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Thanks And I know this isn't British but I was thinking VF on this morgan dollar? Can't see a mint mark on the photo though

Also what would you say a good price for it was?

says poor cleaning, but surely it couldn't have been that abrasive :/

The listing on the 2nd one says 1813, but I cant find info on an 1813 one? and tbh looks like 1818 to me on the image :/

what about this one?

No worries, I think he didn't bother with any software and instead had the info on a hard drive because he wanted to do the "tree" by hand. I can find out for you if you like?

When my granddad started he checked church records and just asked around the family for old photos and information. you can they try Kew records ( natrional archives )and local records offices im not sure what software he used, and most of the info he got was free, he said it wasn't worth paying for the online sites to fine these things out.

Bit of a beginners question, but what is the significance of the die rotations?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2013-ROYAL-MINT-ST-GEORGE-AND-DRAGON-20-TWENTY-POUND-SILVER-COIN-PCGS-MS-69-/181266252492?pt=UK_Coins_Bullion_Bars_SM&hash=item2a344f82cc twice the non slabbed prices on there and over 6 times face value

I have been watching Monty Halls, I know he is a bit of a knob ( to put it politely) but he was talking about gold german Marks, What did he mean by that, are/were there golden German marks. this is pre 1918 FYI.

been doing a bit of reading and they seemed to come in 5,10,20 mark coins, but i'm intrigued to know if anyone has had experience with them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX5USg8_1gA love this

I live very close to the sea ( lucky me right :/ ) and with a lot of posts recently about toning and "the dreaded verd" I was wondering whether or not people had any thought and information on the effects living by the sea would have on toning ect of the coins?

Christ I'm awful with the acronyms :/ I don't know why I didn't get that just wondered if anyone had found they reacted differently/badly near the sea

The concern arises for the fact that new parts on my car get rusted out quicker than they ever have. what do you mean by BP? yes i thought as much, with the common sense, it fixes most things

Yeah, you do need to watch out for salt air. Silica gel is fine for moisture (though you need to chase the moisture out of them at regular intervals), but I'm not sure what you should do about the salt air. But if you're not right by the sea, it's probably much less of a factor. I'm about 100m from the sea front, blocked by another row of houses but still the proximity doesn't help. I have picked up silver and gold from under the sea with little effect on the piece ( though they were never going to be F/GF coins) its the copper and other "rust-able" items that i was thinking about?

they aren't in a moist environment the house is quite dry, but there is no extra anti moisture stuff in their storage cases. I had considered at some point adding silica gel packets around the containers but wasn't sure if they were stable enough to do so. Then again there is quite a bit of salt in the air around Plymouth so... well I don't know :?

It looks to me like something has made some sort of mark on the neck in an oval/circle, stamp?

I did see that, on IFLS the other day, sounds a bit dubious to me :/

Possibly, but surely you could quite easily get a hold of the software and create your own stand ect with a better camera ( again for £40 it could still be worth a try)

Most mobile phones nowadays have more than 3MB, When photographing anything I personally would prefer the higher resolution. I do quite a bit of microscopic photography and with that I use a 20MB camera, obviously over what you need for a coin but somewhere around 10 would be the best for me.

It doesn't look too bad, but like David said I think it would be better with higher resolution. Also it doesn't mention windows 8 compatibility...

Hey Guys, As a few of you will already know ( those who have had the saintly patience to answer my questions) I'm starting to expand my current collection. To keep a track of it I currently use Microsoft Access and find that it is ok, does anyone have any recommendations on beginner software, or is Access good enough? Thanks