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On 6/7/2024 at 1:22 PM, terrysoldpennies said:

I thought this 1926 ME  I picked up recently for £250 was quite a lucky find.  

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Very good find! This is my best example, bought from Colin Cooke for £39 in the 90s:

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1937 Proof and nice clear example of a missing waves.

 

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I see the 1952 proof penny has popped up for auction in the Auction World sale on 13th/24th July. 

Starting at 5,000,000 Yen...

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2 hours ago, Kipster said:

I see the 1952 proof penny has popped up for auction in the Auction World sale on 13th/24th July. 

Starting at 5,000,000 Yen...

Can you put a link up please and is  5,000.000 Yen about £24K as if so that seems way to cheap ,they are not going to sell it for that.

Or have i worked the price out wrong 😀

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54 minutes ago, Kipster said:

Here it is:

https://www.auction-world.co/goods-detail.html?id=146369&siteId=0

And £24k is about what it works out at. A come and get involved starter bid

Yes it was £100K more expensive a few years ago and been for sale since with offers.

Daft starting it so low and just wastes people time IMO 😀

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I'll give it a miss I think, the arse is hanging out of my trousers right now.

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1 hour ago, PWA 1967 said:

Yes it was £100K more expensive a few years ago and been for sale since with offers.

Daft starting it so low and just wastes people time IMO 😀

Then when it sells for 30,000,000 yen they will say that it went for way over it's estimate.

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1945 Tripled 9  penny   and a 9 over 9

Both these coins came up for sale with the same seller, advertised as 9 over 9s , but on closer inspection one turned out to be a a triple 9 .  David J Groom lists a tripled 9 type, but as far as I know its not listed by Gouby ?  .  Anyway I personally have never seen a picture of one ,  Groom lists it as  ex rare .

The first picture In close up is the Tripled 9 .   Second close up picture has indicators of the three 9s .  No1 is the top and bottom of the first 9 , No2 is the bottom and right side of the second 9 ,  and  No3  is the normal 9 .   It also appears to have a 4 over 4 .22483302_1945Triple9close-up.JPG.60c925488ba8ae27a71fa701448727d8.JPG

 

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Below is the 9 over 9   Gouby Bb

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On 6/26/2024 at 7:56 PM, Kipster said:

Here it is:

https://www.auction-world.co/goods-detail.html?id=146369&siteId=0

And £24k is about what it works out at. A come and get involved starter bid

現在の価格 translates to "current price" which may be Japan auction speak for "starting bid". Yes, that's way too low, but I wonder why it's being auctioned over there anyway?

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6 hours ago, Peckris 2 said:

現在の価格 translates to "current price" which may be Japan auction speak for "starting bid". Yes, that's way too low, but I wonder why it's being auctioned over there anyway?

I would guess sovereign rarities sold it to someone in japan ,maybe even the auctioneer.

It makes more sense to me than if someone in the UK had bought it.

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Would anyone have up-to-date population figures on the 1860 Gouby A/B Freeman 1**+B (BP1860A/F763)? 

Last info I can find is from a 2020 auction where they are quoting 10 known examples

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I don't know if anyone has definitive figures, but I have one, so it can't be that rare! 🙂 

The rarest pennies site shows two examples, neither of them mine.

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I suspect that there are around 50-100 examples. I stopped recording them coming to market several years ago.

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1 hour ago, secret santa said:

I suspect that there are around 50-100 examples. I stopped recording them coming to market several years ago.

I have four, the best being aef sold as F6 at Lockdales a few years ago (£180).

Jerry

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On 6/28/2024 at 11:05 PM, secret santa said:

I suspect that there are around 50-100 examples. I stopped recording them coming to market several years ago.

If there are 50 examples, it still makes it much rarer than a 1930 Australian one penny, look what they sell for!

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On 6/29/2024 at 12:25 AM, jelida said:

I have four, the best being aef sold as F6 at Lockdales a few years ago (£180).

Jerry

That sounds like quite a steal Jerry!

Like you I have had 4, none were advertised as F763, from the days when the type was often missed...........one was in a Group sold by DNW (as was). 

I have sold all mine on to pay for other purchases.

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On 6/26/2024 at 5:34 PM, Kipster said:

I see the 1952 proof penny has popped up for auction in the Auction World sale on 13th/24th July. 

Starting at 5,000,000 Yen...

I believe it went to £60,000 and doubt very much it sold 😀,another example of starting auctions at ridiculous low prices and wasting everyones time.

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The link below is to a penny in the imminent Stacks-Bowers auction. It has been slabbed as Proof (with no Peck number) but I have pored through the various obverse and reverse designs of the recorded proof pennies and I believe it to be just a nicely struck currency 10 leaves variety.

https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-1CB8EP/great-britain-penny-1797-birmingham-soho-mint-george-iii-pcgs-proof-62-brown

However, bidding has already reached $5000.

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I think it is only $500 - still seems a lot!

 

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It’s an absolutely beautiful thing, though, gorgeous photography.

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2 hours ago, Paddy said:

I think it is only $500 - still seems a lot!

Oooops - my typo !

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On 9/11/2024 at 2:25 PM, secret santa said:

The link below is to a penny in the imminent Stacks-Bowers auction. It has been slabbed as Proof (with no Peck number) but I have pored through the various obverse and reverse designs of the recorded proof pennies and I believe it to be just a nicely struck currency 10 leaves variety.

https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-1CB8EP/great-britain-penny-1797-birmingham-soho-mint-george-iii-pcgs-proof-62-brown

However, bidding has already reached $5000.

I had bid on it, but bowed out a few bids ago

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