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New Member
United States
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Finlay I was able to download pictures of my coins That I hope you can help me to identify their value.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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This is a UK 1 penny from 1913.
It's pretty worthless as they are so common. Here in the UK you could buy this in a bargin bin for about 10p
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Well, it may not be worth much, but I sure like it!! Matter of fact, my son and I are heading to Scotland for some big Tattoo next summer. While there, I plan to start a collection of them. Thanks for sharing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2448 Posts |
By the way manel, if you go to an off site photo site like photo bucket, you can save huge pics with great resolution. It took me 6 months to believe the forum members and now all my pics I share are easy to post as a link. No more worrying about 100kbs
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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According to the World Coin Gallery your coin is worth about 80 cents U.S. It is KM# 810. I see them for sale here in Eastern N.C. at the flea markets in the $1 to $4 range. Carmykle, I have seen lots of six each of these, some of which date back into the 1800's, for sale on Auction Zip. The ones I saw were listed with a starting bid of $1 and had no takers. If I could have gotten home earlier I would have bid on them, They are nice coins to me, a classic in my opinion.
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11/17/2010 5:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
592 Posts |
Ya, we have a bunch of them, Giant pennies. Wonder how hard it would be to put a collection together. Are there expensive ones?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2661 Posts |
I do not know about any ultra rare ones. I do know that there are 2 varieties for the 1902,a low sea level and a high sea level. The low sea level variety brings a nice premium of $100+ in the XF range. I wish I could show you the difference but I have never found any pics of the low sea level variety. Hopefully one of our British comrades will be able to help us colonials out with that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here are two sea level varieties for 1902. The difference is very minor.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2448 Posts |
Now that's a beautiful coin!
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes it is Mike, and it is interesting to see the two varieties side by side...Thanks for that svslav.  While the difference between low and high tide does seem subtle, I think that I notice other features such as the drapery below Britannia's left arm (that guy's arm that is holding the pitchfork for you Mike) is more outstretched on the high tide, and her right arm appears to be more stretched to the rear as she grasps the Union Jack shield (wheel chair wheel Mike). |
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United Kingdom
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Bronze Pennies, particularly Victorian Bun or Young head Pennies are probably the most collected denomination in the UK.
There are some major rarities in varieties and values, but nothing which compares pricewise to some of the US rarities.
A couple of auction records were broken last year over here for Buns with just over £20,000 paid each for an 1863 die 5 and an 1863 slender 3 in date, both were in lower grades.
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New Member
Australia
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Yes the great slender 3,1863 English penny.It is certainly a true English classic!,only 2 known to exist!.The other great thing about this extreme rarity is the fact that I own one!.
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