Emperor Oli

Well, I guess only you could answer that... There are only two basic types (one penny and two pence), although there are two main varieties of the penny (10 and 11 leaves in the laurel wreath). Maybe there are some other varieties? Don't know... So you might have a collection of three coins... which could be a bit pricey for the best quality. There are pattern (like prototypes) cartwheel style halfpennies and farthings, as well as proofs in various metals... but that would be a very expensive collection indeed! You might extend the idea to include other coins minted by Boulton at the Soho mint (first steam powered mint!)... so that could include the later halfpennies and farthings of George III, as well as some Conder tokens (some look like the cartwheels), some Isle of Man coins and a few colonial issues (also quite expensive I expect). Would you be satisfied? I remember being amazed by the ones on Colin Cooke's site - they're quite beautiful. Gilt proof farthing Silver Proof Farthing Silver halfpenny All contemporary patterns, by the way.

They are the links, it will be a private account though. Try using photobucket or imageshack.

So she is, I heard she was doing Ermintrude. We've also got Sir Ian McKellen voicing Zebedee, Robbie Williams doing Dougal, Jim Broadbent as Brian the snail and Bill Nighy voicing Dylan the rabbit.

well i have determined that digital cameras suck for closeups of coins Digital cameras are actually better than scanners for pics of coins, if the right setup can be made.

If you looked at the previous post, I was referring to copyright.

Sounds intriguing, do hurry!

Ah interesting, I assumed one had to apply for it.

Ok the full legend should read "PHS. D.G. HISP. Z. REX. DV. BR", or a variant of this, if I've got my Kings right. This translates to "Philip by the Grace of God, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant." The reverse should read "DOMINVS. MIHI. ADIVTOR" which translates to "The Lord is my helper." This is a Spanish coin, but we would really need pictures to identify further with a suitable world coin catalogue.

Not every image is copyrighted, but even if they were, I can hardly see them suing anyone over it.

I remember when Tuvalu sold its internet suffix (.tv) back in 98 for a revenue of about $100million per year. I think that money was something like 20 times its annual budget.

For all you Kylie Minogue lovers out there, she will be voicing Ermintrude in the upcoming Magic Roundabout film!

I always see these sell for over book - they are tough to locate in high grades, I have found. However, not tough enough to merit such a prince, hence the lack of bidders.

It was a shilling I bought for about £70 and Spink "values" it at around £200.

I wouldn't buy from them because, in my opinion: A) Slabs are nasty B ) The attitude Lockadale's are taking is obnoxious C) There's no point buying a slabbed coin just to break it out - the premium for the slabbed coin is in the slab label itself. As always, it is your choice.

Certified coins is bad, I requested to Lockdale's that they remove my name from their mailing list because I don't want anything to do with that company. I'm treally quit anti-slabbing and hope this arm of Lockdale's goes bust soon. The fact that they say "A slabbed coin can be accepted for auction sight-unseen" is absolute crap - you're just buying the slab then. Grading companies don't put anything about toning on their coins so it could have great rainbow toning or be blast white or be black as pitch. The truth is you don't know what you're buying until you see it.

I find it interesting trawling through what people have bought - a nice monocle, JMD?

I can't really see it making much more than book value, there's lots of them about and for me they don't hold any further numismatic value.

My Granny has a few from the seventies with full lustre, I just assumed they were all like this.

It's £1-$1.88 today, madness to think it was about $1.50 a few years ago.

If I were collecting decimal, I would buy the mint proof folders. They are relatively cheap (about £12 each for the early sets, rising to roughly £25 for modern ones) and the coins are encased, with full lustre.

About time for a change

Can't you stay in one thread?!? I've posted the other side in the proper thread.

Another new member, welcome! Do you specialise in anything in particular or just buy what you like (they should be one and the same really!)?

1 troy ounce = 480 grains 1 troy ounce = 24 scruples 1 troy ounce = 20 pennyweights (North American jewelery trade) 1 troy ounce = 1.097 ordinary ounce 1 troy ounce = 8 drams 1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 grams. 1 troy ounce = 120 carats 1 troy ounce = 155.52 metric carats (diamonds / precious stones). 3.75 troy ounces = 10 tolas (Indian sub-continent) 6.02 troy ounces = 5 taels (Hong Kong) 12 troy ounce=1 troy pound 14.583 troy ounce =16 avoirdupois ounce (1Pound) 32.15 troy ounces = 1 kilogramme (Kilo) 32,150 troy ounces = 1 metric ton (1,000 kilos) 1000 troy ounces = 31.1 kilograms This would make 1 troy oz about 1oz so I don't think there's a difference.