terrysoldpennies

Last week I picked up a decent 1915 Recessed ear penny [ show on the next post] . That got me thinking about the life of this die, from its start to its destruction, and so I hunted around and managed to find an 1916 example with a die crack running right across the coin from the A in GRA to the D in DEF on the other side of the coin. The crack is so bad that it must have meant the end of the die, and the production of this type. Pic. On the left starting at the top is an early 1915 strike without the crack , but note the tooth in question seems smaller than the others ?. Next down is also a 1915 and appears to have a small curved bite out of the bottom of the tooth . Third down is a 1916, it has now developed, and a large section is missing from the tooth. Finally the bottom insert also 1916 shows the final extent of the tooth loss, as this is the example with the die crack, also shown in full on the right side.

1858 F over B in DEF I bought this one just last week and it arrived yesterday. Many thanks to a tip off from a friend.

Nice one Gary, I must confess I didn't think it would get a 63 .

Its nice to see new collectors , Good luck with your future finds.

Nice one Richard , if you keep this up you'll have to sell the entire collection to buy the next coin up the price ladder.

No Mike, too much for me just at the moment, but you never know just like an 11 bus another may come along quite soon.

How about lot 620 with the F38 £650 !! https://www.dnw.co.uk/auctions/catalogue/lot.php?auction_id=545&lot_uid=355912&search=1

I Though you knew about Gary's example Mike, yes I guess my ones about EF/ EF+ and Gary's AU but, not quite uncirculated me thinks . Is there a perfect one out there . ?

You've told everyone now Jon. That one wont be cheap.

My F164a was on here posted some years back, it was better than my F164 until this latest find.

Reverse F164

I believe a high percentage of pre. 1946 [ half silver ] and pre. 1920 [ full silver ] was withdrawn much earlier, but whether it was replaced in large quantities by the cupro-nickel before the final withdrawal I don't know.

I hadn't read that Richard . Interesting

Link below Richard. https://www.rct.uk/collection/443672/edward-viii-pattern-penny

Its those Bunny Pennies Again, they just won't go away.

This is the Royal Mint's Example Richard RMM 52 , below is the blank side and the Rubber Pattern RMM 74. Also I noticed that your example 8 on the Rare coins is the Example held by the Royal Collection Trust . Terry

The only battle ship one I can think of on a penny was the mono faced Edward viii Reverse .

I should have gone to Specsavers.

All right maybe even a ship.

I don't know if its of any interest, but i came across this pattern 1894 penny the other day , and wondered just how iv'e managed to miss it in all my years of collecting , it is after all listed in Freemans on page 233 Plate xiv Pic. B terrible picture though. It looks to be the same reverse as the 2mm 1895 but has an unusual looking boat on the right. http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Great_Britain_1894_penny_KM-790

Yes I'd say F10 as well

Will he have to pay export duty on top of that to bring it back to the uk . ??

R over A , really, not for me and I think most people will shy away from it as well . We'll all have to wait and see if another clearer example turns up. As to the PFNNY this die fill type often turns up on Victorian pennies . Below is a 1890 .

O don't we all want to find the rare ones, but to put it into perspective , if you add all of the reverse F types the F19 F24 F27 F32 the sum total of 48 coins are at present known, so the rev.F is always Rare , but keep looking there must be more still to be found out there.

I'm not so sure. Though the First 1in the date looks to be to the tooth, other pointers look incorrect . The rim on the 169 is more raised up with the teeth usually intact even on a worn coin, also the space between the 1 and 9 is narrower, and the sea on the right hand side runs onto a tooth where as on the 168 its to the gap between the teeth. sorry.