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Bedrock of the Community
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I got this set yesterday at Bletchley Park - the former top secret 'Station X' where German and Japanese communications were received and decoded during World War II. It's also generally acknowledged as being the birthplace of the first programmable computer - Colossus:  Unlike the effects you get when squashing post-1982 zinc cents, there is little discernible difference whether you press a pre-1992 bronze British penny or a post-1992 bronze-clad steel one. One of these pennies is solid bronze and three are clad - which is the bronze one? Edited by NumisRob
09/05/2018 5:14 pm
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which is the bronze one? Alan Turing (upper left)?  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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No, sorry Spence, not Alan Turing. If you enlarge the picture you can actually see some of the shield design that shows this was pressed on a post-2008 penny, therefore it can only be a bronze-clad steel one.
Anyone else care to guess?
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice group of 4 adds from a place with a fantastic history!  I will say lower right is the odd one out. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I will say lower right is the odd one out. Sorry, scopru, not that one either! I must admit I had to test them all with a magnet to make absolutely sure! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Upper right appears to show the shield design so that leaves Lower Left.
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Nice set! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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Thanks jbuck! Strangely, nfine, nobody got it right! The upper right coin is the bronze one! What you can see is probably the edge of the portcullis on the reverse. I always try to use pre-1992 bronze pennies when creating my British elongates, but this was an unplanned visit and I had to use what was in my pocket. It shows that it doesn't really make any difference. |
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nobody got it right!  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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United States
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Here is an elongated cent from The Alamo. Not sure about the date of the host coin (although clearly 1982+), but the newly imprinted design says 2010.   "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice add Spence |
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Here is an elongated cent from The Alamo. Not sure about the date of the host coin (although clearly 1982+), but the newly imprinted design says 2010. Very nice! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice. I picked these up on my visit to Tombstone last week.   |
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