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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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The date would help because 1880 onwards is definitely 4th and before 1878 definitely 3rd. The nose has a slightly pronounced bridge on the 4th head and the tip of the truncation is typically more rounded. Normally, the easiest way is to look at the way the hair is rendered at the nape below the fillet, but that presumes some detail. The one on the right in the picture is 4th head, the middle 3rd.

A newbie, the pictures do not do the toning justice....

A lovely toned peseta from home. Cayón 17614, 1900 Madrid SMV 18*00 very easy year. For your reference it's roughly the same size as a shilling.

I've just been re-photographing my coins with a fixed aperture of f16 to get sharper focus and I've checked out my 2 1944 specimens. It does appear that the waves on the version with the 4 central to a wave does have more deeply engraved waves, although it may simply be a sharper strike. Certainly, Dave's pictures above do feature quite a worn specimen of the 4 to the left of a wave.

Jerry, I have a recessed ear type without the broken tooth , so I would assume that the tooth broke during 1915, and continued in use with the broken tooth into 1916. Terry ps being quite warn it is clearly recessed in the centre .

My latest addition to the 1888 set of coins the Crown. What do you think ? Can you give your thoughts on grade please. I got this at what I think was a good price off eBay so really pleased it looks far better in hand than my photo's. Really need some tips from @Paulus on how to do it. I use a macro lens and two daylight lamps but just cannot get it right.

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.

Hi Pete, the Copthorne F41 came up quite well, at least the verd is gone, but not of course the loss of metal and I wouldn't dream of slabbing it. I wish I'd taken 'before and afters' of other coins, but its usually just a tiny spot, I would never normally buy as corroded a coin as the F41. Jerry

I received this in the post today , its taken a month to arrive [ incorrectly addressed ] .and so I thought it to be lost , so I'm thrilled to at last have it safe in my hands. its one I did not have. Terry