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Posts posted by secret santa
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Yep, got a Magna Carta £2 down here in south Oxfordshire today. Still no sign of that battleship or Brittania yet.
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I've just looked in Gouby's book and his picture of reverse m is not very good - it doesn't clearly show the tiny rock near the linear circle or the one to the right of the lighthouse (the pic on my website is much better - yah, boo). Definitely a reverse m (Freeman K). Hopefully Chris has also used my photo in the new Freeman book (or will include it in the next version).
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Picture please Rob so that we know what we're discussing.
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Nice coins
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1 hour ago, VickySilver said:Now that is the sensible way! I tried the Hercules method once of just twisting one in my hands until it shattered - but then the coins and some very sharp plastic shards exploded all over the room....
Prax, for some reason your images generate only a question mark on my I-mac. That was quite a haul there from Steve's bits. I really thought about giving our dear SS a run for the 1922/7 but guess I have to keep something in the bank!
Vicky - thanks for not going higher - when I bid the £7250 I immediately regretted it but was sure that someone would overbid me and that I'd bid no higher - but now that I've got it, I'm pleased that I did bid. Often happens that way, and often happens that I wished I'd bid higher on something ! I also used to open slabs with a hammer but when I ruined a gem BU 1867 penny I resorted to the hacksaw method - much more effective. In fact, I now leave them in the slabs - proof of their grade !
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Well, I'm convinced there are different 3's.
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Just checked my spares - only got one 1931 but it's the same "open" 3 so it may well be fairly common.
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And a forked 1950 !
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Just had a look through my spares and I've got a forked 1949 - never looked for it before !
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When I was a lad, they used to say that the camera never lies. Different versions of the truth, maybe ?????
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Slip of the keyboard there - I think Peter means Verdicare, not verdigris !
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Hear, hear - John has helped me with copper varieties in the past and pointed me to a couple of excellent pennies on Ebay.
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George Best, Elvis Presley, Muhammad Ali - another of my idols bites the dust
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I couldn't see this Dave - do i need special permission ?
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I'll compile a list and make it available.
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Superb - May I use the picture on my Varieties website please ?
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11 hours ago, Nordle11 said:I doff my hat, Richard, great buys. Will look forward to seeing that one on your site
They're up already. The 1932 proof didn't photograph very well as it's in a slab and my 1934 photo doesn't capture the mirror finish - but they are both lovely !
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Thanks guys, I need to sell some spares......fast !!
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31 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:Dare I enquire which ones you got?
F192A, 1932 & 34 proofs
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Got my 3 on Thursday and they're all beauties (but they should be - cost me a fortune).
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Super pictures - what is your final configuration of camera, lights etc ?
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Very perceptive Vicky !!!!
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Laurie Bamford told me several years ago that they were prone to doing this but yet I've won lots with less than my maximum so I'm not sure exactly how it works. It might be just possible that there were several postal bids that just happened to climax at your maximum bid and that's why they opened the bidding at that level. That would be genuine if a little coincidental.
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As a buyer, I much prefer this sort of auction as it allows me to take an overall view of the lots and bid accordingly whereas on a lot by lot basis in a normal auction, once a lot has gone you have no chance to go back and increase a bid when you realise that you could and should have bid higher. As a seller, like Matt says, I've no idea of the size of audience for Colin Cooke's sale but suspect it may be smaller than the big auction houses.
Has anybody ever seen an 1863 penny, die No under date for sale?
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I've just consulted my database of rare penny sales and I have details of 3 x die 2, 3 x die 3, 6 x die 4 and 1 x die 5 being sold over the last 12 years. I really must get out more.....