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  1. secret santa
    Actually, ignore that, it's not always true !!!
  2. secret santa
    No - a useful guide is that the top of the curved part of the 3 is just about level with the top of the curved part of the 6 on open 3 varieties but lower on normal varieties.
  3. secret santa
    Desperately sad to lose a fellow lover of coins.
  4. secret santa
    Here are the pictures of Louise's 1860 penny.
  5. secret santa
    The waves are the clue - clear daylight between base of waves and double exergue.
  6. secret santa
    Pareidolia........................
  7. secret santa
    Thanks Mike - fascinating and very relevant to numismatics !
  8. secret santa
    That's not in my dictionary, Jerry - is it an obscure Welsh word ?
  9. secret santa
    If you haven't got it, buy "The Standard Guide To Grading British Coins" (from Predecimal). It nicely describes and illustrates the grades (states of wear) on all the major obverses and reverses. Every design has its high point of relief which shows wear first, and on George V obverses it's around the eye and top of ear which wears first, reducing it to EF as in your 1934 penny.
  10. secret santa
    My mate Bernie Workman will be most upset !!!!!
  11. secret santa
    Yup, F33. Take a look at my varieties website (below) to help with identifying obverse/reverse varieties.
  12. secret santa
    I believe that they are probably scarce rather than rare. The more we discuss them, the more people will check their own coins and the more will emerge from the woodwork. That's been true of the 1863 open 3, the 1903 open 3 and the 1911 hollow neck.
  13. secret santa
    I think you are slightly undervaluing them given recent sale prices.
  14. secret santa
    Liam Could put the obverse up as well or PM me a photo and I'll add it to the website although they're coming out of the woodwork so fast that it may prove to be not so rare as I thought. Richard
  15. secret santa
    Could well be.
  16. secret santa
    Fancy finding 2 rare English pennies in Bulgaria !!!
  17. secret santa
    I agree.
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    I have now added this coin to my website - I hope this is OK with you Voynov ?
  19. secret santa
    That's because they are !
  20. secret santa
    Many thanks for the responses to this.
  21. secret santa
    Thanks Rob - who's the baby ? (BM = British Museum ?) Was it issued in 1897 ?
  22. secret santa
    Can anyone tell me what this medallion-type of thing is please ? My wife picked it up at an antique shop for me. It is roughly bronze penny size.
  23. secret santa
    1877 pennies exist in a variety of widths. It's pity that you can't count the teeth on your examples. Gouby's Victoria penny book shows good examples. Here's a wide one.
  24. secret santa
    Well, he did say Freeman 8 closer ribbons above.
  25. secret santa
    I think he means the F77 and 78 varieties with obverse 8. They are both rare in high grades.
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