Coinery

I can't pay you, I've not a penny to my name, M'lud! I see what you mean! :-)

New band Dry the River...superb, best thing out there at the moment! Not forgetting Tallis and Byrd, of course!

I can DO whiskey AND wine quite nicely! :-)

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You're a tough cookie to crack! Thanks for all your input, Debbie!

And there is the first lesson, gauge opinion then choose what you think works you will never please ALL of this lot The first blue looks much better Thanks Colin Just noticed you're only 15 posts away from the kingdom of Gods!

Where's the crying emoticon? I could put a really light cream in the label background to tone it down...worth trying!

It's just a tad too solid, I agree...I think?

Thanks Ski...for you! Do you think it's better than the muted 'medieval' brown-type colour?

And my own favourite to date! And THAT'S IT!

Ok, solid background (choolie) and a more modern font (Gary), any final thoughts? Also a green graduated background and that's it, I'll just get on and do it then! So, any thoughts overall?

Thanks Gary D, will see what I've got with the software, everyone's feedback is really appreciated! New Times Roman is not considered cool now days. Try an Arial or something more modern.

Thanks for your input, choolie, I'll give it a try!

Any more thoughts, particularly background prissyness, does is need to be solid colour? Times New Roman, does that give a more academic feel? I'm thinking of having these as little click-on tiles on their own page of roses (19 rose punches in all), good plan?

Thanks Colin, good filing is a must, that's for certain! I have learnt that even today, with a 6-part picture! Disciplined disciplined, disciplined...then wine! ;-) many thanks!

:-) the background coin was meant to be the 'arty' bit, it was only to give a bit of context to the rose, it's totally uneccesary really! That particular rose is present on lots of other very different varieties! I think i've definitely got carried away with a new piece of software:-) If you know anyone who wants a coin-themed wedding, I could always do the invites???? :-) Thanks Azda, will keep adding compositions, hoping to get it right! Keep the comments coming for me, I'd really appreciate it!

Wow, that site of your's is developing fast; amazing resource, and something to aspire to! The only thing I'd say is the BCW line drawings are presently the major resource for all the variations, and I thought a cut-out photograph to be far more representative, and much simpler for identification purposes, without losing valuable information. The BCW book ignores legend variations, other than to state the numerical composition of the letters (FR/FRA 2/3 etc) and their placements before or after the leaves. There really are many hundreds of variations, but most types being able to be identified by pretty much anyone armed with a pictures of the rose, lions, LIS, shield, leaves, and bust...that pretty much does it! We wouldn't 't be dealing with anything like the details you're looking at...no serifs, letters, flaws, scratches, etc. just a simple collection of just: The busts 19 roses 69 LIS 97 'cats' 28 leaves 63 shields AND 2 sceptres Just these few 'course' identifiers are all that's required to pinpoint any one of around 1050 different recorded die-pairings, so I thought it would be possible to replicate the line drawings in photos? And 'neutral' background, I think you're right there too (maybe simpler, at least)! Thanks, Seuk!

Cool, but I think ovelapping the images confuses things a bit. I think the James I shilling you have on ebay (is that you?) makes a good striking image to start a section, but when discussing the marks themselves, I'd rather have them apart, though I like the idea of having the coin the image comes from there too. And the 'plaque' with text doesn't do it for me. I think I'd stick to text alone .. and not italics. That way the text more closely resembles the legend lettering. But I wouldn't worry too much about that aspect. Stick to one font, similar to the one you have. Brilliant feedback, I definitely need to make it look a little more academic, far too frilly! Weird how you can get sidetracked by software, I'm surprised now that I didn't put a bow on it. I think the second image gives context, but maybe make it more transparent. Keep it coming please, I'll put up some different variants as soon as...

Just the kind of feedback I'm after, Debbie! The more I look at it, the more I see 'wedding invite'!

Don't look at any early-milled until you've got it sorted! ;-)

BA-1D:BA-a (Large-Flan) 3d Bust3F...Nice clear example of the broken lis punch 8 (3), and of the broken shield (bottom joint).

Hi, Does anyone have any quality images of Elizabeth I coins that are not protected by copyright? I am so impressed with the book, Elizabeth I, by Brown, Comber & Wilkinson, that I'd like to catalogue as many of the key 'variety identifiers' in photographic form as is humanly possible (busts, roses, shields, leaves, lions, lis, etc.), and create a webpage as a resouirce for any that are interested. I always used to find the line drawings a tad difficult to apply, the penny always dropped when seeing an image of an actual coin. I've chopped out a 4D Bust this evening (below), which needs tweaking, feathering, maybe a little editing, etc. but it's enough to give you an idea of what I'm after. If any images are from coins in your own personal collections, I would happily reference them accordingly. I would be gratefil for anything, even if it's just a rose that is well struck-up, or one single lis on the reverse, even if the rest is an absolute 'dog,' it would still be welcome! If anyone PM's me, I'll surrender my email address for any image files. Many thanks in advance to any who can help and, of course, to any who might be interested.

That would be very kind, thank-you, I was just beginning to feel a little lonely on this thread!:-) Would you mind if I had the original full-resolution images to work from, could I see if there's a Lis, lion, or privy mark, on the reverse I might be able to use? I'll PM my email address if you're happy! That's great, very much appreciated! Yes feel free and I will send the pics. The reverse is 1561 dated and grades around VF as well. Excellent! I couldn't PM you, perhaps your inbox is full, so I've contacted you via your website. Thanks, again!

That would be very kind, thank-you, I was just beginning to feel a little lonely on this thread!:-) Would you mind if I had the original full-resolution images to work from, could I see if there's a Lis, lion, or privy mark, on the reverse I might be able to use? I'll PM my email address if you're happy! That's great, very much appreciated!

Can anybody help with a better reference than N2231 for this shilling? Can this be pigeon-holed a little better, I don't yet have any indepth reference books covering this. Also, this is reportedly a coin from the 2009 Bedale Hoard, does anyone know anything about this hoard, and whether this might be a coin from that hoard. This coin is bright (looks cleaned), but without any cleaning swirls, and also has what appears to be small traces of lustre. I can't quite put my finger on this coin's condition, any thoughts?