Gary

correct, been there done that. However just yesterday I saw a documentry on the Falkland islands and it is now on a cruise ship route which puts in to Port Stanley so not just down to members of the armd forces anymore.

As long as people are willing to part with good money for these fakes then the practice will flurish! I find it hard to believe that real collectors are being fooled by these! Are the buyers investors who know nothing about the so called coins they are buying thinking they are on to a good thing, we will never know! Here is a link to completed listings from a seller based in china showing the range of fakes and prices that people are willing to pay for them. Hope it works. Completed Listings and those currently on offer Current

I have just looked at my two 1841 and have noticed other slight differences which I thought worthy of mention. I have highlighted them in the pics. Back to the original question as to the rarity of the with colon, I would rate them rarer than the suggested 1:10 ratio. Just do a search through the dealers lists/Auction sites and see if one crops up!

Queen Anne 1711 Sixpence Terrible grading

Hi Garry, Gary here, there are too many Gary's on here! First of all welcome to the forum. That looks like a nice coin and I agree with Peckris comment that it has a similar apperance to mint darkened coins but what the mint can do so can others. I presume the pic that you posted was unedited? If it was then I suspect the camera that you used was on its lowest resolution setting, go into menu and set it to its highest setting. From a previous thread "To have anything workable then the date pics have to be at least 500 pixels in width. If you are using a camera use the largest pic setting and get it as close to the coin as poss, if you are scanning use the highest resolution setting to obtain the largest pic possible. In any photo editing software you have an option to save as .jpeg which will tell you the size of the saved file and allow you to compress it to a given data size ie 150kb. If the quality of the pic is reduced too much by the compression then reduce the size of the original pic (usually under "Image" and then "Size" or "Resize"), say the original is 1000x500 pixels then reduce it to 500x250 this way you reduce the data size by half (not quite true but good enough) and then save as .jpeg." As to the weight issue I have listed my weights for halfpenny from this reign 1902 UNC 5.6g (Low Tide) 1902 UNC 5.6g 1902 UNC 5.5g 1902 UNC 5.62g 1905 EF 5.78g 1906 UNC 5.57g an average weight of 5.61g What is the weight of the 1876H penny on your scales?

has anyone an idea of value? Apprenetly it is made of tin. If anyone collects these medals and is interested then PM me. Thanks.

GREAT BRITAIN. Prince Albert, 1819-1861. London. Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations. Tin medal, 1851, by W. J. Taylor. (Allen 340; BHM 2459; E 1463; Taylor 165aa) I don't get the impression they are at all rare I'm afraid. I've seen a couple advertised for £50-£70 but they haven't sold at those prices, so more like ... maybe £10-£30 unless anyone here knows better? Thanks for the info Tom. Did not expect it to be rare, even if it was it is far from perfect as you can see from the pic, a bit edgy!

Photoshop's compression scale runs from 1 (awful) to 12 (virtually uncompressed). Needless to say, the smaller the number, the higher the compression and the smaller the file. In my own experience, if you're displaying on a computer screen - i.e. not printing - you can reduce an existing large picture to 5 on the scale without seeing very much in the way of deterioration. Make sure that you do any Size reduction and PPI reduction and Cropping at the same time, then save. Refuse to pay that sort of money for Photoshop, I use a free program called paint.net which I believe comes from micrsoft, when you save to .jpeg it gives you a sliding scale from 100% down to 0% and shows you the file size as you adjust. It also has many functions of expensive programs such as the ability to work with layers and much more. If anyones interested you can get it here paint.net

***For Comparing our 1850/46 ...PICS of 1846, 1849, and 1850 "Plain" Dates*** sorry but they are way too small to do anything with. The 1850 pic is 121x48 pixels and just 6kb of data. You have obviously cut the dates out of an existing pic which in its self must have been quite small. To have anything workable then the date pics have to be at least 500 pixels in width. If you are using a camera use the largest pic setting and get it as close to the coin as poss, if you are scanning use the highest resolution setting to obtain the largest pic possible and then cut the dates outs into a seperate pic. In any photo editing software you have an option to save as .jpeg which will tell you the size of the saved file and allow you to compress it to a given data size ie 150kb. If the quality of the pic is reduced too much by the compression then reduce the size of the original pic (usually under "Image" and then "Size" or "Resize"), say the original is 1000x500 pixels then reduce it to 500x250 this way you reduce the data size by half (not quite true but good enough) and then save as .jpeg. Example- The pic of the 1850 shilling from azda above is 1024x1009 pixels and has a file size of 372kb and I bet he has reduced that before posting it.

this pic is 61kb. I have had a quick look at some 1846 shillings and at a quick glance all seem to have the 6 lower than the 4 this would put the digit under the 0 of the 1850 too high to be a six. Like I said a quick look and have to look at some 1849 and 50's if I can find any pics!

The limit of 150kb is overall. One pic of 150kb or two of 75kb. From the pic you have already posted the 4 can be clearly be seen under the 5. Wether it is a 6 under the 0 or not is hard to tell, could just be a recut 0 as the 8 also seems to be recut or doubled. As to a value I am sure someone here with his vast library of auction catalogs will be able to come up with something Look forward to the close up pics. For Info, Rayner lists 1850 over 49 but not over 46 Davies lists 1850 over 46 but not over 49 Coincraft lists 1850 over 46 or 49 Spink 1850 over 49 hmmmm!

The references Y37, Y2 probably refer to Yeoman which is a an american coin catalogue so I am presuming the coins refered to here are american. The letter A may refer to the mintmark although I dont know of a mint with the latter A in america!

Well spotted Azda, found this.CC CP OANH Py6n6near enough if you dont have a russian keyboard

hello Toshgirl, first off, welcome to the forum. You say your father "spent hours sorting and writing all the grades down etc" is there a list handwritten or on a computer? You have had some good advice regarding the silver and gold coins but for the base metal coins value depends on the condition. Pop out to the local book shop or Amazon and obtain a copy of "Collectors Coins GB" only costs a few pounds and maybe worth your while. Who knows maybe you too will get hooked and start your own collection

Hi Gary, I can't really make very much out from the image quality, apart from the obvious 'patchy tone'! Any more information to go with it? If you click on the link you will see the Ebay listing on the german Ebay. It is from a chinese seller and the description is in english. A Buy It now price of €79. The listing has now ended with no takers

No reason to believe that it is but I have heard of fake 1849 Florins. Die rotation is a commen error that goes mostly unnoticed and is not an indication of a fake. What is the weight of this coin?

He's that guy in the adverts of course: Oh yes, Morgen Freeman. I was not aware that he wrote a book on British Bronze coins....

1864 Florin 1864 Florin

I have just read this thread and John, very nice reply, classic. By the way who is this Freeman bloke?

I think we can add another fake to look out for. What do the rest of you think? 1864 Florin

I'm sure it will turn up. I once sold coins that I had bought for myself all because I placed them in the wrong draw! :-(

Thats a nice looking coin, I'm in.

Just want an opinion on the grade of this coin. It is a 1679 crown which is not in my area of expertise. If it was a post 1799 coin then I would grade it as Fair but having looked around a few dealers sites for comparision I am inclined to grade it as Fine. Opinions from the experts wanted please. As far as I can tell it is the Fourth Bust. Edge date TRICESIMO PRIMO

someone already has http://www.ebid.net/ For £49.49 you can list and sell with no fees for a lifetime. Interesting for those online dealers and for the normal everyday user the fees are reasonable.

Agreed, Tom. I use my hotmail account for serious e mails, as I know I can always rely it to do exactly what it says on the tin. I can also pick them up on my phone. All the crap goes to my outlook express. I use this for online orders/general enquiries and I don't care who gets the address. There's no spam filter on it either. Not sure what BT do, but I would certainly be irritated by any spam filter that was beyond my personal control. My ISP is Virgin Media. Interesting! Hotmail, hmmmm. I am germany and my brother in england has a Hotmail E-mail address. It is impossible to send him an Email from my every day email account due to the fact that Hotmail blocks it full stop. He gets no notification and I get my email returned with the message that Hotmail does not accept emails from my provider! Hows that for filtering? Hotmail blocks a complete provider! I use a popular german provider that has been in exsistance for probably nearly 20 years and hosts millions of email accounts. I use Outlook and Kaspersky together and have very little problem with spam, now and then I get a few spam mails that do make it into my inbox but a quick click and they are banned for ever to the spam folder. I would rather have all mails come through and I decide which is spam than have legit mails blocked by my provider.