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Diaconis
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He does seem pretentious to say the least.
My objection to slabbing and TPGs has nothing to do with my wanting to deceive someone for personal gain. It's the other way around IMO.
I'm sure they would assign grades to grandmothers if there was a market for it.
"Mrs. Edna C. Dutton. b1931. XF45, cleaned, wrinkled, spotting, titanium hip"
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9 hours ago, Rob said:I read somewhere that they were delivered individually wrapped - not something you would associate with a currency piece.
Davies, pg 17
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9 hours ago, Peter said:14 bidders thought otherwise.
They did indeed Peter, and there was me thinking I'd caught a glimpse of the Emperor with no clothes.
We live and learn, it must be very expensive to polish dies these days😉
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6 hours ago, azda said:1/4 oz gold for +£1,600, did i read that correctly? Not my field of interest, seems like more of a bullion coin to me, i must be missing something🧐
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45 minutes ago, copper123 said:Any coin featureing steven hawkins has got to be out of this world
So true, hope the price isn't astronomical
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"Cast" your eyes over this ... £2,450
"No silly offers, serious buyers please"😂
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56 minutes ago, Iannich48 said:Thanks Vicky, i would not buy one that is any worse than near fine. As for the 1863 florin, i could have bought a near fine last year for £1450, but i thought about it for too long. So when i decided to buy it, it had just been sold.
I had a wise landlord from St Lucia and one of his favourite sayings was “ya gotta hit it or miss it”, he wasn’t a numismatist and neither was he referring to coins but it still resonates with me in the wider context 😉.
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Apt use of the middle English there👏🏼
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10 minutes ago, bagerap said:I phoned Chris the watchmaker as he 's still finishing the watch and he tells me that the movement is actually set into the coin. Pics when I get it back. I want to see his reaction to the Edward VIII watch.
Very nice, i look forward to see his work
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Going up a notch, King Edward VIII gave to his first mistress Freda Dudley
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1 hour ago, bagerap said:I'm very glad that I didn't give him a better coin as it has been milled down to wafer thin and the edge skimmed. Quartz movement I believe.
Looks great, i like it. 👍🏽
Logical to just replace the dial.
I was thinking along the lines of those $20 gold coin watches where the whole watch movement is encased within the coin.
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I hope he installed a movement 😂
Would like to see a photo of the inner gubbins if you get chance. Is the edge of the coin intact and movement mounted within or is the coin reduced to just the dial face? Mechanical or quartz?
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1 hour ago, RLC35 said:Here is one exactly like your example, on sale now on EBAY.
Yes, the exact type, well spotted RCL35
Here's mine, it's still got a little luster around the periphery.
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This is very interesting, thanks Gary & RCL35 for your comments.
Below is an un-barred 'A' example I recently purchased and it appears to be centred between the lighthouse and the inner rim and more of a larger letter 'type' A when compared to the smaller 'triangular' A on your example which is contiguous with the inner ring. Gary's example appears to almost touch the lighthouse if I'm not mistaken and it too seems more of a triangular 'A' in shape.
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On 11/26/2018 at 2:26 AM, Bronze & Copper Collector said:See my posts on the previous page with close-ups, full reverse images, and additional die information.....
Hi Garry,
With regard to the ‘A’ variant, are all varieties unbarred?
thanks
Paul
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Poor chap murdered for a 'haul' of Beatrix Potter 50p's, what is the world coming to?
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49 minutes ago, azda said:Buying these from ebay is as dangerous as riding a bike on a tightrope across the grand canyon without knowing how to ride a bike
or as dangerous as playing russian roulette, but then again, 5 out of 6 scientists say russian roulette is safe.
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Yes, Peter, Eddie was a fine maker and created many wonderful items, I spent valuable and enjoyable time in his company.
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Another of my pastimes /obsessions is conjuring since I was about 10 yrs old. Years ago, I asked someone I trusted to make things for me but he started making them up himself and selling them under his own name, water under the bridge now, but he did (and still does) make a lot of money at my expense. So, I decided to teach myself and purchased the contents of a clockmakers workshop, lathes/milling machine etc in order to make my own tricks and devices.
Without giving too much away, there are a LOT of tricky coins out there, most of which remain in magicians hands but they occasionally get spent by mistake, you may have ended up with some in your change at some time and wondered what the heck it was. Double-headed coins, coins that fall apart and have another coin inside of it etc, etc. The variations are endless.
Back to the thread, the graining on the penny looks like it was done to give better grip when executing a conjurers sleight called a coin roll-down (google it) where the flat edges of a penny would not ensure enough grip. I've seen several of these in the past, made for the conjurers of old. They are, imo, worthless.
In the photo below you'll see some I made for that very purpose. Grained on a milling machine equipped with dividing head set at 2-degree intervals to give 180 grooves.
(Btw, the silver coins are Morgan silver dollars and the copper is a fantasy piece).
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39 minutes ago, JLS said:Looking at the other offerings of this seller, I think the enamel is of a decidedly more recent vintage...
Indeed.
His ANTIQUE ENAMELLED 1866 VICTORIA FOURPENCE / GROAT is definitely Arts and Crafts revival and well worth a look.
Astounding what can’t be done in your kitchen with a dremmel and an oven.
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Biggest scam going in the numismatic world imo. Some years ago I purchased a Cromwell halfcrown graded NGC AU55. In the same auction was another graded PGCS MS62, it had attractive toning but was obviously worn and scratched. The AU55 example was in far better overall condition, under graded and without scratches or wear but not attractively toned. I purchased it for less than half the selling price of the other. It was no exception either, I regularly see such anomalies. On the one hand you can find bargains and on the other hand some people may be in for a shock when selling.
I always liberate the coin and almost ceremoniously destroy the grading ticket. Sod their population reports I say.
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Rob,
Fr. Rude was a sculptor (4 January 1784 – 3 November 1855) so it won't be him, unfortunately.
Just completed a scan of Van Loon and did not find a reference to Rude or Ruud the Coyner either, the search continues...
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Using military grade search engines I was able to find this photograph of Numistacker on the dark web. Look out for him at your next gathering.