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Peckris 2
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Penny Acquisition of the week
Peckris 2 replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
My thoughts exactly. -
Bronze halfpenny varieties
Peckris 2 replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I possibly still have the scans of Sealy's full varieties article from 1970? If anyone's interested I could repost if I do have them. -
Bronze halfpenny varieties
Peckris 2 replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I think I posted Sealy's list from a year later (1970) when the number of varieties had reduced to fewer than 7? I'm always suspicious of that era's "blunt" vs "pointed", as they can be put down to wear, either of the examples found or the dies. I'm not sure there is any kind of market for 1957 calm sea varieties, particularly when they are of such a micro nature. I'm happy to have a BU example and don't care which it is, frankly. -
Penny Acquisition of the week
Peckris 2 replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I can see the flaw but wondering where the dot is? -
Stuff to Make Us Laugh
Peckris 2 replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Is there a 12 step programme, or is the pub further away than that? -
Collectors Coins 2020 pre decimal Kindle Edition
Peckris 2 replied to Sleepy's topic in Rotographic Publications Forum
Seconded. -
How's your garden looking after fine weather and time?
Peckris 2 replied to blakeyboy's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Well, Burberry's most famous product is their trench coat ... which you presumably had to dig for the Berberis? 😆 -
That's just HORRIBLE.
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Music to sort coins to
Peckris 2 replied to Paddy's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
All very sedate. A million miles away from 1967. -
Let's See Your Copper Coins, Tokens, Or Medals!
Peckris 2 replied to brg5658's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Both those titles look like great reading. -
"Lighthouse" has 4 consonants together? Is that one of the 6?
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BBC desperate for non-Covid news - EdIII half groat
Peckris 2 replied to Paddy's topic in Free for all
She should apply to get onto the government's vulneeerability list which is used by supermarts for priorcity slots. Sadly MS - despite being an immuno-suppressant disease - doesn't count. 😪 -
Welcome to the forums . 😊 One of the forums here is dedicated to British Hammered - do post away!
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Yes, that's a nice example. Finding a good one is rather haphazard since the reverse ghosting and weak breastplate aren’t deliberate but often occur 'accidentally' as a result of the deep obverse design - it's not always going to be the case. However the weak hair IS deliberate - it resulted from the overuse of dies during and immediately after WW1.
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4. facetious 5. rhythm ? (y may not count as a consonant here) 7. awkward
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3. His horse is called Monday?
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BBC desperate for non-Covid news - EdIII half groat
Peckris 2 replied to Paddy's topic in Free for all
Ruby Wax was on BBC QT and made a great point : while maintaining social distance, make the effort to make eye contact, smile, even wave. Our mental health is important. -
I agree. I think each of the students sees one of each on the other two foreheads. If the first (A) saw two the same on one forehead, then one of the other two (B or C) would see the same and would know from A's first reply that he can't see 4 the same. So B knows from A's second reply that each person sees one of each on all of them, and therefore he knows there is one of each on his own. (A bit convoluted but I know what I mean!)
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Not quite - the 'singly' simply restates the fact that one of the musicians must bring the torch back for the next pair, i.e. returns across 'singly'. But yes, you got the answer. 😊
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Obviously there would be more than one matrix, and it must be that 8/6 was an error on one such. It's entirely possible that a matrix could be ill prepared, as reduction equipment didn't come in until 1883 at the earliest, quite possibly later, so the engravers were working with lifesize designs.
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The first 1 being overstruck is highly worthy of note, as they tended to reuse the '186' matrix, only punching the final numeral on the die. Obviously there was more than one matrix but only a fraction of the number of dies used.
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Help with Gothic Florin varieties please
Peckris 2 replied to Paddy's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Also known as 'stop over numeral' (son)? -
As with most logic puzzles, the actual thing is the calculation - the rest is just window dressing to make it seem more fun, or to misdirect. To restate : Person 1 takes 1 minute to cross the bridge in either direction; Person 2 : 2 minutes, Person 3 : 5 minutes, Person 4 : 10 minutes. They can only cross in pairs (or singly) and have only 17 minutes to do it. (You also have to factor in that one of those who cross has to bring the torch back each time).
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Not allowed! D takes 10 minutes there and 10 minutes back.. Try again.
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In my opinion - no. The final date numeral of 1861 is so variable, virtually every die seems to be different, with variable heights, overstrikes, spacing, slants etc. I'd say no-one except a rare specialist collects all these minuitiae. Oh, and I just can't see any evidence of a 6/G?
