1882 NO H Penny

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I finally got around to taking better images which represent my coin. Still cant get my head around finding this as cheap as I did unattributed.

As I have not been posting here about my finds I now have a backlog of finds to add to my collection taking photos and sharing here found some amazing coins unattributed.

Edited Saturday at 11:55 AM by absence of uniformity

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[jelida]

That is a particularly good example!

Jerry

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On 8/1/2026 at 8:38 PM, jelida said:

That is a particularly good example!

Jerry

Thanks. Supposedly only one example better than fine in LCA archive since 2003. 

[Coinery]

Excellent, still can’t believe it  

Well done, a phenomenal acquisition. I wish hammered varieties were as profitable. 👏👏

[Coinery]

I’d be leaving that somewhere where it could acquire a rich, deep, even brown tone. 

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1 hour ago, Coinery said:

Excellent, still can’t believe it  

Well done, a phenomenal acquisition. I wish hammered varieties were as profitable. 👏👏

Thanks ! In the hammered coinage there must be some varieties that command the higher premiums? 

For this coin I think it was mostly right place right time with alot of luck. It kind of fell into my possesion. Initially I did not find the variety, I found the coin then researched the varieties for the type. This was my first find and possibly the best to date.. You can see why and how I become totally consumed by penny varieties.

Then shortly after the 1877 F90. Since then I have found many decent coins but not quite of the same calibre of those two. It was enough to be hooked for life and invest more time to learn all I can. I feel now I have run out of avenues for prospection, I find myself looking over the same coins for sale.

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1 hour ago, Coinery said:

I’d be leaving that somewhere where it could acquire a rich, deep, even brown tone. 

Its come a long way already, I have been leaving the coin in direct sunlight with fresh air flow sat on a manilla envelope. In less than 6 months it has already taken on alot of toning.

[Coinery]

Brilliant, on both counts! 
re the hammered, there has been so many monyers and dies, across so many cities, with Bishops and emergency coinage, etc., etc., that new varieties are appearing all the time!
However, mostly, with hammered, it’s still grade and eye-appeal that remains king, and it appears that most people pick that up quite quickly, unfortunately!

One caveat to this is of course finding something in the ground that’s historically unknown for a mint or king, then you might be on to something…this seems to happen quite frequently with the early medieval period.