Coinery

I'd personally never buy one again that didn't have an inbuilt light! Been an invaluable addition to me over and over!

link Thanks, David!

Get them on the forum Greg, there's s huge audience here who love nothing more than sharing their thoughts on absolutely any coins!

Well, and there was me thinking she was a struggling lady, that Chris very kindly allowed to remain amongst us all long enough that I could discuss wedding venues! And now I'm never gonna hear from her ever again because of you lot!

Whilst I'd be looking for a better obverse, it cannot be denied that, compositionally speaking, this is a staggeringly beautiful design! The big obverse fields give the coin a very appealling 'something' that I can't quite put my finger on, reminds me of the Tudor equivilent to a Victorian gothic! Twelve months or so, it's going to be on my hit list for the pension fund...that gives me around 20 years to enjoy it first, of course! Another BCW book coming up, me thinks! Ooops! 120993184054 Link appreciated!

Oh just you wait until Peter sees this one!

The Victoria pennies are an expensive start to 'get your eye in' with, maybe consider buying a couple of penny/copper bibles, and have a dabble with the 20th century pennies first. Much better to realise that, what you thought was 'good' lustre and GEF, was actually GVF and polished, on some cheaper coins. The above does depend on where you source your stock, of course! We have dealers on the forum...Chris (site owner), Rob Pearce (R P Coins), John Stephenson (argentum & coins), Clive Knipe (historic coinage), Red Riley, etc, where I'm confident you'll get an honest deal if you wanted to add one or two nice vickies while you're growing in knowledge with the G5/G6 pieces. There are also a large number of other sellers here, who advertise their stock on the infamous eBay, who would also provide you with honest stock, and would happily take returns under just about any circumstances, I would be so bold as to add. So, copper/bronze, the most challenging of the metals to collect quality examples of, I'd personally say...good luck and enjoy.

Half cocked, I think you'll find?

C'mon Rob, my missus is much betterer than your's! http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2012/1/30/1327938751037/les-dawson-ada-007.jpg

Welcome to the forum Marina, it's nice to have some young blood taking an interest in our hobby! I presume it's tuppences you're interested in?

Welcome aboard, Greg, any ideas where you're going with this roller-coaster ride? You'll no doubt have noticed there's a fair bit of reading on here, so take a couple hours out and enjoy!

with eBay search in such a pickle it's an excellent time to be shopping! Bargains a-plenty. Not such a good time to be trying to flog stuff though... That makes so much sense! I've noticed a 50% tail-off for 2 weeks now, it's broke a consistent set of selling stats that have held up for nearly 2 years!

Would sell rather well, and rather quickly, are you selling it?

Doodly dee dah, dear Paulus, happy birthday to you!

Yes, welcome aboard! If you take a quick look at the past threads here (which I'm sure you already have), you'll find what it was that also attracted me to the forum...regular members, and enough information and expertise to drown you for many years! Everyone here, and I believe everyone, even the experienced dealers, will learn something regularly from the threads posted...from regulars, but most definitely from the new members, who always add a new dimension to the way questions are asked! Enjoy!

It's the old tie on the Dobbin that wins me over! You could write a novel holding that in your hand, it looks so completely steeped in history!

So, buyers beware, this is a non-silver copy of a Mary Groat! It's had the pleasure of Rob's company for a few days, and comes out poorly on a specific gravity test, so fails on many counts. I'm inclined to agree with nickr that it's contemporary, it just has all the 'right' kind of grazes and the complex multi-directional bends of a 'natural' burial, if you know what I mean! I'd appreciate it if anyone has a Mary groat, or comes across one in the future, that they might check them off against the dies on here, as it would be interesting to find out the scale of these copies. I will be marking off anything that stands out as defining die indicators (against known genuine examples) and be posting it onto the forgery network. Many thanks to all the contributers AND Rob! What a bummer!

Thanks for your contribution nickr, and interesting too!

Yes, good to hear from you, Mongo, hope you're well!

Of course, your average butcher's shop doesn't have the factory line, or the huge water-stripping technology, that your multi-million meat factory has! I didn't put ears in my sausages either!

There's nothing rare about a 1988 pound! The burger in a Big Mac is probably rarer. Enjoy Just to clarify, as I know where our Peck is coming from...a beef cell being next to the cell it grew up with is, indeed, a very rare thing, in ANY commercial burger! You'd better get used to it folks, your average 'meat' in a commercial burger is obtained by jet-blasting the wasted bones (after the expensive stuff has been taken off) with water (remembering that 'meat' is nothing other than an animal cell, no matter WHAT cell) so, this includes tendons, sinues, etc, left on the bones, which then has to be dehydrated to 'normal' muscle water-content and seasoned until it's a handsome quarter pounder for you guys! Pork for sausages includes the lot, i'm afraid, ears, gums, cheeks, tails, hoofs, tendons, spinal cords, delicious, it's all there slopping about in a huge vat ready for dehydration. I worked in an outlet once where the lamb meat sold for our famous 5-pint doners, consisted of breast of lamb as follows: Lamb ribs and cartilage were boned out and minced 4-5 times until they were a frothy pink purée. Onto this was added the remaining meat that was minced once. The 'blend' was mixed by hand, and then 'blended' again with a final mince! Lovely! Even bone cells are mince! This is not why I'm a vegetarian, I miss the flavour of meat very much!

That's a very impressive work, it's quite amazing! I'm not sure whether it's your photography lighting, or great skill on the part of the engraver, but that looks like some great moonlight! Yes, I was thinking of Mongo only the other day! And still no news on Gollum?

let us know how you get on with the coke!

Just don't type the word 'used' when you are browsing Ms Klass's smalls, or we'll never see you again! AND your internet bill will double!

Does that give you the first new unread post in every TOPIC Colin? I've never used that button before. I tend to use the dark coloured folders and the "In" button to see new content, but a drawback is that that only works for the first topic in a forum - for all other new content in a forum it only gives you the latest post, even if there are a whole load you haven't read. Yes, that button gives you EVERYTHING! I must start using it then! After all, I've only been here for 3 and a half years Ah, there's a snag. If I look in several times a day, it still shows me the new content since yesterday, not since my last visit. There's another button that says something like 'mark as read!' I'm not on the PC right now. I always click that when I've read the new content. When I next visit I just click view new content!