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1 hour ago, oldcopper said:Bramah mentions Very Good and Good as grading terms (below Fine as nowadays), and that was in the 20's. So it's been around for some time in the UK and thus maybe originated here. Don't know either way.
It might be like putting a z in words like realize - now American English but in fact old English.
Same with 'aluminum' - it was the original British English name.
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On 7 September 2019 at 6:59 PM, 1949threepence said:Near fine for me too, although LCA described it as VG (very good). A definition of VG is given in many of the old Coin Monthly mags as:-
"The main features of the design are still distinguishable, with the date and legend readable. Mainly rare and valuable coins are collected in this condition when no finer coins are available".
In The Standard guide to Grading British Coins, by Derek Allen (2009), "Very Good" is described as traditional US. Its UK equivalent is "Almost Fine", so we're on the mark with near fine, I reckon.
I'd go with VG too. BTW that was a grade commonly used in Britain the late 60s as you've seen from Coin Monthly. No-one then referred to it as a "US grade", though nowadays they do.
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My understanding is that November or December 1966 was the first issue (depending whether you take the issue date or the cover date).
I believe it finished just before the mid-90s but sorry I don't have more information than that.
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3 hours ago, copper123 said:Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.
We are born with nothing, so if we die in debt then we've made a profit. (Anon.)
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4 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Good point - I've heard the Five Live on the hour jingle which is much as you describe. Although to be really trendy they've recently dropped "on tablet" in favour of "on smartspeaker".
Yes, you can listen to it on all of them, but personally I find a get a better reception on medium wave for 5 live and long wave for Radio 4.
I use my computer for both these days, and MW for 5L in the car. Sadly there isn't LW on the car radio so have to miss Test Matches when driving. Of course, you may think this is a boon...
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13 hours ago, secret santa said:Actually, Blake, I think you were the 3rd bidder. He started with a bid of £800 which I think was yours (postal) and then someone in the room put their hand up to take it to £850 and then a telephone bidder won it with £900. I don't know what your top bid was, but if it was £850, auctions do tend to take a room bid over an equal absentee bid.
Yes, saying "that clears my commission/book" or similar. (I must stop watching Bargain Hunt!).
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5 hours ago, AardHawk said:Radio 4 Long Wave.
It's always made me laugh (for several years) when Radio 5Live have a frequent jingle that says "... available on digital radio, streaming, online, podcast, smartphone..." (or words to that effect). An image comes to mind of a BBC directive saying "DON'T MENTION MEDIUM WAVE - UNDER THREAT OF SACKING!".
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14 hours ago, copper123 said:cleaned or uncleaned - which do you prefer?
Cleaned - are you sure? I could get the same effect by using Levels in Photoshop. There's a lot of lint on the 'dull' picture though, which definitely is unsightly.
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13 hours ago, terrysoldpennies said:I'm Getting Tide of all these silly jokes
If you surf the net you can find better pictures.
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8 hours ago, IanB said:I disagree with your comment about any bright 100 year old coin being cleaned. In some cases they have just been stored correctly with minimal handling and a bit of luck helping preserve their lustre, personally I don't mind a toned coin
Agreed. I bought an UNC set of 1887 JH silver at Warwick which one or two dealers rejected as "cleaned". Well, they weren't - they had a bright 'mirror' finish, which was more pronounced in the fields than the raised designs; cleaned coins tend to show the most mirroring on the highest parts.
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9 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:I dont think IMO they are worth near that price in that condition ,they have been for sale a while.
https://bsjauctions.auctionmobility.com/lots/view/1-1XDHD8/united-kingdom
Would want them to be graded RED and even then the money is only in one coin.
Agreed. The price is way too rich IMO.
One thing I've noticed is how confusing those pictures are. The HT looks like a LT as the sea level isn't where Britannia's legs cross, but only because the outer portion of the leg is too faint to see. By the same token, the LT looks like a VERY low tide!
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13 hours ago, Paddy said:OK - the free Windows 10 version doesn't seem to support random edges, unless I am missing it somewhere. Not to worry - not a function I need much.
You wouldn't need that for coins - just use the circular crop.
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22 hours ago, Michael-Roo said:I thought I might dip in to see if Buckscoins gradings had improved during the past week or two.
I didn't yet get past the first listing.
aEF? Dear me.
I think she should look at the 'Similar sponsored items' below her listing, then she would see what true EF looks like!
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4 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Well done Ben Stokes.
I must admit I watched the Bournemouth - Man City match.
Didn't know you were a Bournemouth fan Mike!
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13 hours ago, secret santa said:I've only got the Free Adobe Photoshop Plus and it doesn't appear to have that feature.
You get what you pay for!
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On 24 August 2019 at 12:45 AM, mrbadexample said:F176 Mike. I’ve stopped even looking at reverse pointings as the thin v thick edge is much easier. Thin reverse edge and equal gap between GRA.BRITT = F176. Thick edge and GRA. BRITT = F175.
A pleasing £1.84 from the US of A for that one. 🙂
Me too. After a couple of years going through bank bags of pennies in the late 60s, I saw so many that I learned their characteristics almost by osmosis.
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On 24 August 2019 at 3:59 PM, secret santa said:Can anyone tell me how I can change the background of a coin photo to black as above ? It certainly seems to enhance the picture.
If you have Photoshop, it's easy:
1. Use the circular marquee select tool to select the coin
2. Invert the selection (which selects everything but the coin)
3. Use Fill - Black to fill the non-coin selection with black
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2 hours ago, Rob said:I left Wakefield just after they were 9 down and needing a miracle. Commentary was on digital Sports Extra, so didn't know what was going on whilst driving home as the car has a steam powered radio. Got back home and they needed 9 to win. Wow.
I don't care what they do now as long as it involves some major surgery to the top order. Bowling isn't a problem. Batting is a disgrace if you ignore this one-off innings.
Root is no good at 3 - should move back to 4, Bairstow CAN produce a good innings, Burns and Denley seem useful prospects in the long run. Roy? Liability in the Test team. Buttler needs runs, and soon.
But the end of this game was no good for my stress levels! Like Edgbaston 2005, and just as close, and also the right result.
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How... on earth did they... we... do it?????
Headingley, for the second time in my lifetime.
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Just from instinct and experience I'd say that was the later obverse and earlier reverse. I.e. one of the scarce combos.
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15 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Definitely a 160, Chris. Here's a 161 - you can see immediately that the E of penny is tilted slightly clockwise and therefore out of alignment with the P. Yours is not:-
Good to know - thanks guys
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Is mine a F160? (Sorry about the small size)
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17 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Again, found the 160 surprisingly difficult to get in high grade.
161 very easy.
I didn't know that! But it does beg the question - is the scarcity of a particular variety only in high grade, anything to do with the comparative scarcity of the varieties in a ratio to each other?
(Just out of interest, which is which - P E or E N ?)
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6 hours ago, secret santa said:I don't want to pick a fight or even start a lengthy debate but, if we define a classic "variety" as being a particular die-pairing of a unique obverse design with a unique reverse design, thereby becoming a unique combination of obverse and reverse, then F164A fits slap bang into that definition.
I think it boils down to two things:
- how recognisable the variety is (so ME, LT, H, KN fit that perfectly)
- how rare it is (Gouby X, Open 3 fit that)
So the 1* obverse for 1908 is rare but not very recognisable, so a lot probably got missed. In that sense it's a "micro variety", i.e. tiny differences. However, the 1905 varieties don't fit either category being neither instantly recognisable nor rare, so don't float my boat at all.
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