The British Bronze Coinage: Pence, Halfpence and Farthings 1860-1869 Paperback – 20 May 2002 by Michael Gouby

[absence of uniformity]

Would anyone have a copy for sale please?

Are all the Penny varieties covered?

Did Michael write a book which covers only Penny types and die pairings. 

How much info was added to the 5th edition?

The British Bronze Coinage: Pence, Halfpence and Farthings 1860 - 1869 (5th Edition)

by Michael Gouby

Loose Leaf, 60 Pages, Published 2006

ISBN-10: 0-948855-11-8        / 0948855118
ISBN-13: 978-0-948855-11-5 / 9780948855115

many thanks !

 

Edited Wednesday at 05:38 PM by absence of uniformity

[secret santa]

It's not really a paperback - it's A4 pages held in a ring binder.

[jelida]

It doesn’t really cover the varieties at all, more to do with the history behind the coinage and details of its manufacture. Michael is still advertising it on his website Michael Coins.

For pennies he has a book purely on the Victorian penny series and it’s worth enquiring as to availability, that does cover the varieties. The latest Freeman also covers most significant varieties but not the minutiae. Also possibly out of print, but these do appear occasionally on EBay.

Don’t forget that the commoner issues are all still ‘varieties’ and by no means all are easy to find.

Jerry

[jelida]

35 minutes ago, jelida said:

The latest Freeman also covers most significant varieties but not the minutiae. Also possibly out of print, but these do appear occasionally on EBay.

Jerry

Note the publisher, Chris Perkins, has just posted on another thread on this topic, there are a few copies of  the current Freeman available on the link he provides. Essential reference, and not expensive.

Jerry

[SilverAge3]

Yes, get the Freeman book, esp as the new edition is available once again, although the prior edition is extremely useful, and an industry standard.

[secret santa]

On 3/25/2026 at 5:33 PM, absence of uniformity said:

Did Michael write a book which covers only Penny types and die pairings. 

Yes, "The British Bronze Penny 1860 to 1970", but it's out of print (it's another A4 ring binder).

[absence of uniformity]

On 3/25/2026 at 8:44 PM, jelida said:

It doesn’t really cover the varieties at all, more to do with the history behind the coinage and details of its manufacture. Michael is still advertising it on his website Michael Coins.

For pennies he has a book purely on the Victorian penny series and it’s worth enquiring as to availability, that does cover the varieties. The latest Freeman also covers most significant varieties but not the minutiae. Also possibly out of print, but these do appear occasionally on EBay.

Don’t forget that the commoner issues are all still ‘varieties’ and by no means all are easy to find.

Jerry

Ok thanks ! I purchased a copy from Chris a while back.

[absence of uniformity]

3 hours ago, SilverAge3 said:

Yes, get the Freeman book, esp as the new edition is available once again, although the prior edition is extremely useful, and an industry standard.

thanks !

[absence of uniformity]

2 hours ago, secret santa said:

Yes, "The British Bronze Penny 1860 to 1970", but it's out of print (it's another A4 ring binder).

Thank you Richard, this is what I would like to track down.