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Likewise, so job done. He did say it didn’t look like a beaded to him either; perhaps a little more research would have been in order, but his response is fair and honest; I dare say we all make mistakes. 😮 Jerry

Not necessarily a worst offering, just mis-described by NGC and the vendor has followed suit. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126326106682?itmmeta=01HPP1PAKM29E6B28M1EVHGG5E&hash=item1d699f6a3a:g:NV4AAOSw2tZlxS33&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAsLKd0l82XvnuaGrzJO%2FHcJBV3x52qzjv7EFUyGtuDfrY3BiF%2BgCLs%2F0oAPx%2Fn0SCC3RYgwRYFrRUDPMG%2FjfGZzu2ShMHdF58OPVYNlD%2BPndD4YGTqM7lC1YVglfmlKPDqzbdsYoAG6L1bd3CV68Ofczf280EJOyzDBDpNBXB5YeOESC2tfazyh2oR4M4VNnnR8bnBs8D5P1Ga873l60L2fb0i9cBE9XtVSCS1gVpihmJ|tkp%3ABk9SR_6p2cG1Yw I have messaged him might be worth others doing so too. Jerry

Fantastic, sounds like a theme for another topic but I am a great fan of the KT66 and have a number of vintage amps that use them from Pye, Pamphonic, Sound Sales, Leak (TL12’s) ,HMV Williamsons and others. I am lucky to have many spare MOV valves, will certainly see me out. But my perspective is very much that of a collector, I can service or repair vintage amplifiers and televisions, but my knowledge of electronics is pretty basic. I also have several thousand LP records, mostly 60’s and ‘70’s Rock, Prog, Folk etc but I have to admit some Pop too. But mostly renovating my ancient farmhouse and barns for the last six years though.

The dye free meths over here is Industrial Methylated Spirit (IMS) and it is widely available. Jerry

I could imagine it selling for £50 to 100 if it’s a REALLY good fake, but if it’s an obvious one to the naked eye then the value would be minimal. The value is in the quality of the workmanship. Jerry

I think that is a real possibility, given that an 1858/7 die could well have remained in use into 1859, and have been in need of repair to the second ‘8’ upon which the mint worker instinctively reached for the final digit punch then in use - the ‘9’. To me it certainly looks like a ‘9’ is in the mix. Jerry

I think the whole point is that he took all the bronze at face value from circulation, and I have also read this was accumulated through a Scottish bus company; these would have been common coins for them to handle given the average fare was only a few pence. Freeman himself did the sorting into dates/varieties and prepared the statistics (actual numbers in his possession are given in the early penny book). He at one time held over 60,000 pennies, a personal investment of some £250 and I suspect that the bus company was perfectly happy to help with the research at no cost to themselves. He clearly took the halfpennies and farthings too as within five years of his initial work he was ready to publish the authoritative bronze volume. Jerry

I’ll let you know when it arrives. Jerry

Not EBay, but surely this auction is a load of total bollox…..😁 https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=7558&lot=499 Jerry

This is the best one I could find, again from the USA. If you look at EBay ‘sold’ 1940 pennies, there’s definitely been a flurry of ‘narrow date’ sales! I found one well circulated example on EBay UK, and four or five from the USA. At a very rough estimate, 1 to 2% of pennies of the date available when Terry made his post. Thanks Terry for making us aware of the type, I suspect rare rather than extremely rare in high grade but always nice to have something new to look for. Jerry

I think this is the same site, on detectornet. http://www.ukdetectornet.co.uk/H3 Booklet - RP Jan 27th 2018.pdf Jerry

Happy New Year, Everybody! From the Temple Bar in Ewyas Harold, having just spent a pleasant few minutes rousing the populace with a few rounds of the church bells. 😑😁😈 Jerry

It’s remarkable that this penny crept through a week on EBay, it closed at £26.21 and arrived today. Five bidders, yet I assume it went unrecognised except by me. Advertised by its vendor - an establishes dealer- as mm rose, it is in fact eglantine/ eglantine over acorn and the same reverse die (and probably obverse) as the Comber specimen. The obverse die has moved in the strike, but it is in pretty good condition, indeed better than the vendors photo after removal of soil and encrustation. An extremely rare coin……unless you know otherwise? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/116003103643 Jerry

May all your coiny wishes come true! Jerry

I had messaged him as well, and have just received a nice reply from ‘Tim’ stating that he now agrees that the coin is not a mule and will alter the description. Appears that he based his id on the mis-described Heritage coin. Jerry

It appears to have been cast in a strip mould, in the same fashion as Potin coins, though I do not recognise it as a British Potin, so if genuine probably Continental Iron Age. More likely a high tin bronze, which can be quite silvery, than gold or silver. Jerry

Guy bought the unc lustrous 1882 no H F112 penny for upper 30’s K a couple of years back. Very keen penny collector. I have had some lovely purchases from his auctions, including an EF 1827 penny at good prices. Really decent bloke, often at the MCF. Jerry

I have examples of 1860 pennies with a 6/6 strike. As Rob says, manual entry of the last two date digits may well be a factor as well as repair of a clogged die. Gouby illustrates examples. Interesting, and worthy of note but not especially unusual to find same letter or digit overstrikes, unlike wrong letter or digit overstrikes which are true varieties. Jerry

He’s at it again, relisting this known altered date penny. This really has become criminal, needs reporting, he is a disgrace. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256308345192?hash=item3bad2af968:g:HJoAAOSwAnRlRNOy&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4Kf6XofPsYAEGjRxP2AxzzbtN%2Ft5ctqy4m973qozTrioluaijEBPg0V30X%2FajPIb46ok1nlNXio5TUw1Krb%2BbISJV9bBOed2yAPYnIrtPM2zpqtBSIjpzloMncR0%2F8itcbdxLMeQzg8Hz3IglEofgEPuzovd5UVZUIpzEY4WWLnm9X9%2FYsFX%2By3n3GHUM3FUSzyKqWVR4dp1ntYA5wjzMe4gv4PCLzIbzOnVqhPbLAolz%2BjI0Q90nE%2Bk0X2bbTaMjgkHAoeWDZR%2Bp1xnsOaUfZWgHGjkHFnVMLBcagpm8gjh|tkp%3ABk9SR_TZipf-Yg

Here, finally, are my friends photos of his acorn penny, an Ebay purchase several years ago at less than £100! The same dies, I think, as my Comber example. Jerry

I would say there are enough points of similarity despite the lack of a colon after ‘mm’. Jerry

One sold at LCA a few years ago, and I have subsequently bought one at the MCF and one on EBay. They are certainly very scarce. Jerry

I will have to get my mate to take photos of the acorn, I’m not sure about the dies matching so it’s worth a look. Jerry