Coppers

8 million pound link

No dealer or collector for that matter is perfect, but I've had nothing but good experiences when buying coins from CC before and after Colin's passing.

In the watch list....... fingers crossed Oh shucks it isn't a farthing, I was looking forward to bidding as well It isn't 1807 either, the date being on the coin is always a good clue I do like it though, I think it may well be the bronzed proof and well worth the BIN price, sorry I meant well worth throwing in the BIN. This must be what is sometimes referred to as an impaired proof.

Here is the information available on wiki on the seven known examples (including the one which was stolen): link An undocumented example of a 1933 penny made headlines a couple of years ago when it was offered for sale on ebay and then withdrawn. Unless someone knows otherwise it was never authenticated.

Believe it or not there is a forum thread from a couple of years ago on this very subject... link

Yes I display it away from my collection with my 1676 & 1693. Don't forget to take them out and polish them now and then.

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Looks like spam to me as well.

Take it easy on Scott. He is certainly has a keen and discerning eye for coins and is a valued member of this forum. I believe that it was one of our great American presidents Andrew Jackson who said "It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word." and in this case I would agree with him.

Scott -- of course we can spell meter correctly.

That's a genuine one in the picture, that will mysteriously get "lost in the post" on the way to the successful bidder, I'm thinking? (With a feedback score of 97.7, it looks decidedly iffy!) Here is a link to the photo of the 1933 (with some other rare pennies) on Tony Clayton's site: link

Very nice collection. How are you storing/arranging it?

Definitely worthy of a premium bid. He states that "No Chemicals are used to tone my coins" I wonder what he is using?

There is also the 1821 RBITANNIAR sixpence that appeared in a DNW sale earlier this year: link

Per the ebay description: A rare victoria copper farthing dated 1860 in excellent condition, not to be confused with the later bronze edition of 1860. hence the toothed border. link

This one certainly did not do very well... 1827 penny

In the above case that grade most likely means you had best look elsewhere. On a more serious note, American grading firms assign 11 grades of mint state from MS-60 to MS-70. More recently "plus" grades have been added. It is probably only a matter of time before we'll be seeing grades with decimal points.

You mean all that cleaning he did was in vain? Lol, i don't think it was cleaned Peck, he just could'nt up the grade (like he normally does) because of the obvious wear. The original seller had it listed as AU am sure, 1949 had mentioned it to me sometime this year when we were talking about buying key dates and i said i did'nt agree with jmb4homes grade, it seems i was right, the wear on Britannians legs and on Victoria was evident from the original dark pictures from jmb4home Just a few observations -- jmb4home listed the coin as XF (EF). Also -- there may not have been a loss on this coin as the auction notes that "this listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available." The listing ended early because MP had bought it. The grade of EF was obviously not EF, hence the fact when i saw it myself late last year i didn't go for it because i knew the grading was out. MP bought it thinking the grading to be EF and was looking for bigger money than the initial seller was selling for, obviously when it arrived in MPs hand it definately was'nt EF and therefor could'nt list as such, he did make an attempt though listing as GVF/EF but in my eyes merely VF to GVF and thats the reson he lost so much on it. Agreed -- MP did buy it -- but apparently outside of ebay and quite likely for a lower price so he may not have lost money on this coin. Here is a link to another completed auction from the same seller which ended with a 'buy it now' and indicates what the item sold for: link

You mean all that cleaning he did was in vain? Lol, i don't think it was cleaned Peck, he just could'nt up the grade (like he normally does) because of the obvious wear. The original seller had it listed as AU am sure, 1949 had mentioned it to me sometime this year when we were talking about buying key dates and i said i did'nt agree with jmb4homes grade, it seems i was right, the wear on Britannians legs and on Victoria was evident from the original dark pictures from jmb4home Just a few observations -- jmb4home listed the coin as XF (EF). Also -- there may not have been a loss on this coin as the auction notes that "this listing was ended by the seller because the item is no longer available."

I have to admit the audio/video feeds for the American auction houses are generally very good The audio for the DNW auctions works quite well.

When I tried accessing the site, my anti-virus software displayed a message indicating that the site was malicious and was being blocked.

"Never even been handled by human hands" link

Is there really an example of this penny in the British Museum collection?

For anyone who may recall the 1933 penny tin foil impression that sold on ebay last year, there is a similar impression of a 1954 penny up for sale: link

A penny for your thoughts... link