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[The Bee]

Usually if I strike a deal with a seller, the seller changes the auction to a "buy it now" at which point I need to keep calm, waiting for it to pop up again, and then quickly buy it. Worked well so far     

Very Best Regards

[terrysoldpennies]

1908 Freeman 164a   e,bay find , rare in this grade much better than nearly all finds out there 

[secret santa]

On 3/14/2025 at 4:32 PM, Martinminerva said:

I am sure they did as it was an auction listing rather than a buy-it-now (I saw it too and took screenshots also, so you're not going mad, Terry). Changing the image and the title is a way for the seller and buyer to avoid others noticing - though they did - and to avoid a hefty eBay fee to boot. Wonder who got it and for what actual price??

The F44 slender 3 penny - The seller contacted me separately afterwards asking me to verify the coin - he withdrew it earlier after realising what it might be. I asked him what he's going to do with it but he didn't reveal his plans.

[terrysoldpennies]

1874 Penny     Freeman 67    6+H  Interesting coin this one . It seems to me that the F67  is much harder to find than the R12 rating given by Freeman , especially so in high grade . I could only find five examples ever sold on London Coins , and this seems to be the same with the F68  6+H  Heaton rated R13 .                                                                                                                          This example interestingly also has an over stamped 7 in the date which I have not managed to find on any other example with this die combination.  ??

[Paddy]

Strangely I got this F68 just last week. Spink does not rate it that highly in terms of scarcity, so I am glad to hear it is rarer than that.

[Citizen H]

Ive not been interested in the Pennies...however this one was mixed in so why not show and join in,

I know nothing other than its Bronze, 1877, theres a chunk missing by the letter R on outer edge....is this a mint fault? 

could this be a rare, valuable and scarce coin to behold???????

ok, over to you guys, all the very best "H" (uninterested in Pennies)

  

[Paddy]

Nice enough coin and good to have in your collection.

I believe this is the normal variety, Freeman 91. What you really want is the one with the narrow date, F90, which is mega scarce and would be worth several £1000s even in this condition. Richard's website suggests fewer than 15 known!

 

[Citizen H]

37 minutes ago, Paddy said:

Nice enough coin and good to have in your collection.

I believe this is the normal variety, Freeman 91. What you really want is the one with the narrow date, F90, which is mega scarce and would be worth several £1000s even in this condition. Richard's website suggests fewer than 15 known!

 

Well thank you kindly Mr Paddy, I'm still unsure about these penny's you know, they just don't sing to me, nice to see everyone's with all the different variations but lost the interest within a few moments, Sorry! just not my thing,  However,  I'll pick them up along the way and show...and should anyone happens to want them shout out, 

Ps..I beleve this is a £1.50p coin !?!??!? 

Once again Many thanks and all the best, "H"  

Edited April 9, 2025 by Citizen H

[copper123]

I would say around £2

[Citizen H]

14 minutes ago, copper123 said:

I would say around £2

I think it was a 20p purchase many many moons ago.....still not tempted to dip into the ice cream container of pennies 50p each to the Antiques fair... there's silver out there ....somewhere with my name on them, many many thanks "H"   

[copper123]

On 4/9/2025 at 3:16 PM, Citizen H said:

I think it was a 20p purchase many many moons ago.....still not tempted to dip into the ice cream container of pennies 50p each to the Antiques fair... there's silver out there ....somewhere with my name on them, many many thanks "H"   

 I love a rummage in a 50p box , have picked out many a bargain , sadly few recently...

[Citizen H]

25 minutes ago, copper123 said:

 I love a rummage in a 50p box , have picked out many a bargain , sadly few recently...

it was the days of boot fairs i miss, then the bloody computers...oh and now the phones apps one guy held me up kept barging in whilst I was having a look see...still I did get the manky's and they cleaned up nicely... all the best and good hunting.  👍   

Edited April 10, 2025 by Citizen H

[copper123]

Never found much at car boots they have always been a dead loss,  there again I do go to the birmingham coin fair regularly ..

Edited April 10, 2025 by copper123

[terrysoldpennies]

This one was up for auction at a starting price at £2.80 with no offers.  Then it disappeared only to turn up as sold for £47.   Its a Satin 28a. I only know of three, Bernie's one on Richards site,  this one,  and one other [No pic.]    1861 Freeman 4+D  Centrally cut ribbon with misaligned colon after F:D:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205436457401?_skw=1861+penny&itmmeta=01JSA06W8S3BFBQPH51PKENESB&hash=item2fd4f791b9:g:IdcAAeSwbtRoA5S2&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA4FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1d%2BQkGYEEyLO3zLsTXIJEyWIa6xLVpE35IrDPBn9qmxFJkZt0i3drt54CP8OXL5UPAyG9trH%2BjDR7UMWMpvhzXH7myS8d%2Fd4JBE1laG5KNccTvpGKw7T3DMCEV3fO2Z6ITP0C3rgaINuxjo1RJL3idV2kEdE6qQm5oTP8%2B54xIdtP6%2FNX7G4Fll3veMNqzHmOvE7pQB5hccRPNsdluyKgyyudwU1IYz%2FJ0ybeGiPjwjhGC%2FihHVRDDaM0DEYNiUFa8tAWHkXoIIu%2BkvuOEnUgrA|tkp%3ABk9SR8zEm8DKZQ

[jelida]

well spotted Terry, got me looking at my three 1861 Gouby G's , the first from LCA and then cheap examples from Ebay and the Midland Coin Fair. To my mind the second coin could also be a 're-entered colon' example, though with a narrower colon in this case. What do you think?

Jerry

[jelida]

[terrysoldpennies]

yes , I agree your middle example looks just like my 1860 Gouby Vc coin pictured below,  but with the 1861 reverse .   

 

[secret santa]

On 4/21/2025 at 7:07 PM, jelida said:

got me looking at my three 1861 Gouby G's

Have I got all 3 of these, Jerry ?

[jelida]

1 hour ago, secret santa said:

Have I got all 3 of these, Jerry ?

I’ll have to check the first, and you don’t have the third. I’ll email you the images probably tomorrow.

Jerry

[The Bee]

Reverse j or ja ?

Hi,

I have great difficulty in telling the difference between reverse j and reverse ja

Great to get your thoughts !

Very Best Regards

 

 

 

[secret santa]

Have you looked at my website ? Your picture is clearly ja.

https://pennyvarieties.wordpress.com/victoria-bronze-reverses/

Rev j above

Rev ja above

Edited May 22, 2025 by secret santa
addition

[The Bee]

7 minutes ago, secret santa said:

Your picture is clearly ja

Many thanks Richard for confirming, even with the website and "The British Bronze Penny", this is one that still confuses me.

It is a 1874 with the description " j " and I thought it might be a "ja" 

Very Best Regards 

[jelida]

Yes, it’s a ja. Is it F72 or F78? The F72 ja variety seems rare in the higher grades - most are plain obverse j. All the F78 are ja and it is a fairly scarce coin .

Jerry

[The Bee]

Hi Jerry,

It was described as "1874, older head, small date, Fr. 72, Gouby dies K/j, about UNC, much lustre." Which would be F72 

Here is the Obverse

[secret santa]

2 hours ago, jelida said:

The F72 ja variety seems rare in the higher grades

Yes, I think I'll add it to my rare penny site - I'd appreciate anyone's photos, please.