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Emperor Oli

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  1. I thought it might be something like that and the seller was being a bit sneaky.
  2. Ex-Colin Cooke on eBay?
  3. Emperor Oli

    You might want to read this CU thread

    "Not A Registered User." I've bought from this seller once before and the transaction went smoothly. Interesting what Lloyd said on CU about it really being run by a criminal.
  4. Oh no, not just 4d-1d, but the whole damn set! Coin Rarities Online
  5. Emperor Oli

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    He's got two of them for sale! He sure is going to be a rich man!
  6. Emperor Oli

    How do you store Gold Bullion Coins?

    In an earlier post you said you wanted to collect them, in the previous you take a seller's slant on it. For selling, keep them in the packaging. For collecting, packaging or capsules.
  7. Emperor Oli

    How do you store Gold Bullion Coins?

    I doubt you could scratch the coin from the plastic, I've got a Canadian Maple Leaf bullion coin in malleable plastic that has no scratches on. However, you obviously want to move them from the packaging to somewhere else, so I would recommend coin capsules, which can be bought from the proprietor of this site. Check the dimensions beforehand.
  8. If you purely want to invest for silver content and not numismatic value, why not just buy ingots of the stuff? There are decorative mini-ingots on eBay but they sell for over melt. There are the occasional 1 kilogram Engelhard, Metalor or Schone ingots on the Bay but I don't know where about they end compared to melt.
  9. Jeez, scam attempts are a bit lax nowadays.
  10. Oh my. I'll defer to other experts but at first glance that looks like a noble. Other people ought to be able to tell you its age and approximate value. I would go back to this friend's garden and dig it up.
  11. Emperor Oli

    Happy Birthday Oli.

    Nope, no coins unfortunately!
  12. Emperor Oli

    Happy Birthday Oli.

    Thanks Chris, just been out driving with my Mum for the first time. I thought it went well but she's drinking brandy now.
  13. Emperor Oli

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Eesh Would you really rest a coin like that on a rough piece of wood?
  14. Emperor Oli

    Queen Elizabeth portrait

    I think we can all pretty much guess where that will end up.
  15. Emperor Oli

    Queen Elizabeth portrait

    It would tie for me between Maklouf and Machin.
  16. What a publication! I can't wait until copies are released.
  17. Emperor Oli

    hi help grade 1901 "proof " penny

    Golly she was old. I expect that and the platinum coin will be moderately valuable but I don't know if people will be able to give you book prices for them, perhaps just melt prices.
  18. Emperor Oli

    Would you risk it

    I'd look from where the seller was first. South America doesn't seem a likely place for something like this to turn up, but that's just me.
  19. Today was GCSE results day across the country. I got 7 A* and 3 A, which I was happy with. Next year I'm doing Politics, Economics, German and Maths at Sixth Form.
  20. Slightly liberal I think. I would go a few grades lower, somewhere around fine, perhaps GF.
  21. Emperor Oli

    Can anybody help?

    I got the 2006 hardback last year, and it's chock full of info and full colour pictures.
  22. Emperor Oli

    Toning

    That seems to be what most Americans chuck coins into when something is amiss.
  23. Emperor Oli

    Politics yet again

    Definitely. It's a shame that Cameron pointedly distanced himself from Thatcher, I think that lost him support from grassroots Tories. Although Thatcher did sell off state-run industries, she did so because there were loss making, and technically inefficient in a changing world. To keep them state-run would have created a larger burden on successive governments and the taxpayer. As I'm sure you know, protectionism never works - in part it caused the WSC in 1929. Isolating ourselves from Europe would be catastrophic economically, as the Europeans are our largest trading partner. The problem with protectionism is that other countries would reciprocate by putting tariffs on our goods, so we wouldn't be able to buy anything from abroad, nor would be be able to sell it. Now I'm all for self-sufficiency, but there are some things Britain can't make as cheaply as other countries. I would rather pay less money for a foreign car than pay more for a lesser-quality British one, such as the monstrosities made by British Leyland. Like you, I would be all for keeping the colonies, but I wouldn't want them if they were in a state like India in 1947. I also have something of a penchant for Victoria politics, however the only reason it was pro-heavy industry then was because it was the industry that made the most money for the treasury. In the 80s, that had switched to the service sector, so manufacturing jobs became less and less important. It all started going downhill when MPs got salaries and the Parliament Act was passed.
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