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Congratulations on your new role, Matt - well deserved

I added a ‘Members’ section to the ‘Browse’ menu and lowered the search flood control limit a little for the regular posters so it's a bit quicker now. With regards to the last post when you click on a thread with new posts that you haven’t seen, it seems like a known bug, other forums have built their own workarounds for this but there isn’t quick and easy fix

Next question (and last one for now!) When someone likes a post, the poster gets a notification that 'someone' likes it, and the post shows with n number of likes. Is it possible that the notification can say who has liked it, and the post can list names (a-la Facebook)?

G over O, or the more likely G over inverted G? It looks like there might be some evidence of an inverted G at top left. Inverted letters should be the first point of call IMO given the engraver has gone to the trouble of selecting a punch. It's much easier to place the correct punch upside down than to choose the wrong one in the first place. A bit like the OAROLVS legends found on small silver in Chas.II which is a C over a rotated C, thus giving the impression of an O.

Thank you very much, Phil. Much appreciated! Mike

Likewise, and I've learnt a lot from yourself among many others. No hard feelings!

Lol marmite, I think being blunt and straight to the point is more useful than pampering someones ego, it's not too everyones taste but I'm not here to please anyone, I'm here too learn as much as the next man....

They give you just a selection of the recently completed lots if you don't logon. However if you know the lot number and auction number you can build their URL without much difficulty

I think Nons is coming on in leaps and bounds, he is less than a year in, and far more advanced than I was after 2+ years

Non You are getting your coin eye in nicely.

To illustrate Rob's comment, this is a 1949 Uniface and you can clearly see the rim on the blank side.

I have been working with these double florins for about 10 years but only just spotted your post. Can you let me know if the 1887 is on an Arabic or Roman 1 reverse? At first the comparison with 1888 is rather pointless as the 1887 is clearly not even aligned to the same beads. The serifs are broken and worn so perhaps this is the thrust of what they are saying. In comparison with other 1887 double florins the example you give just seems from a rather worn die. Nothing could be more normal. given the minting problems of the large coins. Perhaps there is something that is clear to the eye but not to the camera? I have checked my collection but not knowing exactly what they are calling broken I have been unable to pinpoint the problem. The right serif has a small chip off the corner but that occurs mainly on the obv 2 Davies. Can you give me the CGS reference please and I will work further on it?