Victoria Penny 1898

[King Kenny]

 

 

When I started working in 1974 I could afford to buy a few pennies from one of the mail order coin dealers. In those days you did not get a nice colour photograph of the coin you wished to buy, but rather just a brief description on a typed list.

I bought this penny for a few pounds. I was a little disappointed when it arrived because of the black spots on an otherwise good looking coin. I was, and still am puzzled as to what caused these marks. The uniform pattern looks like marks left from a pierced metal tray

[alfnail]

Did you know it's the 'bisect lines' 2nd numeral 8? Gouby marks as RARE in his latest pages. Looks like a Ba. 

[PWA 1967]

6 hours ago, alfnail said:

Did you know it's the 'bisect lines' 2nd numeral 8? Gouby marks as RARE in his latest pages. Looks like a Ba. 

Although a better picture would be good, i think its Ca which is rarer still.

Good investment " for a few pounds " king Kenny" 👍

[King Kenny]

Wow. I had no idea. Thank you both, that is very interesting. I looked it up in the Freemans book and thought it was an F149 1 + B. I have only just stared to investigate all of the variants and I have a lot to learn. That's OK because that is what it is all about. 

[King Kenny]

Here is a better image og the date. I can now see that the second number 8 is different from the first.

[terrysoldpennies]

I think that's a Gouby Ba narrower date type as Ian [ alfnail ]  says .     Terry  

 

[secret santa]

1 hour ago, King Kenny said:

I looked it up in the Freemans book and thought it was an F149 1 + B

Take a look at:

https://headsntails14.wordpress.com/victoria-bronze-reverses/

[King Kenny]

Thanks. I did look at the Pennywise site before, but I never thought I would encounter any of the varieties  mentioned and did not look too closely at my coins. It will take me a long time to digest all this information. The Pennywise site is very interesting and highlights so much information throughout all the years. I would go with the Ba, but what do I know? Well, more than yesterday.