Wow! Great find. Lots of people are completely oblivious to the old history they are holding and what it is actually worth. I am glad that I have gotten into coin collecting and am not oblivious anymore!
Excellent Video, I watched it six times just to get all the details. I already have three 1874 pennies in my collection, now it looks like I have to find more. Keep up the good work! I took my 8-year-old grandson to the old penny arcade in Great Yarmouth on Thursday we had a great time, and he loved it. Thanks for the videos you have done on it as well.
Brilliant video as always thanks for making it. I love the 1874 penny it's in beautiful condition & looks amazing with the detail still after all this time.
That was a great coin find in excellent condition. Must make your collection album stand out a bit better. Thanks for sharing and explaining to us on what to look for in an 1874 One Penny.
I'd rather have the worn-out one! Don't get me wrong I'm not jealous!! No, seriously that is a beautiful 1874 Victoria penny for a fiver. Well done Paul and thanks for sharing. Although I would never buy anything from an eBay seller with a poor-quality photo, I once took a calculated chance at what appeared in the image. For about £8 (probably about 15 years back) I got a near EF 1853 Victoria copper issue penny but as a rule, poor-quality pictures are to be shunned as you say.
It wasn't till I got it out into the sunlight that I realised just how goot it was. An EF 1853 copper even 15 years ago was a great bargain for £8, nice. 👍
A good source of old coins is the arcade at the restored pier at Swanage, Dorset. You can buy handfuls old bronze pennies, at face value, for the antique slot machines.
Great find! I can't find a single 'junk shop' / 'antique shop' / 'bric-à-brac' shop near me that even sells coins...Where was this place in East Anglia, again? 😀 I definitely have the version on the right of the screen, though...lol 👍👍
I've read all the comments and no-one took you up on your VF rating! I find that many coins sit between grades, and this looks like a case in point. Personally I would grade this as VF/EF (or gVF or nEF ... all much the same thing). Def. better than VF imo, and pushing EF. Cracking coin, great video, well done!
Sadly I sold my collection many years ago, I had one of the best collections of victorian bronze pennies in the country. Included 1877 close date in good fine (best specimen known). , 1861 freeman 5+G EF. 1861 6+F g fine, 1861 4+F aEF. 1897 high tide UNC. plus many more.
That '77 narrow date F90 is a seriously expensive penny. Believe it or not I currently have 5, the best being NVF .I paid over 7k for mine. Yours is currently worth about the same despite a slightly lower grade. .The '97 High Tide in Unc. also a tough one.( Mine is CGS82) Your 1861's.... F28 then F24 ( only a few known. Mine is VG only and cost £1287 in 2012, ) I would have certainly snapped up the latter !!
@@vicreadies I currently live in Thailand..... NO Vic pennies here ha ha. After I sold the collection the values got seriously expensive. I discovered the fairly common 1882/1 penny verified by the Royal Mint. Met Freeman several times and was friends with the late Laurie Bamford.
hi my father in law has got loads of these coins and 1850 one florin coin victoria coin and more coins from England to America and Canada and Jamaica coins king Edward and empire of Jamaica coin 1907 half penny coin and there is a mintage of 504000 coins made that year
3:27 I wonder how many Victorian ladies fainted at the sight of that lighthouse! And what's Britannia doing with that trident? Those naughty Victorians!
I would say that's very good condition for a Victorian penny most of them are quite worn I don't think it's even possible to find one better than that at least you can see every detail on the coin finding an uncirculated penny like that would be next to impossible
Wow brilliant what a find and what an absolute bargain 👌. Really interesting information explaining the differences. I have learned such a lot watching these videos. They are always really interesting and informative 😁👍.
Very good find, proving there are bargains out there to be found if you are in the right place at the right time with the right expertise! Another difference between reverses G and H is that on G the date numerals are widely spaced and on H they are narrowly spaced. To add to the fun, I believe that there are at least two different numeral spacings on the 1874 wide date varieties as well!
Great 1874 Penny and a very instructive video - many thanks. On checking my 1874's I think I have an example of (No H) Obverse 7 Reverse G and Obverse 7 Reverse H (one worn the other has great detail but with something stuck to it or corrosion of some kind) and Heaton Mint 1874 2 x Obverse 7 Reverse G one poor one much better condition, and an Obverse 8 Reverse G. Great to know which edition of Bronze Coinage of Great Britain you are using ? I tracked down the 1985 edition but find it rather difficult as its not in colour ! Thanks again !
What a great find Paul. I assume that you will be keeping it & not putting on eBay. In my opinion this is an investment coin & worth hanging on to. Its value will only increase. Well done mate...
As collector not a dealer won't be able to part with the gem you found. Far more valuable than any 50p kew gave up on the new issues visiting the royal mint 3 to 4 yrs ago price of10p alphabet coins, in shop and in coffee shop only allow max of 2 in your change she actually short changed me being so mean wonders if they were up to some sort of fiddle. Its become a total cash cow industry they don't deserve business.
Great Purchase. I have a 1974 with a Heaton mint mark. Sadly you can just make out the the queen and Britannia. I'm not sure about the brickwork as the lighthouse is no longer there and the ship has sunk.
Very interesting! I have a few coins which I would like to have valued. 2 George v 1935 silver crowns in very fine unused condition. Also a George 111 Celylon 2 Stivas 1815 in very good to fine. Plus Several others; George 1v 1830 farthing in fine to very fine. Quite a few others. I think I need to make a list! I’d be grateful if you could let me know how to get them valued reliably. I am in Cambridge. Many thanks
i have a box off outsortet coins those had beeb brought with standart german mony to a bamk and been outsortet as junk somwhere in the 50s , i rember that one to as alot off those mysterius schilling samle the austrian queen i hate that ones ... regine Elisabeta (the great poplair from war with fritdrich the great )
Sadly I sold my collecction many years ago. Obv 6 Rev H scarce. I had one of the best collection of victorian Bronze pennies in the UK. Well known by Laurrie and MJ Freeman. Collection included... 1877 close date GF, Reverse F, with Obv 4 and 6, EF. 1862 halfpenny numerals.
Can you believe I had a dream about collecting coins after watching some of your vids , I found two with a man's head on in my dream but I don't know who it was lol .
Some of the pennies have the trident pointing to the knee and a few have the trident looking as though it is pointing to her private parts. We used to call these Honolulu pennies. Your comments please. Tom O'Neill
Clearly the coin dealer had no idea of what he was selling because I've seen worse sell for £80 quid...I myself won't buy anything less than what you have there, And i could make a nice home for it in my collection😂😂
Obviously! That's why I said go to "Sold" coins on Ebay and "Sold" prices on auction sites. To see what people are paying for them. It's not difficult to find out.
Wow! Great find. Lots of people are completely oblivious to the old history they are holding and what it is actually worth. I am glad that I have gotten into coin collecting and am not oblivious anymore!
Excellent Video, I watched it six times just to get all the details. I already have three 1874 pennies in my collection, now it looks like I have to find more. Keep up the good work! I took my 8-year-old grandson to the old penny arcade in Great Yarmouth on Thursday we had a great time, and he loved it. Thanks for the videos you have done on it as well.
Best coin description I have seen regarding coins casts.
Beautiful condition. Nice to have the variations explained too. I've had some great finds in bric a brac shops or market stalls
Brilliant video as always thanks for making it. I love the 1874 penny it's in beautiful condition & looks amazing with the detail still after all this time.
That was a great coin find in excellent condition. Must make your collection album stand out a bit better. Thanks for sharing and explaining to us on what to look for in an 1874 One Penny.
Very nice find Paul, and extremely fascinating on all the differences between the various versions
Great stuff 👍🏻
Great show mate, learn something new about these beautiful old coins every vid. Thank you.
It is about time you did a book of your own. You could tackle it from a different angle to traditional authors. 👏😎🍀💜
Great find, it always fascinates me about how many varieties there are.
I'd rather have the worn-out one! Don't get me wrong I'm not jealous!! No, seriously that is a beautiful 1874 Victoria penny for a fiver. Well done Paul and thanks for sharing. Although I would never buy anything from an eBay seller with a poor-quality photo, I once took a calculated chance at what appeared in the image. For about £8 (probably about 15 years back) I got a near EF 1853 Victoria copper issue penny but as a rule, poor-quality pictures are to be shunned as you say.
It wasn't till I got it out into the sunlight that I realised just how goot it was.
An EF 1853 copper even 15 years ago was a great bargain for £8, nice. 👍
I love the little junk shops in North Norfolk, I think I know which one it was. Brilliant find happy days buddy 👏 👍
Great video, what a nice find and at a nice price, thanks for doing the research and showing the different variates for obverse and reverse.
Cheers Pater 👍
A good source of old coins is the arcade at the restored pier at Swanage, Dorset. You can buy handfuls old bronze pennies, at face value, for the antique slot machines.
Great find! I can't find a single 'junk shop' / 'antique shop' / 'bric-à-brac' shop near me that even sells coins...Where was this place in East Anglia, again? 😀
I definitely have the version on the right of the screen, though...lol 👍👍
I've read all the comments and no-one took you up on your VF rating! I find that many coins sit between grades, and this looks like a case in point. Personally I would grade this as VF/EF (or gVF or nEF ... all much the same thing). Def. better than VF imo, and pushing EF. Cracking coin, great video, well done!
Great find! I got an 1868 in similar condition for 20p from my local junk shop. Chuffed doesn't even cover it, I was over the flipping moon!
Nice one Martin 👍
Great research on that 1874 coin, which is in amazing condition for it being nearly 150 years old 👌Good bit of hunting indeed.
Cheers Glen. It was a great find. One of my favourite coins I own now. 👍
Thoroughly enjoyed this video. Fabulous find. Great info as well 👍😊
Thank you 👍
Sadly I sold my collection many years ago, I had one of the best collections of victorian bronze pennies in the country. Included 1877 close date in good fine (best specimen known).
, 1861 freeman 5+G EF. 1861 6+F g fine, 1861 4+F aEF. 1897 high tide UNC. plus many more.
Wow, you had some very nice pennies there. Shame you had to let them go. Finding a great condition 1877 8+H has been a dream of mine.👍
That '77 narrow date F90 is a seriously expensive penny. Believe it or not I currently have 5, the best being NVF .I paid over 7k for mine. Yours is currently worth about the same despite a slightly lower grade. .The '97 High Tide in Unc. also a tough one.( Mine is CGS82) Your 1861's.... F28 then F24 ( only a few known. Mine is VG only and cost £1287 in 2012, ) I would have certainly snapped up the latter !!
@@vicreadies I currently live in Thailand..... NO Vic pennies here ha ha. After I sold the collection the values got seriously expensive. I discovered the fairly common 1882/1 penny verified by the Royal Mint. Met Freeman several times and was friends with the late Laurie Bamford.
Please do a follow up video for what you sold it for. When I was a kid I used to collect coins. Seeing this has made me want to revisit that hobby.
Thanks Michael, I'm glad its got you interested in coins again. I love it so I won't be selling it. 👍
hi my father in law has got loads of these coins and 1850 one florin coin victoria coin and more coins from England to America and Canada and Jamaica coins king Edward and empire of Jamaica coin 1907 half penny coin and there is a mintage of 504000 coins made that year
I love the condition of that coin its amazing that you can still find coins like that at a good price
3:27 I wonder how many Victorian ladies fainted at the sight of that lighthouse! And what's Britannia doing with that trident? Those naughty Victorians!
My Irish pal said they used to say it was a "Honolulu penny"....
I'm rather chuffed I found your channel... I'm learning so much, thanks!!
I would say that's very good condition for a Victorian penny most of them are quite worn I don't think it's even possible to find one better than that at least you can see every detail on the coin finding an uncirculated penny like that would be next to impossible
Wow brilliant what a find and what an absolute bargain 👌. Really interesting information explaining the differences. I have learned such a lot watching these videos. They are always really interesting and informative 😁👍.
Thanks a lot Jude 👍
Always enjoyable these in depth vids 👍👍👍
Very good find, proving there are bargains out there to be found if you are in the right place at the right time with the right expertise! Another difference between reverses G and H is that on G the date numerals are widely spaced and on H they are narrowly spaced. To add to the fun, I believe that there are at least two different numeral spacings on the 1874 wide date varieties as well!
Yes, I got a 1918H and 1919H Penny today, the usual well worn, for 10p each!
Great find, can we see you adding it to your Whitman folder?
A lucky find
And a great video diving deeper into a single coin
Great result 👍👍👍 I'd have still haggled & said both for £5 lol🤣🤣 I just love a haggle 😄
I just got a 1918H and 1919H Penny TODAY, in usual well worn condition, for 10p each!
You were robbed!!
@@BMW7series251 Expert eh??
Excellent work CP
Great Condition Penny Paul I also have the Freeman's Book 📖 👍It's a great book
Great 1874 Penny and a very instructive video - many thanks. On checking my 1874's I think I have an example of (No H) Obverse 7 Reverse G and Obverse 7 Reverse H (one worn the other has great detail but with something stuck to it or corrosion of some kind) and Heaton Mint 1874 2 x Obverse 7 Reverse G one poor one much better condition, and an Obverse 8 Reverse G. Great to know which edition of Bronze Coinage of Great Britain you are using ? I tracked down the 1985 edition but find it rather difficult as its not in colour ! Thanks again !
Hi Richard, thanks for watching. I am using the 2016 edition of "The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain" The photos are good but are still not in colour.
great find! love your knowledge of old pennies
Thanks Graeme 👍
I dont know how I got here. But I do know that what I just watched was very interesting, and you certainly are very knowledgable . (subbed)
Thank you very much 👍
Very nice video mate. Explanation is also good.
What a lovely example. You definitely scored on that one.
Well done Paul , bangin coin to find/purchase - only a fiver too 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Cheers Andie 👍
What a great find Paul. I assume that you will be keeping it & not putting on eBay. In my opinion this is an investment coin & worth hanging on to. Its value will only increase. Well done mate...
Hi Keith, yes I'm definitely keeping it 👍
What's it worth right now
Very nice. Well done.
Awesome pickup what a beauty
That is a lovely coin. Not sure if I have one will have to check👌👍
Dan's back !! Nice find paul💪
Jolly interesting and a good find 👍
As collector not a dealer won't be able to part with the gem you found. Far more valuable than any 50p kew
gave up on the new issues visiting the royal mint 3 to 4 yrs ago price of10p alphabet coins, in shop and in coffee shop only allow max of 2 in your change she actually short changed me being so mean wonders if they were up to some sort of fiddle. Its become a total cash cow industry they don't deserve business.
I won't be parting with it Wayne. You're right. I too have litte or no interest in the over priced "tokens" the Royal Mint churn out now.
What a beauty. And an absolute steal for a fiver 😁
Really cool find. Does the scratch on the front of the coin, cut the price down some, I’d have to say it would, but still a great find.
Superb coin. Great find Paul, well done.
Cheers Brian 👍
Great Purchase. I have a 1974 with a Heaton mint mark. Sadly you can just make out the the queen and Britannia. I'm not sure about the brickwork as the lighthouse is no longer there and the ship has sunk.
A 1974H - you have a UNIQUE coin!!
@@michaellooney1089 Maybe, but condition not good.
@@paulp4678 You need to look at my message again...
@@michaellooney1089 Wow, i was a hundred years out.🤣
@@paulp4678 You got it.
Fascinating video. Great coin
If you do sell it would be interested to know what it actually goes for
A nice find! 😁
Thank you 😊
Great find!
I learn a lot from your videos. :)
Very interesting! I have a few coins which I would like to have valued. 2 George v 1935 silver crowns in very fine unused condition. Also a George 111 Celylon 2 Stivas 1815 in very good to fine. Plus Several others; George 1v 1830 farthing in fine to very fine. Quite a few others. I think I need to make a list! I’d be grateful if you could let me know how to get them valued reliably. I am in Cambridge. Many thanks
Nice find. Odd that the guy knew it was worth more but still only £5.
We bought quite a bit of other non coin stuff from his shop too. So I don't think he wanted to lose the sale
Viktorian p super 👍👍👍👍👍
It pains me to say this but very nice 👍🤦♂️
lol, cheers Dave 👍
Nice one Paul from the land of Norfolk
i have a box off outsortet coins those had beeb brought with standart german mony to a bamk and been outsortet as junk somwhere in the 50s , i rember that one to as alot off those mysterius schilling samle the austrian queen i hate that ones ... regine Elisabeta (the great poplair from war with fritdrich the great )
Nice find.
Sadly I sold my collecction many years ago. Obv 6 Rev H scarce. I had one of the best collection of victorian Bronze pennies in the UK. Well known by Laurrie and MJ Freeman. Collection included... 1877 close date GF, Reverse F, with Obv 4 and 6, EF. 1862 halfpenny numerals.
Sounds fantastic. I can understand why you were sad to let it go. I would love to look through a cillection like that.
Can you believe I had a dream about collecting coins after watching some of your vids , I found two with a man's head on in my dream but I don't know who it was lol .
Just stunning
When you're looking at Reverse G and H, isn't there a Large Date, or a Small Date?
Beautiful coin.
That was so Interesting...thanks
A superb find, it’s a great feeling when you walk away knowing what a steal you’ve just gleamed
Hi Ian, It was very dark in the shop. I knew it was a nice find, but when I got it out into the sunshine I was amazed by how good it was. 😮👍
Nice find
Some of the pennies have the trident pointing to the knee and a few have the trident looking as though it is pointing to her private parts. We used to call these Honolulu pennies. Your comments please.
Tom O'Neill
Nice vid Paul.
Cheers Kevin, thanks for watching 👍
nice video making check my old coins i have like a cartwheel obviously a bit older heavy lump of copper
Very sweet, great find! Don't you just love accidental cherry picking?!
Lucky find!
I've just purchased a child's microscope!
Yeah, so what! At £13.00 a bargain for using it to look at your coin collection for defects!
Clearly the coin dealer had no idea of what he was selling because I've seen worse sell for £80 quid...I myself won't buy anything less than what you have there, And i could make a nice home for it in my collection😂😂
I ve got a coffee table covered in Bun pennies, glued down solidly ?! 🙄😆
😮😮😮
Thats very hard to come by
£60+ USED, Damn missed that one lol
I have a 1 penny from 1862 that has been crossed out.
I have some of those coins beautiful
I have a 1896 penny in good condition.
Sorry its 1863
If its got a die number 1 under the date I'll give you £10,000 irrespective of condition !
@@vicreadies it looks like it might have something under the 6 number but its vey difficult to see
I have one from 1772
A coin is only worth what some one is going to pay for it and nothing more
Obviously! That's why I said go to "Sold" coins on Ebay and "Sold" prices on auction sites. To see what people are paying for them.
It's not difficult to find out.
🍺👍🏻
I got 1820
I have an 1864 penny in very poor condition don't know what its worth to anyone
The chatter and big scratch ruins the value. $40-$50 USD
good morning wat about farting 1923 grt