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This is my 1 and only encased farthing 1907 Advertising farthing 1873 The Hutchinson Brothers 'Universal' stores' were a very well known company in 1906 They operated 3 Auckland stores one at the corner of Custom St West / Queen street and the others at Ponsonby and Newmarket. They were Grocers and General supply sellers.

I particularly like the clip of the Chinese burglars. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-46473801

Yes, very much so. In the pre internet era, such magazine articles would probably have been forgotten very quickly, whereas today, of course, there would be considerable follow up as the articles get reproduced internationally, and gain much more exposure on different platforms. That would undoubtedly have generated a lot more interest. As it was, and as you rightly point out, in those days, collectors and budding collectors would have been much more strongly drawn to the glamour pieces of the day, which would most likely not have included George V pennies, bar the H's KN's and ME's of this world, and probably date fills of any other type going. Nonetheless, at least the article kindly reproduced by @AardHawk shows that there was awareness of this variety, and probably had been for many years prior to that. It would be very interesting to read some of the relevant Royal MInt annual reports.

Only Lee will know the answer to that and worth a call although would be a thousand lots approx unless all the cheap ones were taken out. Most of the auctions mentioned 150/200 Lots have relied and included the big ticket items as Rob mentioned coins at over £1K to make the auction worthwhile and although there may be quite a few (i only looked at the pennies) photos ,catalogue etc having so many would be a lot to manage especially for coins of less than say £30. Lee would definately be one of the people i would ask to buy them or maybe do an auction of all the better pieces.

Maybe take out all the ones with a realistic value of about £100 + to sell at auction individually with a sensible reserve on each lot. The ones left i would sell to a dealer rather than putting groups together in auction ,they will want to see them before commiting to a price , however most will travel if they know your a serious seller or you could take them to a show.You will know the dealers you can trust and its easy to get a courier to deliver them being another option. All the ones less than say £40 are IMO not worth the hassle of listing individually on ebay ,some may sell for a bit more than expected and some for a lot less so selling them in one go for a sensible price is much quicker with know returns ,postage or looney buyers.Possibly put the ones on ebay at between £40 /£100 as a BIN for a few weeks to see if some go. The only other option would be to book a table at a busy fair for yourself but you may not wish to go down that route and again costs involved. Its a shame to break up a fantastic collection however good luck. There are lots of buyers on here (although a lot dont post) so definately worth posting on this thread should you decide what to do with them.

I think the Sunken Ear varieties were quite well known during the '60s and before. Here are two articles from the late '60s.

Get one of these. It doesn't need winding up - ever. https://www.google.com/search?q=sundial&client=firefox-b&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiR4sbb5cjfAhVoTxUIHXH9Dy0Q_AUIDigB&biw=1920&bih=916#imgrc=R7IOVYmbtg93cM:

Verdi care....before & after. Sorry about the picture quality it was just to record the results.

... and this after retoning to some extent: Not perfect but a lot better than it was!

I bought it from London Coins some years ago. Not cheap but I think it must have been a quiet day. I paid just over £1200, would be nice to think it has gone up a bit since. If I recall I was the only bidder and had to up my bid to make the reserve.

I don't do coin envy very often, but seeing an F192A 1922 penny did my head in! Does finding this gem come with a good story?