Colin G.

As Azda has said I use Acess for my collection, because it suits my needs, and is a programme I used wuite a bit a work. Agree wholheartedly about the change from 2003, mine is on 2002 version It has been set up around farthings and my methods of numbering etc, but could be easily adapted. One thing to watch out for is the image files, they can soon tip access over the edge, so I store them as linked files, but get them to display in the forms. If you want a blank copy I can try and sort it out. It is not the finished article yet, like a lot of my DIY projects

I agree, I know they may not be seen to be doing much for their money, but you do get a bigger audience than at a coin auction, but you just have to make sure you sell the right pieces on ebay and the right pieces at auction....that is the challenging bit

The only issue I have with it is why there isn't a '0' on the end of the sentences. And if we did it every time, we might clear these kinds of people away permanently, leaving the country a whole lot nicer place to live. Completely agree, and a 6ft square concrete box should be a lot cheaper than the expensive prisons we are running at the moment

Halcrowns are not my thing, so can't really comment, but CGS attribute a value to a coin when it is slabbed, so you should get an idea from the value they have given the coin.

I didn't realise that my winkie was showing

Another new one to find, wait a minute mine's like that a well, now to find a normal one. Wait all of mine are the H errors arrrrr is going to take forever to get them all in the normal H. ah, good! I've just gone through exactly the same thought process... Sorry i should have added the smiley!!!

A new one for me!!!

Rob, I use a facility named "bulk rename utility" to mass rename files, and looking at it, at also allows you to rename paths. Might be an easier way but unsure how your paths are stored, so you may end up with some files stored separately from the others. Google the program, and it is free, it is a great program, I have been using it for a couple of years now!!

That would be true on a coin struck entirely without collar, but in this case it has only been unrestrained on the side where the design has been partially struck which has caused a slip in the design in one direction which has in my opinion caused excessive metal flow in that direction. See my stunning artwork This is my opinion of why the lettering has taken thse shape it has, and it is also worth noting that the effect gets worse where the distance between lettering and edge of the planchet gets less. As for the portrait not a clue, could it be the same effect? Has the design slipped making it look unusual?

Look closely on the 1820 halfcrown here, and you will see similar fishtailing to the lettering on the brockage side, again presumably because there is no collar in place, not as bad as the sixpence, but you can see the same effect

I have seen similar letter styling on Lauer half farthings, and some 1860 farthings (if my memory is correct) and two types of font were listed for Lauer half farthings as plain and decorative. Some examples have similar lettering with fishtailing to the base of the letters, I have had discussions with people about this and it would appear that it is not a font change but caused by metal flow when the coin is struck, the reason why it affects somw coins and not others I am not quite sure about. The same could apply to this misstrike as the metal flows out because of the lack of a collar around the entire coin. We need a metal/die specialist

Thanks Colin. I had a flag come up on the bottom of the screen this a.m. saying Microsoft updates had been installed. Could this be the reason? If I look at the folder above AppData, there is no sign of the AppData sub-folder. The implication that I could be part of a network could mean that I've been hacked (by Microsoft?)? What version of Windows are you using? I would guess that it is the update that has caused the problem, Microsoft are renown for causing issues with updates, I remember the dreaded IE8 problems Might be worth uninstalling the latest update to see if it corrects itself

Rob, Direct links are usually for a single user PC, roaming would seem to indicate that you are part of a network of computers, or that you have multiple users on that PC and therefore the files are made roaming so that you can access them from different computers/accounts. It seems that this is something taht windows does automatically depending on how it thinks the file will be used/and the size of the files, it may be that a change in the folder size has triggered a change, but it doesn't explain why the data has not moved as well

This is quite a common feature throughout this series, and I am not personally convinced that they are actually an inverted letter V. On a vast majority there is evidence of of a horizontal bar at the edges which would indicate that the horizontal bar on the die was filled with crud. On other examples there is an underlying A which looks like it has been repunched with an inverted V to strengthen/recut the underlying worn letter A. This can only be seen on high grade examples so it is difficult to determine which type you have on lower grade coins. Bet you wished you had never asked now

Rob, have a look on my 1911 farthing page, there is an image showing how to identify the hollow neck

It looks like it may not be a partial brockage, but may be the reult of a bit of post mint trickery. I have seen similar coins made to look like a brockage by squeezing one coin against another in a vice. The result is that the coin gets damaged/thinner at that point, the edge gets damaged and the design on the other side of the coin gets weakened by being squashed (which in a true brockage should not happen). I am by no means an expert on errors, but that would have been my first impression on that one.

It is worth registering on the site and looking at the population report, you can see photos of some of the coins

That's unlike you Dave I know where you are coming from, but the couple of farthings I have slabbed are 85's and they are very nice coins, with great eye appeal, so a 90 must be the dogs danglies!!! I dread to think what a 99 must be like......holy grail material

I think half the problem is that we are such a difficult bunch to please, we ourselves are constantly discussing technical aspects of grades and disagreeing so how on earth does anyone come up with a scale that will please all of us I have never been an advocate of slabbing, but I must admit I am now slowly warming to the idea, but I still have reservations. I don't see the issue with not achieving a grade of 100, in much the same way as I am the kind of person who does not get ate up about the fact that a coin can never literally be uncirculated. They offer a service that will benefit some collectors (including themselves) but you can either use it or not, it is that simple From my experience to date, they give me a lot more confidence in their abilities than any of the US grading companies

Can anyone provide me with a scan of page 6 of this report, or does anyone know where a copy of the report is for sale?

Whoa........ I guarantee you someone will still profit from them if you do that, you can guarantee they would re-circulate back into the coin market Do they not make enough by us lot hoarding their coins for them These 20p's will always be a highly priced collectable due to the fact that none collectors are even aware of them. I am like you Peter and will hold onto one if I ever come across one in my change or see one at a "reasonable price". I always thought they would drop down to about £20 once the stampede had subsided, but the media keep hyping them up so they keep on holding their price. It is just one of those coins that I don't think collectors are desperate to own.......yet

Mr F welcome to the forum and an interesting first post!! The biggest problem with your approach is that inevitably a number of coins would end up getting sold for profit, whilst your best efforts may be to prevent that, it is inevitable. If you went to a coin fair and gave them to 150 collectors, I would guess that only a percentage would genuinely hold on to the coin or keep it in their collection. I know that may seem like a negative viewpoint, but I am just being honest

I know many of you know Clive Knipe (who is HistoricCoinage on this forum, and is also Ye Olde Collector on the CoinsGB forum). He is a hammered coin nut, but a very modest one, which is why I assume he has not put a post on the forums regarding his charity climb, but has discretely put a link in his signature instead I would not do his challenge justice by summarising it here, so I will just put a link to his challenge sitehttp://www.cliveknipe.com/ I would personally like to wish Clive the best for his challenge, and have no doubt that those of you who know him will do the same. Clive I apologise now if I have done something that makes you feel uncomfortable, but you should be shouting it from the rooftops......I know I would All the best

Bob, she is a stunner Now I know I am definitely sad