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Paddy
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Are you sure you don't mean 2.7g? I don't think I have ever met any coin that light, let alone one at 9mm diameter? I will get onto it tomorrow.
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Definitely looks Asian to me - the first side appears to be Arabic writing, the reverse possibly Persian script. I would suggest posting on zeno.ru - I have found them far and away the best at Id'ing Asian coins. If you have not subscribed and find it too much hassle, I can do for you using the pictures above. Only other piece of info they would want is the weight.
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I sent him a message pointing out his error politely. He responded: "Thank you! I did not know" but he has not dropped the listing, merely reduced the price to £1500...
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Might have been right first time - a Freudian slip by your Autocorrect as Coincraft have a reputation for charging top prices...
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On the same theme, can anyone tell me more about this medallion? Measures about 29mm diameter and appears to be silver. I can find a similar obverse on several online examples, but these have a reverse with "Valparaiso" in the wording.
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Penny Acquisition of the week
Paddy replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I haven't picked up any new pennies for quite a while, but this 1926 ME was a slight upgrade and cheap, so I bought it: -
Anyone here do VHF listening or FM DXing?
Paddy replied to blakeyboy's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
I was on an Army exercise in Australia's Shoal Water Bay, North of Brisbane in 1982 using HF radios. We kept getting other people cutting across our broadcasts - it took us a while to work out it was a US Army exercise in Texas! Unfortunately they couldn't hear us, so we had no conversation. -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49331042 Featuring Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral in the background this time. If they really are "in circulation" I will get them. If they are another RM packet only then forget it.
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I don't know where they got the idea of an Indian Temple token! The writing is Thai and I am pretty sure it is a Tin 25 Satang (1/4 Baht) dated 1946 but also minted 1954 to 1964. See https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9274.html Officially of very low value but Thai people are fiercely loyal to their Royal family and non-coin collectors love to have examples of their old monarchs.This is Rama VIII and I think he reigned until 1957.
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There is no evidence of the reverse pattern in the blob, so it was not there when the coin was struck. So I would say this is post mint damage - someone has added the blob, either to make it into something (a large button?) or messing around in the workshop. Subsequently it has gone back into circulation and got the wear to the face.
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... and sadly another fake, or at best fantasy piece I suspect. 1853 Halfcrown was a proof issue only, very scarce and I don't believe that one was proof even before it got circulated. Strange that he has cut and pasted Victoria's life history - from Wikipedia I suppose - into the description!
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Penny Acquisition of the week
Paddy replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
OK - nothing to compare with some of the pennies acquired by other members, but I was pleased to add this to my collection today: 1859 Penny with the small date and the first type of "9". Came in a job lot at a local auction, so doesn't owe me much: -
What?? I don't believe it!!
Paddy replied to Peckris 2's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Only 13? You were lucky... -
Let's See Your Copper Coins, Tokens, Or Medals!
Paddy replied to brg5658's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
When I read the ticket with the bronze version posted by @Gaz T I interpret the final "1959" as the date of production of this copy. Certainly looks more like 1959 style than 1565 to me. Even the @Sword looks more 18th or 19th century than 16th. -
Agreed - as long as you are dealing with circular coins. The conversation came up because of the trapezoidal coin example posted, which I would not be able to crop using my Photoscape. But I don't have any of those, so not a problem! 😊 I guess one of those Indian or Middle Eastern flower shaped coins would be quite a challenge, even with a free-format cropping tool.
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OK - the free Windows 10 version doesn't seem to support random edges, unless I am missing it somewhere. Not to worry - not a function I need much.
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What?? I don't believe it!!
Paddy replied to Peckris 2's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Probably not until he retires, and then only if he keeps his nose clean. No more nightclub fracas! Of course, if the cricket supporters in England had their way, he'd be King by now! Ben Stokes - the only thing more difficult to get out than a Scotsman's wallet. -
@Diaconis have you got the Pro version and paid for it? Just wondering as my free version gives only rectangular or circle/ellipse cropping, and you seem to have used a more free form version. (Not that I would need it often enough to want to pay for it!)
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Are you not able to over-ride your antivirus? Provided you are downloading it from photoscape.org or one of their provided links I am sure it is OK. I have had it for a couple of years now and swear by it. Which antivirus are you using?
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Just did this one using Photoscape, which I know a lot of people use on here as it is free: 1. Open your picture in the Photoscape editor 2. From the "Crop" tab at the bottom, select "Crop Round Image" 3. Beneath that select the background colour you want from the drop down. 4. Draw your circle around your coin image and when you are happy hit the "Crop" button. Bingo!
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Your pictures are tiny and blurred, but I think I see the remains of a Druid's head token there. If so will date around 1788 to 1792 and often listed under Anglesey or North Wales.
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This on the BBC website today - apparently no 1p or 2p coins produced for circulation in 2018, but this is not an indication (yet) of the demise of the coppers: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49275300
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In Ebay if you click on any seller ID, it brings up a summary page for that trader. Then click on "Items for Sale", which will bring up all his or her current items. Then scroll down the left side to "Sold listing" and click that. Bingo! Here is the result for our counter-marked Thaler man - one look at that list and you know he is selling fakes. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/sattar-uk/m.html?_nkw&_armrs=1&_ipg&_from&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2046732.m1684
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BBC report on 2018 mintage figures for 1p and 2p coins
Paddy replied to Paddy's topic in Decimal Coins
Yes - it is the privacy issue I really don't like about going cashless. The banks, and by extension the government and probably most of the big internet companies, would know where we are and what we are spending all the time. -
Here is a video on Youtube teaching our snake oil brethren how to fake up toning on silver coins:
