Peckris

You want to sell some? The use of 'no' for 'know' is a specialised eBay spelling, we understand (as in "I no nothing about coins...").

Yet that bidder has a pathetic feedback score of only 90% - how is that possible? No-one is going to be mad enough to give their own shiller(s) a negative feedback, surely?

That's the one. Close enough to Birmingham, but apparently it was felt throughout England and Wales. 5.1 on the scale.

I would rate it GEF myself judging from the top of his ear. It's definitely improved - the next step would be a 10 second dip in Goddards, if you decide that's the way to go.

Right. The two you've uploaded here - the 1930 and the 1966 - wouldn't get you more than pence after all the effort of putting them up for sale. If you wanted an idea of how much modern coins are worth, you could do worse than invest a few £ in Chris Perkins' "Collectors' Coins GB" which is advertised here (he runs this forum), or you can get the Kindle version for even less. That gives the current market value of all British coins from 1797 (copper) and 1816 (silver and gold) in various grades, and lists any number of the scarce/rare varieties. Hiya gonna get the book you suggested,i have that may different old coins i cant possibly put them all on here,bit i was wondering im using photobucket just now and can i upload all the pics of my coins imto one albumn? then post the link to it so you can see all of them? x Possibly - but I personally loathe Photobucket so someone else here will advise about that.

You can - there's always the option to download a pdf in your browser, it's part of the Flash implementation.

Can you post it, or PM me a link to it e.g. on Dropbox? I'd love to see that!

He was very baby-faced was our Keith. I reckon once kitted out to the 9s in wimple and head-dress and the works, no-one would have been any the wiser. After all, nuns aren't people you stare at wondering if they're famous rock drummers, are they?

I remember one in Birmingham about 25 years ago. Caused buildings to sway quite noticeably. The computers - in a hermetically sealed air-conditioned environment - went down, of course.

I got it straight away

Right. The two you've uploaded here - the 1930 and the 1966 - wouldn't get you more than pence after all the effort of putting them up for sale. If you wanted an idea of how much modern coins are worth, you could do worse than invest a few £ in Chris Perkins' "Collectors' Coins GB" which is advertised here (he runs this forum), or you can get the Kindle version for even less. That gives the current market value of all British coins from 1797 (copper) and 1816 (silver and gold) in various grades, and lists any number of the scarce/rare varieties.

We all know coins have been cleaned in the past. Some tooled to bring out detail. Holes plugged. It happened 100 years ago and it happens today. And with coins to which these things were done 50, 100 years ago, it's part of their numismatic history. Whether we like it and can live with it is, I think, a personal decision. As is whether to 'undo' the damage. My point was that charging to remove a bit of red wax that would probably flick off with a paintbrush and to then use that as an example of a supposedly desirable service shows a complete lack of understanding of an important (to me at least) area of numismatics (ie; provenance). It shows a different mindset. One that I'd prefer not to become all prevalent. Though I may be too late in that respect! I see the point you're making, but that's not a good example - if it comes off that easily, then it isn't really useful as provenance, and it would purely be a matter of luck whether it survived or not.

The 1930 penny has been struck ever so slightly off centre, that's why the teeth look longer on one side. Its grade would be not far off VF (Very Fine) but its edge has taken a bit of a battering! The 1966 penny does look just about UNC to me (can't see any wear). Certainly good enough to keep if you're looking for an example of that date.

Hiya,yes the little star has the number 74 on it,i will get close up pictures put on today,i read online the coin with the 74 on the star range in prices $10-$80 not quite sure what that is in pound GBP? thanks too x It's very roughly one-and-a-half dollars to the £ (little bit more)

I think what Stuart is talking about is the 56 bids and £112 price Tag for a £30 coin. A clear example of shill biddingNo, looks to be a straight coin, Paul, on this occasion and, yes, spot on, Dave! But... but... it IS a shilling!

Hahaha - that's absolutely nothing compared to the antics of Keith Moon and Vivian Stanshall : Moonie would dress up as a nun and go walking down Oxford Street on a Saturday. Stanshall would dress up as an SS Officer and go cruising along Oxford Street in a 1940s car. When he spotted Moon, he would leap from the car and drag Moonie-the-nun kicking and screaming into the car, much to the bemusement of bystanders. I only wish they'd got it badly wrong one day and kidnapped a real nun by mistake.

Davies lists two varieties for the 1935 sixpence. His description sounds very much like what is being seen here. He suggests that the fault was with the hubbing process. I assume not enough pressure was used to get a good transfer into the die. Really? My edition doesn't list ANY varieties for the 'acorn threepences'. P91 - are you looking at the same edition?

Well, that gives a whole new meaning to 'a roll in the hay'...

It's been variously quoted over the past year or so that the EU itself is our biggest market. Someone recently said "50% of exports", but I don't know how accurate that is.

I can't help you with sixpences - I have a BU 1934 and that's where I stopped as a type collector. If I manage to excavate the threepences I will check them as best I can and give you a run down on quantities of each type.

Ooh, I'm so sorry - it looked like a picture of an 'Internet model type' woman. You can take that as a compliment! But, if that picture is really you, you're far too good looking for this forum.

To be fair Dave, although the toning on your coin was peripheral, the OP coin is the same kind of tarnish, just heavier. There looks to be some underlying attractive blue toning which slight dipping might bring out.

There's now a 500k limit per post here (it was 150k before...). This is what you should do - there is also a thread in Beginners forum : 1. Import your camera's picture into an image editor. If you're on a PC Picasa is free, and my tutorial was done using Picasa on a Mac. 2. Resize the image so the coin itself (crop if necessary) is around 600 pixels square which is quite big enough 3. While in 'Resize mode', knock the resolution down to around 90ppi - it doesn't need to be higher for computer screens 4. Save the image at medium quality, not high. Having done that, your image should EASILY fit into 500k - you'd probably have spare for both sides to be honest. (You can try Photobucket if you want, but if you're not already registered there it can be a real hassle. I hate that site.)

Unfortunately, what you've shown there is just what is referred to as "accumulation" in auctions, i.e. probably pulled from change in the 1960s (or later in the case of the florins/shillings). They're really only worth scrap value, so I'm sorry to bring you bad news. There are a few rare varieties in the late Victoria / Edward VII series, but you'd need to show them to an experienced collector first. (I know nothing about Straits Settlement coins, but others here will advise).

I thought Gouby X only applies to 1911 pennies?