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Coinery

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  1. Coinery

    Exonumia - Modern Odds & Sods

    Or is it a token for a mineral Bath? I can't find anything on it either. Given the remit includes the suppression of vagrants, street beggars and imposters, I can't see it being anything to do with the baths even though they are less than 100yds away. The latter were frequented by the well to do of Georgian society and were unlikely to be affected by the lower classesHaving lived in Bath for a number of years I concur! It's still very much that way today, at least at the 'new' Bath Spa...very lovely, lovelies!
  2. Interestingly, there are similar issues on other forums using the same software! The 'quote' facility can be erratic on the canal forum I use! Even more interesting is this forum's software works perfectly for me! I reckon it's akin to a PC running beautifully at a million miles' an hour, with nay a hiccup one day, and then behaving like a total beach the next, only to return to sublimity without intervention a day later! I hate 'n' love 'em!
  3. Trouble is, I'm forever catching the 'like' tick on the 'mobile' version of the forum, when scrolling down the page, being right-handed an' all! So, I might end up liking all sorts of random posts! I'll do my best, though! Edit: TG, does it show on the full forum version that I liked your above post?
  4. It's like a Green & Blacks chocolate button (if there ever was such a thing), swished around with a good slurp of Gran Reserve Rioja! It's that good!
  5. Coinery

    Some simple rules.

    Sam Allardyce, or your very own Andy Carroll? I felt sorry for AC (not our AC), I thought that was harsh!
  6. Coinery

    1908 Florin

    You're feeling your way through this intelligently, so don't despair! The only thing I can add at this time, is don't get sucked in by toning! Even bleached white coins can 'look' good after a year of just sitting around a damp bedsit! Toning is great AND king! But make sure it's not a bad coin made good! And I'm not saying your 1908 is bad, just that the comparison you make between the two coins it not necessarily valid, simply by using 'toning' as the point of reference. Just one more thing...you are hell right that E7 florins are the devil themselves to get right!
  7. Coinery

    Some simple rules.

    I've only just noticed the Angel of the North! I used to drive past it a minimum 3 times a week, and would walk up to the foot of it, probably monthly! I'm just getting your point, Peter, re Sunderland! I could never get over standing at the foot of that statue, which is amazing (could never understand the local resistance from some of the North-Easterners), and looking up at what I thought were the buttocks, only to realise they were only the calves! Stunning piece of ironmongery if you ask me!
  8. Coinery

    Some simple rules.

    Hey, Sunderland are my first, yer...b&£@! Oh hang on, we're on the same team, you support Ipswich!
  9. Coinery

    Some simple rules.

    Hah, an interesting thing found have I...and a fact indeed! Tis true, honestly!I undoubtably get visits to my site from people browsing the forum (which is great for ranking, no doubt about it, and I'm grateful for that beyond doubt) but, and I cannot believe it myself even, not one of my sales has ever directly linked from pre-decimal! I've had a couple from John, and 3 from Colin (thanks chaps), but that's it! The shopping cart I use provides the direct source, whether it's google, or a 'favourites' link from a supporting website! It's not the pot at the end of the rainbow it may at first seem...I'm skint, but happy days!
  10. I've only just got this thread! Finally the penny has dropped! Edit: sorry, Declan!
  11. Coinery

    Exonumia - Modern Odds & Sods

    If they're cheap, I should probably get on board!
  12. Coinery

    Some simple rules.

    I'm not sure you could really call it a mistake, Horsa, just perhaps a little insensitive...that is of course for you to decide?With only 28 posts in a year, it just doesn't seem right to use this forum only as a base for blatant profiteering! There are a large number of newbies who visit here looking for help on all things coins! The whole thing works because people give their time and knowledge generously and freely! Your post doesn't offend me personally but, on reflection, I'll bet you can see this wasn't your most sensitive or fairest of contributions?
  13. Coinery

    Please Rationalise These Mintmarks

    I'd had a couple of better-grade WA HG's over the last couple of years, I'll see if I can dig out some images! Unfortunately, my image organisation hasn't quite hit searchable standards, yet, so it'll be a bit of a wade! But I do enjoy revisiting the images anyway, so I'll see what's there!
  14. Coinery

    Collecting Software

    I'm sure Dave will jump on that one with both feet! Ha,Ha! I'm waiting for it!
  15. Coinery

    Collecting Software

    Anyone for tennis?
  16. Coinery

    Collecting Software

    The Scots are always happy to say they are UK citizens!
  17. Coinery

    1908 Florin

    Just flash reflection, I think. Quite possibly, but really hard to tell for me. Wheelbarrow will know better from the in-hand viewing. Bright/lustred milled silver is much, MUCH, harder to photograph, as I'm sure everyone has discovered.
  18. That's a beautiful coin Garrett! I've not heard of these being faked, though, have you?
  19. Coinery

    1908 Florin

    From the images it looks cleaned to me?? Apologies if you have a different experience in-hand, I am also on a small screen phone! Welcome aboard, get some more pictures up, are you just collecting silver?
  20. The imagery is that of "Liberty wearing the headdress of a Native American". It is not supposed to be a depiction of a Native American. Ah, of course, makes sense now! Whoops!
  21. Interesting look at the culture of the period, that looks a very 'white' bust in native dress?
  22. It's something I want to get right eventually! I just need a little more time to play, though! It's definitely an art, and worth perfecting! I've been guilty on a couple of occasions of getting nearly as excited about having a great image of a Liz, as I have when acquiring an actual coin! This is why I would love to find the buyer of that Liz shilling! I might just email her again...little to lose! I might just pinch them anyway!
  23. Looks very BRG esq! Nicely presented, I do like the idea of using the surrounding black fields to display features/points of interest'!
  24. Coinery

    Happy Birthdays

    Many happy returns' peeps! Wishing you a top-notch 2014
  25. Coinery

    E1 Martlet Shilling Sold!

    I've been watching this 151213090124 shilling for around a year! It's the loveliest example I've seen, and I offered £850 for it when it was first listed at £1100. Around 6 month's later I again privately offered £850, when it was then for sale on eBay at £950, thinking that would be agreeable, given the absence of eBay and PayPal fees? Strangely, this was not agreeable! Anyway, having watched it endlessly go around on 10-day auctions at £950, it has just received a bidder and sold for £950...I hope I see it again someday! If anyone knows the buyer, I would love a set of good pictures, the seller reported me to eBay for unsolicited emails when I asked if I could use the images for die-study purposes! Overall, rather gutted about the whole thing!
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