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Peckris
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I suppose it all depends how you define the end of the 9 : the bottom of the 9 is definitely over a tooth, but the very end of the tip is nudging into a space.
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I agree with you on one thing - politics and religion have no place in a hobby forum such as this. I'll sign off from this with one more comment : the bombers who killed "our kids" (and adults, of all backgrounds, religions, and nationalities) weren't immigrants. They were British-born terrorists. I'd check your facts before posting in future.
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There certainly seems scope to research (as you have done) the personal family background of the Wyons, and that would make for a fascinating study. We'll have to differ in opinion of how significant the differences are, though they are certainly there. And one thing I do agree on - the copper Britannia does look more natural than her bronze counterpart. I've always thought that was down to her being more 2D than the copper (necessarily) but it could be that tiny anatomical differences are registering subconsciously too.
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I rented a cabinet in a Midlands antique centre some years ago. I could NEVER predict what was going to sell. Apart from one thing - I picked up a lot cheap from W&W which was basically a load of Sandhill year sets from 1920 to 1967 with very average to middling (occasionally nice) coins in them. I'd replace the worst with spares from stock where I could, and priced them at what I thought was reasonable prices. Punters really seemed to go for year sets (probably for significant birthdays and the like) and those sold very well. Have you thought of doing a few year sets Paddy? You can use F coins in them as they're not bought by collectors.
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You are forgetting that the Mint had enormous problems with converting from copper to bronze. That's why there are so many varieties in the first few years. That's the biggest factor you need to take into account. Otherwise, the two poses are remarkably similar, and you'd have to study the two with a large magnifying glass to see the differences you've described. And also remember that when Britannia first appeared on the 1672 coins, she looked very unnatural, yet that design was persisted with for decades.
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Your 9 ends on a tooth.
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1873/2 Penny has it been recorded?
Peckris replied to zookeeperz's topic in Confirmed unlisted Varieties.
I don't think so! Have you not heard of Hogarth and Rawlinson? The mockery of every monarch from Anne onwards was robust and some of them - George IV comes to mind - came in for some (deserved) ridicule. -
My misunderstanding - you meant that MS65 can't be FDC? Got you.
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Will we ever become a cashless society?
Peckris replied to 1949threepence's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Someone once posted this in a forum, it's worth posting here too! Me. "Hello" Random Bloke (RB) "Good morning sir how are you today?" Me "Itchy" RB ".....Ok.....do you know your Windows computer has been sending out random messages for the last two weeks?" Me "Really?" RB "Yes sir, do you have a few minutes and I'll help you fix it?" Me "Thats rather splendid of you" RB "Will you turn your computer on, I'll give you a few minutes" Me "Its on" RB "Its on now?" Me "Yes it starts instantly" RB "Can you see your desktop with all the icons?" ME " I don't have any icons on my desktop, they make me feel itchy" RB ".....OK.....On the bottom left of your keyboard there a ctrl key, can you see it?" Me "Yes" RB "Can you tell me what key is to the right of it?" Me " alt" RB "And to the right of that?" Me "cmd" RB "No, no , no, sir at the bottom left of the keyboard is a ctrl key, what is to the right of it?" Me "alt" RB "And beside it?" Me "fn and alt" RB "You should be able to see a key with the Windows symbol on it" Me "Nope" RB "Its next to the ctrl Key" Me "Nope" RB "There's no Windows key?" Me "Nope, its a Mac and they don't have a Windows key" RB "Its a Mac?" Me "Yep" RB ".....Ok.....can you go onto Google for me?" Me "Nope" RB "You just need to go onto the internet with Safari and go to Google" Me "Can't" RB "Can I ask why?" Me "Yes" RB ".........You can't go on Google?" Me "Nope" RB "Why not?" Me "I'm not connected to the internet, it makes me feel itchy" -
Hear hear. What I hear from many Brexiteers is absolutely and unforgiveably shameful. How is blatant xenophobia proving the moral superiority of Brits? "It's just 1 particular country are scummier than the rest of the world in general. I am sure there are some decent ones. I am yet to meet any and that doesn't make me a racist whatsoever." Maybe not, but it is xenophobic and that's just as bad.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "only FDC" as it's the highest possible grade? (French "fleur de coin")
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Here are two clear examples (sorry about the size, they're original scans): With the pictorial evidence in front of us, can you explain what you're getting at please? (I will accept the earlier design is more 3D but that's because the copper series had enough thickness to accommodate a bolder design compared with the thinner bronze series).
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Will we ever become a cashless society?
Peckris replied to 1949threepence's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
My calls to HMRC or DWP invariably begin with me saying "This call is being recorded for quality and monitoring purposes". The calls that really infuriate me are when someone calls ME and then says "I'm going to take you through some security questions before proceeding with the main reason for the call." I always reply by saying "Hold on a moment - YOU called ME. You prove you are who who you say you are or I'm not answering any of your so-called security questions." -
Well, I've got a picture of the 1858 penny reverse (supposedly good) and the 1864 penny reverse (supposedly wrong) in front of me, and though the design has subtle differences, it appears to be exactly the same pose. So this is one person who hasn't a clue what's being argued here!
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An "edge dump"? Euwww.
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Let's start at the very beginning ...bringing you all along
Peckris replied to DrLarry's topic in Free for all
Ditto ... and why? Both 1926 reverses are the same! You can't tell an ME from the reverse, it's a mule. -
Will we ever become a cashless society?
Peckris replied to 1949threepence's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
The local NatWest joined all the others and closed down. On a happier note, they kept their ATM and a small portion of the building to service it, so as ATMs do pretty much everything you want from a bank, I'm happy enough. -
Yes, I was casually looking for ages for one of these, and got a BU example on eBay for - IIRC - £36. Bit pricy but they're hard to find.
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Let's start at the very beginning ...bringing you all along
Peckris replied to DrLarry's topic in Free for all
True, but having 'seen' them once, it's not impossible that you start seeing them over and over again? In other words, retroactive scientific explanations for something that actually doesn't exist. The biggest question you've got to answer in relation to this is "Why? What's the motivation behind hiding lions and lambs on coins?" -
Will we ever become a cashless society?
Peckris replied to 1949threepence's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Not a good analogy. The 50s saw a change from shellac 78s to vinyl. The 60s saw the first audio cassettes appear. The 70s saw 8-track, and digital mastering. The 80s saw CDs. The 90s saw the first MP3s. This century has seen the download of digital music gradually change to streaming. Yet collectors of vinyl (especially), but even audio cassettes are thriving. It probably won't be too long before CD collectors start mushrooming. Cash goes much further back than the ability to own music recordings, so if there is a transition to a cashless society it will be a great sea change as cash has existed for millennia. -
Let's start at the very beginning ...bringing you all along
Peckris replied to DrLarry's topic in Free for all
The possible answer is a (even a slight) understanding of the way the human brain works. We are "geared" to see patterns in everything, probably stemming from the genetic necessity for babies to recognise faces almost before anything else. This weakens as we get older but it never dies out, and so we 'see' many things by forming a pattern that has meaning out of something that is completely random. People see the face of Elvis or Jesus or whoever in some item of food they've bought, or in clouds, or anywhere really. The picture below illustrates this perfectly: -
Is the bottom falling out of the Penny market ?
Peckris replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I started because I saw a 1672 farthing for 6d in a antiques/curios shop window, and thought it would be cool to have something that old, and dated. I was 15 at the time. -
Is the bottom falling out of the Penny market ?
Peckris replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Even before vinyl became passably fashionable again, record fairs were - and are - a thriving business. And who sends postcards now? Yet there's still a healthy market for them. People like little bits of history, particularly if there are rarities involved. -
Will we ever become a cashless society?
Peckris replied to 1949threepence's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Has anyone published a catalogue of Bitcoin yet, including all known varieties? -
There's an unlimited supply in China.
