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12 hours ago, Unwilling Numismatist said:

You're really setting the bar rather high for us mere mortals :)

Thanks! I wish that was really the case, I am still make regular mistakes, normally spur of the moment purchases. I really need to try and curb my spending and focus in on 1 or 2 particular coins to fill type gaps in higher grades.

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1 hour ago, Nonmortuus said:

Thanks! I wish that was really the case, I am still make regular mistakes, normally spur of the moment purchases. I really need to try and curb my spending and focus in on 1 or 2 particular coins to fill type gaps in higher grades.

I just need to focus on buying everything in higher grades - and start checking that I don't already have things.... 3 recent occurrences of "oops"!

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Do yourself a website on wordpress. Extremely easy to do and as long as you remember to upload the photos you can keep track and compare grades etc of what you have v what's on offer. Mind it won't stop you buying duplicates. I have 3 x 1911 and 5 x 1923 half crowns....

www.noncoins.wordpress.com

Is mine and is really useful at the coin fairs.

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Totally agree with Nons on the wordpress recommendation, I do exactly the same. It also helps with posting pics on here, I just copy/paste them into a reply such as this one!

Here's another newbie I'm quite pleased with, could do with less bag chatter though ...

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On 7 November 2018 at 8:31 PM, Nonmortuus said:

Struggling to get them in focus but my 1829 Maundy set:

 

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Nice... but it's slightly weird (to me anyway) that you've posted them all the same size. Any chance of a picture of the set as it really is?

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Couple of additions to my Maundy pennies. 

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A common enough coin, but an ok example with a tone that says it sat in a cabinet for a long time.

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Hope this photo bucket link works

This is my CH1 1633 cast medal. I’ve shifted away from currency coins to historical medals but still centred around the English Civil War...

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Ok ok milled and silver 

so here’s my Albert personal medal in silver - RRR

 

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Had this one for a while. Not sure if it has been displayed before but it fits the bill as a toned coin. My own grading is Abt.UNC/MS61 any feedback would be appreciated. Has to be said when you are presented with a coin like this it will be a long time before you will find another unless you are very lucky.

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40 minutes ago, ozjohn said:

Had this one for a while. Not sure if it has been displayed before but it fits the bill as a toned coin. My own grading is Abt.UNC/MS61 any feedback would be appreciated. Has to be said when you are presented with a coin like this it will be a long time before you will find another unless you are very lucky.

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Hard to say without seeing in person, but IMHO suspected chemical clean some time ago now retoned (?) else lower end mint state as you say

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I've seen many alleged cleaning claims for coins shown on these forums but for the life of me I couldn't tell and would not comment unless I was certain ie scratch marks over the whole coin or a polished effect for non proof coins Maybe it's a 6th. sense. Having said that for a coin of more than 100 years of age I'd be surprised if it hadn't been cleaned at some time in its life.

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Please help with posting mine, I think you will all appreciate:

Proof 1839 Maundy 2d (part of set):  PCGS Cert# 36670087

Proof 1838 Groat (Britannia Rev.):  PCGS Cert#   36670085

Currency!!! 1863 3d:   PCGS Cert#36670090

 

With regards to the latter, this is a true currency (as such extremely rare) and not the Maundy that are frequently and erroneously called currency - but we've had that discussion before & don't mind revisiting it.

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Wow, thanks for that!!!!

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Just out of interest, what are the PCGS grades?

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44 minutes ago, Sword said:

Just out of interest, what are the PCGS grades?

PR-64, PR-64 and MS-63.

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Oh thanks. The most costly was the 1838 groat, but the 2d I got some years ago from Baldwin/St. James some years ago as part of a Maundy set.

 

Possibly equally tough (but much cheaper) was the currency 3d.

 

I guess it's just a pet peeve of mine, but I just hate when Maundy 3ds are sold or slabbed as currency when they are not; this totally destroys the market for real currency pieces as well as interest for the 3d Victoria series.  I also notice that both PCGS and NGC have slabbed Maundy pieces as currency for dates such as 1847, 1848 or 1852, but also other dates in the 1850s and 1860s - this 1863 is notable as a true currency specimen.

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