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Ah yes, the picture didn't come up for me yesterday. Thanks Paddy.

The auction description doesn't mention which magazines they are - do you have detailed knowledge ?

More to the point, how did the above posting make you feel ?

Stop all this nonsense about hedges.....a good fence will soon sort out the gold.

Thanks Mike - I wonder why they don't explain that in their documents ?????

In the latest Royal Mint bulletin, they quote figures for "LEP" and MCM" for each coin but never explain what this means - it's obviously something to do with mintage but what exactly ?

Eric It was previously sold by Spink in September 2015 as part of the Andy Scott collection (for £2108) See my rarest pennies site below. Richard

I asked the vendor to confirm the die pairing and surprise, surprise, he cancelled the listing. At least it must have been an honest mistake.

Die clash. Happens all the time.

Nice recessed ear variety.

Mike, do you think I'm safe to add this one to the list ?

and not even obverse 6 !

The same seller has recently been listing a normal 1877 penny as a "narrow date" variety and responded similarly to my polite comment whilst persisting in describing it as such. Just symptomatic of society where criminal behaviour isn't policed or punished.

Bryan Take a look at London Coins website. Their auction archive contains good quality photos of the coins they've sold and you'll find examples of just about everything. It might lead you to being attracted to a particular denomination, monarch, or whatever. Good luck with your collecting.

I like the look of copper/bronze coins against a very dark background and want to what my own coins look like so I'll give it a try. I'll get back to you for more assistance, I'm sure. Thanks Richard

I have always been a little sceptical about some of the so-called "proofs" and/or "specimens" of the 1874 series. LCA have sold several F74 proof pennies (I have bought one) and although they are sharply struck with good surfaces, I have never been totally convinced that they were struck as proofs. Interestingly, they offered in September 2012 a "unique" 1874 (no H) 6+G penny for sale, ex-Freeman who described it as proof. The accompanying description was interesting as it exemplified the debates around proof/nonproof pennies of that era. The coin was unsold and I don't recall why I didn't buy it - I guess I wasn't convinced.

What software do you use for this ?

I had put the £320 figure on my website but I've deleted it to avoid people trying to knock John down on all his prices.

Nice artwork Damian, did you produce this yourself ?

Have you seen it in hand ?

I think I'd plump for obv 9 too - the letters look thick enough.

It has just sold for more than £300 - outrageous. I'll try the above later.

The seller has now blocked me and the price is over £100 - how does one contact Ebay about fraud ?

That crossed my mind but it could persuade someone that it's genuine and they might go even higher - that's the last thing I want.

In 1968 between university and starting work I used to go through £5 bags and found one 1950 and a couple of 1953s.