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[secret santa 2,137]

36 minutes ago, oldcopper said:

Do you know their pricing for the Medusa? 

Just noted as "extremely rare" with no valuations.

[oldcopper 283]

2 hours ago, secret santa said:

Just noted as "extremely rare" with no valuations.

Thanks -  at least it's there. You probably saw this but Spink missed one a few weeks ago in a 3 coin lot - the bidders didn't - it went for £2800 hammer.

[secret santa 2,137]

23 minutes ago, oldcopper said:

You probably saw this but Spink missed one a few weeks ago in a 3 coin lot - the bidders didn't - it went for £2800 hammer.

Yes, I added it to my rarest pennies site.

[Coinery 1,010]

2 hours ago, secret santa said:

Yes, I added it to my rarest pennies site.

Quick question re this point. I ask because I’m compiling a catalogue of the Elizabeth I anchor shillings, and would ultimately want to put it out there! 

What do you do re gathering photos from the net, as it’s sometimes near impossible to track the source or get permission from the original photographer?

[Peckris 2 2,102]

25 minutes ago, Coinery said:

Quick question re this point. I ask because I’m compiling a catalogue of the Elizabeth I anchor shillings, and would ultimately want to put it out there! 

What do you do re gathering photos from the net, as it’s sometimes near impossible to track the source or get permission from the original photographer?

You could try the following:

1. reduce the size of the image

2. add a colour cast (e.g. sepia) to make it look different

3. acknowledge the website where you got it from (if 'Contact us' has failed)

[Coinery 1,010]

8 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said:

You could try the following:

1. reduce the size of the image

2. add a colour cast (e.g. sepia) to make it look different

3. acknowledge the website where you got it from (if 'Contact us' has failed)

I don’t want to derail the thread here too much, but thanks for that, some good approaches…it would be impossible otherwise! 

[secret santa 2,137]

13 hours ago, Coinery said:

What do you do re gathering photos from the net, as it’s sometimes near impossible to track the source or get permission from the original photographer?

As Peckris says, acknowledge the source out of politeness. I'm sure that most sites realise that their images can and will be downloaded.

And for those that can't, I screenshot the webpage, paste it into a Word document and then save the image as a jpeg file where it can be cropped with something like Adobe Photoshop.

[Paddy 1,617]

9 minutes ago, secret santa said:

As Peckris says, acknowledge the source out of politeness. I'm sure that most sites realise that their images can and will be downloaded.

And for those that can't, I screenshot the webpage, paste it into a Word document and then save the image as a jpeg file where it can be cropped with something like Adobe Photoshop.

You can also do a selective screenshot of just the image. See the tip I posted under useful tips in the technical section on here.

Saves a lot of faffing around.

 

[Paddy 1,617]

https://www.predecimal.com/forum/topic/13698-useful-tips-on-windows-for-coin-people/

This is the link to the suggestion

[Peckris 2 2,102]

12 hours ago, Paddy said:

https://www.predecimal.com/forum/topic/13698-useful-tips-on-windows-for-coin-people/

This is the link to the suggestion

On a Mac, press Cmd-Shift-4 then draw a rectangle around the part of the screen you want to capture.

[PWA 1967 2,044]

On 11/8/2023 at 9:11 PM, PWA 1967 said:

A rare 1896 Very wide date and eight years looking at thousands to find a really good one.

Gouby BP1896Ad ,NGC MS65 not attributed.

 

Just an update on this coin and the 1854/3 that i purchased off eBay from America.

I was charged the 20% on both and as i have numerous times before posted the relevant details and form etc to Border force.

One thing that has changed is previously they have always posted me a cheque ,although today received a letter asking me for my bank details to pay me.

Only takes a few minutes and if your charged to much ,why let them keep it.

[terrysoldpennies 733]

1940 Narrow date penny.

This date width penny has been mentioned by me on here before, but I did not give any indication as to just how rare I thought it might be.  When I found the first one some ten years ago I had no idea just how rare they would turn out to be, with just four turning up in all that time.   I know that this 1940 type penny will not be considered one of the greatest discoveries of all time, but I think it will be of interest to the large number of 20th century collectors out there,   It is rare, if not ex rare, and with there being very few rare 20th century types to collect it is really one to find and get into the collection.

Below are the four types I have found,  the one at the top being the rare narrow date.    Note that the 0 in the date is centered directly over the tooth, but with all other types its to the right partially or directly over the gap between the teeth.     Interestingly three of the four I have seen were for sale in the USA , was this a batch made by the Royal Mint and distributed to the American Army during the second world war ?

My lucky fined uncirculated example also below.

[PWA 1967 2,044]

I have never looked before Terry and thank you for bringing them to our attention.

I have just had a quick look on American eBay and the first few i have looked at a couple appear to be the narrow one.

Am i missing something and wrong or are they the right type ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204589827335 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126257870145 

 

 

Edited January 6 by PWA 1967

[Coinery 1,010]

6 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:

I have never looked before Terry and thank you for bringing them to our attention.

I have just had a quick look on American eBay and the first few i have looked at a couple appear to be the narrow one.

Am i missing something and wrong or are they the right type ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204589827335 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126257870145 

 

 

They’re definitely the ones, interesting.

[terrysoldpennies 733]

7 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:

I have never looked before Terry and thank you for bringing them to our attention.

I have just had a quick look on American eBay and the first few i have looked at a couple appear to be the narrow one.

Am i missing something and wrong or are they the right type ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204589827335 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126257870145 

 

 

Yes your right Pete ,sods law that two should turn up at the same time !  Why in the USA  ?

[PWA 1967 2,044]

The best narrow date i found ,which is photographed in a flip.

 

[Coinery 1,010]

8 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:

8 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:

The best narrow date i found ,which is photographed in a flip.

 

This could be a lighting phenomenon on this one but, yes, it looks over a tooth, but different to all the others, in that the 0 appears tilted backwards?

In the original 4 example images I noted that the gap in the waves appeared to sit over the top of the 0 like a hat on the narrow date (hopefully you can see the fine red lines in the image), unlike all the others, which were either off centre or under a differently-shaped wave gap entirely (circled).

So, in your example it ‘looks’ as though it’s over a tooth, yet sitting under the wave-gap like a wide date, if you know what I mean?

Edited January 8 by Coinery

[PWA 1967 2,044]

Think its just my picture as using a magnifier looks the same as the top one and over a tooth.

The third picture is a single exergue not double and from the ones i have looked at are all the same.

[Coinery 1,010]

I’ve just been looking at the two links PWA initially put up of the narrow dates he’d found, just to take a closer look at the waves, wondering if it was wear/strike that was affecting the shape? Anyway, again it could lighting, but I wonder if the hem of the drape/dress is also potentially different?

[Coinery 1,010]

4 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said:

Think its just my picture as using a magnifier looks the same as the top one and over a tooth.

The third picture is a single exergue not double and from the ones i have looked at are all the same.

Ah, OK, that makes sense. Quick work in acquiring a top grade example

[jelida 1,243]

This is the best one I could find, again from the USA. If you look at EBay ‘sold’ 1940 pennies, there’s definitely been a flurry of ‘narrow date’ sales! I found one well circulated example on EBay UK, and four or five from the USA. At a very rough estimate, 1 to 2% of pennies of the date available when Terry made his post.

Thanks Terry for making us aware of the type, I suspect rare rather than extremely rare in high grade but always nice to have something new to look for.

Jerry

[secret santa 2,137]

4 hours ago, jelida said:

This is the best one I could find

That 4 looks on the slant to me - or am I seeing things ?

[mick1271 159]

Pete posted about these on Facebook yesterday . Managed to pick this one up.. 

[jelida 1,243]

1 hour ago, secret santa said:

That 4 looks on the slant to me - or am I seeing things ?

I’ll let you know when it arrives.

Jerry

[alfnail 811]

A recent find, now on Richard's site as the 8th known example.

As I already have a better example I will be selling this piece; if any member is interested please PM me with a sensible offer.

It is a little better than Example 7 (which was also my coin), and definitely better than Example 5, both of which were sold for £160.