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.

[Citizen H]

5 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:

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.

Ahhhhhh...! so the H mint coin had the potential to be of interest albeit for the fact 1882 was mass produced by Heatons.....bummer!!  1862 circulated so no interest 1773 & 1775 are possibly contemporary forgery produced in the US ..... now that got to be of interest ?!?!?! Did I mention  "I don't feel any thing for the Pennies!?!" all the very best "H"

[Peckris 2]

2 hours ago, Citizen H said:

Ahhhhhh...! so the H mint coin had the potential to be of interest albeit for the fact 1882 was mass produced by Heatons.....bummer!!  1862 circulated so no interest 1773 & 1775 are possibly contemporary forgery produced in the US ..... now that got to be of interest ?!?!?! Did I mention  "I don't feel any thing for the Pennies!?!" all the very best "H"

Americans love the 'evasions' so would possibly snap up the 1775? As for the 1773, it's worth keeping - I've never seen anything that size before, so even if a fake it's got great novelty value! The 1882H is nice enough to keep though only worth a few £.