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Posts posted by Mr T
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I would have thought a lot more examples would be extant if they were spent in the Middle East - they would likely have had less need to melt them I would have thought.
Melted in America certainly gets put forward a lot but surely there must be record of such payments if they happened?
As to why there were struck, probably for the same reason sovereigns continued to be struck after paper money came into use - to have gold in a convenient form I assume. I didn't think they were intended to circulate anyway.
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I'm no expert either though if it is fake it does look half reasonable. All the same, the flatness of the top of the King's head and kind of rough surface are warning signs I think.
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16 hours ago, Nordle11 said:It's really good they don't have import or taxes down under, is it to promote import or what? I don't get why they wouldn't.
I'm told that actually we do have taxes/duties for commercial imports (i.e. something you intend to sell) and for private imports valued over $1000 which explains why I and no one I know has experienced this pain. There are discussions about applying the taxes to all imports regardless of value (because then the government gets more money) though I'm not sure it's worth anyone's while to apply it so broadly - hiring more people to look through more stuff for diminishing returns.
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Yes the last few things were surprisingly fast.
As far as I know there are no import duties or fees in Australia (though I think it's being discussed for items worth over $1000).
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It's all good - generally I don't buy from overseas because I don't like the wait more than anything. I've mostly bought books from the UK this year anyway and the were books which were always going to be slightly pricey anyway...
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Sorry - not being in the UK I don't come across any old 10p coins - but have you tried going to your bank and asking for bags of 10p coins to look through? I've found it certainly speeds things up and it has the added bonus of giving you some decent statistics if you're so inclined.
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8 hours ago, MancFrank said:Plus, exchange rates are favourable, too - guess not so much for you, huh?
I don't want to talk about it!
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6 hours ago, MancFrank said:Ebay is a funny 'ole place - I've seen coins that even this rank newbie wouldn't touch go for seemingly ludicrous sums but there are good buys to be had, too.
It sure is - I find ebay Austrlia to be a pretty mediocre place to buy Australian coins, but a decent place to buy world coins, yet every so often there's some quality Australian stuff listed too.
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Agreed about the 1900 half crown - if I got one in that condition for that price I'd be pretty happy.
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Doesn't seem obviously cleaned to me, but as MancFrank says, it's probably had a clean at some point - it's nearly 200 years old and by the looks of it has spent time in probably a few coin collections.
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Hm, seems a little irregular to be struck through another coin.
I'm not fully up to speed on the different error types but I think a lamination flaw implies a peel (which is caused by a small air pocket or impurity) while a cold shut is more like two separate sheets of metal not properly sticking together and coming apart quite cleanly.
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Do they define an 'indent' as struck-through? Looks like it might a big lamination flaw/cold shut but it also looks broadstruck too.
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Hm, I thought it was raised rather than incuse but as I look at the image I can't say for sure what it is now. If it is incuse then I guess it can be explained as oddly specific and accurate damage.
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On 04/01/2016 at 11:18 PM, Nordle11 said:Can anyone explain the significance of this penny for me? Not just why it went for 9k but also why the numerator is larger than the denominator?
Also, what is diagonal bar between the lighthouse and the shield? There's die clashing going on in front of and behind Victoria's neck, both caused by the folds in Britannia's dress but the diagonal bar seems to match up with empty space on the obverse.
On 04/01/2016 at 0:46 AM, Rob said:Graham Dyer's article in BNJ vol. 52 refers.
See http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1982_BNJ_52_21.pdf for anyone interested.
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11 hours ago, Mr T said:Hard to say anyway - the 7 seems higher than the 7 on 1848/7 overdates (https://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=348628&i=2&ret=1 image two or http://www.ebay.com/itm/GREAT-BRITAIN-RARE-QUEEN-VICTORIA-SILVER-SIXPENCE-1848-7-OVERDATE-/201462017575?hash=item2ee8126e27%3Ag%3AyC8AAOSwo6lWO4JG&nma=true&si=gwvOxw5gErliYmxltoHXSob%252ByIo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 for example).
Actually that's probably not terribly conclusive - the last two digits were probably hand stamped and there was probably more than one die produced.
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Just realised I didn't post a link. Here it is: http://coins.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?No=0&N=51+793+794+791+1577+792+2088+4294944661+4294943418
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2 hours ago, just.me said:It was DNW. Lot number 1773 Auction 29/09/10
Ah thanks - search failed because the word 'sixpence' doesn't appear anywhere in the description...
Hard to say anyway - the 7 seems higher than the 7 on 1848/7 overdates (https://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=348628&i=2&ret=1 image two or http://www.ebay.com/itm/GREAT-BRITAIN-RARE-QUEEN-VICTORIA-SILVER-SIXPENCE-1848-7-OVERDATE-/201462017575?hash=item2ee8126e27%3Ag%3AyC8AAOSwo6lWO4JG&nma=true&si=gwvOxw5gErliYmxltoHXSob%252ByIo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 for example).
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For anyone that's interested, Heritage is auctioning the David Vice collection at the moment (David Vice wrote an excellent book on the coinage of British West Africa) and it contains a lot of rarities.
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Hm, searching the DNW archive returns nothing, hopefully someone else knows for sure.
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16 hours ago, just.me said:I'd have to choose the 1847 Sixpence for my coin of the year. Believed to be unique, it came up in auction a few years back and I didn't bid believing it would sell for way over my budget. When I checked the results, it sold for less than what I would have bid . . although I don't know what the winning bidder would have topped out at, I might have won it. I learnt my lesson.
Oh, do you remember what auction? I remember it being listed as unconfirmed and assumed it hadn't surfaced since it first appeared in 1973.
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8 hours ago, DaveG38 said:a 1965 sixpence with the 'I' of 'REGINA' to a gap
Do they exist for sure?
Anyway, I'll be happy if I get to the end of the year with more gaps filled and a few more books on the shelf.
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I wouldn't rely on the orientation alone as VickySilver says. Otherwise it could pass as a proof, though the cross above the orb on the crown is a little weak.
Proof dies being used for currency coins is something that has happened hasn't it?
1 hour ago, azda said:Well, as we're talking about NGC attributions, what do we think of this unlisted proof?
Photos aren't great but maybe. It certainly looks better struck than most.
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I seem to remember one of the more recent sovereign collection auction catalogues having some reasonably detailed information, though that only covers back to 1816 I suppose.
Legal tender?
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That's pretty dodgy - I can understand a shop's reluctance to accept them but surely a bank is obliged to accept legal tender.