I found a Pretty Vicky for my Great Britain penny collection. This one has much luster and is mostly red. It is really covered in a fiery luster but that is not really apparent in my photos.
Here are some links depicting the other GB pennys’ I’ve collected so far. Some of these are in slabs & some are raw like this new piece. I don’t really know how they are all going to be displayed together. I’m guessing that I will use Eagle pages to house both 2x2 and slab coins on the same pages. http://www.cointalk.com/t107336/ http://www.cointalk.com/t83446/ http://www.cointalk.com/t47690/
Thank you Mat. The penny is really bright in-hand. When I tried to photograph the bright reflection(s), then the photo got very over exposed. It would be nice if some of the computer gurus at CT could define a way to post a short movie where we could show the coin & rotate it (to illustrate the luster).
really beautiful example of this coin, the veiled hed victoria pennies are the easiest to find from her reign in top grades as by the end of the 19th century coin collecting had become very popular in the UK and many of the 1901 coins were put to one side by many people because they were the last of victorias reign, just as no doubt many people will do exactly the same with elizabeth II when she dies, if you look at each monarchs coinage from the 20th century the last year of reign coins are the most common in the higher grades. that said it is still a beautiful coin.
Good point about the last year of a coin type & the large number of collectors at the turn of the Century. The USA also had a decent number of coin collectors by the turn of the Century. However, I believe that most collectors in the USA were not tuned-in to collecting dates by mint marks. I wasn’t there personally in the early 1900s but I understand that getting one coin per year was the fad. The last year the Liberty nickel was officially struck was 1912 so many people probably hoarded the 1911 & 12. The branch mints had never struck nickels prior to 1912. Therefore, most people didn’t even know that 1912-D and 1912-S nickels existed. This is one of the reasons that 1912-D and 1912-S nickels are difficult to find in high grades today.
Nice 1861 clashed die. Is it yours? There are varieties of the signature & L.C.W. for that year that sell for premiums. There is also an 1861 6 over 8 that list for 2,500 Pounds in EF.
No,per pm it's at Northeast numismatics. You think it's a clash vs a double strike. At first I thought clash but wouldn't the bust be facing the other direction? Or are the British pennies a medal alignment
