1949threepence

OK, I've imageshacked them - if this doesn't work, nothing will:- 1864 penny reverse 1864 penny obverse 1871 penny reverse 1871 penny obverse

They're on my PC and tablet, Pete, but they're not appearing on my phone. They're just pics I took, sent to a spare e mail address, copied the address link, and inserted the image from the URL, in "insert other media" - they should work OK, but clearly there's a bit of an issue ETA - does this work?

The second is an 1871:- To be fair, I actually bought this in August 2013, but didn't have the facilities for photographing it properly back then:-

I was absent from the forum for a while, and during that period I bought some coins, and I thought I oought to share a couple with you:- The first is an 1864 crosslet 4, which I bought a year ago, February 2015:-

Tom, instead of portrait, try holding your phone in landscape mode and the problem is immediately rectified

Had the same issue when dealing with Virgin Media customer services - foreign call centre. Not sure where it was, but I know I couldn't understand the person I was talking to, nor could I quite seem to get my message across to her. Lovely girl, but like walking through treacle attempting to communicate properly. My vote's been committed to leaving the EU for several years. Regardless of what concessions/opt outs Cameron does or doesn't get.

lol

One thing I've noticed on my PC, which is Windows 10 and running Chrome, is that the circular twirly thing never stops - in other words, the page never fully loads, even though I can navigate and post (apart from above). This is not the case on my other devices.

What did they say to you?

I've sent you a PM.

They could have dealt with it a lot better, Pete. I would have understood it more if the amount had been £50k or it was a lot of smaller amounts in a short space of time. But if you're selling high end coins - as just one example of normal business practice - £2,500 will frequently be exceeded.

Thanks for the heads up. I have to say that £2,500 is an extraordinarily low sum to suspend someone's paypal account for, on the grounds of possible money laundering. I've just checked my paypal account and my limit set at $2796.00, sending and receiving limit. You can apparently lift the limit, but before you posted the above, I wasn't even aware it existed. Paypal state that the limit is there "for security reasons", but don't make it crystal clear what precisely these security reasons are, nor why it is necessary to inconvenience customers by having them. In fact they don't give any other qualification to that statement at all. This limit should be flagged up on joining so that we all know. I'd be seriously pissed off if it was me.

I could let you have a 1927 UNC with some residual lustre - it's got a carbon spot on the obverse, but apart from that it's perfect.

Superb. The wide date 1876's are quite difficult to get in high grade and that is a really neat example.

Not sure. I received a 2008 pound coin today, with what appears to be a sort of patterned border on the obverse. Whilst I have seen one before - which I carelessly spent almost immediately - this is only the second I have seen. I've taken a photo of it, not a brilliant one, but the type is clear enough, together with a photo of a "normal" 2008 obverse lifted from e bay as I hadn't got one in my pocket. Normal first, patterned border second. Both obverse pics are the new "Shield of arms" type I'm pretty sure someone's immediately going to recognise it and tell me what it is, although I did do some research and can't find any reference to it. Thoughts? Of course it could be a fake as there are other obvious differences, although if it is, it's a good one.

Even that won't work for me on my PC - still brings up the last thing I quoted on the thread and stops me typing any text. Fine on tablet and phone.

I bought mine, a Mascle, in January 2010, and I think it was among the last to be made by Peter himself at his St Leonards on Sea premises. I think it was about £130, certainly nowhere near the £216 now being asked for. Although, annoyingly, I can't locate my old bank statements from about that time, to check.

Cheers Matt.

I'm wondering if this is a compatability issue, as I've just tried on both my tablet and phone, and would have been able to post normally in the same thread that's blocking me on the PC.

Oddly enough I'm getting exactly the same thing on a different thread - this one's clear. But tried to post something on a thread I posted on last night, and it just brings up the last thing I quoted and locks the page, so I can't even type any text - what's that all about?

As far as the green stuff - verdigris, you could perhaps take a look at the tips in this thread

That's exactly what I thought before I bought mine (except in my case it was pennies rather than Farthings), but I've never once regretted it since, and my coins are perfectly preserved in there. It's a one off, once and for all cost you won't regret - trust me. Go on, buy it - you know you want to, and you know it makes sense

Emboldened bit made me cringe MBE. I'd seriously consider getting a decent cabinet for your coins - Try Peter Nichols they are the best available in my opinion.

Neat capture. It is, as Rob says, doubtless the result of a grease blocked die, but interesting nonetheless, and adds weight to theories of why certain features apparently didn't appear on the coins of other years (1876 and 1882 no H). Well spotted - of course you could always refer it to the Royal Mint for official analysis. I know they're always happy to address such anomalies. It doesn't say too much for modern quality control methods, as you'd imagine a fair number were minted with the same feature

Bob, that's really interesting. There's another one in a similar position on an 1875 specimen, pictured in Gouby's book "The British Bronze Penny 1860 - 1901" - see picture BP 1875 Ce in the photo below.