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Sword
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Everything posted by Sword
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Among the many vices of George IV was being excessively overweight. One of his nicknames was the "Prince of Whales".
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"This year’s edition has also been embellished with a special mint mark, the royal cypher of George III, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the end of the reign of the first monarch to appear on the modern Sovereign." That is just so lame. A frightful price for an ordinary BU sovereign.
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1840 Farthing - Help a newbie to confirm identity
Sword replied to Weaver's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I just had a look. Sold out now and your advert has resulted in at least 11 purchases by forum members out of a total of 24 available. 🙂 -
I think you might have posted in the wrong tread ...
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1840 Farthing - Help a newbie to confirm identity
Sword replied to Weaver's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I confirm I don't know anything about farthings. 😀 -
I think people are keener to collect 50p and £2 coins due to the seer number of reverse designs available making the series more "interesting". By contrast, are just two reverse designs for 2ps.
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Stuff to Make Us Laugh
Sword replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
NS and I (UK's state owned savings bank) has a new look website. [Savings] is what we're good at. And what we care about the most?! 😄 What cheek after announcing the most unbusiness like interest rate cuts: Direct ISA: from 0.9% to 0.1% Direct Saver from 1% to 0.15% Investment account from 0.8% to 0.01% Offering just one tenth interest in some cases compared to recent market leaders. Simply taking customers for fools. -
Record your lost or stolen coins here.
Sword replied to jelida's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Meaning pinned, so that it will appear ahead of the other treads in the group. -
Tredegar 1812 Penny overstruck on Birmingham Copper Company Coin
Sword replied to Paddy's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Found this example: https://simmonsgallery.co.uk/shop/tokens/19th-century-copper-token-coinage/mb94-34-19th-c-copper-penny-tredegar-iron-company-overstrike-high-grade/ Not nearly as nice as yours. It's a very interesting piece regardless of its value. -
The Elusive 2002 Jamaica Proof Set Remains So
Sword replied to VickySilver's topic in Enquiries about Non British coins
Only just seen this. Well done! That's always the possibility when chasing something that is very rare / elusive but not particularly pretty to look at. You get many years of enjoyment and excitement looking for it but might simply put it away once it is acquired. But some new target will now take it's place and so it's not really a problem. The hunt continues with a new prey. -
It has now been removed along with the rest of her items. Hopefully, the game is finally up.
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Cleaned or not?
Sword replied to mrbadexample's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I think the it is not so important whether a coin has been "cleaned" or not but how much damage the cleaning has done and the overall appearance. -
I tipped off JN coins the first time but it is relisted again. Some people are persistent.
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Stuff to Make Us Laugh
Sword replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
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Scrap value of a 1d please
Sword replied to copper123's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I had a look and the current spot price is £5.33 per kilo, being 1.4 times the price in March. I suspect the scrap merchant would quite reasonably want a cut and so the price might not be much higher than what Paddy has got unless you have a large amount. -
Scrap value of a 1d please
Sword replied to copper123's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Each penny is 9.4g and would give a scrap value of 5.0p by my calculation assuming it is all copper. -
Stuff to Make Us Laugh
Sword replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Snow White and the 6 Dwarfs would still be one too many. Sneezy need to be self isolating. -
Coin inspection table mat - recommendations please!
Sword replied to Weaver's topic in Beginners area
Now reduced to £1. -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333711160598?ViewItem=&item=333711160598 Finally got taken off.
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Rare coin lost in post
Sword replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
That would indeed be the most sensible thing for Royal Mail to do. But I have just seen this story which is somewhat worrying. https://postandparcel.info/17817/news/up-for-auction-75000-items-that-were-lost-in-the-post-by-royal-mail/#:~:text=Royal%20Mail%20has%20admitted%20selling,their%20post%20has%20gone%20astray. -
Rare coin lost in post
Sword replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
The question is, who owns an item resurfacing after it has been "lost" in the post and full compensation has already been paid to the owner? If I have to guess, then I would say it then belongs to the Royal Mail, but I can be wrong. I am not certain if the original owner still have any right after that. -
"With Beautiful Luster". Rather cheeky to be describing a polished coin with that phrase.
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I do like the engravings of the INA pieces. One of the things I regret is that the very nice coronet head of Queen Victoria was only used in foreign coins and not home currency.
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Another way of putting it is that over half of those graded by PCGS (9 out of 16) is of the same grade or higher.
