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  1. mrbadexample
    Indeed.I think we can safely say that the entire article is a complete crock.
  2. mrbadexample
    It's not that so much as the apparent belief that asking price = selling price.
  3. mrbadexample
    I don't know the answer to your question Rob, but if it's any consolation I took a shufti at your site and don't see it.
  4. mrbadexample
    Thanks bagerap. It all becomes clear.
  5. mrbadexample
    Fair point.
  6. mrbadexample
    A rose by any other name... It's cleaning. They call it "conservation" because cleaning sounds bad. I'm with your grandfather. But if there is a problem which is only going to get worse (e.g. verdigris, bronze disease, zinc pest) then I think intervention is necessary. After all, if you do nothing it will eventually destroy the coin. So what choice is there?
  7. mrbadexample
    Same as mine. Although better nick, as usual!
  8. mrbadexample
    You're probably right Jerry, although it's the first one I've ever seen that had a convincing portrait.
  9. mrbadexample
    Well it's definitely 1701. I can't help thinking that both the obverse and reverse look ok. Which would mean they're images from different coins. I suspect you'd be sent a gaming token that doesn't closely resemble either.
  10. mrbadexample
    I don't know, I choose not to can't afford to collect 'em. But the monarch doesn't match the year...
  11. mrbadexample
    What's this please? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ONE-OLD-BRITISH-COIN-DATED-1701-UNCATALOGUED-ENGLAND/263539255958?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649 I keep looking at it and thinking the portrait actually looks quite good.
  12. mrbadexample
    Thank you. Which edge legend did you get?
  13. mrbadexample
    Not to mention the erroneous apostrophe - that was the only reason I bought mine. Never did find out why the hedgehogs though...
  14. mrbadexample
    The cynic in me would say it's nothing whatsoever to do with keeping historical items in their own country, but seeing the opportunity to generate some cash. If they really wanted to keep it, you wouldn't be able to buy it (legitimately).
  15. mrbadexample
    Not the same legend on the reverse though.
  16. mrbadexample
    Thanks. I didn't know about the farthing. I checked my collection but it didn't affect the numbers.
  17. mrbadexample
    Seems to me you could have kept it and saved yourself a lot of trouble.
  18. mrbadexample
    Any idea why this exists John? It doesn't look like a proper Roman I punch to me - more as though it was entered upside down and then repunched normally. Is that a possibility?
  19. mrbadexample
    When I wrote it down I replaced the I with a colon because I know Pete's spelling's crap.
  20. mrbadexample
    I've written that down.
  21. mrbadexample
    Oh yeah.
  22. mrbadexample
    I thought it looked very similar to Richard's picture of the "Freeman 2*"? Lettering in particular looks almost identical with the missing bits.
  23. mrbadexample
    Welcome to the forum stormbass. I've uploaded your pictures to make it easier for people. I'll take a punt at F10 but someone cleverer will come along in a bit and tell you what it really is.
  24. mrbadexample
    Might be a bit soon? I'd have thought the market would be fairly well flooded at the moment. I mean, even Pete's got a couple (probably needed two to make it up to a penny).
  25. mrbadexample
    Sadly, I think the aforementioned tenner is in the ballpark.
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