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Michael-Roo

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  1. Michael-Roo

    More Pennies

    I have a 13 width. How unusual is this?
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    1698 Half penny

    Thanks Chris, yes indeed, though sought rather than found. 😉
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    1698 Half penny

    As Rob suggests these are difficult to find having been struck for three months only. I have two, but they were bought several years apart and it's some time since I last saw one for sale anywhere. Note mine were struck from different reverse dies.
  4. Michael-Roo

    Coin prices continue to rise

    Me too. £3, wins or no, is neither here nor there.
  5. Michael-Roo

    More Pennies

    'Minor'? Ridiculous. How many confirmed examples do we now have, seven, eight? They've included the 1694 MVRIA halfpenny for many years even though, until a recent fourth came to light, only three were known. And if we're talking about early milled minor varieties, and whether or not they are deemed worthy of inclusion, just one 'off the top of my head' example of many, I'd suggest they might like to reconsider would be their 1675 farthing, no stop after CAROLVS. Again, been listed for years, and given a value, yet has anyone here ever seen one? I haven't, nor am I aware of anyone who has.
  6. Michael-Roo

    1981 25p "Experimental Coin"

    Same design as the old halfpenny trial dies. I have the 1957 one.
  7. Michael-Roo

    1879 Penny shuttle variety

    How about this for 'extra metal'.
  8. Michael-Roo

    1953 Farthing

    The most common.
  9. Michael-Roo

    1953 Farthing

    Standard 2/B, and not a proof.
  10. Michael-Roo

    Coin prices continue to rise

    Sachin Tendulkar, surely?
  11. Michael-Roo

    Coin prices continue to rise

    Strike a light!
  12. Michael-Roo

    Coin prices continue to rise

    I've a large bag of tulip bulbs in the shed. A grand a piece to anyone who wants some.
  13. Michael-Roo

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    I can't imagine what their ugly coins might look like.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/72366/i.html?_ssn=coin.empire&store_name=coinempirenumismatica&_oac=1
  14. Michael-Roo

    name for large marbles

    'Ollies' were your regular marbles. The larger ones and ball bearings were 'Bullies'.
  15. Michael-Roo

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Yes, I thought it a tad mushy looking too.
  16. Michael-Roo

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    'Light tooling'? Whitby Goth eyeliner. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/374212849519?mkevt=1&mkpid=2&emsid=e90001.m43.l1123&plmtId=700008&mesgId=3024&mkcid=8&ch=osgood&bu=44013324433&trkId=edbf371e-b52f-493a-9f67-a641c0f92a12&cnvId=700003&recoId=374212849519&recoPos=1
  17. Michael-Roo

    Stuff to Make Us Laugh

    Is this seller a giant?.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266209500361?hash=item3dfb529cc9:g:-U8AAOSw3PtkMZKq&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwM6TE6RwVgAaqKVw%2B0RcLaDGmffNn2f88SEIiwHPfBYeGDLf9CylCgy1pjYJmEfUUdsbITHmbYD1RnGJxMPI2nNW1BYpd%2BD56EUBo2p235ODcs9vUB%2BexhFN9Gr%2Fa%2FGrs0v2eoNnUSDQ2K5eTaZ2afyk794ObIRR%2B3UQAicD4OrTgFmy9RCuc4aN3abbo%2BrGlmee6i7mcGwxQYg4yIKiq0SiVzIMyPgg4j2Vr7%2BGFHv5BEN%2FHgBDqp2RDUKFNqm8kA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR8yMwpHyYQ
  18. Michael-Roo

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Please, no undignified scramble.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404232938867?hash=item5e1e292573:g:RG0AAOSwN-FkLfOG&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4OmQo%2BGWXAyHX1WI4XTnwF%2FA0m87xQnsMIT5F3Q05xLn6ZyrApelO7MkZkSgqLFhMP%2FWgiux1wXU0KmDKxcnXYfuUKoQaD7aA2u%2BXvTWBsRF0gau4DzZfB93I3RhtBDmBsNZNNRwSUP1qKXuvP4RMR2zbwgWAqd44%2FR92ggiGDOMunW3QqkNtWy7jK22dKoSZ2DY2RUZQ1nV7c0Bw4bnmDecsNgMp3vUqM07TLMdR4NLh%2Bhrx0%2BuMTfoyzpyPSu1poU5fnX1WqNeZyLRXw1OzrhldEKIjqNYwioc8qN2EcV0|tkp%3ABk9SR4K168LrYQ
  19. Michael-Roo

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Though none will buy, obviously. Same seller's full list. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=125587797461&rt=nc&_ssn=alibat-143&_pgn=1 I'm drawn to the rather lovely 1977 crown. Very rare, apparently, so likely a snip at £150....
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    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Many bargains to be had for the canny investor. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/11116/i.html?_ssn=santoor-uk&store_name=santooremporium&_oac=1&_pgn=1
  21. Michael-Roo

    Evasion and Contemporary Counterfeits

    You're very welcome. Did you spot, more than once, reference is made to the coining of sovereigns. 1690s?
  22. Michael-Roo

    Gary Lineker (moved)

    BBC. Impartial. Sport. The BBC, being a license financed, non ad revenue, broadcaster, brand names and logos are always edited out wherever possible, even to the extent of food brand identifiers being clumsily censored by use of black tape on containers in cookery shows. Sport? Come footy post match analysis; any manager, player, associated pundit, loon with a view, is shown standing before a board festooned with ads for all manner of companies and products. Why is this?
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