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  1. secret santa
    I seem to remember that years ago some weather forecaster said that there was an over 80% probability that tomorrow's weather in the UK would be the same as today's. How things change !
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    I'm not inclined to add it to the "Dot" pennies because virtually all of these have perfectly circular raised dots about which Paul Holland has offered a plausible explanation for their origin and I'd prefer to keep them together as a single "phenomenon". Possibly another page could be created for coins with extraneous extra metal such as this ? Let me think about it. Richard
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    At the time of buying the coin, Barker, of Hull, said he was “over the moon” when he discovered how unique it was. So, how unique is it ? Rather unique ? Quite unique ? Very unique ? A trifle unique ? I'm afraid that the word "unique" is going the way of "literally" and "amazing" - i.e. becoming meaningless.
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    I would expect a specimen strike to be much, much sharper than this.
  5. secret santa
    Very rare 1881H F103 sold on Ebay today for £1420 - a reasonable price for a genuine rarity with fewer than 10 examples on my website.
  6. secret santa
    Ditto for me - I agree that the die crack looks to be a definitive identifier for the obverse. I'll look a little more at the reverse.
  7. secret santa
    Just checked my 1856 OT - detached clover is there but NOT the misaligned colon after DEF.
  8. secret santa
    Great work as always, Ian.
  9. secret santa
    A cursory examination reveals a die crack on the obverse from the C of VICTORIA to the rim and, on the reverse, the colon after DEF is misaligned.
  10. secret santa
    I wait with bated breath (saves me looking !)
  11. secret santa
    I've added a little more to the Victoria bronze obverse page on this. https://pennyvarieties.wordpress.com/victoria-bronze-part-2-1861/
  12. secret santa
    Me too.
  13. secret santa
    Thank you for your kind comments but the halfpenny site is very much an afterthought, something to do in Lockdown. Pennies are my main (only) interest.
  14. secret santa
    F39
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    I've mentioned this with pictures on my varieties website for Edward VII pennies but haven't noticed it on 1900 pennies.
  17. secret santa
    Yes, slip of the keyboard ! £12,880.
  18. secret santa
    I was going to bid for the 1895 pattern (F777) at Noonan's today. A similar specimen sold for £3500 on Baldwin's list in 2011 but today it went for £10,880 !!!!!!!!! Needless to say, I didn't buy it.
  19. secret santa
    That must weigh heavy on your mind.
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    My 3 tiered cordyline also bit the dust. I've cut the trunks down to ground level and with luck they will regrow - it did once before when the same happened.
  21. secret santa
    That makes sense now. Thanks for the pics.
  22. secret santa
    Have you posted any photos of this ?
  23. secret santa
    My rarest coin is a 1922 penny obverse 4+ reverse C - unrecorded and the only specimen I've ever seen come to market. I have a photo of what appears to be a BU specimen of the same die pairing but I can't find any confirmation of its existence.
  24. secret santa
    I'm not sure it's there.
  25. secret santa
    Campanula ? (blue, bell-shaped flowers)
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