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  1. Posted

    My pleasure. I've also updated some other stuff in the background so if this message gets through, that's also a good sign! I may also completely update the forum software to the newest version. I'm always nervous about that as it tends to change things that make little sense and can negatively affect some users who use a particular feature etc. In some cases it can also introduce new errors, but the last update was 4 years ago so it's probably due one. 

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    On 8/17/2023 at 9:26 PM, Master Jmd said:

    Apologies for the delay - did you have any luck finding this?

    There are a handful of catalogues uploaded in full on Archive.org. It's a long shot but I don't suppose you'd have any interest in uploading this there if it's now out of print? 😊

    Out of print, but not out of copyright etc and the work belongs to Michael Freeman so it could not legally be made available for free by anyone but him.

    Incidentally, is anyone here in contact with him?

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    There was a little issue identified by my host where the master global config setting for the forum path was set to the non SSL version (i.e. http not https). That may have caused the forum to get mixed up trying to serve both http and https and that may well have caused problems. I suspect that may require users to clear their caches or just the files related to the forum - or it may well slowly sort itself out (if that was the issue).  

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  5. Posted

    Hello everyone.

    As far as I know the forum should be https, just as the whole of the predecimal.com website is. TomGoodheart sent me a link to this page, but the link was actually just plain http and that seemed to work but did show 'not secure' in the browser. 

    Can those experiencing a problems manually change what appears in the address path to be prefixed with https instead of http? Does that help at all?

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    The variety is often called a 'leftie' as the milled section when you look under the hologram with the Queen' side facing you is usually to the right of the hologram. On lefties it's obviously on the left and there are actually some where the point is slightly milled (like a middly :S). It is certainly not a 50/50 thing like with the writing orientation on £2 coins and is no doubt due to the collar/dies not being fitted 'properly' although I think the RM have stated that there is no wrong or right way, so it's just an interesting variant.

    Here's my page which has more info:

    https://www.checkyourchange.co.uk/the-six-new-1-coin-varieties/

    They seem fairly common for 2016 and less so for later years.

     

  9. Posted

    Firstly, condition is everything. Coins of most dates are very common in normal used condition and tend to be very low value. 

    The best book to gauge condition is this one: https://www.coinpublications.com/product/the-standard-guide-to-grading-british-coins/

    And a book for values is this one: https://www.coinpublications.com/product/collectors-coins-gb-2018-1760-1970/

    (both also available on Amazon).

    It is a lot to take on at first!

  10. Posted

    Actually, that's a little bit of a security hole that I've just fixed! Guests were able to start topics within the technical support area and were allowed to reply to stuff elsewhere. Guests can no longer post anywhere and for the last couple of months I manually approve every new member. I did not approve Andeson because his email address looked odd and his IP is from Bangladesh, which is more well known for its spamming bots than it is for collectors of British coins!

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    Actually my new theory on the coppery coloured 20p's (they seem to occur a lot more for the 20p than any other current denomination) is improper annealing causing the atoms to migrate. First proposed in the USA by Mr Diamond, who really knows error coins. More info here:

    http://www.error-ref.com/improper-annealing/

    These days the RM also charge £20 to look at coins, so no longer worth doing for minor things like this.

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    Note that some may experience bugs on the forum for the next day or so. I am trying to update and old version of the software to the latest version but only got as far as updating the server PHP version today, which may cause (and in fact already has caused) problems for some depending on browser and so many other factors these days. 

    Sorry about that. It'll be worth it in the end!

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    On ‎17‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 2:51 PM, zookeeperz said:

    I buy your flips as they are the only ones that don't sweat and leave gunk on the coins :) 41 MM takes care of most of the coins just need crown size ones :)

     

     

    Thanks! Yes, those and the coin ID cards are pretty much all I do now in the way of accessories. 

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    The answer is that the 2018 predecimal book already available (since the 8th December). The 2018 decimal book will come in about Feb/March, as I need to wait for the RM to release the 2018 sets first, something they now seem to do on the 1st Jan and no longer in the previous November.

    I do often quote silly newspaper gossip, but the actual prices are real ones at the time of going to press. 

  22. Posted

    A 2017 main (obverse) dated pound with micro 2016 dates on the reverse was reported to me yesterday. I haven't been able to confirm it though and it may well be that someone is confused and it is the known main 2016 date with tiny 2017 on the reverse type.

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