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All 1876 pennies were produced by the Heaton mint so all have an 'H' below the date. If you have an 1876 without the H, you might like to post a picture. Most likely it has simply worn off or been removed. Like you, I thought that the 1876 was H only, but according to Chris Perkins et al, there is an 1876 no H ~ link here I'd certainly never heard of one before, and it is a total surprise to me. I only discovered it whilst looking for the respective values of wide and narrow date 1876H's. The source is "Bamford" 2006. A picture of that coin is in Gouby's book, but he states that Bamford thought it to be filled H rather than a London mintage

That's the trouble with rarity tables, in Freeman's 1970 book he has changed it to R9, probably as more had been discovered once folk knew what to look for. We still don't know how rare the Gouby X 1911 is for possibly the same reason

I think there is a lot of truth in this. Back in the 60s we didn't have scanners or digital cameras to help us. just eyeballing worn coins from circulation I find the whole saga of George V pennies interesting, and the various attempts to eliminate ghosting, none of which were successful until the small head was introduced. Was ghosting a problem on other denominations? Why didn't they try the Imperial portrait they used for Australia, South Africa & Jersey?

Freeman gives the 1897 high tide as a newly discovered variety in his 1964 Victorian Bronze Penny He found 26 out of 4297 1897s (ranking them as R14) David

CGB in France produce an excellent regular e-magazine Le Bulletin Numismatique , free once you've registered I manage to make sense of most of it (schoolboy French and Google translator) Good mix, of ancients up to current Euro issues. and the place where newly discovered varieties in French coins are listed. Banknotes also covered Has the introduction of the Euro stimulated more interest abroad, in the same way decimalisation did here? Anyone know what the situation is elsewhere in Europe? David

Freeman's 1st book (1964) with numbers he collected only covers Victorian pennies. Not aware he ever published actual counts of any pennies post 1901 David

Gordon Bennett !!! ~ for that price I'd want a die number under the date Yes, but it could the narrow or open cat hair

My 94 yr old mum is demented poor love, and prior to going into Care, she tried to pay a bill with premium bonds. So yes, I can imagine such a scenario with some poor old dear out shopping David

or how about 1923 penny

yes Egypt 1866, if diameter is about 30mm it is a 10 para coin (not 5) $2 in Fine, $3.50 in VF, so sorry you are not going to retire on this one David

Next time you put a pair of pants in the washing machine, put some nice shiny bronze coins from change or 1967 pennies in the pockets first. Go to US Ebay and make your fortune David

Forget BU rainbow toning is the way to go! David

Not checked in the books, but looks like Egypt (then part of the Ottoman Empire) 5 para copper coin, 1860s David

I've always thought he had an unfortunate name... Probably why, when I was at school, he was called Canute

Bored mint worker? 1974 penny Odd colour

George V pennies seem to be going that way of late!!!! David

Think we now need a Gouby volume II for pennies 1902 to 1970, or as suggested elsewhere a Wiki to list all these varieties David

Happy for anything I've posted to be used David

The Australians are even worse when it comes to flaws in their pennies A lot of the confusion caused by the terms wide and narrow Most Bun penny dies have a "wide", or I would prefer a "large" date Some of the dies used in 1874,1874H, 1875, 1976H, 1877 & 1879 have the "narrow" or "small" date. These are distinct dies and have other design differences to the large date types The confusion arises with variable date spacing within each of the types, which then get described as wide and narrow dates David

Don't forget Liverpool was once the major port of the Empire. David

Ditto, decimals never rocked my boat. The coin collection I made as a youngster languished for 45 years in old albums and coffee jars. Only starting collecting again when I discovered ebay about 6 years ago David

I think it is most likely from one of the Indian Princely states. Script is similar to these Smaller 3 are from Baroda, the larger from Indore. But it could be from elsewhere in the sub continent, there are a lot of very similar designs, and this coin is too far gone to pin it down further And yes late 19th early 20th century David

I took a bus to work (2 stops and I normally walked) just so I could get some decimal change David

This question has come up before,in relation to both buyers and sellers, and IIRC we never arrived at a definitive conclusion. We did mention some sellers who we'd recommend as being reliable and honest, but went no further than that. It might be worth you asking Chris for his opinion on the matter. Obviously it would have to be "members only". Libel laws apply even in a closed group, and you have no way of knowing the person concerned or his friend has not joined this forum, and I think Chris would be liable as the publisher. So I would advise all to stay well clear of such action, even though I'm sympathetic to the need. David