More fun from Coincraft

[pokal02]

I grabbed a Phoenix from Coincraft yesterday and was surprised to read that the 1964 penny is "difficult to obtain". Admittedly it's harder than the 1967, but I wouldn't have thought that a mintage of 153 million - over two for everyone in the UK - made it particularly hard to track down.

At exactly 1,000 times the price they were advertising a Henry VIII Tower mint testoon, which is quite rare. Except that the accompanying photo was clearly a Southwark mint coin.

[CartwheelTwopence]

I completely agree with you - to the point that I would say it is one of the easiest pre-decimal coins around! It might have been an error? perhaps for 1954? or 50 / 51 / 53 ?

[pokal02]

No - it's definitely 1964 as it's photographed. Yours for the bargain price of £3.95 apparently.

[Rob]

No - it's definitely 1964 as it's photographed. Yours for the bargain price of £3.95 apparently.

I declined tthe offer too.

[Peckris]

At a fair some years ago, I saw BU 1962/63/64 pennies priced at around £2 apiece - the dealer selling them said "They're not so easy to get as some people think". Hmm. (I remember the Mint Bag offers in Coin Monthly in the late 60s...)