Elizabeth I 1d! Who just pipped me at the post?

[Coinery 1,153]

I thought £121.09 would be enough for an admittedly amazing penny! Obviously not!

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[azda 979]

Better coin in my opinion 360449856891

[TomGoodheart 402]

Not me. I was after something else entirely ..

Nice penny though.

[Peter 615]

I thought £121.09 would be enough for an admittedly amazing penny! Obviously not!

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I had a better one nicked by our lovely postal workers and it was only £30.

I think the dark areas make your (non won) coin look better than it is.

[Coinery 1,153]

Better coin in my opinion 360449856891

I did look at this one, but just couldn't live with the reverse weaknesses, and the 'uncertain' obverse left field and, possible chin weakenss, not at £130-a-side anyway. I did win this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280862913440?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 at £24 per side...well, £48 a side, really, as the reverse isn't worth a penny. I love the bust though, I think I'll cut it out with my Serif PagePlus software and start a photographic record of the various bust types...might be more useful than the drawings that exist. One of my favourite busts is 3C, but you'd barely recognise it from the catalogue drawings (slight exageration, I guess, but they really aren't that good).

[Coinery 1,153]

I thought £121.09 would be enough for an admittedly amazing penny! Obviously not!

360449829669

I had a better one nicked by our lovely postal workers and it was only £30.

I think the dark areas make your (non won) coin look better than it is.

Bad luck with that, bastardos! I think you could be right, but it had that magic element for me...not enough magic to shell out more than £120 mind you!