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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2823981, member: 10461"]This one is at least real.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a British large penny of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII" rel="nofollow">King Edward VII</a>, son of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne rather late in life, after she died in 1901. He himself died in 1910, so he did not reign for very long.</p><p><br /></p><p>It does appear to have been lacquered. I suspect lacquer rather than hair spray. Lacquering was often done by old-time collectors to preserve their copper coins. Water will not remove it - you would need acetone (like the active ingredient in nail polish remover, but preferably pure acetone without the other ingredients found in nail polish remover).</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a common coin in this grade, and I personally would grade it at only VG8 details (and then you've got the issue of the lacquering), but it is still at least a genuine 110-year-old coin, and the old British large pennies are quite fun to collect.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-penny-km-794.2-1902-1910-cuid-1130681-duid-1326017" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-penny-km-794.2-1902-1910-cuid-1130681-duid-1326017" rel="nofollow">Here is the NGC/Krause listing.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So as you can see from that, a VG8 1907 with lacquer on it is worth less than a dollar as-is. But it's still a fun coin, and a lot of people collect these.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, <a href="http://www.ebay.com/gds/Cherrypicking-coins-Two-1877-Indian-cents-for-8-00-/10000000001425218/g.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/gds/Cherrypicking-coins-Two-1877-Indian-cents-for-8-00-/10000000001425218/g.html" rel="nofollow">it was British large pennies that got me into World coins</a> in the first place.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2823981, member: 10461"]This one is at least real. It is a British large penny of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VII']King Edward VII[/URL], son of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne rather late in life, after she died in 1901. He himself died in 1910, so he did not reign for very long. It does appear to have been lacquered. I suspect lacquer rather than hair spray. Lacquering was often done by old-time collectors to preserve their copper coins. Water will not remove it - you would need acetone (like the active ingredient in nail polish remover, but preferably pure acetone without the other ingredients found in nail polish remover). It is a common coin in this grade, and I personally would grade it at only VG8 details (and then you've got the issue of the lacquering), but it is still at least a genuine 110-year-old coin, and the old British large pennies are quite fun to collect. [URL='https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/great-britain-penny-km-794.2-1902-1910-cuid-1130681-duid-1326017']Here is the NGC/Krause listing.[/URL] So as you can see from that, a VG8 1907 with lacquer on it is worth less than a dollar as-is. But it's still a fun coin, and a lot of people collect these. In fact, [URL='http://www.ebay.com/gds/Cherrypicking-coins-Two-1877-Indian-cents-for-8-00-/10000000001425218/g.html']it was British large pennies that got me into World coins[/URL] in the first place.[/QUOTE]
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