Post Your United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coin Acquisitions.

Hi all not sure if posted in correct title but please direct me if wrong but I've seen British coins and thought it could be the right place.
Just wanted thoughts on this coin if this is the 1862 small date one penny coin ?!
On the obverse shows something like a blob explosion or something like that going through queen victorias hair. I will upload picture off that too.
Thanks

Here's your first upload. it was missing the [ /img ] at the end of the link (without the spaces)





And yes, Welcome :)

I would say it is. The 2 is dropped down out of alignment and spaced wider than the 186's are. The numerals are definitely smaller, like a halfpenny.

Here's another in slightly better condition.

Its pretty good, cleaned but still a high fine. Such a nice coin and a decent opening act.

Here are these paragons. Bear in mind I paid melt for these and about 5c a coin for the base metal.


1838 groat, very worn but a less common date and my first 1838 dated Victorian coin I have, it was the first year of her coins.


1919 3d - practically UNC


1920 3d - AU


1921 3d - AU all of these have natural shine and not cleaned!


1936 3d - shiny, a bit more wear and tone - EF/near AU

5 bucks.... you're joking me!
How on earth did you manage that?
You've been in the time machine again! The condition of most is ..at a loss for words again.
You've squeezed more oohs and ahhhs out of me, that's for sure. Also...the photos you present are pretty dang good.
Tell me, are you using a light source? Is the phone hand held?. I'm m using a Canon camera with stand and 3 light sources and the results are garbage alongside yours so you're doing something right.
Well done with this latest group. Some real gems there. Thanks for sharing. Curtain call.
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I actually think my photography is beyond awful. My cellphone is a Vodafone N5 model from 2017 which cost $89.95.

Some photos are okay, but its a lottery - I photograph them on the tiling on my entrance porch, usually with the door open to allow natural light in. It's north facing, so on sunny days in winter the coins may have shadows. But this time of year, the sun does not reach very far in.

Sometimes I use vertical hold, but this does not work well (the heads shot of the 1920 and 1936 3d coins had this). Any coin over VF usually appears flat like the 1951 6d. I really need a better photography set up or perhaps one of those mini tripods to hold the phone steady as I have slight Parkinsons and are not sure its full level with the ground, resulting is skewed images.

Triggersmob, NumisRob and Dorado give great images I think, but thanks for all the kind comments.

The $5 was a guess, I paid a massive $350 for the whole lot (About 1000 coins and 325 grams of silver).

Very nice. Great collection.

Me too.......

Nice one Gainn!