F176 Mike. I’ve stopped even looking at reverse pointings as the thin v thick edge is much easier. Thin reverse edge and equal gap between GRA.BRITT = F176. Thick edge and GRA. BRITT = F175. 

A pleasing £1.84 from the US of A for that one. 🙂