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Hello all, I have this 1908 penny that I took out of a bundle. I am trying to get with grips with all of the Edward varieties as there appear to be some minute variations! I believe the rarest variety is the 1*+C if I am correct? I count this coin as having the 1 in date pointing to a tooth and the date covering 11 border teeth whereas the others in my bundle have 13. Are there date spacing variations for the 1908? Sorry for the poor scans, it is new and I am just about getting to grips with it. Thanks all, Jack.

Hello all, I have been directed here as I was told this is where the Penny experts hang out! Would you be able to confirm the variety of this 1861 Penny for me? Is it 5+G? Thanks All!

Hello all, I was wondering if you could help me with this interesting farthing. It is dated 1840 and it has a few unusual features. The first trident is shorter then normal, with this date obviously having the scarce two prong trident variety, and it has clashed die attributes as similar to the 1840 piece in this post. They are weaker then the example posted here but are in the same positions as is a key feature with the 2 prong trident. I have had a 1840 2 prong before and the prong was even shorter i.e non existent but I have seen other examples with varying lengths. I also note that the 1839 2 prong variety in the Colin Cooke collection had a prong similar to the length of this but being a different year it may have different attributes. In the opinion of the experts on here would you say this is possibly a 'mid point' variety between a normal specimen and the two prong trident? Any opinions or information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks all, Jack.

Hi all, I recently acquired a nice 1840 farthing with the two pronged trident on the reverse (the same as the more common 1839 variety). I haven't seen any sold in recent times so I was just wondering if anyone here had a suggested value for it. The coin is around fine but with the variety nice and clear. Thanks all!!

Thanks for the input guys. I must say, considering how difficult I found it to obtain one I would suggest a fiver or 99p is probably slightly too low! I am very impressed that you had an example in NEF, must surely be one of the best around? The only other examples I have known of as comparison is one that sold years ago on ebay for about £85 in almost fine and an example went on ebay a couple of months ago for £55 in similar grade but the seller didn't know what he was selling so it went to a keen eyed buyer! Thanks for the advice and I reckon I will hold on to it for a while