We accept 'foreign' payment
with the online company
Paypal
see our
The
British Bronze Penny (Victoria) 1860 to 1901
December 2009
Over
the last five years I have been working to replace my earlier book - The
British Bronze Penny
1860 1970 (1986). Many new varieties have been found and prices
of the Victorian bronze pennies have increased quite considerably.
Originally I considered updating my original book but so much needed
changing and none of the smaller printers had the equipment to punch 15 holes!
It therefore seemed appropriate to rework the book completely. I decided that
the format should be smaller - A5 size so it would be
easier to carry around. A ring binder is used to hold the pages but this time
with standard 6 holes. The pictures are now all in colour. The main obverse and
reverse pictures are approximately 3 inches or 76 mm in size and are still shown
on split pages (each page half this size) so that obverses and reverses can
still be matched up.
This time, however, I have concentrated on The Victorian Bronze series of 1860 to 1901 as that is the area that most new varieties have been found. It is also the period that has seen some spectacular price rises in the last 5 years.
The Specialised edition has -
4 new obverse and 3 new reverse dies have also been added plus a large number of new varieties with 338 pictures.
1860 N
over N sideways (Z)
1861 Date:
6 over 8
Date width with markers Dot between E & N of PE.NNY Different font 3s
These
are some of the varieties listed:
1860
N over N sideways (Z); V over A; E over P; missing or repaired colon dots.
1861
6 over 8; R over B & 8 over 6
1862
Small size numerals; 8 over 6; 3 extra plumes; 2 over 1 & B over R
1863
Open 3; Slim 3; die No. 2, 3, 4 & 5 below date & 3 over 1
1866
6 over 8
1877
Large and small dates
1879
Large and small dates
1882
No H below date (Royal Mint issue) & 2 over 1
1889
Narrow date
1888
Broken left top to Is
1893
3 over 2 ?!
1897
O°NE
This is an indication of the contents of the book:
~ Section 1 ~
Contents
Foreword
& Acknowledgements
3 6
The
Introduction to Bronze Coinage
..
7
Other
Mints involvement
9
Which
Mints used what dies during 1860 to 1863
.
10
Mintages,
Bibliography
.
.
20 - 26
~
Section 2 ~
Obverse / Reverse [split in 2 - horizontally]
OBVERSES
(Top half)
.
Obv. A to V
REVERSES
(Lower half)
.
Rev. a to x
~
Section 3 ~
Penny
Varieties
~
Section 4 ~
Prices
Coin
Grading & Valuations
105 - 108
(1)
Die-Pairings, Referencing, Rarity & Pricing of Victorian
Currency Bronze Pennies 1860
1901
..
...
VP 1
(2)
Foreword -Trials & Proof Victorian Pennies
..
VP 7
(3)
The Victorian Penny Trials, Proofs & Anomalies,
- Examples & Prices -
..
VP 11
(4)
Special prices on Victorian Bronze Pennies
..
...
VP 21
~ Section 5 ~
Special
Collection Prices
(1)
The late Laurie Bamford Penny Collection -
realised prices 20 June 2006
..
LB1
(2)
The late Roland Harris Penny Collection
realised prices 28 February 2009
.
..
RH1
(3)
The Tony Crocker Penny Collection
realised prices 15 September to 3 October 2009
TC1
~
Section 6 ~
Index
Index
of Victorian Penny dies & varieties
.
109
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This
is a small example of Section
6
for coins of 1865 and 1866
BP
1865 A
J + g
BP
1865 Ba J + g
Date: 5 over 3 (see page 45 for type)
BP
1865 Bb J + g Date: 5 over
3 (see page 45 for type)
BP
1865 Bc
J + g Date: 5 over
3 (see page 46 for type)
BP
1865 Bd J + g Date: 5 over
3 (see page 46 for type)
BP
1865 Be J + g
Date: 5 over 3 (see page 46 for type)
BP
1866 Aa J + g Date width:
11 teeth
BP
1866 Ab J + g
Date width: 11 ½ teeth
BP
1866 Ac J + g Date width:
12 teeth
BP
1866 B J + g Date: 1st
6 over 8
Prices
The retail pricing of this book has been as kept as low as possible.
The printing of this book
in best possible quality, with such a large
quantity of colour pictures
and a fairly limited first print run has increased costs considerably over
having an average quality print and pictures in black and white for the book.
This
book should retail for approximately £10.00 to £15.00 more, per copy, than the
price shown below
but, as I am retailing the book myself rather than through wholesalers and not
promoting it with advertising, other than on my website, I can pass this saving
on to you, the collector.
The
price of the Specialised edition (202 pages) is £50.00
I
have obtained some spare binders for anyone that wishes to carry just
part of an edition with them, to a coin fair, auction, coin shop, etc.
Postage cost: Specialised edition
UK
1st class postage
£4.00
UK
2nd class postage
£3.50
Europe
Airmail
£6.00
Rest
of the World Airmail £10.50
Rest of the World Sea Mail £6.25