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In any case, I've bought from him before without any trouble - if you're interested in the coin I'm sure an email will sort it out. More than likely the listing was copied without updating the link.
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I don't know if it's a fake - the strike is bad I agree but if you look at the image on Chard's at https://goldsovereigns.co.uk/1910sovereign.html it's not perfect either. It definitely appears to be a different coin to the PCGS photo though (http://www.pcgs.com/cert/31642079). St George's visor is better defined is the PCGS image and the rim nick just before OMN is missing. The PCGS images also show a rim nick between the R and E of REX which isn't in the other image.
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I think the acid route seems sound - my memory is that most acids won't harm gold (though aqua regia which I think is a mix of nitric and hydrochloric acid will) but given that the coin is roughly 8% copper I'd be a little hesitant.
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Rarest Silver Proof issued by the Royal Mint?
Mr T replied to youliveyoulean's topic in Decimal Coins
Surely the actual mint reports need to be publicly released somewhere? -
The beaded and toothed reverses are different too aren't they? The beaded one has an extra rock next to the lighthouse I think.
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I very much doubt it - I think I've seen a slab that says toothed border for an 1860 or 1861 - probably about as deep as they get into it.
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1864 farthing, possible new die combination?
Mr T replied to MACKSILKY.'s topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Oh right - I've used your site before but didn't notice the divergence. Thanks! -
1864 farthing, possible new die combination?
Mr T replied to MACKSILKY.'s topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I assume you're using Freeman die names and mean obverse 2 and reverse B? It's a bit hard to make out the fine details in the photo but the waviness of the hair suggests it is obverse 3. -
Penny Acquisition of the week
Mr T replied to Paulus's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Freeman 103 is R19, Freeman 90 is R18 - I think the 103 has the (?) because Freeman found one very worn specimen and wasn't sure if it had a H or not? Can't remember the details. -
Yeah okay - the only Franklin Mint stuff I look for is the Cook Islands and Solomon Islands sets as they're the ones I collect - the 1982 and 1983 sets seem pretty uncommon and the mintages are in some cases (apparently) unknown.
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So where exactly is the signature function? I looked around but couldn't anything labelled as such. I did see an empty text box somewhere in the profile editing area but adding to it didn't produce a signature. edit: never mind, it's at http://www.predecimal.com/forum/settings/?area=signature, not in your profile.
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1860 Bronzed Proof Penny
Mr T replied to cathrine's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Really? That seems like such a waste... Where did you read that? -
I'm sure I've read that this has actually been done.
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Nice! Did the Franklin Mint cease operations part-way through 1984 or something?
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My chemistry knowledge never went that far but yeah, there's probably quite a bit going on - likewise the chemistry of an alloy is probably not straight-forward.
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That's true but the reaction between an acid and a base will produce a by-product and that's the risky bit in my opinion.
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New reverse type G on an 1861 F20 penny
Mr T replied to terrysoldpennies's topic in Confirmed unlisted Varieties.
Thanks Terry. Not a bad theory with the mint identifier - makes you wonder how the Royal Mint actually did test the output of the other mints when they didn't have something as obvious as a mintmark to denote who struck what. -
The neutralising the pH sounds pretty risky - unless you know your chemistry very well I think it has the potential to go very wrong. The ice method actually sounds half-decent though.
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It contains the raw numbers of each variety found (though obverses 2 and 3 in the book are swapped from the current book). Definitely worth getting a copy.
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New reverse type G on an 1861 F20 penny
Mr T replied to terrysoldpennies's topic in Confirmed unlisted Varieties.
Is the number of beads on both reverses the same? -
Sorry for the lat reply but it looks okay to me - the fishtailing on the AB of ELIZABETH is an indicator of a genuine clip I think.
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In those pictures the surface looks like the surface of a lightly cleaned bronze coin - cleaning seems to give bronze a pickled appearance.
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I's say they're both gFine, the 1946 cleaned. I don't collect or know much about brass threepences so can't say much more.
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I can't quite make out the second one but is it even worth faking?
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I attempted to post in the thread I started about the forum being unusable of an evening (it happened again) but I got an unformatted page with the following text: 403 ERROR Sorry but the page you have requested has encountered the following error: Forbidden Please feel free to browse the rest of my website You may also use the "Search" feature to find the product you are looking for I apologise for the inconvenience. There was also a side-bar showing the sections of the main site (the shop).