Nonmortuus

Yeah Mick has been great with all my orders so far

It is Paulus but I know the seller via facebook, they are both off him

Forgot to add... hopefully the newest one is a higher grade not just in my eyes?

So I decided to try and see if I could get a better 1887 Shilling that I already had. This was my original shilling: This is my 'upgrade'

Well I will hold fire on any more purchases until I go to the next fair but I still have other pics of 'my crap' to put up over the coming days

Yes I have been the last 2 months, It is where the Sov above was from. I will look for Rob next month for sure!

Birmingham, I went to Bridgnorth today and stumbled upon the aforementioned shop.

Thanks the the advice gentlemen. I feel my biggest problem at the moment is now know exactly what I want to focus in on so I am buying a bit of this and a bit of that. Everytime I think 'right I will focus in on XYZ' something else comes a long that I like the look of. I spent a good hour or so with one of the few shops I have found within an hour of me who actually has a few trays of coins to go through. He had some very nice high grade coins but again I did not feel confident enough to jump in. To be honest I would have felt more comfortable if he had had a few sovereigns due to the BV factor and minimising any loses. I really need to decide on an area and try to learn as much as I can, with Sovs in mind I have bought Marsh and I am slowly reading my way through it. Believe it not advice given here is rubbing off on me and I have passed over a few relativly nice coins in my price range due to rim knocks etc or knowing that for a bit more I can go a grade up.

Again lower-grade, but everyone's got to have a Young Head Victoria Sov. in their collection. Yeah, for the price that was paid I figured worst case I have the bullion value at todays spot price and I am only a few ££ down.

I would love to buy top quality stuff but alas my pockets are not that deep. On the more exspensive stuff I buying the best I can afford. As you all know a differnce in grade upwards can make a huge difference. I figured I could slowly build up a collection, decide what I really want to focus on and then start upgrading/trading what I have to get what I want.

A birthday present..... sort of...

I think I paid about £4 for this:

Hi all, could have some opinions on the following please before I take the plunge? 1820 Half Crown I believe it to be EF but wanted a second opinion. Also do you feel the toning is natural? Is there anything about this that concerns you? Does it look polished etc? Thanks Non

As the title, I want to get a few pictures of some of my latest coins to post on here and wanted some generally advice on how to achieve a good picture. I have a semi decent SLR with Macro but aside from using good lighting and using the macro function is there any other pearls of wisdom you can share?

Azda did you get your coin back yet? What did they grade it as?

Thank you for the fast replies. I was worried that it had been polished. Also is that sort of rainbow toning gnerally frowned upon?

Thank you both! All being well I will get chance to post some pics tonight.

I am just trying to buy some relatively cheap coins to try and practice my grading etc... hopefully these are not deemed to be awful. All in I think the three cost me £28.

Thanks for the feedback, I am still not overly confident with my grading, I spent most of this morning at the coin fair doubting myself and asking others for their opinions. To see feedback saying I am not a million miles away is good to read.

Well I had them down as: 1887 Florin - Ob - VF due to the nick at 3 o'clock, Rev - EF, overall - VF 1914 Shilling - Ob - EF due to wear on upper ear, Rev - AU, overall EF 1934 Shilling - Ob - EF due to wear on upper ear , Rev - VF, overall VF I would welcome peoples input, tell me if you think aI am wrong and why so I can re evaulate them.

Third coin

Hi all, I am after some opinions on two Halfcrowns up for auction on ebay (yes I know ebay /sigh) George III 1817 George IV 1824 I really would apprciate people thoughts on what a fair price for this would be and what grades you would give to both. Thanks Non

Thanks all, I will steer clear based on what you have said and wait for the coin fair on Sunday.

So the toning is suspect in your opinion?

So my Florin arrived today. Should the obverse and reverse align? I cannot find anything saying anything else other than that they should. Thanks Non