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  1. secret santa
    It appears that the 1901 has the last 1 over a gap because the 1 is tilted slightly. Have you by any chance checked with Michael Gouby that the one he talks about in his book was also tilted ?
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    1874H Penny ID Please 7+I?

    secret santa replied to zookeeperz's topic in Beginners area

    And the sea does NOT cross the linear circle (unlike rev G) - very distinctive.
  3. secret santa

    Photographing Coins

    secret santa replied to brg5658's topic in Free for all

    I think my Canon macro lens was about £600 but worth its weight in gold.
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    I've just checked my spare F16's and one has got some teeth marks from a die clash which are suspiciously similar to my original specimen above. Perhaps it's just a die clash which looks a bit like L C WYON.......
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    Don't worry, you see much worse than that on the forum !
  6. secret santa
    All Obverse H (Freeman 5) coins have those 3 dots by the teeth I believe.
  7. secret santa
    No dot I'm afraid.
  8. secret santa
    Actually I'm thinking more and more that they do !
  9. secret santa
    Could it be that Obverse 5 (Gouby H) was originally intended to also carry L C WYON below the bust but was later abandoned ?
  10. secret santa
    Actually, although the "letters" are in a different place from Obverse F (Freeman 4), they are about the same size and spacing.
  11. secret santa
    Bought an interesting penny in Baldwin's auction last week. Advertised as F15 with weak signature under the bust, it was clearly an F16 with some strange markings under the bust. Close up there is some extraneous metal, perhaps from a die clash, that appears to the naked eye to be a very weak "L C WYON" but isn't !
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    1862/1 Half Penny

    secret santa replied to zookeeperz's topic in Confirmed unlisted Varieties.

    It bears no resemblance to the 1862 over 1 penny.
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    1860 penny variety

    secret santa replied to mather's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    If you search London Coins archives, you'll find plenty of lustrous F10 pennies that sold for under £200 - it's quite a common variety as Peckris describes above - just trying to manage your expectations.
  14. secret santa

    More Pennies

    secret santa replied to Prax's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    I think that may be taking things a bit too far ! Definitely one for the geeks.
  15. secret santa

    More Pennies

    secret santa replied to Prax's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    Thanks Pete.
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    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    secret santa replied to kuhli's topic in Free for all

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-1865-VICTORIA-ONE-PENNY-COIN-COIN-HUNT-WITH-SOME-LUSTRE-Z24/222932297922?hash=item33e7cce8c2:g:TokAAOSwfqFaycvA Lustre ? Surely it's cameo at least ?
  17. secret santa
    Every day, Wordpress presents me with statistics of visits to my pennyvarieties website, indicating which country those visits are from. In the last 2 days, the majority of the visits have been from Russia ! I have never before seen any visits from Russia. Do we have a penny collector in Russia, I wonder, or is it some hacker looking for a way into the wicked West's computer systems ? Should we be worried ?????
  18. secret santa
    Here Here.
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    Is the start of the reprisals ?

    secret santa replied to secret santa's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!

    10 out of 24 on Monday, 12 out of 20 on Tuesday - a select bunch !
  20. secret santa
    I've added this variety to both Varieties and Rarities websites. Do you have pics of Larry's obverse and reverse ?
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    1860 penny variety

    secret santa replied to mather's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    On a true beaded border penny ALL of the "teeth" are circular beads separate from the outer rim. If any tooth joins the outer rim then it is a toothed border. Check out the pictures on my varieties website (below)
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    Cameo or not ? Be wary !

    secret santa replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    So, I ask again, what's Ultra Cameo ?
  23. secret santa

    Cameo or not ? Be wary !

    secret santa replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    So what's Ultra Cameo ?
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    Cameo or not ? Be wary !

    secret santa replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    It's the grading companies - they're the ones I'm blaming.
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    Cameo or not ? Be wary !

    secret santa replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries

    Just received an email from Sovereign Rarities with their latest offerings which contain items described as "Ultra Cameo" and "Deep Cameo". This is getting ridiculous. They seem to inventing dozens of new grades at the top end. Any excuse to charge a bit more......
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