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1899 Crown - Confused dot com
Fubar replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
This is my 1900. Inside the mouth looks rough as if filled with crud or the die is chipped. Maybe the mouth should be empty? -
Best wishes for a speedy recovery from an avid reader but infrequent poster.
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Not too bad but is this a reflection of the fact that a quid is now worth about as much as an old brass thrupence was?
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Teh wednros of the mnid - http://www.dailywritingtips.com/cna-yuo-raed-tihs/
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Looks like a lead sack seal to me.
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Feel free to congratulate me! I'm just about to join the 20th
Fubar replied to TomGoodheart's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
This is memory. None of your modern LSI stuff. -
They do appear to be representative of "Flying Pencils" but then again since when did Battle of Britain pilots wear tracksuit bottoms?
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Fibreglass boards were usually greenish in colour and, from memory, I didn't see many until the 60s. All of the wartime and later (1950s) equipment I have uses paxolin for insulation. I've seen the NAAFI coins before in a past local auction sale. Not made with paper as the Wikipedia mentions but usually linen or canvas bonded. We get plastic milk and travel tokens all the time in mixed lots of coin. Nothing is new.
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We used to do much the same thing around Hull and now the photographs are reminders of buildings and scenes that have disappeared.
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Was your Yashica FXG? I was hankering after a Pentax ME super. It was a Yashica 230-AF. My son now has it because he's into retro stuff. I liked it because of the trap focus system but the motor drive could use up a roll of film pretty smartish. I have an Olympus OM-1 MD in the garage along with what is looking a lot like a collection of cameras from bellows to digital. Must have a clear out.
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I sometimes feel that modern digital cameras devalue the art of photography. some of my most memorable shots were taken with a Halina Paulette and then with a small compact Canon QL25 until it got inundated with sea water. Next three cameras were Prakticas until I graduated to a Yashica, the last of the film cameras. I often think of the shots I missed while at sea but that's the region for memories and I have enough to jog the brain cells into action. Now I can keep my finger on the button and take a series without worrying about running out of film. Then pick the best, but that never happens and this PC is crammed full of failures.
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Ah! The "benefits" of modern technology.
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Just kidding. Two kids growing to adulthood in the "Apple era" means that I have an idea of what iTunes is, unfortunately. Screams of "Dad! Daaaad! I've lost all the music on my iPhone, (iPad, whatever)" means I got to be a bit of an expert in recovery. or not. Most of the music on my phone and/or computers, laptop,s etc., is digitised from original vinyl. Can't beat the sound from an old valve amplifier.
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Oops! I have most of the aforementioned on vinyl or shellac if they're old enough. What's iTunes?
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Once a day usually but more often if there's something interesting going on. Visits here that is.
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Canada, I assume. See here. Thanks for that. I'm a Halifax man myself but I suppose I could put up with two "Daily Mirror Aircraft" once.
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Love to see two Lancasters. Where's the second one coming from?
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That's naughty. Won't be going there again.
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Top right of the register window that comes up will allow you to bypass that and let you in.
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And for my next trip.
Fubar replied to Chris Perkins's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Three black cats at the moment. All strays. The one in the attached picture is Ra and now rapidly turning grey. The others are an old lady who seems to be hanging on for the hell of it and a Norwegian forest cat the size of a medium sized dog. Over the years we've had about a dozen cats and a Dulux dog. Always a comfort and always good for a laugh. -
I believe this was issued in commemoration of the Relief of Mafeking during the Boer War of 1899 to 1903. No military connection but the sort of civilian medallion sold quite commonly in the early 20th Century. It probably had a patriotic red, white and blue ribbon. Similar items were produced for royal weddings, funeral, coronations, etc. Not limited to medals this sort of commemorative would also include, tins, flags, tie pins, coins, etc.
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Half Guinea Gaming Takon , Bargain £165.00 At Saxbys
Fubar replied to numismatist's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Want some more? There's half a dozen full and half ones "In Memory of the Good Old Days" in our local auction a week tomorrow. Estimate £20-£30. -
Cut and paste from character map in windows. Found in the accessories under system tools. Quite a few fonts have Cyrillic and Greek characters available if you know where to look.
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A Question For Anyone Vaguely Computer Literate
Fubar replied to Rob's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Nowadays everything is cash for clicks. Nothing is free although it may appear to be so. Go through any "free" installations and make sure they don't allo0w this sort of thing to happen. Even if you think you've agreed to nothing there are sometimes sneaky things going on. I've just upgraded my PC and operating system and it's taken me a week to get to a state that I can work with and looks familiar. Most of that time has been taken up removing things that change your homepage without asking and without telling you that they will. Some of them are extremely pernicious (if that's the right word) and need to be removed form all browsers before they can be even uninstalled and then need to be done in a particular order. Luckily Google can usually come to the rescue with uninstall programs. One that I've found quite good is adaware that scans for these things but even that will change your homepage at first. "Tread carefully and carry a big stick" seems to be the motto wrt t'internet.