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blakeyboy
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1897 one penny high tide variation
blakeyboy replied to chris's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
This is all very similar to what goes on in primary cells. Or indeed when a galvanised roof has a bad scratch- once you have the two different metals exposed to rainwater, a cell is formed that is basically short-circuited, so a toroidal current path forms, the chlorides get to work, and the roof has a hole in it in a shorter time than if it hadn't been galvanised..... -
What is the Actual Mintage of the 1983 Two "NEW PENCE"?
blakeyboy replied to VickySilver's topic in Decimal Coins
I've just looked on Ebay under "two pence 1983". Nearly 100 hopeful twats pitching the usual crap. Do you have a link to the coin you mean? -
£227 and counting...whaaaat? It clearly says 'Genuine' and 'fantasy' in the same line....
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If you look again, the main description says "SIGHS OF OLD AGE" .....is that what I'm doing?
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September 2019 LCA catalogue now up
blakeyboy replied to 1949threepence's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Thanks Terry- I never took note of that fold in the ribbon before. -
Penny Acquisition of the week
blakeyboy replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Wow...not only the wrong date, but the rare one....wow... Six years ago I bought a tin of Vicky halfpennies- £1.50. One of the 1862's in Good had the little 'B'...I had to hand it to my wife to confirm I wasn't seeing things.... -
I've asked LC about how to get a bidder number, but from past experience I'm not holding my breath for a reply....
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Ohhh!! That's right up my street. I might just go mad and risk living in the shed next month.. Thanks Mike!
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She does, though...!
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Penny Acquisition of the week
blakeyboy replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Ahh.. short so. I often do the same. I look constantly for 'newly listed' listings of those exact pennies, and it's amazing what slips through....!! -
Penny Acquisition of the week
blakeyboy replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Those are such a great lot of bargains. Once again, I looked on ebay to see how I possibly missed them, and can't see them anywhere. Were they bought a long time ago? -
If one more person with clearly limited intelligence or ambition calls themselves a 'Barista', I will scream.... Do they know how much they really should know about their trade, yet clearly don't? Dunning-Kruger effect again? Maybe they think they are a Barrister. Pretty soon everyone who pours you a glass wine will call themselves a 'Sommelier'....
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Stuff to Make Us Laugh
blakeyboy replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Maybe, but only if were 15. -
Bad News on the Auction Front
blakeyboy replied to oldcopper's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Yep, same as many other areas of life - greed that can't be stopped. I wonder if any of the big players will eventually be brave enough to announce they are going back to 15% or some such, thus grabbing all the sellers...... -
No Whitman folder has a space for the 1933, so it's been cut out crudely........
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This marleybob is now beyond a joke. I think they've crossed a line now. Is there any way of stopping this twat?
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Stuff to Make Us Laugh
blakeyboy replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
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Stuff to Make Us Laugh
blakeyboy replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Yes, we've seen some wonderful Viz adverts, but I'm putting this up because the last paragraph about sharing your information was clearly dreamt up by a genius in a pub. -
Extreme Verd on George V coins
blakeyboy replied to Sword's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
You are right- I just asked the woman who does my mother's cleaning and she looked at me like I'd lost it..... -
I have a F28 gap....what condition?
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My thoughts exactly!!
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Already told them about the 'lustrous unc' 1875 penny. Charlatan.
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Mystery "BB" commercial countermark on 1883 penny...
blakeyboy replied to JLS's topic in Free for all
I've just noticed that the shaft of the spear on the reverse is just in front of Victoria's nose, and the tip of her nose is more worn than I would expect, so, even though the stamp is very clean and sharp, this penny saw quite a bit of circulation after it was stamped... -
Mystery "BB" commercial countermark on 1883 penny...
blakeyboy replied to JLS's topic in Free for all
It's the fact that the punch used must have been expensive to make, so it was either tested on a pocket coin, and was intended to be used on a product or other, or was intended to only be stamped onto pennies, but to what end? Product advertising? -
Mystery "BB" commercial countermark on 1883 penny...
blakeyboy replied to JLS's topic in Free for all
Found this 30 years ago, lost it, and it turned up this morning. I've never been able to find out what the stamp meant commercially....
