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Peter Andrew alerted me to the 1934 penny that sold in the Heritage auction for $1620 !!!!!!!!!!! https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/great-britain-george-v-penny-1934-ms67-brown-ngc-/a/232150-63471.s?ic=homepage-myrecommendations-WorldCoins-item-052114&tab=MyRecommendations-080216

Nice one, Bruce - I haven't seen that before but Ian F may know more as he's studied copper pennies for years.

Feast your eyes !

Bernie has a lovely AU specimen. I'll post it with his permission.

BBC Sports Personality of the Year -

Definitely in the top 3 of F69s that I've seen.

Blake, could you post a pic of the obverse as well, please ?

That one shows the pointed top to the lighthouse very clearly.

See my penny varieties website for good pictures of Victoria reverses.

Exactly, and then go to the catalogue lot by lot for the detailed photos.

These coins don't grow on trees you know.

Sadly, I think the 90 year old and I would have very similar standards and vocabulary ......................

I think I've only heard Americans use that phrase.

Yes, or "100 per cent" as everyone seems to say nowadays.

Of course, I'm not actually hopping mad but this hasn't stopped the word "literally" from becoming the latest word to enter the populist vocabulary like a tornado. Just listen to anyone on the TV or radio and they'll slip the word into every sentence that has a verb in it. People literally don't understand when to use the word. It has become the only adverb available, just as "amazing" has become the only adjective to expressive some degree of value. Zoe Ball is the current record holder for frequency of use of the word "amazing".

I'll post pics in the next few days - are there any giveaway signs ?

Whilst filing away some old £1 coins today, I found a 1992 £1 with the Irish Flax reverse. The correct reverse for 1992 is recorded as English Oak. Is this likely to be a forgery ?

1861 F29 (6+D;J+d)

Bought an unusual penny on Ebay recently which had a re-entered G in D:G:, rotated noticeably.

I find that quite disturbing.

It may well be related in some way. These automatic software updates often cause problems that the writers presumably haven't anticipated (or tested).

Strangely, the problem returned today. For some reason. I then logged into my Google account and the problem was instantly cured. And I don't understand why.

Remember my saga of the 1862/1 penny - there's a good chance that it will turn up eventually. And you may eventually end up like you-know-who with both the coin and the compensation.

I wonder if and when they'll clarify that on their website.

No, they're pretty economical with their communications.