1916 one pence

[Peckris 579]

wow, that must have been microscopic!

I have a list of other coins if anyone could tell me if they are rare or not?

-one penny for 1913 and one from 1964

-a George V king emperor one rupee from 1918

-a 50 pence from 1994 but on the tales side it has fighter jets and war ships

-half crown 1948

-Three pence from 1955 and 1943

The 1943 three pence stands a chance, but only if it's a silver 3d and in high grade, and even then we're not talking megabucks!

Very nice! I hoped it might be engraved. Another member here has an interest in engraved coins and might be able to give an opinion.

In the meantime I've copied your links to make it easier for others to view.

Damn! Couldn't they have found a non-recessed ear variety to engrave??

That'll be the exceedingly rare recessed ear variety without the broken border tooth then?

I have no idea? It's a recessed ear anyway.

I believe current wisdom is that all recessed ear pennies from 1915 & 1916 have the chipped tooth by the I of BRITT. I searched this forum and noted you had posted your own 1915 example which also exhibits the chipped tooth. There maybe those that don't, but certainly VR Court doesn't mention any.

The tooth by the I is very indistinct, so it could be a half tooth I guess? The characterics of the obverse appear to be those of a recessed ear, but with major surgery to the reverse, it's not clear cut I suppose.

what is 'the tooth' and what is a 'recessed ear'? I know near enough nothing about coins haha.

Teeth are those little bits that make up a circle just inside the rim. That particular penny variety has a broken tooth by one of the letters in BRITT. The "recessed ear" variety (1915 and 1916 only) is fairly obscure, and to be honest, is often missed even by experts, it's not really obvious. Even then, it's not rare, merely scarce, and isn't worth even twice as much as the regular issue. So no big bucks to be made from it.

[davidrj 194]

I believe current wisdom is that all recessed ear pennies from 1915 & 1916 have the chipped tooth by the I of BRITT. I searched this forum and noted you had posted your own 1915 example which also exhibits the chipped tooth. There maybe those that don't, but certainly VR Court doesn't mention any.

logically there ought to be 1915 recessed ears without the chipped tooth, yet to find one though!

[Accumulator 52]

I believe current wisdom is that all recessed ear pennies from 1915 & 1916 have the chipped tooth by the I of BRITT. I searched this forum and noted you had posted your own 1915 example which also exhibits the chipped tooth. There maybe those that don't, but certainly VR Court doesn't mention any.

logically there ought to be 1915 recessed ears without the chipped tooth, yet to find one though!

I suppose it's always possible that the RM used the chipped tooth as a positive ID to test how the 'recessed ears' fared in circulation? In that case they would all be of the chipped variety.

[Peckris 579]

I believe current wisdom is that all recessed ear pennies from 1915 & 1916 have the chipped tooth by the I of BRITT. I searched this forum and noted you had posted your own 1915 example which also exhibits the chipped tooth. There maybe those that don't, but certainly VR Court doesn't mention any.

logically there ought to be 1915 recessed ears without the chipped tooth, yet to find one though!

I suppose it's always possible that the RM used the chipped tooth as a positive ID to test how the 'recessed ears' fared in circulation? In that case they would all be of the chipped variety.

Very well, judging by the diminution of ghosting, the fully struck up reverses, and the preservation of hair detail. I always wondered why they didn't persist with it.

[Rob 3,152]

I believe current wisdom is that all recessed ear pennies from 1915 & 1916 have the chipped tooth by the I of BRITT. I searched this forum and noted you had posted your own 1915 example which also exhibits the chipped tooth. There maybe those that don't, but certainly VR Court doesn't mention any.

logically there ought to be 1915 recessed ears without the chipped tooth, yet to find one though!

I suppose it's always possible that the RM used the chipped tooth as a positive ID to test how the 'recessed ears' fared in circulation? In that case they would all be of the chipped variety.

You could always ask the Mint museum if they have a matrix or die to check this out.

[Accumulator 52]

I believe current wisdom is that all recessed ear pennies from 1915 & 1916 have the chipped tooth by the I of BRITT. I searched this forum and noted you had posted your own 1915 example which also exhibits the chipped tooth. There maybe those that don't, but certainly VR Court doesn't mention any.

logically there ought to be 1915 recessed ears without the chipped tooth, yet to find one though!

I suppose it's always possible that the RM used the chipped tooth as a positive ID to test how the 'recessed ears' fared in circulation? In that case they would all be of the chipped variety.

You could always ask the Mint museum if they have a matrix or die to check this out.

I could do one of 1949's Freedom of Information requests! I must get around to it at some point as the results would be interesting.