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Australian penny varieties

My son is 28, I'm going to buy him a dictionary for Xmas, with bookmarks for LEND and GIVE! They don't tell you these things when they are cute little babies do they David

Hi Rob, welcome David

Guess which one you would get on the winning bid 1886 penny - uncirculated David

British Museum online catalogues:- Paper money of England & Wales Roman Republican coins Can we hope to see Peck in the future? David

Best storage for these is white paper envelopes What, you mean ordinary bog standard postage type envelopes, David ? Sorry, I should have said acid free 2x2s like these David

Best storage for these is white paper envelopes

there's one here if anyone needs one, bit like buses David

A picture is worth a thousand words 1862 penny I expect heavy bidding at a mere $250 start David

Hmm, this is one of those times I need a green smiley for envy David

I think it is, high sea is difficult to see - best look at shield base touching border beads and P of penny pointing to a gap Here's mine (the only one I've ever seen) pulled from circulation years ago. A very scarce die! gor for it! David

How odd! They only illustrate the obverse! David

I'm re-reading my 1966 version of Freeman's The Victorian Bronze Penny. He mentions veiled head pennies with milled edges:- 1896 5 out of 4943 1897 4 out of 4297 1898 1 out of 2971 1899 19 out of 5688 1900 15 out of 6901 1901 16 out of 4533 my 1970 edition of his The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain mentions just 1896 F144 R18 1899 F151 R18 1899 F152 R18 1901 F155 R18 Is there anything in his later additions? No mention to my recollection in either of Gouby's books I have a couple that are almost certainly fake - I'll dig them out and see if I can get a photograph Anyone here know the story behind these? did the coins get sold? were they all dismissed as altered? Attached is a picture of the milled edge. I thought the general consensus was that all those listed in Freeman's 1st book had been consigned to the "altered post striking" category David

another demonstration of coin conservation His other coins look equally good David

Is it safe to come back in now? David

Apparently the second part of the James Workman sale will include an 1876 'no-H' penny so it'll be interesting to the see the scan of it (although Bernie did suggest that it might be the result of a clogged die). Wide or narrow date? Is this the Bamford one illustrated in Michael Gouby's book> David

Charles II of Spain 1694 Liard from Flanders (Spanish Netherlands) David

Something like this coins on strap ? David

Finished at £828 David

Of the three, Michael Gouby rates the 1869 as scarcer than either the 1875H or 1871, which he sees as being roughly equal. Michael Freeman sees 1869 and 1875H as equally rare and considerably rarer than 1871. Impossible to tell really from any of our limited experience, but all I would say is that 1869s seem to create a bit more of a 'stir' than the other two. Looking again at Freeman's original book where he gives numbers he found in circulation 1869 13 1871 53 1875H 19 David

Bigger coins from scarce metal? Obviously a very successful design, little change over 2000+ years David

ironic little memento 1d only interesting, but not £40 interesting David

Blimey £100!! that's worse than mine David

But if we are right and it's been tooled, it is now a severely damaged coin with a much lower retail value David

We've discussed the weak strikings of the Kings Norton pennies here before, but what do folk here make of this 1919? Nice shield detail but Oh how horrid, looks like it has had a serious case of dandruff, the light bits are "lustrous" as if bits have flaked off. I'm guessing a blank full of bubbles David