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How on earth did you manage to scan the edge? Now that is clever!

Yes it is a nice penny, and a great web coin cabinet !! Thanks guys! I've recently picked up a few more pennies which need to be added when time allows.

I'm particularly partial to the tone of this 1868 proof penny in copper:

I've never really looked at tokens, but can't fail to be impressed with these examples. Welcome to the site!

I'd never be interested in a coin like that

I was thinking it might make 6 figures, even in 'about fine' - not that grade would be as big a consideration as normal! Imagine the kudos if you owned one that was universally agreed to be genuine ... sky's the limit! I would guess £85k+I'm trying not to talk the price up!

£30k +

If one were to come onto the market….

I agree, that reproduction is all wrong. I would rather have a space filler that looked like this:

How on earth do they arrive at an MS65 BN grade for this monster! (Check out the reverse)

15 leaves?

I don't know sixpences, so have no comment on the price. I would vouch for Heritage as an organisation though. The quality of the photos, particularly taken through slabs, is unbeaten by anyone else (you have to join to see the hi-res version) and the customer service is excellent.

Wow! I just sold a single penny for $350 through Heritage. Admittedly I'd previously bought it from them, by mistake (I wasn't concentrating and actually wanted and secured the following lot). No mention of a $5,000 minimum though!

mycoincollection.co.uk cost me just a few quid. I didn't buy it for business but I imagine more users search Google for 'coin collection' than 'numismatics'.

Hopefully not the copper or bronze!

I've looked at proprietary software packages but for the moment have decided to build a simple Excel spreadsheet as I sort through my coins. I read previous threads about Access (which I do have some experience of) and one of the main reasons for going that route seems to be the difficulty in adding images to Excel. Checking around various techy forums, though, I've come across a really neat way to add images to excel using the 'comment' feature. It's not that obvious how to go about it, but the result is that when you mouse-over the relevant cell, up pops your image and any text you want to add too! As soon as you move the mouse pointer away the image disappears. If anyone wants precise details, I'd be happy to post them here. The effect is like this (excuse the rather basic dummy spreadsheet in the background):

What always amazes me is that there are very serious collectors out there (e.g. The buyer if this coin and many others) who apparently have no wish to share their enthusiasm publicly. A very basic Google search will reveal the existence of this forum, but still the large majority of collectors prefer to remain anonymous.

Below is a link to a post I made about 3 years ago explaining how you can quite effectively embed photos into Excel spreadsheets using the 'comment' feature. It works very neatly and pops up the photos as you hover over a cell rather than having to show all the photos all of the time. I use it for a spreadsheet with several hundred coins and experience no problem. The thread is here

Or some toned and perfect lustre:

And a couple more:

And I have to get a few pennies! Nice chocolate toning:

I put in a low offer as I just couldn't see any great value in this coin. Have just watched the auction on line and saw it go for £6,800+ (commission). Is that the power of national newspapers at work? Crazy!

It was apparently sold privately. Not to me, I should add, though I did make a substantial offer. I'm sure the new owner will be very pleased with the addition to their collection.

The reverse shows quite a lot of wear, looking at Britannia's hand or the thistle in the exergue, for example.

Just appalling. I wonder if anybody has made a study of the dates and denominations which are toned in this way. Given that they are for the most part artificially toned, it seems to me to make sense to only tone relatively common, but high grade coins, so that any problems with the process won't result in a significant financial loss. In this way profits can be maximised without too great a risk. If this is the case, then again it lends substance to the argument that rainbow toning is an artificial process. Otherwise both common and rare coins would show this feature. Thus if RT was natural, I'd expect there to be a 1934 crown with it out there, but somehow I'm betting there isn't. Similarly, has anybody seen a RT coin with significant wear? After all, if the toning occurs naturally and a worn coin was taken out of circulation say 100 years ago, it should by now show rainbow toning. I accept that in circulation, you wouldn't expect it, but once this is no longer the case, a coin should tone according to the environment it's in. That should lead to some RT coins in fine condition, yet, I dont think i've ever seen one - please correct me if I'm wrong. Even if I accept the argument that collectors only want high grade examples and that such collectors store their coins in particular conditions that lead to RT occurring, I'd still expect to see some lower grade examples, if only where gaps are filled, due to the rarity of the date. Of course, if RT is artificial, then the reason for this is obvious - there's little price mark up on a worn coin. Perfect logic Dave, and I think we all know the answer to how many RT 1934 crowns are out there!