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I've mentioned this before, but CCF (Coincommunityforum) have a very good track record of getting fakes taken down. See: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=162 I'm not sure why they are so successful, probably because of their very high membership and the fact that they are U.S. based.

Has anyone checked the TPG register? That reverse looks very moody to me.

Impeccable taste Peck. Was actually playing this earlier today.

True story. My family & loved ones (not necessarily the same people) have strict instructions that, in my final hours, they should play Pressure Drop loudly. When I don't twitch, call the undertaker. Even now as I slowly approach my 70th, I still have to dance to Mr. Hibbert. And "What's my number" also has the same effect. Edit: A cry has just come from the other room "You're alive. Turn it down if you want to stay that way!"

Having just seen the Bill Bailey link, I'm compelled to share this:

I've just noticed that in Item Specifics, he lists the brand as SexeMara, which links to a shop on aliexpress.

Not the Hilton Hotel, but Moussaieff, Hilton. Moussaieff are very high end jewellers with boutiques in London, Switzerland and interestingly, Hong Kong. So we have someone with a Romanian name, flogging tat from Hong Kong and having a connection to a biiiiiiig jewellers. Odd.

Interesting sale today. Russian buyer for delivery to Omsk. Uses a UK Paypal a/c in someone else's name. Can't get a response from the p/pal a/c holder so I reluctantly try to sort it out through p/pal customer service. India has a wealth of people speaking good, comprehensible English. The one I had must be the daughter of the call centre boss. 50 times round the same few phrases with no information being imparted. Can't help me, can't inform the account holder for security reasons? So if you live in Newport Gwent and you haven't bought an £80 jeton, have a look at your account. You may just find out that you have. In fact I've put the transaction on hold until further notice.

I think that it's an Edward II jeton, so C14th.

I'm fairly certain that it's an 1897 medal of Queen Victoria, her children and their spouses. Should be 19.5 mm diameter. OBVERSE: H.M. QUEEN VICTORIA AND EMPRESS OF INDIA EMPEROR FREDERICK OF GERMANY EMPRESS FREDERICK OF GERMANY ALFRED DUKE OF EDINBURGH DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH PRINCESS BEATRICE PRINCE HENRY OF BATTENBURG PRINCE LOUIS OF HESSE PRINCESS ALICE REVERSE: THEIR R.R. THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES DUKE OF YORK DUCHESS OF YORK MARQUIS OF LORNE PRINCESS LOUISE DUCHESS OF ALBANY DUKE OF ALBANY DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT DUKE OF CONNAUGHT PRINCE CHRISTIAN PRINCESS HELENA In twenty years time, of those still alive, many would be on opposite sides of a terrible war.

I thought it looked familiar: http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php/topic,36798.msg232286.html#msg232286

Commonly referred to as Imitation Ottoman or Belly Money. Ornamental coin with deliberately blundered date. Usually, as in this case, based on Tunisian coinage.

Bronze age ring money from a dig in Croatia.

Sometime in the 60s my father put some money in a safe place before we went on holiday. Flash forward 30 years and I gutted the house for refurbishment before selling. Still no safe place found. Worrying thing is that he was a coin dealer. Is it genetic?

I have a very old email address which I kept open purely for the irregular petitioncrown emails. Sadly, I can close it now. Thank you Geoff and farewell.

"If he's anything like me. I always mislay the bloody thing when it sells" So, so many times I've done that. The one that rankles most is when Olympic 50p mania was at its highest I had three bank bags of the "Offside Rule" which was highly sought after. All three bags sell on the same weekend for a price I'm almost ashamed to admit (OK, £137) and then I couldn't find the bloody things. Refunded everyone and then spotted the bags 4 days later at exact eye level on my roll top desk. Didn't do half that money next time out. And my wife still refers to my desk as the money skip.

They're mine and, sadly I have to pop around 50 of the buggers out of their capsules and set up the lighting correctly just to record them.

I had a feeling that the caps wouldn't help but I've got about 50 of these to shoot and I was being lazy.

It's very small, what's the metal?

I've been advised that if you have natural light, use it. Today being sunny I shot some Bunc pound coins and they look completely shagged. Suggestions please. Nikon coolpix on macro.

Possibly Colchester halfpenny Success to the Bay Trade. Very late C18th.

The script below ONE RUPEE is, I believe, Persian. Indian friends tell me that it's a very good place to check for forgery as very few Indians can write Persian accurately.

Zookeeperz, here's about the best image you'll find. I still can't make my mind up on yours.

Possibly the greatest depth of knowledge on Indian coins can be found on worldofcoins.eu. Most of the acknowledged experts on Indian coins are active members.

It's really just a trickle down from the "Pattern Proof Crowns" put out by Coincraft, Spinks and Birmingham Mint. I get a few of those in mixed lots occasionally, put them up for peanuts and am always surprised at the result. Here's some of Mr Lobel's current offerings: https://www.coincraft.com/patina-retro-patterns