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I was pleased to spot this as a 'buy it now' on Ebay, so I bought it then! Purchased on the first, it arrived today! I had been tracking it through Ebays 'Global Shipping' system, finally I can sleep at night. F24, with the missing top leaf. Cost me £150 all in, £40 of it postage via 'Global Shipping', what a p-i-t-a. But I wasn't going to argue, under the circumstances. One for your 'Rarest Pennies' page, Richard. Jerry

In June 2015 a poorish 1882 F112 (no H) penny sold at London Coin auction for £2808. Yesterday it sold again at DNW for only £521. Is this the end for bronze and copper ?

In case anyone is interested and down in North Devon, I will be stalled out at South Molton Pannier market this Sunday, 17th June, and again at Barnstaple pannier market on Wednesday 20th June. If you plan to show up, please give me a little forewarning so I can make sure I bring the right stuff along for you!

(Shilling)

i agree

At a glance it looks like a Venetian soldino or ‘galley halfpenny’, widely circulated in the UK in the C16/17. Jerry

Never seen this before, pretty weird and interesting :) 1939 Halfcrown with GV REV

It is difficult to tell from the picture. If possible take another photo that is clearer. Best to use a camera rather than a phone, and as bright lighting is possible to reduce lens blur and shake. The man on horseback does not look like any English coin of the period.

I'm sure paddington smells of marmalade sandwiches and not fish , he does come from peru of course

Wow, sometimes you just "have that feeling", and I had a look around AGAIN and actually found a proof set! Originally this was to be of unlimited mintage and then dropped to 2500; subsequent to that the estimate is less than 50 sets. I think interest had waned in what is essentially a base-metal set and so a rarity was born. The significance is that there may be other sets of similar scarcity out there but since the RM is loathe to publish numbers of mintage or release, we have only anecdotal evidence. I don't understand why they are not forthcoming....

Arrived today nice 1862 6+G Penny and 1926 OE Sixpence

A keeper for my half crown collection

As others have said, a fake, and a very obvious one. When you've looked at thousands of real pennies, the fake ones hit you in the eye immediately. The obverse looks more like an obverse 2 than a 6, but that sure ain't no Freeman 38.

I’m afraid this is a modern Chinese replica, there are increasing numbers of various dates appearing on EBay, not all correctly described despite the fact they have only been around a couple of years and the vendors must in most cases know their origin. Jerry

This lot was 12 euro inc postage. Nothing really outstanding but they fill a gap for now . I need to go back and look at the 1917 threepence as It looks like an overstrike 7/2 ans the 9 looks like it has been struck over a rotated 1. notice 1914 misaligned date . I know same 1916 picture. thumbs are so bloody small lol

Diemakers are known to drill a hole at the end of a crack in a die, to stop the crack (sometimes only temporarily) to allow the continued use of a die. This is mostly done on forging dies, but maybe on finish quality dies also. (?)