A little Penny help

[azda 979]

Just trying to work the Freeman number out. I'm at 5+D F16, am i right, hope so, took me 30 mins

I've enlarged it a little to look over, nice grade to, EF+ or better?

[Bernie 203]

Just trying to work the Freeman number out. I'm at 5+D F16, am i right, hope so, took me 30 mins

I've enlarged it a little to look over, nice grade to, EF+ or better?

It certainly is a Freeman 16, very nice coin, nice grade.

[azda 979]

Thanks Bernie

[azda 979]

And another.....3+D?

[azda 979]

The REV of the above

[Bernie 203]

The REV of the above

It is a 4+D, Freeman 15, Gouby 1860N, Satin 14, BMC 1632.

[azda 979]

The REV of the above

It is a 4+D, Freeman 15, Gouby 1860N, Satin 14, BMC 1632.

Thanks again Bernie, just when you think you have the varieties worked out, it seems not. Onwards onwards lol

[argentumandcoins 70]

You need to invest in Michael Gouby's British Bronze Penny specialist edition Dave. It is a million times easier to use than Freeman and lists umpteen varieties that were unknown when Freeman was written. At £50 it is a snip and will earn you a lot more than that in the long run.

[Beebman 2]

You need to invest in Michael Gouby's British Bronze Penny specialist edition Dave. It is a million times easier to use than Freeman and lists umpteen varieties that were unknown when Freeman was written. At £50 it is a snip and will earn you a lot more than that in the long run.

I'll second that, I bought a copy last month and it has an amazing amount of info not available elsewhere including detailed price values of each variation by condition. And yes there are umpteen variations unknown to Freeman - for example the F15 has 7 different variations listed by Gouby depending on such things as the ribbon cut, the hair on Vicky's nape, the colon dots in F:D: - my mind has yet to stop boggling!

[azda 979]

You need to invest in Michael Gouby's British Bronze Penny specialist edition Dave. It is a million times easier to use than Freeman and lists umpteen varieties that were unknown when Freeman was written. At £50 it is a snip and will earn you a lot more than that in the long run.

Already done so John, phoned Michael yesterday and its on its way. Problem with Freemans is the pictures are B&W and quite small to see the detail, so i had been wanting Michaels new one for a while, so bit the bullet and got it.

[azda 979]

Is this REV A or B the differences are so small

[azda 979]

Another REV, this time 1897. Using the Gouby book i have OBV V and REV W. P of PENNY points to tooth Freeman 145

Edited October 16, 2010 by azda

[Bernie 203]

Is this REV A or B the differences are so small

Definately Reverse B, the gap between the trident prong and P of PENNY on Reverse A is twice as wide.

[azda 979]

Ah yes, the differences are now quite noticable Bernie lol. Nice 2mm tho

[Peckris 579]

Is this REV A or B the differences are so small

Definately Reverse B, the gap between the trident prong and P of PENNY on Reverse A is twice as wide.

The other way to tell is that Reverse A has a VERY low tide, and no sea at all behind Britannia.