old pennys

[penguin 0]

Evening everyone! I seem to be having afew problems with downloading afew photos any tips please?

[Peckris 579]

Evening everyone! I seem to be having afew problems with downloading afew photos any tips please?

Do you mean uploading, here? You only get 150k per post, so either edit the size, resolution and compression of your photo to make it fit within that, or use a photo hosting web service such as photobucket or image shack and post the links instead. You can always post your obverse and reverse in separate posts to keep within the '150k per post' limit.

I tend to find that making my pictures around 600x600 pixels in size, no more than 72dpi resolution, and using a compression just under halfway between lowest and highest quality, my pictures are less than 150k (or if they are a bit bigger, the forum software will cut them down to size anyway).

[penguin 0]

Evening everyone! I seem to be having afew problems with downloading afew photos any tips please?

Do you mean uploading, here? You only get 150k per post, so either edit the size, resolution and compression of your photo to make it fit within that, or use a photo hosting web service such as photobucket or image shack and post the links instead. You can always post your obverse and reverse in separate posts to keep within the '150k per post' limit.

I tend to find that making my pictures around 600x600 pixels in size, no more than 72dpi resolution, and using a compression just under halfway between lowest and highest quality, my pictures are less than 150k (or if they are a bit bigger, the forum software will cut them down to size anyway).

[penguin 0]

Evening everyone! I seem to be having afew problems with downloading afew photos any tips please?

Do you mean uploading, here? You only get 150k per post, so either edit the size, resolution and compression of your photo to make it fit within that, or use a photo hosting web service such as photobucket or image shack and post the links instead. You can always post your obverse and reverse in separate posts to keep within the '150k per post' limit.

I tend to find that making my pictures around 600x600 pixels in size, no more than 72dpi resolution, and using a compression just under halfway between lowest and highest quality, my pictures are less than 150k (or if they are a bit bigger, the forum software will cut them down to size anyway).

[penguin 0]

Evening everyone! I seem to be having afew problems with downloading afew photos any tips please?

Do you mean uploading, here? You only get 150k per post, so either edit the size, resolution and compression of your photo to make it fit within that, or use a photo hosting web service such as photobucket or image shack and post the links instead. You can always post your obverse and reverse in separate posts to keep within the '150k per post' limit.

I tend to find that making my pictures around 600x600 pixels in size, no more than 72dpi resolution, and using a compression just under halfway between lowest and highest quality, my pictures are less than 150k (or if they are a bit bigger, the forum software will cut them down to size anyway).

[penguin 0]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to view.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

[Paulus 1,975]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to view.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

Hi Penguin, welcome to the forum! With reference to your original question, I never upload pics here, rather I link to my Photobucket pics, you can do the same with all similar online photo sites, many of which are free I believe ... Do you specialise in any particular area? And sorry to be ignorant but what or who was HB??

[Peckris 579]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to view.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

Hi Penguin, welcome to the forum! With reference to your original question, I never upload pics here, rather I link to my Photobucket pics, you can do the same with all similar online photo sites, many of which are free I believe ... Do you specialise in any particular area? And sorry to be ignorant but what or who was HB??

I don't wish to confirm Dave's impression of my antiquity but I think HB refers to a pencil - in other words Penguin is admitting to being someone unused to "this 'ere modern technology" (my apologies if I've read it wrong, Penguin!)

[Paulus 1,975]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to view.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

Hi Penguin, welcome to the forum! With reference to your original question, I never upload pics here, rather I link to my Photobucket pics, you can do the same with all similar online photo sites, many of which are free I believe ... Do you specialise in any particular area? And sorry to be ignorant but what or who was HB??

I don't wish to confirm Dave's impression of my antiquity but I think HB refers to a pencil - in other words Penguin is admitting to being someone unused to "this 'ere modern technology" (my apologies if I've read it wrong, Penguin!)

Possibly, but I also wondered if he/she meant to type 'HD' for High Definition!

[penguin 0]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to view.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

Hi Penguin, welcome to the forum! With reference to your original question, I never upload pics here, rather I link to my Photobucket pics, you can do the same with all similar online photo sites, many of which are free I believe ... Do you specialise in any particular area? And sorry to be ignorant but what or who was HB??

[penguin 0]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to aulusview.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

Hi Penguin, welcome to the forum! With reference to your original question, I never upload pics here, rather I link to my Photobucket pics, you can do the same with all similar online photo sites, many of which are free I believe ... Do you specialise in any particular area? And sorry to be ignorant but what or who was HB??

Thankyou Paulus,no specialist area it used to be gin and tonic!HB is a grade of pencil when i started school if you had one you were classed as rich!I have afair few british coins that need a proper appraisal lots of pennys so i try and concentrate on mistakes flaws of which i have a fair few.I also have amixture of euro coins my oldest being a 1877 dos centavo peru coin no gold but plenty of silver.My oldest penny 1899 wide date haven,t checked with mr freeman on the details but its one of the widest 9,s i,ve seen!I will endevour to get some photo,s posted don,t expect wonders with my coins but you decide!Look forward to hearing your area cheers mate!

[penguin 0]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to view.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

Hi Penguin, welcome to the forum! With reference to your original question, I never upload pics here, rather I link to my Photobucket pics, you can do the same with all similar online photo sites, many of which are free I believe ... Do you specialise in any particular area? And sorry to be ignorant but what or who was HB??

I don't wish to confirm Dave's impression of my antiquity but I think HB refers to a pencil - in other words Penguin is admitting to being someone unused to "this 'ere modern technology" (my apologies if I've read it wrong, Penguin!)

Possibly, but I also wondered if he/she meant to type 'HD' for High Definition!

[Peckris 579]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to aulusview.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

Hi Penguin, welcome to the forum! With reference to your original question, I never upload pics here, rather I link to my Photobucket pics, you can do the same with all similar online photo sites, many of which are free I believe ... Do you specialise in any particular area? And sorry to be ignorant but what or who was HB??

Thankyou Paulus,no specialist area it used to be gin and tonic!HB is a grade of pencil when i started school if you had one you were classed as rich!I have afair few british coins that need a proper appraisal lots of pennys so i try and concentrate on mistakes flaws of which i have a fair few.I also have amixture of euro coins my oldest being a 1877 dos centavo peru coin no gold but plenty of silver.My oldest penny 1899 wide date haven,t checked with mr freeman on the details but its one of the widest 9,s i,ve seen!I will endevour to get some photo,s posted don,t expect wonders with my coins but you decide!Look forward to hearing your area cheers mate!

Where on earth did you go to school? I remember HB as the bog standard grade they handed out! If they were B or BB etc, they smudged like crazy and were really only for artists; if they were H or HH etc, they didn't smudge at all but got progressively fainter to see though they would sharpen to a very fine point (I think they were for mathematicians). H stood for 'Hard', while B stood for 'Soft'. No, I never understood that either...

[Accumulator 52]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to aulusview.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

Hi Penguin, welcome to the forum! With reference to your original question, I never upload pics here, rather I link to my Photobucket pics, you can do the same with all similar online photo sites, many of which are free I believe ... Do you specialise in any particular area? And sorry to be ignorant but what or who was HB??

Thankyou Paulus,no specialist area it used to be gin and tonic!HB is a grade of pencil when i started school if you had one you were classed as rich!I have afair few british coins that need a proper appraisal lots of pennys so i try and concentrate on mistakes flaws of which i have a fair few.I also have amixture of euro coins my oldest being a 1877 dos centavo peru coin no gold but plenty of silver.My oldest penny 1899 wide date haven,t checked with mr freeman on the details but its one of the widest 9,s i,ve seen!I will endevour to get some photo,s posted don,t expect wonders with my coins but you decide!Look forward to hearing your area cheers mate!

Where on earth did you go to school? I remember HB as the bog standard grade they handed out! If they were B or BB etc, they smudged like crazy and were really only for artists; if they were H or HH etc, they didn't smudge at all but got progressively fainter to see though they would sharpen to a very fine point (I think they were for mathematicians). H stood for 'Hard', while B stood for 'Soft'. No, I never understood that either...

B = 'black', as I recall for my O level in TD (technical drawing). We drew feint construction lines in 6H and then drew the finished lines over them in 3H (chisel point). We were told by our TD teacher that HB pencils were for writing (he would throw them out the window if anyone had the temerity to use them for drawing - the pencil not the pupil, that is!) and B pencils were for 'girls'. Very sexist back in the 70s, I know. I'm just quoting.

[Peckris 579]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to aulusview.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

Hi Penguin, welcome to the forum! With reference to your original question, I never upload pics here, rather I link to my Photobucket pics, you can do the same with all similar online photo sites, many of which are free I believe ... Do you specialise in any particular area? And sorry to be ignorant but what or who was HB??

Thankyou Paulus,no specialist area it used to be gin and tonic!HB is a grade of pencil when i started school if you had one you were classed as rich!I have afair few british coins that need a proper appraisal lots of pennys so i try and concentrate on mistakes flaws of which i have a fair few.I also have amixture of euro coins my oldest being a 1877 dos centavo peru coin no gold but plenty of silver.My oldest penny 1899 wide date haven,t checked with mr freeman on the details but its one of the widest 9,s i,ve seen!I will endevour to get some photo,s posted don,t expect wonders with my coins but you decide!Look forward to hearing your area cheers mate!

Where on earth did you go to school? I remember HB as the bog standard grade they handed out! If they were B or BB etc, they smudged like crazy and were really only for artists; if they were H or HH etc, they didn't smudge at all but got progressively fainter to see though they would sharpen to a very fine point (I think they were for mathematicians). H stood for 'Hard', while B stood for 'Soft'. No, I never understood that either...

B = 'black', as I recall for my O level in TD (technical drawing). We drew feint construction lines in 6H and then drew the finished lines over them in 3H (chisel point). We were told by our TD teacher that HB pencils were for writing (he would throw them out the window if anyone had the temerity to use them for drawing - the pencil not the pupil, that is!) and B pencils were for 'girls'. Very sexist back in the 70s, I know. I'm just quoting.

So he was saying "Girls prefer blacks"? Very non-PC in the Noughties

[Gary D 76]

Thankyou for the info very kind!Fortunately or maybe not i was bourne when the HB was king.Old habits die hard.I have afew things of interest that some may want to aulusview.I noticed afew posts on browseing of a 1935 penny coin i have one with an i flaw in the ind of the legend to start the ball rolling which i,ll try and UPLOAD asap thanks again Penguin.

Hi Penguin, welcome to the forum! With reference to your original question, I never upload pics here, rather I link to my Photobucket pics, you can do the same with all similar online photo sites, many of which are free I believe ... Do you specialise in any particular area? And sorry to be ignorant but what or who was HB??

Thankyou Paulus,no specialist area it used to be gin and tonic!HB is a grade of pencil when i started school if you had one you were classed as rich!I have afair few british coins that need a proper appraisal lots of pennys so i try and concentrate on mistakes flaws of which i have a fair few.I also have amixture of euro coins my oldest being a 1877 dos centavo peru coin no gold but plenty of silver.My oldest penny 1899 wide date haven,t checked with mr freeman on the details but its one of the widest 9,s i,ve seen!I will endevour to get some photo,s posted don,t expect wonders with my coins but you decide!Look forward to hearing your area cheers mate!

Where on earth did you go to school? I remember HB as the bog standard grade they handed out! If they were B or BB etc, they smudged like crazy and were really only for artists; if they were H or HH etc, they didn't smudge at all but got progressively fainter to see though they would sharpen to a very fine point (I think they were for mathematicians). H stood for 'Hard', while B stood for 'Soft'. No, I never understood that either...

B = 'black', as I recall for my O level in TD (technical drawing). We drew feint construction lines in 6H and then drew the finished lines over them in 3H (chisel point). We were told by our TD teacher that HB pencils were for writing (he would throw them out the window if anyone had the temerity to use them for drawing - the pencil not the pupil, that is!) and B pencils were for 'girls'. Very sexist back in the 70s, I know. I'm just quoting.

So he was saying "Girls prefer blacks"? Very non-PC in the Noughties

The noughties, so last decade, Aren't we in the tennies now?

I have heard it said that once you've had black there's no going back. Can't imagine what that means

[penguin 0]

Good afternoon everyone!As promised here,s my 1935 penny with flaw on the i of ind in the legend.I would appreciate all genuine comments,cheers penguin!

[VickySilver 830]

Yes, thanks. That does appear to be a die chip rather than a misplaced punch or other. Most will not get too excited by it, but a few may comment. Good looking out!

[Peckris 579]

Yes, thanks. That does appear to be a die chip rather than a misplaced punch or other. Most will not get too excited by it, but a few may comment. Good looking out!

I agree. But good spot!

[Accumulator 52]

Yes, thanks. That does appear to be a die chip rather than a misplaced punch or other. Most will not get too excited by it, but a few may comment. Good looking out!

I agree. But good spot!

Yes, good spot. I agree with the others, that it appears to be a chipped/damaged die. Such coins tend to be less sought after than where the die has been re-touched or modified intentionally (for example an open 3 penny of 1903). However, and rather perversely, if examples are more numerous then they can become listed in text books and command a premium (1946', 1897 O'NE etc.)

[penguin 0]

Yes, thanks. That does appear to be a die chip rather than a misplaced punch or other. Most will not get too excited by it, but a few may comment. Good looking out!

I agree. But good spot!

Yes, good spot. I agree with the others, that it appears to be a chipped/damaged die. Such coins tend to be less sought after than where the die has been re-touched or modified intentionally (for example an open 3 penny of 1903). However, and rather perversely, if examples are more numerous then they can become listed in text books and command a premium (1946', 1897 O'NE etc.)

Thankyou both for your observations i shall endevour to post from today and get familiar with the sites.I have as i have mentioned several flaws and i beleive pennies flaws and errors and will post on a regular basisas of today,cheers penguin.