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  1. secret santa

    More Pennies

    There's a somewhat similar specimen to Mike's in the next LCA - not quite the same position of 8 but the same wonky last figure 1. Also an interesting R over small A (a lazy attempt to repair the leg of the R ?) and a very unconvincing (to me) 1862 PFNNY.
  2. I have recently spent a lot of time adding the George III 1797 and 1805/6 pattern, proof and restrike penny varieties to my varieties website. I thought it needed doing because the pictures in Peck are small, black & white and very low resolution , making it hard to identify individual varieties and check the minute details such as the number of gunports on the ship. I've been taking photographs from auction sites but still need photos of some varieties to complete the task. While I was doing this, I discovered that my specimen of 1806 "P1326" is, in fact, an unrecorded (as far as I know) die-pairing. Peck, on page 366, states that the only occurrence of the 1806 proof penny with imperfect date figures (1 and 0) is in die-pairing KP31, paired with a reverse featuring a ship with 3 stays from the foremast to the bowsprit, being struck in Gilt (P1325), Bronzed copper (P1326) and Copper (P1327). However, the penny that I bought from London Coins auction in 2010 (lot 1544) as a Peck 1326 has the obverse with imperfect date figures described above but the reverse of KP30 which Peck records uniquely on P1322, 1323 and 1324 and has only 2 stays from the foremast to the bowsprit and, importantly, a very conspicuous die flaw from the second A of BRITANNIA to the border. I don't know whether this has been noticed and/or recorded before, or how important it is but it is interesting (to me, at least !) All other specimens of P1325-7 that I have seen have the die-pairing documented by Peck. Maybe some of you copper experts can comment ?
  3. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    That's a hugely detailed article - does anyone know Mick Martin or have contact details ?
  4. That's a great spot Jerry - definitely worth a few bob !
  5. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    Thanks very much. Do you have my email address ?
  6. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    Would you be able to scan it and mail it to me ? It would be quite nice to make my pennyvarieties site as complete a list of varieties as possible.
  7. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    I've just mailed a friend at Spink to see if he can help. Watch this space.
  8. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    Your rather dismissive reply ignores the fact that a recognised source of such information would act as a reference point to help collectors identify their coins and, of course, to prevent people like me claiming a new variety every day.
  9. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    I'll try to get hold of this article. Does this imply that there is no agreed definitive list of all these patterns, proof and restrikes ? And no custodian of such an inventory ?
  10. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    I was wrong - the incuse curl is present on the earlier Peck numbers, just not as well-defined as my P1342 above. These 2 photos are of my P1323 and KP30/KP31 mule. I take it all back - Peck is correct.
  11. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    I can't see this curl on any of the other pennies. Edit: But wait - maybe I can - I'll do some more research.........................................
  12. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    Just checked and it does have the engrailed edge.
  13. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    Also, Peck states on page 371 that the currency penny P1342 has the incuse curl "as on all the preceding pennies", i.e proof pennies P1321 to P1341 - but I believe that none of these preceding pennies have the curl - do you agree ?
  14. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    Is it possible to access this list of unrecorded strikes to add them to my site ?
  15. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    Thanks guys, I'll check the edge and confirm.
  16. secret santa

    Unrecorded 1806 proof penny ?

    Are the Taylor restrikes not included in Peck ? I'm woefully ignorant about these early copper coins.
  17. secret santa

    Is this a BP1860 BB?

    The rims on the rare obverses A and B are much wider, much like the reverse on the coin you posted above.
  18. secret santa

    Neil Innes

    The Ruttles - a masterpiece - every song sounded like a genuine Lennon-McCartney composition. So clever...............
  19. secret santa

    Stuff to Make Us Laugh

    Years ago, when I played hockey every Saturday, we were sometimes a man short and the opposition would lend us a spare player. A colleague of mine who wrote the match reports would always refer to the borrowed player as "Bill Anchor" in the match report and his name would appear as W Anchor in the team listing at the end. Our local paper never spotted it and we had many a chuckle seeing it in print.
  20. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    A young Joan Sims, stalwart of the Carry On films.
  21. secret santa

    Christmas hampers

    And definitely the same to you Blake, I do hope you find some merriness over the festive period.
  22. secret santa

    UK Election

    The human race is unbelievably arrogant, granting ourselves "human rights" that even overrule the basic rules of society sometimes and deciding that other "lesser" species on the evolutionary scale are worthy of preservation for the purposes of entertainment or sustenance.
  23. secret santa

    More Pennies

    Oops, missed that !
  24. secret santa

    More Pennies

    Thanks Guys - what did it go for ?
  25. secret santa

    More Pennies

    Actually, I don't think it does (but I could be wrong)
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