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Crowns or Halfcrowns?
argentumandcoins replied to Accumulator's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Thank you all for your input, it's much appreciated! I hadn't really thought too much about the "regular denomination" angle. I can certainly see that collecting coins designed for circulation has the edge over collecting those just produced for the purpose, so that has to be a factor. I do very much like the design of the 19C crowns though. Hmmm... think I'll have another look through the coins I already have, go through a few auction catalogues and price lists and try to come to a conclusion. I'm not going to rush though, if only for the sake of my wallet! And John, whatever I go for, I'll certainly check out member's sites CROWNS, CROWNS, CROWNS. If I say it often enough it will subliminally imprint upon you (he says hopefully) I agree with Peck but the less competition in the halfcrown market the better -
Police forced entry to house! Sent me the bill.
argentumandcoins replied to Chris Perkins's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Sorry to poo on your party Chris but the reason for entry is a little more than Domestic. An 18 is only authorised to secure and preserve evidence of criminal offences (predominantly drugs or stolen goods). As for his life being in danger, ahem, cough, cough, bullshit, unless of course the polis found his stash that he hasn't paid his supplier for but even then it would have to be a huge amount and accomadation would be provided FOC to your Mr Green courtesy of HMP pre-trial remand. -
5 sols, but only exchangeable for assignats (practically worthless notes) Wiki entry:- Les Frères Monneron was built up in England by Matthew Boulton, thanks to the steam engine of James Watt, producing 2 and 5 sols coins in great quantities in the Soho factory in Birmingham from the end of 1791. Watt's steam engine.necessity money eased the coinage shortage then current in France and their technical and aesthetic quality was much superiour to mediocre base metal issues produced by official sources. In March 1792, the Monnerons went bankrupt and Pierre fled. His brother Augustin took over the business, but a law of 3 May 1792 forbade the production of money by private concerns. In September a decree forbade the commercialisation of confidence-coins. These necessity coins were in circulation until the end of 1793. A nice example David, well worth your purchase price. These pieces of
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Even more shocking is some poor fool actually bid £3 for it. With p&p that's £4.50! Wonder if he'd like to buy some of my scrap at that price? Check his sold items. Some peanut brained chin dribbler actually paid him £10 for a crappy 1912H. I must have over 200 lying around here. Maybe I should contact the seller and offer him my stock at 30% of his retail?????
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Crowns or Halfcrowns?
argentumandcoins replied to Accumulator's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
You're already pushing prices up on Pennies in auctions so go for the Crowns as I don't collect them There is also the added bonus of being able to acquire some good examples from members of the forum -
Police forced entry to house! Sent me the bill.
argentumandcoins replied to Chris Perkins's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Chris, a Section 18 search is a search authorised by an Inspector or above following the arrest and detention of a person or persons who are resident of or have access to that property. Following entry the Police would use what is known as a rota joiner (basically an approved joiner that is on a Police rotation list to stop nepotism and bungs) to re-secure the premises. It's strange that a joiner had to be used though as all the 18's I ever did I had the scrotes keys with me (and quite often the scrote or his agent, to ensure the search was conducted properly) so I never had to use the whammer? As for eviction of Mr Green and Ms Brown, I suspect Mr Pink may sort the job for you, oops sorry slipped into Hollywood for a second, you need to see a brief innit mate? That is unfortunately a civil matter which is outwith my knowledge/experience. I do know that you do not want the attention of the old Bill every week or two to sort out The Usual Suspects though! -
In the watch list....... fingers crossed Oh shucks it isn't a farthing, I was looking forward to bidding as well It isn't 1807 either, the date being on the coin is always a good clue I do like it though, I think it may well be the bronzed proof and well worth the BIN price, sorry I meant well worth throwing in the BIN.
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Anyone care to explain these?
argentumandcoins replied to azda's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Thought i'd missed something lol...... Nope! They used to sell for about £25 a pop. -
Anyone care to explain these?
argentumandcoins replied to azda's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
A shitty modern silver fantasy "maundy set". You used to see them in droves in the salerooms but they have dried up lately. -
Cromwell Half Crown on eBay
argentumandcoins replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
A model of a Cromwell halfcrown surely ? How else could it be so much smaller than a bronze penny? That'll be because the bronze penny (as featured on the front cover of the Spink 2012 catalogue) is greater than life size. Ah! As a non-owner of the latest Spink it would explain why I didn't spot it as a picture. Also, it's unusual for Spink to feature more than one coin on the cover. Are there any doubts as to its authenticity from the pic, and if not what's a good price do people think? Twice bitten! Paulus at risk of causing offence to you and many others can I just point out (again) that there is life outside ebay. Try a genuine dealer or an auction house and at least you will have some form of assurance that all is well (and no I don't have a Cromwell halfcrown for sale). I have no reason to doubt that the coin is genuine or that the sale is also genuine but I would just like to draw your attention to the fact that it is on a private listing, which leaves you wide open to shill bidding. Good luck. Absolutely no offence taken and I won't be bidding, it is already too rich for me! As I understand it, shill bidding will only catch you out if you end up paying more than you originally intended, or more than it is really worth, have I got that right? Far from an expert on these matters and value your input as always! Shill bidding (and again I stress that I am not implying that this coin is being shilled up) will catch you out every time you win an item, purely because your "winning bid" is being pushed on by a dishonest seller. It doesn't matter whether you are well below, below or on your maximum when you "win", you have been dishonestly pushed to that point. A genuine underbidder means that at least one other real person thought it was worth a similar price to you. The fact that you are still happy to win at your top bid is irrelevant is it not? If you like spending as much as you can to acquire coins please feel free to phone me and I will increase some of my prices to a level you are still happy at -
Cromwell Half Crown on eBay
argentumandcoins replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
A model of a Cromwell halfcrown surely ? How else could it be so much smaller than a bronze penny? That'll be because the bronze penny (as featured on the front cover of the Spink 2012 catalogue) is greater than life size. Ah! As a non-owner of the latest Spink it would explain why I didn't spot it as a picture. Also, it's unusual for Spink to feature more than one coin on the cover. Are there any doubts as to its authenticity from the pic, and if not what's a good price do people think? Twice bitten! Paulus at risk of causing offence to you and many others can I just point out (again) that there is life outside ebay. Try a genuine dealer or an auction house and at least you will have some form of assurance that all is well (and no I don't have a Cromwell halfcrown for sale). I have no reason to doubt that the coin is genuine or that the sale is also genuine but I would just like to draw your attention to the fact that it is on a private listing, which leaves you wide open to shill bidding. Good luck. -
Were all of these gold?
argentumandcoins replied to Huwbertoo's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Just buy your red bull with it...... -
1910 Shilling
argentumandcoins replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
It doesn't look any better than VF from the pictures. Value would be about £5-10 depending on how you sold it. -
I've asked to see the other side. A nice looking face is just as important as a good tail! I take it the 'other side' was stunning, how the smeg did it go for £109?? Did you buy it Debbie?!! I don't know how some people bid, but, I note it "shot off" in the final seconds.....
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Happy birthday azda / asda / Dave!
argentumandcoins replied to Debbie's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
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Why are coin collectors so antisocial?
argentumandcoins replied to Accumulator's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
My next door neighbour's 18-year old daughter used to hide behind a bush and sunbathe topless in their garden. I discovered this one day when up a ladder painting the window frames; whilst I couldn't see her directly, the reflection in the window altered the angle and revealed all. By the time I had finished there was 1/2" of paint on the sill... When I was about 13 my neighbours 2 late teen daughters sun bathed topless in their secluded garden....there was an 8ft timber fence between the gardens....however the fence was old and at the knots holes had formed.A hot sunny day in the school holidays and my garden became the venue. And the nickname "Pervy Peter the pine knot popper" was born :D -
Why are coin collectors so antisocial?
argentumandcoins replied to Accumulator's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I'm not so much anti-social, kind of more of a sociopath I suppose -
Can anyone explain?
argentumandcoins replied to Debbie's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
H over H and Q over Q in the garter legend, where there are also 2 stops inside the O's. The 2 re-punched letters are neither here nor there but the 2 stops (if they are stops and not die faults are slightly interesting) -
With my portrait I am most pleased!
argentumandcoins replied to Coinery's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
She'd been on everything else!!!! -
God, I never thought of the Scots, not sure what side they're on? ;-) We're on the right side of Hadrians wall Yer closer to the site o' the Berlin Wall are ye no? Nahhhhh, they tore that doon in the 80s John....... Am still paying for the reintergration of the East, they're doing better than the old west is we all oor coin Just ask Chris Perkins lol I thought I saw something on the news a few years ago about a wall getting knocked down somewhere in Europa
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God, I never thought of the Scots, not sure what side they're on? ;-) We're on the right side of Hadrians wall Yer closer to the site o' the Berlin Wall are ye no?
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Defunct Coins Quiz
argentumandcoins replied to Boomstick's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
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As far as I am aware Debbie they are currently using a brass coloured dollar featuring US Presidents in currency. The previous issue was a cupro-nickel type featuring Susan B Anthony. The President series will have dates on the edge, the Anthony Dollars are dated under her portrait.
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Help me Identify these please :)
argentumandcoins replied to obsuredbykep's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
The picture quality is not good I'm afraid. The first one has an awful angle on it that makes the obverse (front) make you feel light headed when you try to study it!!! The reverse looks like crowned cruciform shields which appeared on GB coinage from 1662 onwards. Being brass it is probably a contemporary forgery of a halfcrown (weight should be around 14gms for a silver one so a worn brass one at 13 would be about right). The second one is a jetton or "counting token". As for value, about 4p in scrap metal I'm afraid. -
If you actually read it and try to read between the lines it states that the bronze pennies that were struck in the first instance in connection with the laying of the foundation stone and ends with no bronze pennies dated 1933 have been sold to the public or are available for sale It is also most likely that a 1933 Penny was supplied to the King as he was an avid numismatist (this is only an assumption on my part and may not be correct). At no point is it stated or claimed that only 6 of the 1933 Pennies were struck. Read into that what you will......