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8 hours ago, Fubar said:There's nothing as soothing and relaxing as an old clock ticking and whirring in the background.
Or a recording of the sea breaking on some shore.
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1 hour ago, Coin#addict said:Would this gold sovereign be a fake as the outline of the horse goes through the sword?
Looks extremely dubious. Wouldn't touch it with a 9-carat bargepole.
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On 26 December 2018 at 5:02 PM, 1949threepence said:Indeed.
Although by logical extension, since melts would be totally random, the ratios calculated by Court should still be roughly the same on the remaining population.
Yes, but more 1926ME's would have been spotted and taken out of circulation than 1946 ONE'
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The 1926ME is really only scarce in average grade. Very very scarce in VF or better, and positively rare in EF or better.
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4 hours ago, Sword said:How did you guys tell the time then? Nowadays, many people don't wear watches and just use their mobile phones. But mobiles weren't exactly common in the 1980s.
In those days there were clocks everywhere. Walk down any main street in any town and you could see the time. Now public clocks have all but disappeared. I use till receipts sometimes...
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I gave up wearing a watch in 1986! (broke two that year and took the hint), so Tim Cook can stop wondering where his lost profits are.
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Just as a cautionary note on Court - his estimates are pre-melt, which makes the more obscure/less recognisable varieties more likely to have been melted down. He reckoned the 1926ME was twice as rare as the 1946 ONE', while Gouby reckons it's the other way round.
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5 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Of course, if that is the case, then theoretically at least, there may be some decent specimens to be had.
Oh indeed there are. And those command a weighty premium, especially well struck high grade 19H which are hard to find.
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Some beautiful examples there. And some healthy bids in already I'm glad to see.
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18 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:3/ Since the suspects concerned have now been released without charge and had cast iron alibis, exactly what evidence caused the police to arrest them in the first place?
From what I can gather, they were merely drone enthusiasts who lived nearby.
"We got 'em, guv. Drone enthusiasts. Must be them."
"Bring 'em in. Bang to rights."
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4 hours ago, 1949threepence said:The hair detail, along with a complete breastplate, is the clincher on the pre 1926 dates. If one is there, the other is often absent.
So true. A good obverse strike almost guarantees a weak reverse.
2 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Incidentally, of all the 4 1918 - 1919 , H's and KN's, it appears to me that the most difficult to get with any decent hair detail is the 1918H.
I wonder if maybe the Heaton mint were handed worn out dies to fulfill their contract.
I've often wondered that. Or a limited number of dies so they got overused.
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Aircraft should be fitted with anti-drone devices - a very large fan should do it.
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15 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Yes, absolutely. I noticed the variation immediately and took 4 more obverse photos, with exactly the same effect.
It's the reverse picture that looks an unnatural colour so repeated pictures of the obverse probably wouldn't change anything.
That's good hair detail IMO - the reverse on mine is marginally better than yours, but there's NO hair detail!!
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On 21 December 2018 at 12:30 PM, azda said:https://www.ebookshop.coin-currency.com/us/Gold-Coins-of-the-World-9th-edition/p/78899
Interesting that you can rent this book or buy in e-book form, you can also buy the paperback for $90 which is what i personally prefer, does anyone else prefer e-book to paper/hardback due to reduced price and saving a forest?
Theoretically, paper is best, but when you're disabled having everything you need on the computer is a real boon, plus you can vary the font size, use search features, and still keep the place you were at, have bookmarks, make notes and annotations, etc. So though I have a lot of Seaby/Spinks, the relevant values for all my coins are in the database where the changes over time can be compared at a single glance without having to find and prop open 10 copies of the catalogue (probably not something anyone who only uses paper would ever do). I get CCGB annually, the Kindle edition.
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10 hours ago, Rob said:What price two leadership contests in the next year or two?
What odds are you offering?
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26 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:Well, Jezza's really shot himself in the nether regions today. Not so much with what he said in the heat of the moment, but lying about it afterwards. I'm no lipreader but he clearly mouthed "woman" not "people".
I thought he shot himself in the nethers by - as usual - sticking to his script of prepared stuff instead of scoring into the open goals left by May. I don't know whether he considers it beneath his dignity (she has none left) or whether he's just clueless at PMQs repartee. Emily Thornberry is 1000% better at it than he is.
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I note it's a "VIP" crown, rather than a VIP...
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28 minutes ago, Coin#addict said:The old house clearance trick.
"I know absolutely nothing about coins, except to focus your attention on the (replica) Gothic crown, and the (fools') gold 1902"
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22 hours ago, 1949threepence said:If we are to observe scrupulous fairness, those are the three alternatives which should be presented to the electorate.
Incidentally, whatever May says, and however loud the howls of indignation from certain quarters, it's now obvious that the smart money is on a 2nd referendum. As far as the term "People's vote", I like what Alan Johnson said on This Week: "who was voting last time then, androids?"
I think it was strategically coined to avoid the term "second referendum", which is actually what it would be. However, for those who cry "foul" or "undemocratic" you could quite realistically say the first was a simple binary choice, "Leave" or "Remain"? There was no explanation of what this would actually involve, i.e. customs union, WTO rules, Irish borders, effect on businesses, and - today - the news that security forces were being put on alert to deal with the effect of a 'No deal'.
Quite early on it was decided that Parliament must have the final say on any future relationship with the EU; now that we know that Parliament will reject May's deal, leaving a choice between No Deal or No Brexit, it makes sense for the people who voted in the first, to have a say on how things should go from here.
Personally I blame the 1975 referendum, as it established it as an acceptable procedure to decide on Europe (but nothing else, unless you're Scottish).
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Yes, definitely Roman, and definitely one of the Constan... group of emperors - not rare but fascinating, especially for a 10-yr-old.
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On 16 December 2018 at 1:50 AM, Ukstu said:Here's the outcome i think. A second referendum or people's vote as they like to refer to it.
Tick box
1) We remain in the EU.
2) We accept Mays terrible deal and remain in the EU.
No option to leave!
Someone said to me the other day the EU is like Hotel California. I said what do you mean?? , he said you can check out any time you like but you can never leave
The triple choice is how I've always seen it presented:
1. Accept May's deal, and leave the EU
2. Reject May's deal, and leave the EU with no deal
3. Reject May's deal, and Remain in the EU
That's two options to leave and one to stay.
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1 hour ago, ozjohn said:Scotch mist? The impression of the obverse can be seen on the reverse. That's what they call ghosting IMO. The wear of the coin is irrelevant unless the image has been worn enough to hide the ghosting. In that case you wouldn't be able to detect ghosting as it would have worn away. Having said that I think we can agree it's a great coin and ghosting or not that' s how it left the mint all that time ago.
No. not Scotch mist, but not true ghosting either. There are so many examples of BU coins where you can see a faint outline in the lustre but as Mike says, it doesn't survive once the coin wears. The Mint obviously didn't care about 'lustre ghosting' - it was only when it carried deeper into the metal that it was seen as a real problem.
Recessed ear pennies of 1915 and 1916
in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
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This is a real unknown. I was pulling pennies from 5/- bags got from banks through 1968-69. I knew nothing about the 'recessed ear' variety, but I did see very clearly that some specimens of 1915 and 1916 looked 'odd' as if the ear had been punched in. This was especially evident on the worn examples I saw so often - much more so than on the EF or better examples we collect. I could have had the urge to collect these oddities, but did not. However, other kids doing the same kind of thing might have decided to collect them without knowing exactly what they were.