davidrj Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 It's not often I get excited by a penny with a hole in, but what do folk here make of this one ??? :-Obverse is similar to Gouby 1860 Jd - F in FD triple struck, but differing in that the last T of BRITT has lost it's horizontal barReverse has a raised dot in between E and N in PENNY which looks identical to Gouby's 1860 Le (Freeman 13)A definite Friday afternoon job£12.84 plus £2ppDavid Quote
Gary Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 It's not often I get excited by a penny with a hole in, but what do folk here make of this one ??? :-Obverse is similar to Gouby 1860 Jd - F in FD triple struck, but differing in that the last T of BRITT has lost it's horizontal barReverse has a raised dot in between E and N in PENNY which looks identical to Gouby's 1860 Le (Freeman 13)A definite Friday afternoon job£12.84 plus £2ppDavidThats one heavily repaired obv die! Seems that there are other letters that need looking at closely, E of PENNY and maybe other double struck or recut letters. Nice find David, pity about the hole Quote
davidrj Posted February 1, 2011 Author Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) Thats one heavily repaired obv die! Seems that there are other letters that need looking at closely, E of PENNY and maybe other double struck or recut letters. Nice find David, pity about the hole Agree about the E, not 100% sure about the dot, may be crud but it looks identical to the Bamford one illustrated in GoubyMaybe a soak in olive oil is called forIf the hole wasn't there, possibly the errors would have been spotted and the coin out of my price range And then those of us who collect varieties can't be too picky on gradeThe triple F shouted even in the seller's poor picture, but the Rev was a bonus I only noticed when I scanned it Edited February 1, 2011 by davidrj Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 The Triple F was obvious.... I was going to place a low bid on it, but it slipped my mind as I had some other pressing obligations to take care of.....I did not notice the other oddities.... Quote
davidrj Posted February 1, 2011 Author Posted February 1, 2011 Thats one heavily repaired obv die! Seems that there are other letters that need looking at closely, E of PENNY and maybe other double struck or recut letters. Even more of a disaster of a die pair than I first thought, here's the E of ONEThis one definitely not in Gouby Quote
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