Gouby BP1890Aa 1890 with low 90 in date

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Penny 1890 with low 90 in date, 14 teeth date spacing, Gouby BP1890Aa VG/Near Fine, Rare

I have seen this variety described as rare and or scarce. I found one BP1890Aa  inside a lot as part of a whitman folder.

I messaged the seller to ask for Obverse/Reverse images of the 1881 H from the folder to check to see if its a 9+M which obviously it wasnt.. I cant decide if the asking price for the folder is a resonable price given the only coin of interest in the folder is the BP1890Aa. I saw one low grade example of the BP1890Aa sold at LCA for £60.

The seller is asking £40 for the album. How rare or scarce is the BP1890Aa please ? I have been searching for one for a while now without any luck.

 

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In another post on this forum I found the following information;

1903 open 3 37,300

1908 F164a 55,550

1909 F169 23,200

1911 Gouby X 188,000

1926 ME 107,750

1946 dot 384,200

In which book or source of information could I find these figures for all types if it even exists?

Thanks

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[blakeyboy]

I'd love to know how those figures were obtained.

I got my 1890 'low 90' courtesy of a tip off from Mike Hopkins, a rather nice humorous gentleman ( "1949 Threepence" )

who frequented this site until we lost him a couple of years ago.

 

I wish we'd met.

[jelida]

35 minutes ago, absence of uniformity said:

In another post on this forum I found the following information;

1903 open 3 37,300

1908 F164a 55,550

1909 F169 23,200

1911 Gouby X 188,000

1926 ME 107,750

1946 dot 384,200

In which book or source of information could I find these figures for all types if it even exists?

Thanks

These figures are taken from a series of articles published in ‘Coin Monthly’ in August, September and November 1972 and possibly other months as my photocopy only covers up to 1946; ‘Major Varieties of UK pennies 1902 - 1967 giving estimated mintages ‘ by V R Court. I probably have the originals in my workshop, and could check over the next few days. 
There are also articles in ‘Coin Monthly’ in 1976 and 1977 by A R Alexander which you may find interesting , though like the above mostly dealing with 20th century pennies. I also have a photocopy of an article by Mr Alexander where he discusses a 1903/2 penny he has recently acquired. Not heard of since, afaik. Again I am likely to have the original magazines in store and will see if I can find them.

I would think that the 1890 penny is worth the money if it floats your boat.

 

Jerry

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26 minutes ago, blakeyboy said:

I'd love to know how those figures were obtained.

I got my 1890 'low 90' courtesy of a tip off from Mike Hopkins, a rather nice humorous gentleman ( "1949 Threepence" )

who frequented this site until we lost him a couple of years ago.

 

I wish we'd met.

Yes it would be rather interesting to know how it was calculated.

I'm really sorry to hear that. I just posted to a post without looking at the date talking about the 1915 recessed ear which I beleive Mike Hopkins started and Paddy informed of his passing. RIP @1949threepence

thanks.