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Nonmortuus

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    Nons "What crap has he bought this time?" Thread.....

    Thanks for the feedbqck. All I am using is a 6 mega pixel camera on a tripod with macro setting turned on. I light it with a halogen desk lamp shining across the coin from about 2/3 o'clock as well as the main lights in the room. I really want to get some pictures done in natural day light.
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    Nons "What crap has he bought this time?" Thread.....

    My collection of Halfcrowns is slowly building up....
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    Nons "What crap has he bought this time?" Thread.....

    Latest addition, I think aEF to EF. Certainly by grading book its EF but maybe a bit too much wear on the curls on his forehead.
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    Coin Pics

    The second effort, it brings the coin to life showing the various tones.
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    Coin Pics

    Wow, like night a day, what a difference!
  6. I do not believe so Peter.
  7. I have asked him to come say hi Azda
  8. Here is the link to his facebook group if you are on there and want to take a look/speak with him: OSB
  9. The feedback was: It's not assayed but any raw material that is used bullion coins or silver crystals. It's my reputation that holds it, and I challenge anyone to get any piece of my work assayed. It costs £24 plus postage to assay each item.
  10. Once Ollie gets back to me I wil let you know. I know he is studying Metallurgy at Uni.
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    Coin Pics

    The black foam in the Quadrum capsules actually makes a decent background:
  12. Alas no, just stamped by his foundry OSB and the silver content. He is actually building up a nice little business via facebook. I have asked for his feedback on assayed and here is few a pics of the sort of stuff he does with scrap.
  13. If you have a lot of bullion scrap and want to melt it down and have it recast into bars etc I can recommend a friend off facebook who does exactly that with scrap Silver. Obviously he charges for the service but if you would prefer bars over bags/boxes of scrap it may be worth considering.
  14. From what Declan posted it looks like it yes to my eyes.
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    Nons "What crap has he bought this time?" Thread.....

    Its the lighting. It's 13.99g so there abouts on weight with the wear. Under a flash it's clearly silver.
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    Nons "What crap has he bought this time?" Thread.....

    I feel like I got this for a decent price. There is an obvious edge knock on the obverse at 3 o'clock and there is a nick on the ear lobe but I feel it is at least a aef if not ef coin based on the rotographic grading guide.
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    LCA september

    Thanks Paulus. I am having to reply on my phone as the work content filter doesn't like the fact I used the word proxy above so the site won't load now!
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    LCA september

    Mmm OK I will probably give it a miss then. I will trawl through the half crowns tonight and see if anything is within my price range.
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    LCA september

    Could I have peoples opinions on lot 2354 please? The estimate is within my price range so I planned to bid by proxy but wanted to gauge opinion here first.
  20. I am new to this as well HeavyT but the advice have had on this forum has generally been great and a vast majority of the people here have been helpful and friendly. As stated above by Rob get a book on grading, it helps massively. You get to learn the most likely wear points on different coins. Also as mentioned already buy some cheaper more available coins to get a feel for how wear effects them and you will start to see the differences between a VF and an EF coin. I am, no doubt, still making mistakes but as long as they are not costing me the earth I do not mind. If you can go to one of the coin fairs, even if you do not plan to buy, as you get to see a huge amount of coins and if gives you a chance to practice your grading. You never know you may find something within budget that you want to buy. Ultimately I am starting to save for a few more significant purchases at the highest grade I can stretch to (at least EF) but if I get chance I will run those past this forum before I go ahead with the purchase.
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    Nons "What crap has he bought this time?" Thread.....

    Yeah I will be going to take a look, also may take a stab at a few things at the London coins auction.
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    Nons "What crap has he bought this time?" Thread.....

    Thanks Paulus, the 1915 I have is the second lot of pictures. I spoke to the dealer about it and he sent me the better of the two having seen better pictures of both. I have my heart set on an 1820 Half Crown so I am now saving my pennies to be able to get a high grade one.
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    Nons "What crap has he bought this time?" Thread.....

    Thanks copper, I am resisting the urge to buy anything now to build my pot up and hopefully get something that will be very nice. Looking closely at the pics I have taken on the Halfcrown against the pics of the coin I thought I was purchasing (the 1st pics above of the halfcrown) I think the seller may have sent me the wrong coin. He had two 1915 crowns available one listed as A/Bu and the other A/unc and I am convinced the one supplied is not the one I requested. I will speak with the dealer and see what the score is.
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    Nons "What crap has he bought this time?" Thread.....

    Some better pics that show more of the wear on the 1915 Half Crown and my 1936 Florin to follow
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