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Penny 1d silver Victoria high grade George V bronze 1/- copper Shilling Sixpence Elizabeth II Half Farthing Veiled Head Halfcrown Edward VII 6d 2/6 Gouby 1954 William IV 1897 1834 1930 Bun Head rare UNC 1910 1900 lustre
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The Pennies from this reign are much more difficult than the smaller copper denominations. This date has a particularly low mintage too; only 322,560
With a little wear to the truncation, the hollow neck really stands out. Instantly recognisable when you know what you're looking for, but there are pointings to confirm as well: I of BRITT at a bead I of IMP at a bead It is a fairly recent discovery - Peck didn't find it, Freeman didn't find it, but Michael Gouby did, so it will always be known now as Gouby X
This is quite an exciting find. Although the images don't show the tide level well, you can see it in the flesh, and there are plenty of other indicators to distinguish between this Reverse C and the much commoner Reverse B: shield closer to border neck & head longer and thinner helmet plumes extend further out from the head shorter trident prongs different letter alignment & spacing
My closeup didn't work as well as I'd hoped, but after much careful examination I have determined that this is the 5 over normal "squat" 3 as described in Satin.
One of the more difficult dates to find in this high a grade. Lovely lovely.
Start building up a good selection in this area and you really feel like you're getting somewhere with coin collecting. Give it a try and see how it makes you feel!
Starting to tone somewhat, but it's a high grade coin with underlying lustre.
The Key Date of the series. Now would be a very good time to fill this gap - they are never going to get easier to find... ...and you won't find one this good for quite some time.
As I'm sure you know, easily 90% of these are dated 1843 or 1844, unlike this one... Although minted with the Colonies in mind, these did circulate in Great Britain, but not for long. Even in 1842 there wasn't much you could buy for 1/1920th of a Pound!
What struck me about this coin was the beard detail. You just don't see that much of it in coins of this era. Even in higher grade examples.
