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Hopefully you've all had a good Christmas, and as its now over I have a new type for the New Year . I'm sure most of you know that there are two types of 1905 penny listed, the F160 with the E in PENNY pointing to the gap between the teeth [ early type] , and the F161 with the rotated E pointing to the tooth [late type]. Well I noticed some time ago that some of the F160s have a small zero in the date, this by its self seemed of little importance , but I later realised that all of the pennies with the large zero , both F160s and F161s all have the straight bottoms to the Es in PENNY, whereas the small zero type, on all the examples I have managed to find , have the wavy bottomed Es. The straight and wavy Es were both in use from 1899 through to 1905, but only the straight type from then on. The small zero was used from 1901 to 1905, and after this the large zero from 1905 to 1908. This means that it is a transitional type reverse die used between the 1904 F159 and the 1905 F160. It also suggests that the differing bottoms to the Es, was a Font change, rather than a warn die creation. As if it was caused by wear, then you would expect to find at least some of the F160s and the F161s with the large zeros to have the wavy Es . Terry Top :- New type F160 Middle :- F160 Bottom :- F161

I have never personally seen one, but I have heard that they exist. Now I am trying to find out where I read it! Ha,Ha.

I havent got a clue about any coins........Thats why i come on here

I've never heard of one, although many professional boxers have recessed ears and broken teeth.

I was pleased to get this in the post today, courtesy of Ebay and some rather blurry images. My suspicion is confirmed, a nice 1915 recessed ear penny, overall toned lustre. I have been looking for a while. Jerry

Well here are the results of a little TLC on the 1888 Halfpenny below.

I don't often post in here (penny acquisitions) but here is my 1902 F157 penny upgrade acquired today - common or garden I know

Think like me Bob we both need our eyes tested Be lucky. Pete.

I must admit that I wouldn't have dreamt of buying one in only Fine to VF as they are not that scarce in low grade. But with a much smaller pool of high grade coins available, I was pleased to find one at a good price. The 'recess' is quite easy to spot in the hand, much less so from a photo, buts that's where the broken tooth helps. Definitely one for the series completist. Is there really a 1914 recessed ear? If so, does it have the broken tooth or not? Jerry

Found this whilst looking for the 1898 different 8 fonts or I probably wouldn't of given it a 2nd glance. 1898 Widow Head penny Raised dot between P and E of PENNY. Perfectly round like a very small colon

What was the interesting thing about it?

Be on ebay soon Mike for about £1K I bid on a crap coin but had a letter (royal mint) that finished on sunday and bid £22 just for a bit of interest as was more interested in the letter than the coin. The seller had a reserve of which was not met but kindly sent me a message to say the reserve was £3400.00 if i was interested. Still having a think about it