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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
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    I was looking for pics of home but they must be on my old laptop. So here's a pic of somewhere I went running back in the summer. Mid-Wales, not far from Dolgellau and jolly nice it was too ...
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    Thank you for the replies I am no coin buying expert and will be looking to buy coins like these direct from dealers/auctions if I can. At the moment, given my knowledge I have concentrated on a few coins I feel I know quite well and mainly buying from reputable IDs off ebay, mostly dealers. Looking to gain knowledge on this forum, particularly where to buy at this stage. I have 14 of these 1902 crowns - love the coin. This coin is actually very attractive, well to me anyway - it is a circulated example, so far from perfect. I like dark toning on silver coins although most of my silver crowns have little or no toning. The coin appears genuine but having compared the weight with that of all the other crowns it is 0.15 grams light. If it is a fake it is a very good one but paid too much so would return. Anyone aware of quality fake 1902 crowns.
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    The main thing is if you're happy with it for the price you paid. It's certainly a pretty coin that's had a bit of life, but which has remained in good nick over the past 173 years! My 1885 for comparison - graded GVF by the selling dealer:
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    This error has also made an appearance on the 1817 half crown, but in the other direction, S over I in PENSE
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    That one reappeared in an MS65 slab, bought at bargain basement price (£130 ish), and I sold it for a forum member. The total is probably more than 10 as I now have records of 8. The two dates for shillings with I/S in HONI (1817 & 1820) are struck from different reverse dies. The first is still not listed in CoE. I don't know if the same error exists in 1817 for sixpences, but the consistency of error suggests they were done by the same hand, who presumably thought the N was that of PENSE. This will be a mirror of the S/I error where the engraver was obviously thinking of the N in HONI





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