blakeyboy

They told me to get out more. I did that, and they told me to stay in more. My teacher says I'm special- that's a good thing, right?

Ok- you buy a coin you like. When you want to look at it, you look at it. It may be worth more than you paid for it, maybe not. Maybe you just like having it. Sometimes, of course, the finding was more fun than the owning..... Maybe you'll sell it one day. The new owner can see it, and decide what to pay for it. Like you did....... Now, will anyone please tell me why you want someone else to look at it for a ridiculous fee? And charge you to look at a picture of it on line???????? Emperor's new clothes. A ridiculous system preying on people's insecurities. I will NEVER have something slabbed. Ever. If the system was PERFECT, it would still be pointless.....

Oh I'm jealous- the F76 is the one I crave. My F69 was off ebay- gambling on a bad picture -a £16 pile of pennies. A bit better condition than the £255 one on Bay last week.

That makes sense, except original mintage figures are for coins minted that year, not dated with that year, surely, so they smudge into the dates either side- hence my point. Thus the pool of coins in circulation never reflected the original mintage figures exactly. I can see how the selective removal or collecting of nice or rare examples has influenced things, much more than the chance finds stuck in an old piece of furniture, for example, but often, like me seeing way more 1875h in F condition than the equivalent 1875 F79....? I agree with the 1874h F76- in fact Michael upped it to R9.

Ohhhh....chest straps on St.George!!!!! And there was me thinking you meant Victoria.....

Field walker's 'Pontefract' ( made of liquorice) is also moving. I can see the rare 50p's and pound coins being discussed in many pubs, so people blindly bid on crap, but this?? " 'Ere Dave- you sold your motor?" "Yeah, I decided to move into Royalist Siege Money, wot the blokes in the gym was going' on abaat" Can't see it, myself.....

A subtle but excellent distinction! i was in a pub, last year I think, and all the beer was unfamiliar to me. The barman asked what I liked in a beer, and chose me one, and described it perfectly. I told him that I'd bought many pints in my life, but I'd never been sold one before......!

oops- this one 1897 Great Britain Penny Ultra Rare High Sea Level KM #790 NGC MS 62 BN | eBay.webloc

I know they usually only have Krause, but really?? I repeatedly reported the Premier coin one, and when I contacted their 'expert' all I got was abuse. They just hope that no-one knows enough and will spend hundreds on a ten pound coin..... 1897 Penny Great Britain - High Sea Level Variety - KM# 790 | eBay-2.webloc 1897 Penny Great Britain - High Sea Level Variety - KM# 790 | eBay.webloc

I mulled over the name 'coinbuyer555' for a while then mentioned him my wife....click... Some time ago he Neg Feedbacked her on Ebay over a clearly photographed coin that she was selling for me. The usual clearout. The fault on the coin he moaned about was clearly visible in the picture. He moaned, we raised our eyebrows, she offered him a refund three times- no reply, just a negative feedback. She was very upset and we blocked him. It was like he thought hope altered reality, and what he could see didn't really exist. We thought at the time that he was just one of those people who like to 'wield power', and be spiteful when given half a chance. I've got to the top of my business, and my advice to trainees is this: To raise yourself above others around you, you can go round knocking them down one at a time, a very laborious process, and you don't look good at the end or made any friends you may well need in the future, or, you stand on a chair. I chose the latter. You just keep your head down and work hard, and never stop learning, and keep all colleagues and rivals on-side and friendly. That works. Basically, if you want to be Somebody, go and become just that. Slowly. Pretending you are Somebody from the beginning and thinking you are some sort of God never ever works in the long term. B

Pareidolia?

Hello there I have about 20-30 kg of the sort of stuff that was in your pocket in the 1960's. No, not that, I mean bronze coinage. I have been an avid Victorian variety finder for years, and have a nice 20th Century folder, but all these new 20th Century micro varieties are a bit of a grey area. The tub of coins is at my blacksmiths- he wants to make something artistic with them. Before he does this, would anyone out there want to trawl the lot for any of the new varieties that have come to light over the last few years? I know the pile has no obvious useful value coins in it, but as regards new varieties, it is totally unsearched. ( I wish my spelchek didn't keep putting 'unstarched'...) Now I know that the word 'unsearched' on fleabay is often cause for hilarity, but in this case it's true... I'm near Milton Keynes. Regards Blake

When I need to photograph a coin, the lighting needs to be exactly as Brandon said. ( he's put it all rather better and clearer than I could!) However, if you have to photograph a coin, but only have a small cheap camera, like I use, try holding a magnifying glass in front of the lens and see if that works......it can make a big difference- you can get the camera back to a distance it can focus at.. Blake