Coinery

You have to wonder why they haven't chucked it in a slab?

You have been my biggest influence Rob! I recommend you and your views to all newbies It can get out of hand though At the moment, I have the following numbers of boxes to tick. People in whose name or under whose authority a coin was struck - 251 Denominations, either circulating or in pattern form, used or struck in this country - 130 Attributed designers - 173 Mint locations - 152 Privy or mint marks including overmarks - 327 Errors - 21 Metals/Alloys used - 50 Metal provenances - 11 Minting processes - 8 Misc features - 45 Type examples or too nice to sell - As many as I want The list could never be completed, is regularly extended and the diversity means there is always something to go for. Combine that with an attempt not to replicate designs and it is quite difficult - and fun. Totally off your rocker! I will get to shake your hand one day!

That sounds like fun, Goom, wish I could join you! To get the very best out the experience, my advice would be to use it as a numismatic education too. Namely, rather than rushing out and buying lots of coins in an excited frenzy, leaving you with a backlog of coins you can barely get a chance to catalogue properly; I'd instead pick my coin (example: say George III Halfcrown) and put the 'proper' legwork into it and learn about the mint, check out the past sales for references, see what counterfeits are around, track down some interesting articles from the BNJ, get some academic understanding about it first etc. etc. It would be so exciting to approach the whole project historically, at least that would be my approach! Denomination? I'd probably not tie myself to that but, instead, would go for what I found attractive. You can at least then navigate around some of the more popular denominations in expensive reigns! Enjoy! Lucky you!

That would be most appreciated Hastur!

don't ya just love 'em!Edit: kids that is!

So, is that the end of private feedback? Edit: Sorry, I meant private listings?

Yep. I'm not happy about it at all. This will merely serve to encourage more shill bidding. Which secretly serves eBay just fine!

I've also noticed that, what were formerly private listing feedbacks, are now viewable!

That J1 bust looks posthumous to me, a new variety!!!!

Just as a point of interest, one of the coins I wanted to send to Heritage was an "NGC" MS65 Charles II Farthing (double struck), the reason I opted for them! Hey ho!

Didn't the Nazis flood the UK with counterfeits to destabilise the economy????

I'll get me coat!

Another note: The profile of the bust is different! There is a 90 degree, or greater, angle beneath the nostrils where it meets the mustache in both the collection coins, giving the appearance of a slightly turned up nose...unlike the LC coin! I think the angle of the eyebrow to socket angle differs too! Edit: I retract the above...I've just been overlaying the busts using transparency, they are a pretty good match!

The greater the resolution however the better chance there is of cropping the original image, re-posting it, and still being able to see what's actually there, when someone says 'can we have a closer look at the ribbon!'

Very crude copy, I'd go modern souvenir piece at a guess?

As Nick mentioned, I think the cape is a massive giveaway when viewed 3 in a row! Edit: the missing pleats are below the area where you'd first expect to see wear!

Unfortunately, I couldn't do much with the contrast to investigate Rob's point but, whilst I was playing, I thought I might as well post the following, just to make comparison a little easier. All images are top to bottom...Bentley Collection Coin, Bruce Lorich's piece (http://www.brucelorich.com/archives.html), and London Coin's item. The Dates and Tails are all scaled and orientated to 90 & 180 degree lines, so as best as can be achieved given the pixelation! What are your thoughts now?

Welcome B'field, not my area unfortunately! Instinct has me say it's unlikely an investment hotspot...and would have me thinking not much more than was paid initially, if that????

All I can say Pies is it's a big old pain in the arse!I'm waiting on the arrival of some 18% grey sheet to start tinkering with my White Balance, as this is the key to professional pictures IMHO! It's certainly where my own photography is suffering!

There's a sticky in beginners on posting pics!

Surely a blocked die has got to be hot on the list...pictures would be great, of course!

Can have a look later, Rob, when I get in!

Spink's warn of forgeries for this date! Would be good to see some examples of it! Wouldn't it be easier to doctor an Aussie 1917coin? '25 would be the cheapest British coin to butcher I suppose?

Sorry, Azda, the 1 AND the 7 appear/are dropped! Not sure why the 1 would be tampered with if it's a date change, though?