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New Member
United Kingdom
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Does anyone know what this penny is? It is larger than a normal penny but is not a cartwheel also it appears to have roses/flowers where the date should be.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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This will be a pre-1860 copper penny. The date will be on the other side underneath the sovereign's head. If you post a picture we might be able to give more information.
In 1860 pennies were reduced in size to what we generally know as the traditional pre-decimal size. The metal was changed from copper to bronze because it was harder wearing.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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It isn't a circulated British coin.Maybe a medallion or trade token.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
709 Posts |
Narrowboatbox: your picture has changed!
The original was a well-worn Britannia. What happened?
Can you bring back the original and add the obverse?
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New Member
United Kingdom
9 Posts |
Medallion to celebrate Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.
looks like its dated 1887 at the bottom.
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New Member
 United Kingdom
49 Posts |
For some reason when I post new thread it changes the image on my previous thread ? Here it is again |
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New Member
United Kingdom
49 Posts |
It's failed again . One more try. Sorry folks |
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New Member
United Kingdom
49 Posts |
Finally worked and changed all other pics back again . Confusing ?
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Moderator
 United States
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if you upload files with the same name, the last one replaces others with that name
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
449 Posts |
Looks to me like a William IV(it should be IIII on the coin) penny.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
709 Posts |
I had this problem once. I am also in the slow process of photographing ALL my coins, and so am amassing lots of photos. To prevent clashes with filenames I invented a simple naming system for my photo files as follows:
cc-yyyy-vvv-nn
cc = 2 digit code for country of origin
yyyy = the year of the coin
vvv = code for its value
nn = just a number to tell duplicates apart
I then add 'o' or 'r' for obverse and reverse.
Maybe something like this might help you Narrowboatbox.
Also, if you post the obverse of your penny we could perhaps give you more information.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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For some reason when I post new thread it changes the image on my previous thread ? That is because their name is the same. When you post a picture with the same name in a different thread it will overwrite the new picture with the first one with that name that you uploaded. If someone else had the same name of their picture it would not use your picture but if you do then this is what will happen. I just name my pictures with the name and put a number beside it like jubilee,jubilee1,jubilee2 and so on, that way there is no conflict with the pictures |
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New Member
United Kingdom
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Thanks people but as I'm uploading pics from iPhone it is automatically assigning filename . I will try future uploads on my PC where I can edit filename. Thanks for the advice everyone . At least now I know why it's happening
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