Rob

An example was mentioned on this forum on 1/9/2007 according to my notes, but I can't find the image at present to say if it is the same coin or not. As for the large numerals, I also have examples with large digits for 1700, including one paired with I/E in GVLIELMVS. The 1701 P705 has at least 4 dies with one of them having a large 0 over a 7 and the 1 looks to have a trace of a 0 underneath implying the date was cut too far to the right.

Not even a clever mod, just a misprunt.

Have you got one, or do you want one. I can't seem to find one listed anywhere...spink, freeman, peck? Am I missing a few pages? No, just a few grey cells. The reverse changed to the ship in 1937 for Edward VIII onwards and G5 died in 1936 which was the last year of the Britannia reverses. Could be a 1931 with the last digit changed to a 7? Or a 1927 modified to a 37? Got a picture or a link as it's obviously not right?

I don't know what their success rate is in attribution, but I looked at half a dozen Anne farthings a while back and 2 of the 6 were wrong together with one which had the label as 1714 despite the evidence to the contrary on the coin (1713) and an MS63 which shouldn't have made better than 55 unless of course MS63 means many scratches (63).

I missed this thread first time around but am astounded that anyone could part with so much money, without doing even cursory research. 2 minutes on Google would have shown up the errors, particularly with the supposed 1/2d numerals! Incidentally I'd not heard of Teletrade but notice it states that only US or canadian citizens can use it! Don't complain. Not being allowed to bid helps the country's balance of payments, especially when crap like this is on offer.

You can also apportion it - bank/home in whatever split you think best. That gives the opportunity to do research on a section of the collection whilst leaving the majority in the bank. Then rotate according to what you want to study as few collections would require the whole spread of material.

Just trying to place where you were sat, as most of the people in the room were dealers. Yes, it was interesting trying to find the venue. Luckily my son was at Plymouth at the time, so at least we had a rough idea. I was sat one row in front of Ras on the left facing the rostrum. Good day though with a couple of halfpennies and a penny.

I wondered where that one went. Were you at the sale?

Insurance premiums should roughly halve with them being in the bank. i.e about 0.25% of sum insured.

No you're not. I don't know about hyperinflation, but enough paper has been printed to insure that some inflation will ensue. At the moment things are capped because the banks have to build up reserves to cover the requirements of Basel III, but at some time in the future the banks will either be told to spend money by the politicians, or else will decide that they are holding too much capital and history will repeat itself. A basic problem is that politicians will not ensure adequate steps are taken to safeguard the banking system unless it threatens to blow up on their watch, rather they will encourage the banks to lend money as this creates the illusion amongst Mr Average that life is great and is therefore a vote winner. That's how Gordon Brown portrayed spending 44% more than he received in tax over 5 years as prudent. To have spent 45% over would of course have been irresponsible. As far as bankers are concerned, reforms are needed to align bonuses with physical wealth creation rather than paper profits which can be massaged up or down depend on the message that they wish to convey by the use of exceptionals. So make them hold physical assets when they trade futures - e.g. Canary Wharf would make one hell of a grain silo.

I was just looking at the highlights in the evening, hence the almost uninterrupted schedule of adverts. It isn't restricted to football though. If you have a documentary, the advert frequency is again a problem. Here they spend the first minute or two of the intervening program blocks explaining what happened in the previous 5 minutes. It's hardly inspiring as it gives little scope for an in depth discussion of the topic and as for a 2 hour documentary which would allow for a much better dissemination of the information and therefore understanding for the viewer - forget it.

Any radio, TV or internet content with adverts for me, although ours are probably the most tolerable anywhere in the world For the first time in a few months I ended up on ITV to watch the FA Cup last weekend. Why would anyone watch five minutes of play, then the same amount of adverts all repeated ad infinitum? I watched three games before stopping as it was excruciating. Given that I probably only turn on ITV four or five times in a year, this recent tale of woe reminded me that even this is too often. I wonder if they realise there is more to life than LCD programming? Just kidding, nobody could really expect them to raise the quality above current levels.

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I never understood why two arrows are used as a simple up or down arrow would suffice. I suppose the first covers the situation where the obverse is so dire or nondescript that the orientation is impossible to ascertain and you have to work it out from the book.

norwich....nickers of ready when i come home............. beats swalk any day So what does City mean? It means it's a big town with a Cathedral Rob. I'll get my coat! Sorry John, I was thinking in terms of acronyms.

norwich....nickers of ready when i come home............. beats swalk any day So what does City mean?

If the local shops don't know the difference between UNC & EF I suggest you ignore what they say. If a proof, then this should be obvious, but if only EF would be impaired and not worth a premium to a currency piece. There are modern counterfeits of this issue.

Don't worry about the supply of proof sets drying up unless there is a huge upturn in the number of collectors. You can always pick up any year fairly easily. Maybe not the first person you see, but certainly within a few table visits. It is therefore logical to cater for those who collect individual denominations. If I have duplicate year sets I will usually break the one with the worst condition packaging to provide the singletons. No qualms. As I have done in the past, also without qualms. I'm glad someone had no qualms about breaking up the ex-Norweb 1935 set or I'd never have got my hands on the penny Happens all the time. I got all my Cu-Ni 1958 proofs because Colin Adams had to buy the set from the Circular for the halfcrown. He had no problem finding a willing buyer.

Let's see -- an 1893-S encapsulated silver dollar with a CC mintmark on the reverse with multiple examples available from mainland China. I wonder how much it is really worth I sold a CC dollar today at a bit above melt given the mint. It was dire, but numismatically far more collectable than the Chinese version.

Don't worry about the supply of proof sets drying up unless there is a huge upturn in the number of collectors. You can always pick up any year fairly easily. Maybe not the first person you see, but certainly within a few table visits. It is therefore logical to cater for those who collect individual denominations. If I have duplicate year sets I will usually break the one with the worst condition packaging to provide the singletons. No qualms.

I presume you mean it looks something like this? It made it into an MS63 slab though.

Far too much moaning about the TPGs here. No one person will be able to turn the clock back, nor fully convert people to slabs. Just accept them for what they are and use your knowledge to cherry pick bargains from the numerous balls-ups. There's enough for everyone to get something. Some people buy slabs based on the number, others buy the contents. There is an opportunity here for those willing to do the spadework because an unduly low number or mis-attribution can result in low prices for the bargain of the century. If the TPGs were perfect, there would be no scope for sneaking a bargain.

It will depend on what sort of encryption level they choose. If you don't store customer or card details, you can simplify the system, otherwise you fall foul of the Data Protection laws.

And just to throw a little confusion into the mix, the 1853 OT has an intermediate colon to DEF. Peck 1503 refers, but don't worry as it isn't very common.

I'm afraid you have to do your own spadework. All price guides are out in both directions on a regular basis, just as some prices are about right. People will list coins for sell at a price that they think they can realise. This may also be over or under the guides. Ultimately the decision is yours. You aren't obligated to buy anything, equally, if you like the coin and the price seems reasonable then you should be happy and any particular guide irrelevant.