1949threepence Posted August 30, 2019 Posted August 30, 2019 4 hours ago, blakeyboy said: As usual, I sea the Punmeisters General have started their outboards and are going overboard plumbing the depths. It was only a matter of time for the jokes to hit rock bottom. I'm not going to join in. I don't give in to pier pressure. I'm not that gullible. Blake, a veritable tsunami of puns there, leaving me high and dry in my attempts to find more. A real watershed moment in punnery. 2 Quote
blakeyboy Posted August 30, 2019 Posted August 30, 2019 I tried to keep up standards by also including a plural compound noun....:) As a certain N. Molesworth said: A tool shed is where you keep tools A bike shed is where you keep bikes. A watershed is where you keep water. Quote
PWA 1967 Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 1909 DOT........Most are in low grade ,so a really good example. 2 Quote
PWA 1967 Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 Yes Blake its mine 🙂 1926 Harder date to find with good lustre. 2 Quote
secret santa Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 They're great pics Pete - why not build yourself a website for us all to view ? 2 Quote
PWA 1967 Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 55 minutes ago, secret santa said: They're great pics Pete - why not build yourself a website for us all to view ? My collecting interest is probably different than most as i am always upgrading and making changes .Although people dont like putting coins in plastic slabs it allows for me to look at most of the main collection including pictures at a glance as i dont keep the coins at home.The main collection is now made up of mainly just high grade pennies rather than including low grade varieties the majority of which i have sold ,so to look at a website would probably be boring as they would all look similar with just a different date .I prefer the photographs to maybe show others being edited as also allows people to make there own opinion on the coins grades and faults rather than just looking at the ones given by a grading company. Some i buy i doubt very much like the 1909 DOT i will find a better one but if over the next few years (if i am still interested) other high grade ones turn up i will sell it 🙂 Thank you for the comment on the pictures and hope you are now able to edit any that you may want to do similar. The 1909 DOT below is the one i upgraded from. Quote
1949threepence Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, PWA 1967 said: My collecting interest is probably different than most as i am always upgrading and making changes .Although people dont like putting coins in plastic slabs it allows for me to look at most of the main collection including pictures at a glance as i dont keep the coins at home.The main collection is now made up of mainly just high grade pennies rather than including low grade varieties the majority of which i have sold ,so to look at a website would probably be boring as they would all look similar with just a different date .I prefer the photographs to maybe show others being edited as also allows people to make there own opinion on the coins grades and faults rather than just looking at the ones given by a grading company. Some i buy i doubt very much like the 1909 DOT i will find a better one but if over the next few years (if i am still interested) other high grade ones turn up i will sell it 🙂 Thank you for the comment on the pictures and hope you are now able to edit any that you may want to do similar. The 1909 DOT below is the one i upgraded from. Don't know what the respective obverses are like, but for me this one has the much sharper strike of the two. 1 Quote
PWA 1967 Posted August 31, 2019 Posted August 31, 2019 (edited) Yes ,you may well be right Mike and as i mentioned my collecting interest may be different than most ,its just my own preferance that if i have two of something that are similar i will always keep the one with the most lustre. Edited August 31, 2019 by PWA 1967 1 Quote
PWA 1967 Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, mrbadexample said: Were both unattributed Pete? One was and one wasnt ,although i have had a couple of low grade ones that were not , collectors look for the F169 and maybe dont want or bother to look for the dot. Its not much of a variety 1 Quote
mrbadexample Posted September 1, 2019 Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, PWA 1967 said: One was and one wasnt ,although i have had a couple of low grade ones that were not , collectors look for the F169 and maybe dont want or bother to look for the dot. Its not much of a variety I've been known to spend an hour looking for an F169 without remembering to check for the dot. Quote
jelida Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 Did anybody here win the F41 1862 halfpenny date or 1913 F176 that finished on EBay yesterday? I was underbidder for the F176, but I didn’t push the boat out as I have one similar. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1862-VICTORIA-BUN-HEAD-PENNY-CLEAR-DATE-SEE-IMAGES-FOR-EXACT-VARIETY/401864763463?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R71-Great-Britain-1913-Penny-PCGS-MS-64-Red-Brown/312755247556?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 More for Richards pages, if not already noted. Jerry Quote
secret santa Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 1 hour ago, jelida said: More for Richards pages, if not already noted. Done, Thanks Jerry. Quote
blakeyboy Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 I was the second bidder on the F41- always the bridesmaid..... Quote
jelida Posted September 9, 2019 Posted September 9, 2019 29 minutes ago, blakeyboy said: I was the second bidder on the F41- always the bridesmaid..... Hard luck, Blake, not a bad coin and a fair price. I had wondered if it was you, I tend to look at bidding histories, when I spotted signal processors, leads and speakers I thought they would be right up your street. Yours will turn up eventually. Jerry 1 Quote
1949threepence Posted September 10, 2019 Posted September 10, 2019 19 hours ago, jelida said: Did anybody here win the F41 1862 halfpenny date or 1913 F176 that finished on EBay yesterday? I was underbidder for the F176, but I didn’t push the boat out as I have one similar. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1862-VICTORIA-BUN-HEAD-PENNY-CLEAR-DATE-SEE-IMAGES-FOR-EXACT-VARIETY/401864763463?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/R71-Great-Britain-1913-Penny-PCGS-MS-64-Red-Brown/312755247556?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649 More for Richards pages, if not already noted. Jerry I wish I'd seen the 176. It's a nice specimen. Quote
1949threepence Posted September 14, 2019 Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) An F38 for Richard's rarest penny website - link here ETA: Although on closer inspection, I'm pretty sure it's the same coin as example 5 on his list of F38's. Edited September 14, 2019 by 1949threepence Quote
1949threepence Posted September 21, 2019 Posted September 21, 2019 My ongoing exploration of old Coin Monthly editions, recently purchased, has revealed a number of interesting penny surveys carried during the period 1967 to 1970. However, one of the most interesting in this regard, is from the June 1970 edition. Headed "a pile of pennies" by P J Lynch, it details the fact that on Friday 27th February 1970, some celebrities, including Richard Attenborough and Roger Moore, pulled down a record breaking column of pennies at the ABC Bowl Club, North Harrow. Weighing almost a ton, the column of pennies towered 11 feet and 10 inches. There was a total of about 117,000 - hence my interest, as this is a very significant population size to extrapolate meaningful stats from. The pennies had been collected over the previous 8 months, from contributions by patrons of the club. There was a slight bias inasmuch as all the silver and brass contributed during special collections had been exchanged for pennies at the bank, and these showed a bias towards mint state 1967 pennies (39%). There apparently wasn't time to carry out a full survey, so they concentrated on the Edwardian period and other significant dates surrounding that. The results were as follows:- DATE NUMBER OF COINS FOUND in first 30 bags in all 98 bags 1860 - 1894 buns 15 38 1895 - 1901 48 * 1902LT 2 4 1902 38 * 1903 22 * 1904 10 * 1905 32 * 1906 87 * 1907 97 * 1908 58 * 1909 41 * 1910 42 * 1912H 17 * 1918H Nil 5 1918KN 1 6 1919H 7 * 1919KN 1 4 1926 16 * 1926ME 1 1 1950 Nil 1 1951 Nil Nil 1953 Nil 1 * Numerous specimens not counted Gives some indication of just what was out there at the time. Quote
Rob Posted September 21, 2019 Posted September 21, 2019 I'm surprised at the low number of 1918Hs. Even allowing for the large number of H & KNs extracted by this time, the presence of a large number of 1919s makes the data seem a little skewed. Quote
1949threepence Posted September 22, 2019 Posted September 22, 2019 8 hours ago, Rob said: I'm surprised at the low number of 1918Hs. Even allowing for the large number of H & KNs extracted by this time, the presence of a large number of 1919s makes the data seem a little skewed. Yes, that was a bit surprising, as was the apparent much greater number of 1919H specimens. I should have also added that in the main body of the article, the author stated: "Veiled head Victorian pennies were quite common, but the first 36,000 pennies produced none from 1895, although one came to light eventually". That too slightly surprised me. Quote
Peckris 2 Posted September 22, 2019 Posted September 22, 2019 22 hours ago, Rob said: I'm surprised at the low number of 1918Hs. Even allowing for the large number of H & KNs extracted by this time, the presence of a large number of 1919s makes the data seem a little skewed. When I went through bank bags in the late 60s (ok, not a scientific survey! but nevertheless...) I found : 1912H - too many to list 1919H - probably around 10 1918KN - 2 1919KN, 1918H - none Draw your own conclusions. 1 Quote
PWA 1967 Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 (edited) Not much happening on here lately 🙂 Another recent upgrade that probably most people dont want or look for although i think they are scarce due to only being another dot / flaw and looking at a lot of 1922 pennies to try and find them. The only one i have seen that sold at auction was in the Workman sale. 1922 DOT and again like the 1909 DOT in the updated Freeman. Edited October 3, 2019 by PWA 1967 7 1 Quote
shane carew Posted October 3, 2019 Posted October 3, 2019 Very rare coin more so in such splendid grade 1 Quote
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