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Coinery

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  1. Coinery

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Interesting low-feedback seller...especially given most of his date-facts are correct for the threefarthing! The overdate is however commonly found with the Pheon!I queried it and got "I don't really have any knowledge of coins I was just asked to put it on my account"hmm. That Ref Code looks familiar, thinking about it, maybe the whole description is a copy and paste? Would make sense!
  2. Coinery

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Interesting low-feedback seller...especially given most of his date-facts are correct for the threefarthing! The overdate is however commonly found with the Pheon!
  3. Coinery

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Not really a worst offering, but gone beyond my buy/resell parameters at £74! Shame about the reverse damage, but we have all seen much, MUCH, worse, go for a lot more! 321349257487 Has been in the £20 region until today...was hoping it would go unspotted!
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    E 1 Martlet Shilling.

    I'll give you £250!
  5. Coinery

    Introduction And Confession

    Hi Simon, and welcome aboard! It is indeed a great forum, I have myself acquired a fine education amongst the pages on here! I spent near on a year browsing this site before I even managed to keep up with the daily posts...it's pretty big! What numismatically 'floats your boat'?
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    E 1 Martlet Shilling.

    Hi JPK, you have asked the million dollar question here, and there's no simple way to answer it, as the coin in question exhibits just about every vagarity that makes it nigh impossible to pin down! I'm firmly sitting on the fence re the grading of hammered coins, as I genuinely don't believe such a science exists for the type, despite the media of the TPGC's and others! Or at least if it does, it cannot be linked to value, on account of the other far more important aspect of eye-appeal, and currently unquantified rarity of variety (this shilling is the most common of them all, incidentally)! It may be loosely described as an NVF coin, but has other aspects of negatives and positives that alter its value! To play safe and stay with the TPG terminology, it has NVF details! As I said, it's just about the hardest of questions to answer, without a dissertation response, or an ability to define instinct! Are you thinking of buying it? Edit: it's probably VFish truth be told, but not VFish money, given it's the commonest of all the Liz shillings! Double edit: £350-£400
  7. Hah, yes, this is what happens when you hang the stern on top of the lock gates and let all the water out! Basic stuff, even one-time holiday makers understand, and are educated in, this one basic principle! It looks like a hire boat?????
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    Rolled Up Hammered

    Surely it have to be a charlie shilling very good! I knew TG was up to something we weren't all privy to!
  9. Coinery

    Collectors Coins, Decimal Issues - Ebook

    Yes, much better than my images! I've sent Chris my own screen-shots/photos of the pages, which I'm accessing only via an iPhone...it's an odd one, though doesn't really interfere with my using the book! I'm in trouble with this decimal coinage thing...I've around 10 pieces already!
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    Rolled Up Hammered

    I could just about relive my youth, thinking on how much cooler it would've been snorting through a rolled-up E1 shilling!
  11. Coinery

    Rolled Up Hammered

    Personally, I don't believe they were contemporarily rolled to hide, it would be as easy to discretely hide a flat coin which, in all honesty, would be much easier to spend when needed! In my opinion, there are not enough, obviously heated and rolled, examples to suggest it was a quirk of the period! I've haven't seen a single other example!
  12. Coinery

    Collectors Coins, Decimal Issues - Ebook

    Ok, got screenshots, will email them over!
  13. Coinery

    Collectors Coins, Decimal Issues - Ebook

    I can count the pixels across a 2p as 21pixels if that helps? Will google screenshot and find a way!
  14. Coinery

    Collectors Coins, Decimal Issues - Ebook

    Not sure I can perform a screen shot on the iPhone? The images are very grainy, with the sort of edges you'd expect from low res...if I double-tap the image, it enlarges (also in low res)!Could be my phone, Chris, or my wireless download maybe? I'll see if there's a way to capture the resolution view?
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    Collectors Coins, Decimal Issues - Ebook

    OK I'm all kindled up, and works well! Not sure about the images, though, they only show as very low res, pixelated pics on my iPhone?? Great info., however, really like it! Call the e-pub a donation to the pre-dec fund, Chris! All the best!
  16. Coinery

    Collectors Coins, Decimal Issues - Ebook

    I also have this on my ipad and works a treat. Better with the kindle app StewieThink you could all be right!
  17. Coinery

    Two Old Coins (Possibly Fakes?))

    They're cast pewter copies! No doubt about it!
  18. Coinery

    Collectors Coins, Decimal Issues - Ebook

    Does kindle read e-pub? I don't want to now buy the kindle version as well? I've downloaded a couple of free e-pub readers, but none appear to be able to file search my phone for the download?
  19. Coinery

    Collectors Coins, Decimal Issues - Ebook

    Just bought the ePub version, but just HOW on earth do I get to read it? I've downloaded the file into something called DGS Dowloader, but can't seem to get any further than that???
  20. Not quite as good IMO, though the bust is overall better! It falls down against the other on account of its incomplete beading and reduced eye-appeal on account of it. Very nice coin, though, regardless!Bust 1F on the '61 is just about the most commonest of 6D's, look out for the rarer bust types on this date! 1571 and '72 with Crown PM are other comparable 6ds for common issue. Thanks for putting it up RPE! Edit: also looks like there might be an old crease vertically in the left obverse field? Difficult to tell on the phone, but the crack in the legend does tend to support?
  21. Just a regular, run of the mill 6d (date/bust-wise), but pretty irregular for grade! 360789730423 I'd have tackled the Beauty Spot if it wasn't the hard, blue, crustacean deposit, that's occasionally found! I had £350-£400 in my imaginary pocket for this one! I do envy the winner! Had to share!
  22. Coinery

    Very Rare Aquatics Withdrawn 50P For Sale.

    There must be a fair number of series collectors of decimal coins, looking at the recent activity re the Kew Coins. Came as no surprise to find the more serious amongst them would want the aquatics variety! Just out of interest, Chris, how many serious bidders did you have? Say, those prepared to pay £500 or more?
  23. Coinery

    Freeing slabbed coin.

    I just hold it in hand and nibble the edges off with a pair of pincers! Normally 2 and a bit sides are enough to prize it open enough to drop the coin onto the bed or similar!
  24. They've/you've captured just the right flavour IMHO!
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