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Can anyone help with this one please? I acquired it some time ago in a mixed lot, my initial reation was 'some idiot has silver plated a scarce coin' and it went into my box of junk and oddities Loooking at again I realized it was heavier than a normal Kruger penny - approx 10g as opposed to 9g, it is magnetic so I'm assuming it is Nickel, and the coin has good lustre that doesn't show in a scan, the edge has marks which suggest it was mounted at some time in the past Internet searches have proved fruitless, so ;- unrecorded pattern, off-metal mistrike, or fantasy piece? Any help from S.African experts would be appreciated David

1882 penny - no H!!!!

Or a £5 bank bag of mixed bronze that has been sitting in the back of a safe since the mid 1880s would suit me, hours if sorting!

Maybe just that the coin is so small an 0.5 mm misalignment looks huge on a Maundy penny but the same 0.5 mm would look insignificant on a crown sized piece

I miss the old billion too! Ours, I mean, not the American one which we've adopted. If our deficit was measured in proper billions, we'd be in even deeper doodie than we already are!! .........and you can no longer buy exersise books with all the useful info on the back ...... how many chains to the furlong, roods to the acre, etc even nostalgia isn't what it used to be David

Not one of us was able to choose the place our birth, or the circumstances of our childhood. It's how we deal with what we are dealt that counts David

Equally hard to find the 1918/9 Heatons with full shield details now

Not BU, but about uncirculated !!! Nice penny Michael, is it yours?

If we are in fantasy mode, will Father Xmas bring me one of these please? Ceonwulf penny David

My 1918KN and like Peck's 1930 halfcrown, nice but not in top grade David

And..........?

If they understood interest rates, maybe they're wouldn't be so many in debt

A few years ago I went to buy some vinyl flooring for the bathroom; the rolls were 2 metre wide, but the carpet shop sold lengths by the yard! Crazy system, our kids are taught metric at school, but the real world exists in imperial The French ditched £sd (Livres, sols, et deniers) in 1800 and introduced the standard metre and kilogram The whole world (except ouselves and the Americans) uses metric in everyday life, and all science and engineering is now in SI units (no more Horse Power or Foot Poundals) So why do we insist on buying boiled ham in ounces?

To be fair it's obviously a work in progress, which by it's nature is probably impossible to complete. He has a big "wants" list plus a request for info on coins he doesn't know about Nice site to recommend to youngsters wanting a cheap area to collect

Found this whilst surfing animals on coins post 1900 nice site

Ouch! I notice no feedback posted yet

I remember getting this penny in around 1961 Got off the conducter on the 23 bus - It was to my eyes then, uncirculated, as opposed to the flat discs that were normal bun pennies. been collecting pennies ever since I remember sums in £sd and oz, Lb, Cwt and tons. We took them in our stride, we had no concept then that we were working in base12, base14, base16, base20 etc. My teacher in my last year of primary school (1955) was dead keen on decimal currency, so he would daily fire questions at us, such as "what is 75% of a pound?" - came in handy in 1971 David

Next time you put your jeans in the washing machine, leave some 2010 2ps in the pocket - at least half should come out with rainbow toning, = slabbing ready We ought to have a little competition here to see who can come up with the most monstrous result David

Spreading confusion or a new way of marketing a crap 1936 penny

exactly!

Just for you Peck khazi and alternate terms David Most kind of you David Though I must point out that that was WIKI not WILI. OIC! didn't read your post carefully, too subtle for me! David

Just for you Peck khazi and alternate terms David

As a Liverpudlian I always thought Khazi was Scouse, but Wilipedia gives:- Lexicographer Eric Partridge derives khazi, also spelt karzy, kharsie or carzey, from a low Cockney word carsey originating in the late 19th century and meaning a privy.Carsey also referred to a den or brothel. It is presumably derived from the Italian casa for house, with the spelling influenced by its similar sound to khaki. Khazi is now most commonly used in the city of Liverpool in the UK, away from its cockney slang roots.[27] An alternative derivation is from Christopher Chippindale, who states that khazi derives from Army slang used by expatriate officers of the British Empire who took a dislike to the habits of, and steaming rain forest inhabited by, the Khasi people of the Khasia hills on the northern frontier of India. David

For bun penny fans who haven't already got a copy - link David