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 March 25 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.

[Peckris 2]

On 3/27/2026 at 11:01 AM, absence of uniformity said:

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

It was thanks to Michael's footnote in that - about the 1946 ONE' penny being scarcer than  the 1926ME - that I finally managed to get Spink to include it in their Standard Catalogue.

[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

Thanks, the amount of time i have spent lookng for the more common coins I'm starting to think will be easier to find and buy coins which are attributed. Im lucky so far most of the coins I have found are types I could never afford.

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6 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:

It was thanks to Michael's footnote in that - about the 1946 ONE' penny being scarcer than  the 1926ME - that I finally managed to get Spink to include it in their Standard Catalogue.

Good work ! I'm having trouble finding the 1946 ONE'. Although I spend alot more time searching for other types.

[Bronze & Copper Collector]

18 minutes ago, absence of uniformity said:

Good work ! I'm having trouble finding the 1946 ONE'. Although I spend alot more time searching for other types.

I have 2 still currently listed on ebay

[Peckris 2]

41 minutes ago, Bronze & Copper Collector said:

I have 2 still currently listed on ebay

I've got one in average circulated condition but I want one EF or better. 

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1 hour ago, Bronze & Copper Collector said:

I have 2 still currently listed on ebay

Thanks I did have a look, I just found this coin. Its hard to say with the image quality what actually is there could be anything.

In my image the coin on the left is from LCA and the coin on the right is the one I just found, I drew some lines to show the position roughly.

I also added an image of the coin seperately. its 0.99 buy it now plus shipping. I know the lines I have drawn are not perfect but it doesnt quite match up with the example on the left. 

[absence of uniformity]

30 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said:

I've got one in average circulated condition but I want one EF or better. 

this one look's nice aye ! sold through LCA

[Peckris 2]

2 hours ago, absence of uniformity said:

this one look's nice aye ! sold through LCA

I'd settle for that! Any idea what it went for?

[absence of uniformity]

19 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said:

I'd settle for that! Any idea what it went for?

£340