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Peckris 2

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  7. Posted

    1 hour ago, copper123 said:

    And peter as well not been heard from for ages just stopped posting ( 960 to £1 and still paying silly money ) 2019 for him such a long time

    Didn't he suffer a personal tragedy? I think he was very badly affected by it IIRC.

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    17 hours ago, jelida said:

    Bacterial meningitis. That’s a bugger. Taken before his time. I must re-visit my vinyl collection, I have several Yardbirds and Jeff Beck albums. End of an era……..again.  😢

    Jerry

    Over Under Sideways Down not only has brilliant guitar on, it's quite incredible it was created before 1967.

     

  13. Posted

    Welcome to the forums  Kipster! With a few exceptions I've become a 'type collector' but I do like good quality copper and bronze; there seems to be more varieties in those series if you're into that side of things.

  17. Posted

    19 hours ago, Mr T said:

    Looking back at https://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/great-britain-george-v-penny-1933-ms63-brown-ngc-a/a/3105-32230.s it says that year sets (as opposed to just single pennies) were interred under new buildings. My understanding was always that it was the penny but I guess that explains the 1933 proof being from a proof set. I wonder if the under foundation stones have proof sets too and the other four examples are circulation coins.

    Indeed - there wouldn't have been any point minting a few pennies for that purpose unless they were to make up a set!

  19. Posted

    13 hours ago, JJs said:

    Some background to the Eric Saga.

    The 4th pic down in the Ebay listing is a St Peter/Sihtric penny which the seller found before his Eric. This was submitted to EMC (2018.0435) and PAS (DENO-FCA770) and eventually sold by CNG (https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-QVUN2/anglo-saxon-anglo-viking-hiberno-norse-northumbria-st-peter-coinage-circa-921-927-ar-penny-20mm-123-g-3h-swordcross-type-bmc-1-york-mint-struck-under-sihtric-ii-caech)

    Also I uploaded a video superimposing/animating his Eric over the PAS one (YORYM-BA2295), at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1QpPVzrKM

    Ditto to the "I'm impressed". But the two coins are so similar that I'd say they probably must have come from the same location? Too much of a coincidence otherwise?

  21. Posted

    5 hours ago, HistoricCoinage said:

    Eric?

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134380955867?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=YM6dfbniSHS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=G6uCbYI7QUO&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

    there's an interesting (apparently) certificate authenticating the coin among the pictures. It COULD be genuine? If it is, then it could well fetch £100k or thereabouts. IF...

    however, the problem is that a Viking king Eric in the north is not necessarily Bloodaxe - Eric was a common name.

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    11 hours ago, secret santa said:

    Secondly, once the baby boomer generation has passed away, the generation that never uses cash, paying for everything with cards or phones, won't be remotely interested in tiny differences in something they never use or see the point of.

    And our coin collections will be worthless..............

    There will always be a generation of collectors - some people buy vinyl records because they prefer that format, some buy just because they collect them as items, and there will be an overlap of both; among the collectors there is intense interest in - for example - matrix numbers that indicate the first pressing. Also, postcard collectors are thriving though not many still send postcards.

    I don't think we need to worry just yet.

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  23. Posted · Edited by Peckris 2

    The tetradrachm was widely used ultimately - the entire Hellenic world as ruled by Alexander, and also Classical Egytp?

    I can't give you more information about this particular one except to say that Herakles on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse was a fairly common design. If I could read the Greek legend more easily I'd transcribe it for you.

    This one is quite similar - a Ptolemy tetrad... https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/bishopandmiller/catalogue-id-bishop10063/lot-ae6296b4-5623-44e9-a317-a8b200fe66c2

  24. Posted

    23 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

    Ingram is offering one with a "cleverly altered date" (looks clumsy and botched to me), for an overpriced £325 - link 

     

    Yes, if that was done much better, and was cheaper - I'd be up for it!

     

    23 hours ago, mrbadexample said:

    I don't leave a gap. If I get that lucky then I'm prepared to move everything along one. :lol:

     

    It's true - I haven't left a gap, and if I DID buy a clever fake, I'd have to move everything along one...

     

    22 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

    Very popular are the quasi fake Taylor restrikes. 

    When the SOHO Mint was closed in 1848, and whether by default or design, Birmingham die sinker W.J.Taylor purchased some genuine SOHO coin dies along with scrap metal, and proceeded to mint his own. He was relatively successful at it, as he had a number of orders, and many of these re-strikes are still available today. Although often lightly spotted because the dies were rusted, some are actually very attractive looking, such as the 1806 and 1807 (R97 and R98) restrike pennies. Supposedly bronzed copper, the bronzing seems a bit thin, and the result is actually a very pleasing dark

     

    golden tone in many cases.        

     

    I wouldn't class a Taylor restrike as a fake - they're in a class of their own. As you and Rob say, he used original dies, warts and all, and sometimes in impossible pairings. It's almost as if the ghost of Boulton had come back to life.

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  25. Posted

    On 12/14/2022 at 5:11 PM, mrbadexample said:

    That's a part of collecting I don't get. I don't have the desire to replace rarity with fakes / replicas or whatnot. You'd spend your money and still not have a 1933 penny. :wacko:

    No, but I'm never going to have a genuine 1933; however, if I'm collecting a complete date run of that series, a convincing fake carefully crafted from a genuine penny would fill a gap.

     

    On 12/14/2022 at 7:17 PM, secret santa said:

    Done !

    1933097033_1933altereddaterevedited-Copy(2).jpg.70f0e997183df74c578495428e17113e.jpg

    Ah. I'm happy to offer £50 for that one! I was thinking of one in VF or better :lol:

     

    4 minutes ago, DrLarry said:

    I am not so sure that rarity has a lot to do with the "solely or souly with supply and demand " .....  it is lot to do with marketing and fashion  ..hence why uncommon features are of little interest to many.  yet perhaps they possess a capacity to unlock some knowledge or history no one thought to look for or seek. I am sure Picasso was a cheap buy at some point or a Monet 

    I think there's 3 factors:

    1. objective i.e. absolute number minted

    2. being recognisable - which explains why H & KN pennies (for example) are more in demand than minor varieties of bun pennies

    3. popularity, which as you say is a product of marketing to some extent; either way coins can come into fashion a drop out again.

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