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Been a while since I've posted here. I picked up 2 new Conder tokens about 3 months ago. I finally got around to photographing them. 1793 Warwickshire halfpenny token, rare 1794 Lancashire halfpenny token, common

Hi Frank, it looks like you have caught buyeverythingasitus. I really, really suffered with it when I first started collecting (and still do now to a degree), sorry it seems to be contagious! I pretty much did as you are now, bought things I liked and tried to get my head around the grading. It helped for sure but I also feel I probably did not spend my funds as wisely as I could. Going to the monthly coin fair has helped a lot as you get to see so many different coins in all grades and prices brackets. I am still way way off all of the experts on here and still make plenty of mistakes but as I posted when you joined it really is worth saving the £10/£15 buys unless you find a cracker that others have missed and go for some higher grade (EF) stuff. I have stuff I bought early on that I really liked at the time but have found myself wanting to upgrade it. Also what I considered EF has changed as time has gone on. I see coins on some of the facebook groups I would have bid on in the past that I know just let them go by. People like Paulus, Coinary, Rob (and all the others that hae offered my advice so far!) are all really helpful so do not be afraid to get opinions on stuff before you buy. It looks like you have made a nice start to your collection but once you get a really nice gEF to Unc coin in your collection you will want more like them Keep the pics rolling in!

Agreed about the 1900 half crown - if I got one in that condition for that price I'd be pretty happy.

I like buying in January Frank, there is less competition over most price levels. Even so, the first week of the new year has been better than usual for me, buying mainly tokens at prices I could only dream of in summer. I'm rather partial to your vicky half crown, and it probably won't owe you much ( if anything) when you come to move it on.

I am simply pointing out that this coin, very much like the ones you are spamming another site with, is in poor condition and wildly overpriced. Ebay is the place for overdescribed coins, not here.

Hi, Nons. I agree entirely - well, my 'itchy finger' was never gonna allow me to avoid 'the contagion' really, was it? I'm genuinely happy with what I've bought thus far but readily accept that my opinions on what constitutes a wise purchase will not be the same twelve months hence (been here before - sorta - some time ago, I'd have been happy with a mid '70s Greco EG 450 Les Paul - a - like. Now, nothing less than at least a '78 - '80 Tokai LS80 will do!). I know that we're in 'silly season' on Ebay right now, but what I've tried to do thus far, is go for coins that 'float my boat' whilst also allowing for a (small) profit if & when I flip 'em. That might seem cynical to some, but money's money, & I like my hobbies to be as close to self - funding as possible For now, I'm having a great time just buying stuff with more intrinsic interest than bullion bars & coins and learning as I go.

A couple of newbies purchased in the last week or so:

That's what I thought, perhaps if the indent was the same shape as a planchet I could understand. I think that's why he suggested being struck through an double off centre strike. Laminations I knew of, but I'd never heard of a cold shut! Cheers Mr. T

Hm, seems a little irregular to be struck through another coin. I'm not fully up to speed on the different error types but I think a lamination flaw implies a peel (which is caused by a small air pocket or impurity) while a cold shut is more like two separate sheets of metal not properly sticking together and coming apart quite cleanly.

Barrel tap and valve 18th to 19th century

My latest edition, a 1902 circulation Halfcrown