pies Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 So how would you grade the 1853 penny?Welcome to the forum,not many penny collectors here(sorry Rob) I would be happy with Declan's grade I'm hopeless at grading For buying penny coins look at pennycrowncoins.co.uk not super cheap but fair prices and as Derek literally wrote the book on grading coins you know the grades will be accurate Quote
Paulus Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) Welcome along Sweep! You might be interested in perusing Accumulator's penny collection - it's very impressive! (I am not a penny collector myself, milled silver for me!)Accumulator's penny collection Edited April 25, 2014 by Paulus Quote
Nordle11 Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 Welcome along Sweep! You might be interested in perusing Accumulator's penny collection - it's very impressive! (I am not a penny collector myself, milled silver for me!)Accumulator's penny collectionGreat link, effectively my bible for penny pictures. Quote
sweep Posted April 25, 2014 Author Posted April 25, 2014 I wish all my pennies looked as good as his. He must of spent an absolute fortune! Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) I wish all my pennies looked as good as his. He must of spent an absolute fortune!While we generally do not pay notice to nor comment upon the expense involved in building a collection... with the exception of possibly commenting upon the stratospheric levels acheived by certain rarities... we do however acknowledge the painstaking research and effort involved in acquiring specimens that are amongst the finest available....QUALITY FIRST...It's more than be said about my collection... Edited April 25, 2014 by Bronze & Copper Collector Quote
Accumulator Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 (edited) I'm rather late to the party… welcome to the forum, Sweep!As Peckris says, your 1862 is the more common (by several orders of magnitude) 6 + G die combination. A lovely example for £15, that's for sure. Well done with the purchase!Thank you for the kind comments on my collection website. I have so much more to do, which is just fine. Building a collection takes a long, long time but provides endless hours of pleasure. Edited April 25, 2014 by Accumulator Quote
Accumulator Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 I wish all my pennies looked as good as his. He must of spent an absolute fortune!While we generally do not pay notice to nor comment upon the expense involved in building a collection... with the exception of possibly commenting upon the stratospheric levels acheived by certain rarities... we do however acknowledge the painstaking research and effort involved in acquiring specimens that are amongst the finest available....QUALITY FIRST...It's more than be said about my collection...You are way too modest... You have some very fine examples indeed! Quote
scott Posted April 25, 2014 Posted April 25, 2014 ahh that site, I need to sue that when looking through Ebay Quote
sweep Posted April 26, 2014 Author Posted April 26, 2014 Yes accumulator your collection is amazing! I hope my 1853 penny arrives safely and doesn't have one spot of verdigris, but if is does can the distilled method work? Quote
NRP Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 Nice 1862 worth a lot more than that ,!853 quiet common, maybe nrp would do one for £20.Only joking neil. ha it certainly wouldn't be bu full lustre ;-) Quote
PWA 1967 Posted April 26, 2014 Posted April 26, 2014 Hi neil ,good to catch up on Thursday again for a couple of hours. Hope lee has recovered and see you again soon .Adios Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted April 28, 2014 Posted April 28, 2014 (edited) I wish all my pennies looked as good as his. He must of spent an absolute fortune!While we generally do not pay notice to nor comment upon the expense involved in building a collection... with the exception of possibly commenting upon the stratospheric levels acheived by certain rarities... we do however acknowledge the painstaking research and effort involved in acquiring specimens that are amongst the finest available....QUALITY FIRST...It's more than be said about my collection... You are way too modest... You have some very fine examples indeed!Thank you for the kind words....I do have many of the rare varieties, albeit not always in the choicest condition.... I'll grant that some may not be available in the so called "collectable grades"..... My belief, however, is that if someone (me for example) wants it for and places it in their collection, then it is indeed collectable....As I made note in another post, I generally do not collect proofs nor patterms, (with some exceptions), so the collection is not as complete as others....But I am content with what I have accomplished, working with what I had available to me.... Edited April 28, 2014 by Bronze & Copper Collector Quote
Accumulator Posted April 28, 2014 Posted April 28, 2014 I wish all my pennies looked as good as his. He must of spent an absolute fortune!While we generally do not pay notice to nor comment upon the expense involved in building a collection... with the exception of possibly commenting upon the stratospheric levels acheived by certain rarities... we do however acknowledge the painstaking research and effort involved in acquiring specimens that are amongst the finest available....QUALITY FIRST...It's more than be said about my collection... You are way too modest... You have some very fine examples indeed!Thank you for the kind words....I do have many of the rare varieties, albeit not always in the choicest condition.... I'll grant that some may not be available in the so called "collectable grades"..... My belief, however, is that if someone (me for example) wants it for and places it in their collection, then it is indeed collectable....As I made note in another post, I generally do not collect proofs nor patterms, (with some exceptions), so the collection is not as complete as others....But I am content with what I have accomplished, working with what I had available to me....Just to mention one coin Gary, your 1908 1*+ C, F164A, is possibly the best known. Quote
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