Half Penny Jon Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 Hi everyone,Could anyone tell me how many 1933 pennys there are of the 'normal' type and how many 'patterns' by Lavrillier there are? Also, how much would they fetch on the open market today (have an educated estimate)?Half Penny Jon. Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 15, 2004 Author Posted May 15, 2004 There are seven of them I think... Which type? Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 15, 2004 Author Posted May 15, 2004 When was the last time that one came onto the open market, do you know? Quote
custard1966 Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 According to collectors' coins there are 7/8 plus perhaps 4 patternsThere's also a uniface - with just the word MODEL on the obverse.I seem to remember reading somwhere that there are two in private hands - no idea of when one was last soldOne has been stolen (from a church I think). Quote
Emperor Oli Posted May 15, 2004 Posted May 15, 2004 I thought that they were all given to buildings, like churches and cathedrals, to put in their foundations?!Ah yes I'm right - there's an informative article on it here.Plus there's this from another site - "Three of the 1933 pennies were known to have been placed under foundation stones of buildings. One is a building belonging to The University of London in Bloomsbury, two others were under churches in the Ripon diocese in Yorkshire. In September 1970, the Church of St. Cross at Middleton near Leeds was damaged by thieves who managed to remove and steal the 1933 penny buried under its cornerstone. As a precaution, the other church removed its coin, and sold it by auction at Sotheby's on the 24th November 1972. Over the years we have been coin dealers we have had many people tell us about 1933 pennies they have found. Most of these turn out to be Australian, British West Africa, Jersey, or Irish pennies, and their owners, usually victims of their own wishful thinking, omit to mention the fact that they are not British pennies." Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 16, 2004 Posted May 16, 2004 i thought they were all burried under a london univecity or cathedral... Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 16, 2004 Author Posted May 16, 2004 Thanks for the help everyone, it would probably fetch a small fortune if it came onto the open market today! Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 30, 2004 Author Posted May 30, 2004 I don't think so. Someone out there has got it but they cannot sell it legally. Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 30, 2004 Posted May 30, 2004 I don't think so. Someone out there has got it but they cannot sell it legally. in theory they could sell it if they went abroad... Quote
Emperor Oli Posted May 30, 2004 Posted May 30, 2004 Yet again, you state the obvious! Anyone could sell it here if they had the balls but they don't! Think before posting! Quote
Master Jmd Posted May 30, 2004 Posted May 30, 2004 Yet again, you state the obvious! Anyone could sell it here if they had the balls but they don't! Think before posting! me? i just said that in theory you can sell it, HPJ said that it cannot be sold...so i was meerly corecting him... Quote
Half Penny Jon Posted May 30, 2004 Author Posted May 30, 2004 No, I said that it could not be sold LEGALLY. Quote
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