Is this 1881 penny rare?

[Peckris 579]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...e=STRK:MEWAX:IT

It looks to me to be Obverse 9 which makes it the commonest variety. It's a GVF+ (Spink : £15 VF £80 EF) and it is sitting there at £92 the last few hours - still over 40 minutes to go. Anyone spot anything about it which might make it worth that much? I can't, for the life of me.

[scott 144]

i cant... unless the date is narrower then usual

but the way pennies are going on there... it doesnt surprise me

[Peckris 579]

i cant... unless the date is narrower then usual

but the way pennies are going on there... it doesnt surprise me

Yes, I thought the date looked kind of 'in between' a wide and narrow date, but not enough to make me bid a fortune on it.

You're right about the madness of pennies on eBay though. I got outbid for a high grade 1866 by Mr Pain-In-The-Butt--Last-3-Seconds--Bidder the other night, but if only I'd increased it earlier as it went for "only" £26, which is actually quite sane compared to all the others since then.

[Peckris 579]

Mr Pain-In-The-Butt--Last-3-Seconds--Bidder must have taken the day off. It actually went for the £92 in the end!

[scott 144]

i did find a 1875 H in the mess that everyone missed... i linked it yesterday lol grade is only clear date.. and the H is just a worn bit but its H shaped

[Peckris 579]

i did find a 1875 H in the mess that everyone missed... i linked it yesterday lol grade is only clear date.. and the H is just a worn bit but its H shaped

Cool! I found an 1875H in GF but with a scratch on the reverse, in a dealer's 50p tray some years ago. I was stupidly honest enough to point this out to him, and he let me have it for 50p anyway.

[scott 144]

heh nice.. i did the same to my dealer with 1912 H 1918KN and H pennies.. except i didnt say and gave it him head sides up.. and i gots em for 5p each surprised he didnt flip em over... and the 1912H obverse was the best side too, he has done in the past... i found an 1861 EF farthing... he said this one will be a bit more because its in good condition.. then said will £1 be okay... lol

still looking through the 5p tin he has for average grade stuff for rares... only thing of interest was a thin planchet 1975 5p lol