British Penny Key Dates?

An aquaintance of mine recently purchased this. Its an 1805 Twopence Pattern proof. Nice coin, can anyone spot anything out of the ordinary on it?

As for the 1933 penny, I think myths and legends come from hundreds of years of tales in which the get passed from person to person and each person adds a little to the tale, 1933 is only 78 years ago, bearing in mind that the coin was allegedly stolen somewhere around the 50s or so I doubt it's a myth and would have been reported by the press etc.

I did read somewhere that due to its theft that one of the other 1933s was taken from the cornerstone of a church I think it was so no one could steal that and I'm sure was sold. I'll do some more research on this.

Nancy, its not chocolate, you can't eat it, you can try and nibble if the teeth allow, although I take no responsibility for broken teeth.

Anyhoo, the clue is on the REV, it's also not a 1 off Pattern

And now for the 1933 Penny lovers amoungst us, please note that this coin was stolen in 1970, so to think its a myth


http://www.museum-security.org/?p=4392

http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewart...ArticleID=90

(In the above link, please take note of the part that states STOLEN)

if for some reason you miss it

The submitter reports that this example had been placed under the foundation stone of St. Mary's Church, Hawksworth Wood, Kirkstall, Leeds, England. Three documented examples had been placed in foundation stones of buildings erected in 1933. In 1970, during construction at Church of St. Cross, Middleton, one of these examples was stolen. In response, the Bishop of Ripon ordered that the St. Mary's Church 1933 Penny be unearthed and sold as a protective measure to prevent its theft. The whereabouts of the stolen example remains unknown.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...thdrawn.html

Anyhoo, hope this satisfies the curiosity andy

Ok, to the left of the tident you can see the ghost image of another trident, also in the legend, between the Ns you can also see ghosting

Only 1 was stolen andy, if you read, the officer from The Royal Mint explains. If you want the info from the horses mouth you can ask the RM under the freedom of information act

Andyg, this quote came from Mark Rasmussen on his website, he had an 1827 for sale and this was his description



1827, BMC 1430 [ER]; S.3823, extremely rare in this condition, some signs of being lightly restored, toned,
All the 1827 pennies were despatched to Australia for the prison camps (Botany Bay Penal Colony). On route they were exposed to salt water and only a few survived relatively undamaged. Most suffered from different degrees of corrosion and verdigris. In my early days at Spink I purchased a display cabinet containing George IV coinage from a high street bank. All the coins were displayed reverse side showing and you can imagine my delight when dismantling the showcase I discovered two uncirculated 1827 pennies. I wonder where they are now, as I believe they are the only known examples in that grade

The coin in question sold for 3,850 GBP

Yep its nice sel, but not the nicest, this is the nicest I've seen. This one is UNC and was sold to an American collector for 14k

That 1827 is quite a bit nicer than mine! My coin would be battling to make Fine.

Still.....I am happy; I picked it out of a dealer's junk box about 25 years ago.

wow this is very helpful to me