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Happy to try and help. I spoke with @Paulus for a number of hours in then past about this. I use black neoprene as the back ground as its chemically inert. I use a desk mounted day light led lamp I use from another hobby (28mm war gaming) as the light source. I have my DSLR camera on a tripod with a macro lens. I then place the neoprene on a wooden block cut at an angle that allows me to position the light source directly over the coin but leave the coin flat in relation to the camera lens. I usually take 4 or 5 shots of each side and decide which is the best before cropping them down and joining them.

Yes it was all over the facebook groups as news broke.... be interesting to see what the defence will say!

Sixpence

A few cheap additions, mainly bought for the toning over the grade.

Welcome to the forums!

Its defo a fake IMO, the dodgy "I" is a huge giveaway.

Am I missing something here or does this seem a crazy price?!? 1887 Crown

You have had some cracking coins Pete! Does this help?

It sold for £173!!!

I picked this up a few months back without researching it and got lucky! D&H Warwickshire 36 RRR

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175399250858?hash=item28d69c2baa:g:iV8AAOSwgn1jDS6I At £43 already.....

A couple of new additions:

This looks like a fake coin in a fake slab to me: Trade Dollar There are none of the bag marks on the coin that were visible last time it appeared at auction: Stack Bowers

I just dipped my toe into Conder tokens for the first time and managed to get this Warwickshire DH36, which is rated as RRR for rarity by DH, off ebay of all places!

It has now been withdrawn on the web site.

1915 proof halfcrown anyone?!? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283927617418?hash=item421b679f8a:g:9QsAAOSwtABe9a1p

An upgrade on my old 1817 Bull head:

Will I ever get to take my pension with the various Governments pushing back both private and state pension ages....

The machines are so expensive as there is a global shortage of chips at the moment so GPUs with a RRP of say 500 are commanding prices well in excess of that. I asked how do you mean as in, do you mean how do they mine or why a GPU heavy rig. Check out the Bitcoin video the BBC made. BBC Bitcoin

How do you mean? If your on about how they mine then rigs like this are GPU heavy as modern graphics cards are far better at mining crytpo. The more transactions the can handle/solve/mine the more chance they will earn some crypto.

I managed to win one lot which ticks a few gaps.

High grade HC Dont all rush at once, only 1 available!

That 1912 HC didn't seem to be a soft price! £440 hammer.