More Pennies

[jelida]

5 hours ago, terrysoldpennies said:

Obv.

 

Lovely! I have one in similar condition, the Copthorne example and now yours are the only other ones I have seen.

Jerry

[secret santa]

I have now added this type to my rarest pennies site and would be grateful to see any other examples.

[alfnail]

On 3/9/2024 at 12:46 PM, PWA 1967 said:

A new scarce one not attributed ,with the sellers scans.

BP1874Nn , 7 over 7.

Another one of these sold on ebay a couple of days ago for over £260. Perhaps a little better than the one Pete pictured above last year, but not great. Again not attributed, but nevertheless attracted a lot of interest.  

[terrysoldpennies]

I had the luck to pick this one up on ebay , unattributed  😊 An F148  high tide 

[secret santa]

6 hours ago, alfnail said:

Another one of these sold on ebay a couple of days ago for over £260. Perhaps a little better than the one Pete pictured above last year, but not great. Again not attributed, but nevertheless attracted a lot of interest.  

I did message the seller to tell him what it was but he chose not to amend the description and luckily several people recognised it.

[Citizen H]

Aha, A few more raise their heads,

Interestingly one has the "H" Heaton Mint Mark...I understand that this may be the most interesting of the group?

open and honest I don't feel any thing for the Pennies, looking just to keep the important ones for the family.

any advise or guidance most welcome.

 

 

[Peckris 2]

1882 were nearly all minted by Heatons and therefore carry the H - a few were minted in London (just to test the new electronic presses?) and are very rare.

I'm baffled by the George III coins though - pennies weren't minted until 1797, "cartwheel" type. There's no 1773 or 1775 pennies, but there were halfpennies which are noticeably smaller than bun pennies unlike your 1773. The 1775 looks very wrong and is probably an 'evasion' type, i.e. a contemporary forgery produced in the US. The 1773 "penny" looks more like a genuine halfpenny should apart from the size , but is also probably wrong - REX is wider spaced than on a genuine example.