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Peckris 2

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  1. Welcome to the forums  Steve :)

    In my opinion the 6d has been machined sometime AFTER issue from the Mint. The difference in weight and thickness shows it's not a regular planchet, and a trial such as you suppose would be the same width and weight as a regular specimen.

    It would be good to see pictures of the obverse and reverse of the 1860 fathing. It might indeed be a toothed/beaded mule but do be aware that the toothed border can and often is, mistaken for beaded.

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  2. National currencies are as notional as crypto, except in two critical respects:

    1. they reflect the 'real' economy, i.e. the GDP of a nation

    2. they are underwritten by the national bank(s)

    you cannot say either in relation to Bitcoin

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  3. 6 hours ago, Rob said:
    • Rare 1p Coin Set: Three monarchs, three eras-these copper coins, minted in 1936, 1945 and 1967, bear the weight of time. Yours for £2150.00

    Wow. 1p coins dated 1936, 1945, and 1967??

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  4. On 3/11/2024 at 3:26 PM, david.bordeaux said:

    I recently bought this 1895 penny, completely outside my usual area of interest, as I'm doing some research into George de Saulles. I know next to nothing about pennies, but assume from the price I paid that this is the more common variety of high/low tide on the reverse?

    1895_penny_R@0_1x.jpg.369bb7ae9059bd21b8f06271c1ace416.jpg

    Yes - the scarce variety used to be called the "2mm variety" as that was the distance from the trident to P of PENNY, greater that that on the normal variety. The scarce variety also has a sea level so low it's barely there behind Britannia.

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  5. 5 hours ago, Menger said:

    Don’t think so. Faulty analogy. One is a political doctrine and the other a religion - but both are cultural. I was making a distinction between a cultural phenomenon and a natural one; nature and nurture; a people and a history; hardware and software; race and culture. 

    Yes. And no. Judaism embraces all Jews, including those who are atheists. The defining of what exactly Jews are is one of the trickiest things, and probably unique in world history.

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  6. On 3/7/2024 at 10:23 PM, Paddy said:

    I was going purely on a google search for "Lumix lens mounts" which indicated "L-mount" as the answer. I am sure a more thorough search would clarify. (I was on my way out to Bridge night, so I did not have much time to research!)

     

    Panasonic have a partnership with Leica - some models are almost identical apart from their badging and exterior styling. And many Lumix models come with Leica lenses, or Lumix lenses co-developed with Leica.

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  7. 10 hours ago, jelida said:

    Darwin Award candidates both!  (Look it up if you haven’t heard of it…some very funny examples, reality too.)

    Oh yes, though I haven't read any for years. My favourite was the guy who fitted a very large powerful rocket to the top of his car. Yes, it achieved incredible speed though a sandstone bluff brought EVERYTHING to a sudden end.

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  8. 38 minutes ago, Mario said:

    Hello! 

    I have noticed one of my 1908 pennies as a slightly bigger zero, and the 1 is over the thoot .

    Is this very common? 

    Thanks in advance. 

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    This was the very first image that came up on google, so unless a coincidence, I'd say not rare:

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  9. 15 hours ago, SilverAge3 said:

    I think M is for Matte (proof). But the census is a farce, considering all the coins not submitted, and ones resubmitted repeatedly hoping for better grades.

    Plus ignoring faults on high end coins, since they charge a percentage premium on expected value, as you point out here, Rob.  It's pretty shifty.

    I assume all those 'desig's are American? They are the only collectors who seem even remotely interested whether a coin is 'red' (by which they mean yellow/orange of course), 'red/brown', or 'brown'.

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  10. 6 hours ago, SilverAge3 said:

    It's bc they got the UC designation, in addition to being very choice gem. I haven't looked at census reports for that specifically, but imagine it's quite uncommon. I'm not all that surprised, tbh. Prices on such are showing no sign of slowing or reversing.

    edit: so i looked up the penny census on ngc, there's only a single pr67uc, only other uc designation is several grades down at 64. It's no surprise people fought over that. I'm guessing the halfpenny and farthing are similar, and pcgs likely also has few, if any deep cam.  I have a pr66cam penny, which is still among the better of graded examples, I'm content with it, certainly not able to go to war for that one sold on heritage, lol, and even the 67 cams likely would be hefty prices i could spend on getting pennies i'm missing.

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    can you decipher those "desig"s? I infer that PF stands for 'proof' but what the hell is the rest of it?


  11. On 2/22/2024 at 7:57 PM, VickySilver said:

    Oh, thanks for catching me as I forgot! I was so mad as I am quite familiar with NGC and PCGS grading and should have been a "64"; I subsequently got one (1871) that did go "64". Will try to locate the other 1871.....

    Yeah - 1864 is also very tough in higher grades.


  12. 1 hour ago, Martinminerva said:

    Just had a look back at that penny to see if any feedback left - no, of course, but noticed this for one of his previous recent "sales": Surprise, surprise!! If someone did "buy" the penny, rather than a shill bid, I would imagine we will be seeing a similar report soon... 😉

    FEEDBACK
    FEEDBACK FROM BUYER/PRICE WHEN
     
    I wouldn’t trust this seller. Never have sent, provided wrong tracking number. Was trying to sell the same ring 2 times.
    Saphire Solitaire Stunning Stone And 18k White Rhodium Plated For Modern White L (#315130910855)
    s***t (491)
    £176.99

    Feedback of 90% says it all really.

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