Peckris 2

It's always made me laugh (for several years) when Radio 5Live have a frequent jingle that says "... available on digital radio, streaming, online, podcast, smartphone..." (or words to that effect). An image comes to mind of a BBC directive saying "DON'T MENTION MEDIUM WAVE - UNDER THREAT OF SACKING!".

Cleaned - are you sure? I could get the same effect by using Levels in Photoshop. There's a lot of lint on the 'dull' picture though, which definitely is unsightly.

If you surf the net you can find better pictures.

Agreed. I bought an UNC set of 1887 JH silver at Warwick which one or two dealers rejected as "cleaned". Well, they weren't - they had a bright 'mirror' finish, which was more pronounced in the fields than the raised designs; cleaned coins tend to show the most mirroring on the highest parts.

Agreed. The price is way too rich IMO. One thing I've noticed is how confusing those pictures are. The HT looks like a LT as the sea level isn't where Britannia's legs cross, but only because the outer portion of the leg is too faint to see. By the same token, the LT looks like a VERY low tide!

You wouldn't need that for coins - just use the circular crop.

I think she should look at the 'Similar sponsored items' below her listing, then she would see what true EF looks like!

Didn't know you were a Bournemouth fan Mike!

You get what you pay for!

Me too. After a couple of years going through bank bags of pennies in the late 60s, I saw so many that I learned their characteristics almost by osmosis.

If you have Photoshop, it's easy: 1. Use the circular marquee select tool to select the coin 2. Invert the selection (which selects everything but the coin) 3. Use Fill - Black to fill the non-coin selection with black

Root is no good at 3 - should move back to 4, Bairstow CAN produce a good innings, Burns and Denley seem useful prospects in the long run. Roy? Liability in the Test team. Buttler needs runs, and soon. But the end of this game was no good for my stress levels! Like Edgbaston 2005, and just as close, and also the right result.

Just from instinct and experience I'd say that was the later obverse and earlier reverse. I.e. one of the scarce combos.

Good to know - thanks guys

Is mine a F160? (Sorry about the small size)

I didn't know that! But it does beg the question - is the scarcity of a particular variety only in high grade, anything to do with the comparative scarcity of the varieties in a ratio to each other? (Just out of interest, which is which - P E or E N ?)

I think it boils down to two things: how recognisable the variety is (so ME, LT, H, KN fit that perfectly) how rare it is (Gouby X, Open 3 fit that) So the 1* obverse for 1908 is rare but not very recognisable, so a lot probably got missed. In that sense it's a "micro variety", i.e. tiny differences. However, the 1905 varieties don't fit either category being neither instantly recognisable nor rare, so don't float my boat at all.

In Sealy's 1970 Review of British Coin Varieties 1816 - 1968 (presumably published at the end of 1969) he gives this a rating of "very rare". To give an indication, this is also what he rates the 1926ME penny.

Interesting. Her condition for the double florin is "superb" "VG" and "VF+" - make your mind up woman! (I think her example is possibly the 0.347 ...). There also appears to be 0.046 of an 1887 halfcrown.

Difficult one that - if you look at the second L there is a huge top serif, much longer than you would normally expect. There does appear also to be a middle stroke on the first, but with so much corrosion wear that could be an anomaly. On the other hand, the bottom serif on the second L is different to that on all the E's. It could be that with the L and E looking quite similar, the wrong letter was picked up and punched and it could be as you say. The jury is out.

Agreed - but that's not "Facebook blocking those who aren't allowed access", that's whoever created a page or group setting their own rules as to openness or otherwise, the precise criteria for applying to join, whether moderators are involved or not. Sure, Facebook provides the toolbox that individuals can use, but FB don't decide who can or cannot join a group. In the case of coins, the group's owners / moderators would have to tread a fine line between wanting new blood (especially the young) and protecting existing members from would-be thieves and ne'er-do-wells.

Not very much better! After all, this is the person who doesn't realise that Bob Marley had an "e" in his name..

Sensibly graded too, though I'd say both faces were EF

Yes, I can well understand that. It's the same with brass 3d - the proportion of 46, 49, 50, 51 in relation to common dates is far higher than pre-71. In fact, with all 'key' dates collected in the late 60s.