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3 hours ago, zookeeperz said:Yes there is a drive to do away with cash machines in the not so distant future
Don't see it - eventually maybe, but coins will disappear long before notes.
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50 minutes ago, copper123 said:I also strongly suspect margaret thatcher as well , her saving grace was at least she was talented
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39 minutes ago, zookeeperz said:There will come a time when cash as we know it will cease to exist it will all be contactless. Just scan and go. But not for maybe 50 years or so but it's coming you can feel the undertones
Could you believe the recent outcry over the mere suggestion that the bronze coins are now a waste of space? Just for the record, the 1p is worth less than the 1/2p when it was demonetised, and a LOT less than the farthing in 1960 when it went. I will mourn the name 'penny' but not the coins themselves.
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More disturbing still is said Katie Price allowing these pictures of her 9-year-old daughter to be published:
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Someone's 80th birthday!! 100 guests?
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20 hours ago, jaggy said:I never buy mixed lots and very rarely do I buy a lot with more than one coin in it. I often wonder who buys the larger lots and speculate that it may be dealers replenishing stock or e-bay sellers buying stock.
You'd be surprised. Dealers don't want lots with a few good pieces in and a pile of dross that will sit on their shelves forever. They might put in very low bids, but a keen collector could outbid, unless they too didn't know what to do with the dross.
I got a few such lots when I was a list dealer - I'd cherry pick the good stuff for myself, recording a buying price of say 2/3 book; then I'd put a lot of the rest on my list, selling at under book but still making a notional 100% profit; after that, the dross worked out all but free and I didn't really care what happened to it.
(This was late 90s, well before eBay).
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20 hours ago, ozjohn said:It would have been nice to see the larger coins halfcrown etc with the Gillick effigy of Betty Windsor fully struck in silver. A set like the 1970 last of the LSD would have been a good vehicle for such an issue. As for maundy money I suppose they are struck in silver but do not carry the reverse designs and any case a bit small in size to appreciate the designl. Maybe even a reissue of the 1960 crown would be an idea as well. Frosting them would be a bonus. Like I say the RAM issued in their masterpieces in silver a re-issue of the new decimal coins as a 50th anniversary edition including the 2 & 1 cent originally bronze coins struck in silver which are close in size to the maundy coins.
That would have been unprecedented. Remember that the 1950, 1951, and 1953 proof sets were all CuNi. Yes, it would have been nice, but the RM couldn't anticipate the kind of nostalgia that's around now, nearly 50 years later.
11 hours ago, zookeeperz said:As Rob pointed out, that's a circulated example and has lost its proof coating and become just an ordinary 'impaired' proof.
1 hour ago, craigy said:a 1970 frosted proof would be like the holy grail, must be a set or 2 out there
No, there are not different kinds of proof out there, it's just that they introduced frosting in the early 80s, and before then it's a bit hit and miss. Your Aussie set doesn't look any more frosted than your 1970 set, except for the bronze. You can see frosting on the relief of all those 1970 CuNi except the sixpence.
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23 hours ago, ozjohn said:A poor choice of metals to replace sterling silver perhaps. They did not hit on the right alloy until about 1927.I think I remember that the early 50% silver coins were "treated"to migrate Ag to the surface to improve their appearance. This can be seen when they wear and take on a distinct "coppery"look. Even with the increased copper in these coins I have never seen green verdigris form on these coins even when they have been lying forgotten in a draw for years. In Australia, where these coins were stored we experience much higher humidity than the UK which is conducive to the formation of verdigris. No verdigris was found on these coins.
No, that was the second or third attempt, after awful yellowing even on virtually Unc specimens. Certainly by 1925 they were doing what you said, which is why worn 1925 halfcrowns have those ugly brown patches.
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1 hour ago, declan03 said:Copper forgery. Presumably contemporary.
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22 hours ago, copper123 said:We had someone sectioned at a local BBQ
Ribs, rump, loin, back, and neck?
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20 minutes ago, ozjohn said:I suspect the RM is competent to make sure their silver alloys are correctly prepared for coin making. They have been doing it for a long time.
They were spectacularly incompetent when changing to a 50% alloy in 1920.
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What does the remaining 7.5% of sterling silver actually consist of?
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I don't think the right hand picture is of a sandblasted die. Unlike the one on the left, the finish is very uneven, like an ordinary example that's simply not been cared for properly. You can see bits of the original lustre which couldn't possibly be present on a sandblasted example - you can compare with the even matt finish on the left.
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18 hours ago, zookeeperz said:No probs. I have same thing with the 1937 pennies
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Probably the first and last time I will see anyone get excited about a 1937 penny.
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3 hours ago, Sword said:1915
If it's pre-1920 it could be either. Post-mint damage to the 50% alloy coins will show some discolouration whereas that looks pure silver.
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I should add one - just one! - track that's absolutely guaranteed to get anyone on the dancefloor:
Earth Wind & Fire and the Emotions - Boogie Wonderland.
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What date is it?
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23 hours ago, zookeeperz said:This is by what I have seen one of the best 1921 Penny struck. I looked at the LCA and the finest graded by them at 85 pales into insignificance against this Coin. I would imagine this was one of the first coins to be struck. Fantastic strike. I have never seen George with so much hair. Almost a teen-wolf look
and not a hint of streakiness. reverse complete strike just gorgeous. It will go in the safe place for sure
That IS very nice indeed. Especially as 1920s and 1921s are often pretty ropey.
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1 hour ago, Michael-Roo said:How long before some of those appear on eBay as "genuine" listings!
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5 hours ago, AardHawk said:I came across this in David Sealy's Coin Varieties column in the December 1969 issue of Coins and Medals.
That must have come too late for inclusion in his survey of varieties in the 1970 annual - I've posted a link to my scan of that on Page 2 here.
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This is just a random selection of 8 favourite tracks (such a choice is in reality impossible):
- Neneh Cherry & Yousuf N'Dour - 7 Seconds
- Laurie Johnson - Theme to 'The Avengers'
- Love - Alone Again Or
- The Beach Boys - Surf's Up
- The Who - Baba O'Riley
- David Bowie - Life On Mars?
- Ralph Vaughn-Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Tallis
- Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You
(no Beatles as I simply found it impossible to isolate just one song)
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Don't bother with the soap and water treatment - it doesn't work with bronze (water off a duck's back and all that). The olive oil MAY do something - either a little or moderately - so worth trying.
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11 hours ago, blakeyboy said:Except, of course, that between being 'The Pink Floyd Sound' and 'Pink Floyd' there was 'The Pink Floyd'...:-)
Interestingly, Wikipedia has the word 'the' in lower case, implying either that it wasn't used as part of the name, or that there is some doubt about it.
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£1 and £2 coins demand the coinage continues for a good while yet, even if other denominations fall away.