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blakeyboy
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Tin suffers from 'tin pest'- below about 13˚C the white tin allotrope really wants to be the grey powdery form. There are videos of this spontaneously happening in a freezer.
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I saw their listings when in just the right mood....:-)
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1920 Half Crown, Superb
blakeyboy replied to VickySilver's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Yes there is - I don't own the coin in them. That's what's wrong. -
Coin prices continue to rise
blakeyboy replied to 1949threepence's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
....now you're being niggardly.... -
Coin prices continue to rise
blakeyboy replied to 1949threepence's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
You can find stupid price hikes in 1970's Fords. I have to deal with mad prices everyday - doing vintage studio gear is sometimes very odd, The prices people are paying for anything from microphones to complete consoles are through the roof, in many instances making coin price rises look unremarkable. I think this time the prices will fall back slightly once people stop acing like headless chickens. It's already happening in the classic car market with some models, with the Austin Healey 3000, for example, dropping back from mad heights as people realised the price was just too much..... -
Coin prices continue to rise
blakeyboy replied to 1949threepence's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
'Post of the Month' , mate. -
And both sides for identification?
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Here is my 1861 - 8 over what looks like a much smaller 8.....
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Stuff to Make Us Laugh
blakeyboy replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Agreed on Larson comments at beginning of this thread in 2018 - every bathroom should have a Larson book somewhere in it. Worth looking at afresh. Still wonderful. Here is a pic my mate in Nashville sent me: -
.....but a pencil must be lead. Stan Laurel
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Has Ebay changed its closing process ?
blakeyboy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Hmm..why would I worry if outbid? Someone wants to pay more than me? I let them have it. Paying more than you wanted, often with a buyers premium, for something that everyone has seen, is how you lose when you think you are winning. Real fun comes from finding something really cheap as a surprise in the bottom of a box etc., and you also then have a story! -
Has Ebay changed its closing process ?
blakeyboy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
No, my surveillance cameras catch pretty much everything.....:-) -
Has Ebay changed its closing process ?
blakeyboy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I use a refreshingly simple system- I bid what I feel is my maximum when I see the listing. The last minute bid to be 'clever' bores me - I have a very full busy life and I don't need to turn an auction into a mind game with strangers. 'Snipe' - 'Stealer' - what do those names convey? There you go. -
If you are in a city, you may find that traffic pollution, particularly nitrogen compounds, are in fact having the biggest effect on silver....
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Transfer to small dipping bowls. Garnish with chopped parsley and dill. Serves 4-6 people.
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I only have experience of toning bronze, but an important factor must be common to silver, namely that of temperature. I have a lamp that's on a lot, with a compact fluorescent lamp in it, mounted base down. If you slide a penny that someone has 'cleaned' in between the glass coils, it's supported by its edges, and sits at a nice temperature, and re-toning is surprisingly fast, and even on both sides of the coin. Acetone first is a good idea.
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You know, sometimes, just sometimes, I could slough off all the crap that comes with being an older person nowadays, and just go back to the simpler times when the tales of the wonderful Noggin the Nog was all you wanted....or needed..... Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin really knew what they were doing....extraordinary people.....
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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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Met them on the Kennet and Avon years ago- charming people.
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My father's side of the family are still in Kitchener, Ontario. In 1916 they held a referendum to change the township's name to that from....Berlin.....
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More going on over next few days- some may be of interest... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385395223630?hash=item59bb586c4e:g:BAcAAOSwXUJj3~Lu
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I know- I have two very similar, and I need the cash- massive spending on our village hall is looming......
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Penny Acquisition of the week
blakeyboy replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
That's how I run my workshop. My accountant has managed to arrange for me to get tax relief on the slippers! -
Stuff to Make Us Laugh
blakeyboy replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
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Simon Cowell's new face.
blakeyboy replied to Michael-Roo's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
...I meant ...that is a face, and not an arse?
