declanwmagee

Spam egg and chips for the Pwincess and I tonight! We live like kings...

With the mess we've made of the economy, it's hard to see any bullion price returning to those levels in our lifetime. On the subject of the economic mess, I was reading that a million $ packed really tightly into a brick of $100 notes would rise approximately four and a half inches off the table in front of you. Want to guess how high the repayment we and our children have to make would rise off the table in front of you ? I'll tell you. 71 miles. Bearing in mind that that money doesn't exist, anywhere, and never has, we and our children are going to have a bit of a job on our hands. I know, let's print some more, worked for Weimar...invest in potatoes I say.

Blimey. Say what you like about the seller formerly known as "gg..something or other", but he does get 'em in.

Yes you need to keep an eye out for fakes and over-grading but showing a high grade coin then sending a dud is just plain fraud in my opinion. I also hate stock photos, it's just lazyness. I expect to receive what is in the picture because that is what I have used to appraise the condition and used as the basis to make the decision on what I'm willing to pay. Gary D dead right. Even for E-II cupronickel.

As far as I'm aware Centsles is a dealer in the States that slabs his own. The grading tends to be overly optimistic but I'm not aware of any of his coin being of questionable origins. Gary D he slabs his own??? what a brilliant idea. Lets all do that this time next year we'll be miwwionaires

My sister has always been an Appleophile. Some years ago, I earned my living as a PC technician. She bought a new Mac, and proudly showed it to me, and I said (not knowing the blasphemy I was just about to commit..) "ooh great, lets get the back off then and see what it's got in it". Standard practice when I got a new PC home back then. she had to go and have a lie down.

My sister has always been an Appleophile. Some years ago, I earned my living as a PC technician. She bought a new Mac, and proudly showed it to me, and I said (not knowing the blasphemy I was just about to commit..) "ooh great, lets get the back off then and see what it's got in it". Standard practice when I got a new PC home back then. she had to go and have a lie down.

I rate the desirability (and value) of 1967 coins ... 1. Florin (normal mintage, superseded by the 10 pence in 1968, circulated until 1992) 2. Halfcrown (minted 1967, 68, demonetised in 69 but always a popular denom) 3. Halfpenny 1968 (wide rim - not really scarce but probably only a quarter of 1967 mintage? Only minted 1968, demonetised 69) 4. Sixpence (minted until ?1970, planned to be phased out,reprieved and circulated until 1980) 5. Threepence (minted for 3 or 4 years - very very common but somehow popular; demonetised 1971) 6. Halfpenny 1967 (minted only one year, demonetised 69) 7. Penny (the turkey of the group - vies with 1971 1p as the commonest UK coin ever; not very popular, exists BU in huge quantities. Avoid!!) that ties in nicely. Out of 74 sales of 1967 coins in the last 2 years, these are the UNC prices I've been able to achieve: 1. Wide rim ha'penny: £2.52 2. Florin: £2.50 3. Halfcrown: £2.04 4. Sixpence: £1.21 5. Normal ha'penny: £1.19 6. Penny: £1.19 7. Threepence: 67p interesting that I've found it easier to sell pennies than threepences...and the Wide rims have all been recent, perhaps a trickledown effect of the new interest in varieties. Mr Groom can take some credit for that, I expect!

I always think of the 1967 sixpence as Coin One if you're starting to collect predecimal. I suppose it ought to be the ha'penny, strictly speaking, but there are a lot more people starting now than there were, say, 5 years ago. We made a conscious decision not to leave the newbies behind, and I'm glad we did now.

I'd say Fine+ for the obverse (not enough hair detail for VF) but the reverse is definitely VF minimum. And as the man said, the value of a 1967 penny, 3d bit, halfpenny or sixpence is nominal, i.e. nothing. Even BU examples are hard to shift. The only items of value are the halfcrown (phased out in '69) and florin (replaced by 10p in 1968), but they really have to be BU. I wouldn't be too quick to scoff, chaps. Wasn't that long ago everyone scoffed at the tricky '50s E-IIs. Now a lot of them are genuinely difficult to find. I just checked back at my sales of '67 sixpences - I try and stock everything, even them. In the last two years I sold 13 of them. Average price £1.07. Average grade a shade under EF. Surprised me, to be honest.

Which I find hard to understand. I hope and pray that all this won't impact on 'ordinary' Buns, but I fear it might.... I think it already has. Ever feel like you've missed the boat?

maybe it's because the eye assumes that light comes from above (the sun). The reflections on the lower edge of the numerals must then be below the surface of the coin. If you look at it assuming the light source is from below, it suddenly makes sense.

I always think asking a bank to look after your assets is like asking a junkie to look after your medicine cabinet, but still...

Google Tony Clayton - he's yer man...

Hello, I'd go for it ... maybe you could see something else for a couple of pounds if you have spare cashola ... my budget is £10 i am looking at a 1945 half crown (gEF)for the other £5 or a 1949 Half Crown EF for £4 Judge those two on how they look to you ("coin appeal"). The 1945 is a silver coin, but is quite easy to find in that grade. The 1949 is cupro-nickel like modern 'silver', and is quite scarce in high grade (make sure it's minimum EF, and looks attractive - there's a lot of dull EF coins around from 1947 on). Yes, I'd say it's easier to find a good '45 than a good '49

Sensible buy. It's not the priciest Elizabeth II halfcrown, it's sort of halfway between 1954 (the scarcest in UNC) and 1967 (the commonest). Mostly you can't go wrong with Elizabeth II 1950s coins in UNC, they will do ok in years to come. And those halfcrowns are rather nice (in UNC). I take it back about being a bit pricey if it is an UNC. I've got an EF+ in my Shop for £7.50. Oops. 50s UNCs are trickier than they are often given credit for. Maybe not the '57 Halfcrown so much, but try and get hold of some of the shillings in true UNC and you may be looking for a while these days.

Good to see you back Hello, no, I've never seen a commonwealth games £2 either. Yet. My time will come. That makes me laugh. i went to my local shop and asked for mmy change (£8)in two pound coins and they said they aint got none Hello Hello! I sent you a PM offering you some free coins to start off your collection (and before the rest of you ask NO YOU CAN'T HAVE SOME AS WELL! I'm trying to help a kid out). If you send me a PM with your name and address I'll post them off to you, but check with your parents first please. John. Nice one John! I bet we've all got some we could contribute - perhaps we should have a whip round. I had to rely on older relatives when I started as a kid...

Excellent starter! I wish I'd started by buying UNCs - I'd be a lot further forward by now. Bit pricey maybe but not by much. Try and knock him down a bit - coinies like a bit of a haggle.

I don't! But then I haven't got a bank account, a credit card, a mobile phone, or a postcode either... DVLA is the only one I've not been able to shake off

ex-Onewebby doesn't quite have the same ring to it as ex-Norweb, does it?

Interesting theory. Just as a matter of interest, I wonder how much a real 1933 penny, if released from a private collection, would fetch at auction ? £70,000 ? Speaking of which, check out the compass and the square on the St Pauls £2 next time you see one. That one is undeniable.

I've always suspected that the 1933 Penny might be a masonic thing. It's well documented that Edward VII was a high ranking Freemason, so it's not too much of a stretch to imagine that George V was too. 1933 ties in with 33rd degree, and 7 is an important number, not to mention burying them under foundation stones of churches. Just a thought...

blimey - that's very Illuminati, Tom!

oh my goodness - just got the book, Dave, and for those of us who have only ever used ESC, it's time for a major database redesign...

I wonder could any of you learned gentlemen cast your wise eyes over these two? I'd been shopping for an upgrade for our 1921 shilling, but when it came it just looked a bit different. I had been aware of the two obverses, but it's not a variety I'd paid much attention to, because I've never been that convinced by the "Nose to S, or SV" business - not quite definite enough for me, not like a pointing to a bead or between a bead that you can see immediately. Watch out for the rotation on the obverse scans if you examine them - I know it's not quite right. ...and if I'm barking up completely the wrong tree, give it to me straight! cheers Declan