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secret santa
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Yup - F78.
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So, Brexit....What's happening?
secret santa replied to azda's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Most of them lured away from my Saints F.C. with umpteen pieces of silver. I hate them as much as I hate Man U. But enough of this - back to Brexit. -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/extremely-rare-1915-one-penny/183726981238?hash=item2ac6fb4076:g:F0MAAOSwJiBcWctO Where do these cretins come from ?
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So, Brexit....What's happening?
secret santa replied to azda's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
The country had a majority in favour of leave. Once parliament, containing a majority of MPs who want to remain (or want to form the next government), voted to have the final say, it was only ever going to end one way - Remain. What's in doubt are the exact hoops everyone has to jump through until the decision to remain emerges. There is clearly no point in ever again holding a national referendum. -
Penny Acquisition of the week
secret santa replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
This is what an Edward matt proof penny looks like... -
snowman & gruffalo 50p's
secret santa replied to craigy's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Although the mint is producing "too many" novelty coins, the benefit may well be that more people are "bitten" by the collection bug before we eventually hit the cashless society which will be the final nail in the coffin of collecting for millennials. Unless you count bitcoins........ -
opinions on lot 558 of june LCA auction - 1861 8/6
secret santa replied to Bronze & Copper Collector's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I agree with Bernie that it's probably a misplaced 8 (from a single digit punch) - it looks much the same as the 1880 over 8 below. -
Penny Acquisition of the week
secret santa replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Absolutely - DNW, Heritage, Stacks Bowers etc have top quality pictures and I'm sure it reflects in prices realised. Seems obvious to me, and you. LCA used to have pretty good photos so it's surprising to see the deterioration. -
Penny Acquisition of the week
secret santa replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Looks so much better than the LCA photos - they seem to be going the way of Spink ! -
opinions on lot 558 of june LCA auction - 1861 8/6
secret santa replied to Bronze & Copper Collector's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I've added Bernie's pic to my varieties website. -
Someone's putting a lot of effort into all this.
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Thank you for pointing out the spelling error although, of coarse, I should have spotted that myself. The issue of 2 Home pages is foxing me at the moment, I can't seem to get rid of the scenic picture page, although that may just be par for the coarse.
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it was this: https://fakecoins.wordpress.com/ And now it works ????????? The above website is a prototype and I'd welcome comments on structure, format etc including whether to structure it by Monarch or Denomination or Something else.
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DNW auction pics
secret santa replied to Rob's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Brilliant !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -
DNW auction pics
secret santa replied to Rob's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Now that's what I call high resolution ! I'll try what you suggest. -
DNW auction pics
secret santa replied to Rob's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Not this time ! I'd considered screen shots but the resolution is not good enough. -
DNW auction pics
secret santa replied to Rob's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
The downside is that one is no longer able to download the images, something I am particularly angry at since I use them for my websites. I have raised the issue with DNW and I believe that they are investigating the possibility of changing the process to allow downloads (but they might just be politicians' weasel words). -
When someone offers you advice that is "the bleedin' obvious" people describe it as "teaching your grandmother to suck eggs" - don't ask me why, I think it's a stupid phrase.
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Thanks for this very useful advice gents. Just off to suck a few eggs..............................
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Some idle musings on the F30, 33A & 39A pennies
secret santa replied to 1949threepence's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Not necessarily - he's gone to repair the 8 with an "8" punch but altered the 6 by mistake. If he'd got it right it would be 8 over 8. There would only be a 6 over 8 if he'd tried to repair the 6 with a "6" punch and repaired the 8 by mistake. Or am I talking cobblers too ? -
I have been toying with the creation of (yet) another website on the subject of fake coins, showing pictures of known fakes alongside their genuine counterparts, as it seems to me that you need to look at the two side by side to really understand the differences. My questions are, therefore: Does such a website already exist ? Would this task be too huge to accomplish ?
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What are these Spink "timed auctions" when they're at home?
secret santa replied to 1949threepence's topic in Free for all
I quite like the look of these - they seem to be a cross between Ebay and Colin Cooke's auctions in that bidding is allowed to continue past the deadline although only for 30 seconds per bid. Calls for quick decision-making ! -
Penny Acquisition of the week
secret santa replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Following an email from Bernie, I've added a pic of the ribbons on an F76 obverse where the ribbons are no thicker but seem to be closer together ! -
Penny Acquisition of the week
secret santa replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I've looked at Freeman's footnote 18 and have now added a comment with photos to the Obverse L (Freeman 8) section of my varieties website. But in the grand scheme of things it does seem a trifling difference (IMO) ! -
Penny Acquisition of the week
secret santa replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Terry, the middle picture above which you describe as F71 with wider ribbon is actually my 1874H F73 7 over 7 !
