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Let us know when the Kindle version is ready, Chris?

Very nice example, Paulus.

Silverlight was Microsoft's attempt to rival Adobe's Flash. From what I understand it was a better player (it couldn't be any worse!) but it's kind of faded in recent times, not having taken off as MS hoped. I have no idea why eBay are insisting on it - they aren't to me. You do have Flash installed, right?

You have 500k allowance per post right here - there's absolutely no need to use Photobucket. Unless you want to, of course. Or you want your image inlined at its original size. Some of us loathe Photobucket. However, if people link pictures PROPERLY (i.e. without sending members to Satan's Site) then it's fine

1. EF 2. aFDC 3. GEF

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Bunk, I would say Seriously though, two things : 1. It's NOT BU. It's got maybe 25% lustre, tops? BU means 90% lustre, some would say even higher. 2. The photo is not good; there are what appear to be 'fleck marks' on the coin but that might just be photo artefacts Probably AUNC + lustre in my opinion - is there an obverse picture?

You have 500k allowance per post right here - there's absolutely no need to use Photobucket. http://www.predecimal.com/forum/topic/7880-posting-pics/ tells you how to do it, and how to compress your images to postable size (and was written when we only had 150k to play with!)

"In the IS/LM model (Investment and Saving equilibrium/ Liquidity Preference and Money Supply equilibrium model), deflation is caused by a shift in the supply and demand curve for goods and services, particularly a fall in the aggregate level of demand. That is, there is a fall in how much the whole economy is willing to buy, and the going price for goods. Because the price of goods is falling, consumers have an incentive to delay purchases and consumption until prices fall further, which in turn reduces overall economic activity. Since this idles the productive capacity, investment also falls, leading to further reductions in aggregate demand. This is the deflationary spiral. An answer to falling aggregate demand is stimulus, either from the central bank, by expanding the money supply, or by the fiscal authority to increase demand, and to borrow at interest rates which are below those available to private entities." I don't see much about that that is positive, Rob. But go on, be Devil's Advocate again!

Did you have a bar-mitzvah, Declan?

True, but look at it another way, everything you owned was deflated, QE just reflated it. A bit like the emperors new clothes, as long as no one is looking it's ok. Rob your right in one sense, but if it caused new money to chase prices, it must be a genuine increase. Work that out. Mark They say that without Quantitative Easing, we're heading for deflation. Not a good thought...

You mean "bronze" pennies, not copper, but you're doing the right thing in acquiring the definitive literature - no better place to start. For shillings, there's not a great deal of research needed from Victoria onwards so a good catalogue/price guide will see you ok. Basically you've got: - Spink's "Coins of England" catalogue - the CCGB price guide+ (see banner advert above) - for varieties you've got Davies "British Silver Coins from 1816" - Dave Groom's "The Identification of British 20thC Silver Coin Varieties" Then there's Seaby/Rayner's "English Silver Coinage" though no longer in print. That's probably enough to be going on with.

DOF notwithstanding, I'd go along with the GVF consensus. There's a lot of them around in that kind of grade (+/-) as they weren't issued for circulation. Nevertheless it's a nice coin and well worth having.

My point was that the ONF 1860 penny is , like the 1882 'clogged H' penny , due to die deterioration, I am aware that the former is considered a variety, and the latter not. I am also aware that the genuine 'no H' 1882 penny was struck at the Royal Mint with no 'H' on the die. The issue is the extent that a coin struck from a damaged die, with perhaps interesting consequences, should be considered a true variety. There are various factors that seem to determine whether this becomes the case, the main one being attractiveness to collectors. But these coins , to my mind, are not equivalent to coins struck from a particular die variety. However, if anyone has a spare ONF penny at a sensible price........ Jerry I think I'd agree with you on that. The 'ONF' penny is not something I'd personally collect, and I think its attraction is purely due to the damage resulting in one letter looking like another letter, causing some collectors maybe to think it's an error. The 1882 'clogged die' could come under a similar category, but the existence of 'removed H' examples makes them a very questionable proposition - how is someone ever going to prove it's the former and not the latter?

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Nautilus? What nonsense! Can't you see it's an email address? mag.bri@caro.d.g

He's leaving Friday

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Happy birthday! Happy birthday! Happy birthday! Hello Debbie!

Ah, there's a massive difference between ONF - which is its own variety - and an 1882 "no H" penny : there's the clogged die "no H", and there's the "removed H", and there's the genuine London Mint 1882, and collectors are really only interested in the latter which is truly rare. A clogged die, especially if worn, could just as easily be a "removed H".

No, it's not a spelling error. It's just a weakly struck R and therefore not very interesting or significant. People may find it very interesting whether it's significant or not. We will all be at different stages of collecting and what may seem completely pointless to someone may be a great starting point for someone else. It may well be a weakly stuck R but it certainly looks like a P. I certainly didn't mean to sound dismissive. It's just that often we get people whose hopes have been raised elsewhere and think they have a great and valuable rarity - it isn't fun to tell them they have something pretty worthless. If the PEMEMBER coins float your boat then of course they are worth having. As long as you are realistic about their value, is all.

That worked fine. It's definitely a Q on its side, but I don't know if that's normal for the year or not.

"Most sausages shrink when you cook 'em - you got any more of those expanding kind?"

No, it's where every post in every thread is festooned in blue border aka scroll bars.