I have a Question about this Bronz coin ?
 

Something is not right. Why is this coin selling for $1,600 USD at an Auction. And on ebay it is set for �0.99 why ? http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotvie...D=293&Lot=3541

There is something fishy about this coin on ebay, don't you think so.

At Ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ONE-Penny-1948...QQcmdZViewItem

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The eBay one is copper, not bronze. FAKE.

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They are actually both Copper coins,the more expensive is a rare Proof with only a dozen or so in existence

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OK so how can you tell if there was no Bronze one penny coin's, I thought that the british decimalization was in the 60s or was that in the 70s
from bronze to copper.

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aussiesilver, said that thay where in copper not bronze just one of them is a Proof and the other is not, but i can't remember when the british Gov, Changed from bronze to copper.

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I just found one that say's Bronze Proof Penny, I think mjk1971 is on the right side, one could be in bronze and the other one is in copper.:wink:
Thats why the one on ebay is cheep, becous its a fake.

This one sold for $676 Dollars in 2003
http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotvie...ID=118&Lot=360

Re: I have a Question about this Bronz coin ?
 

Austrlia went from copper to bronze when they decimalised everything,that was in 1966 so i imagine thats when the poms probably changed things over or thereabouts,they did not make any bronze coinage in 1948 in England,the 1948 penny was only made in Copper

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Aussiesilver, I just found something that is interesting.
One Penny Coins,
:shocked_ma:
The Penny - Gallery 2 - Copper pennies from 1797-to-1860
http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk/pen2.html

Gallery 3 - Bronze Pennies 1860-1910
Gallery 4 - Bronze Pennies 1910-1936
Gallery 5 - Bronze Pennies 1937-1970

Re: I have a Question about this Bronz coin ?
 

Bronze sounds like a fancy word for tarnished copper.

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Well ya, you can call it that :wink: tarnished copper :wink:,