Chris Perkins

Yes, I wonder what the aliens collect, or if somehow they have any earth coins in there collections....For that matter, perhaps there are humans with aliens coins in there collections.

I don't know the exact chemical make up, but I am assured they are free of the nasty plastics that damage metals, and are neutral.

And even if we could colonise Mars we'd be detroyed in the 'red giant' phase on Mars too I suspect. Thankyou for your input Dr Spock type mystery guest.

Dear Kelly, Engraved coins from that period are common. They were usually created as tokens of love, little keepsake kinds of things. EW was probably someones sweetheart. They cannot be valued as a coin because they are of course ruined in the eyes of most coin collectors, but they are still collectable, and I'd probably sell it for £5-10 depending how nice it is.

That's true, but I would think that unless you intend to violently shake them frequently, that despite the room, it would be very unlikely that they could move with enough force to damage themselves. Do you want me to send you a 22.5mm capsule (I have some out of a box) and a 25mm 2x2 for experimental purposes?

Far out Chris. I wonder if you'll actually register on this forum in my lifetime! I hope we have a good few hundred years (at least.... probably thousands if we can just behave) before we wipe out the planet. I very much doubt there would not be permanant human colonies on other planets by then.

The H means it was made at the Birmingham Mint of Ralf Heaton, and the KN indicates it was made at the Kings Norton mint. Basically they were not made at the Royal mint like most other coins.

Coins with 'H' or 'KN' are easy, even on worn examples the date has a small 'H' or 'KN' to the upper left. Modified effigy on 1926 is very difficult to spot on worn coins, with the modified effigy the BM initials on the truncation (bottom) of the Kings neck appear just as 'BM' to the right of the truncation. With earlier un modified head pennies the BM appears as 'B.M.' more in the middle of the truncation. 1945 double '9' i've never looked out for, but I would imagine you'd need a good magnifying glass (just like the one I sell!) to spot a double struck '9' which will appear as 2x '9's on close examinination, one on top of the other. 1953 Proofs all look very prooflike, with mirror like fields. They are not that common in circulation.

Doesn't work does it! I've tested it, and am satisfied it doesn't work. I'll put it on my list of things to do.... Unless one of you wants do look on the internet for information on signature formatting not working using Invision Power board V1.1.2? http://www.invisionboard.com/ has searchable forums. Post in here if you find an answer and I'll try to implement it.

Guesty, Both would be suitable, but I personally think that special coins look far better in capsules than in 2x2's. Let me know if you want any, and if you register here as a member I'll give you a little discount!

If they go for £35,000 each I'd like to hear your definition of 'quite a few'!

Very good research Oli.

I have a scar on my forehead/hairline too, and it was from the sharp side of a radiator after I rolled down the stairs as a young en. I also have a scar in my head that needed stitches after I had a go on my friend down the roads bike. Mine was the kind that the pedals went round with the wheels...There was no slip gear like on adult bikes. I didn't know his was a 'proper' bike and went rolling backwards down a small hill for a short distance, confused about how it was happening, and before I even thought about pulling the brake I met with a wall and was hospitalised.

I won't need one of those, my Nikon will focus on a knat dropping when I get it. I'll make sure I have plenty of light, thanks for the tips, and I do hope you put the coins in holders or something before those claws.

Yes, Sylvester, send me everything you have, even stuff that I could only sell for £1. Don't spend over £10 on postage (insured is best) and I'll pay postage too.

You're so chuffed about your tin aren't you!!! Go on them, tell us about them...

I had a choice, £50 to have the thing pulled out, or £250 to keep it and get it fixed up. I'd grown attached to it, so elected to keep it, despite the extra expence.

GB£5000.00, but it does have a black steering wheel.

I had to have the nerves in the 2 root canals of a tooth removed yesterday. I spent about an hour and a half having various small pin like files inserted into my roots until all traces of the killed nerves had been removed. But it was my own fault, not really bad luck. I have good teeth and should have had the tiny hole filled while it was still a tiny hole! So, i have my first filling aged 25.

Well I was born in June, and found a rare 1823 (with I as 1 in date) farthing wedged inside another hollowed out old farthing the other day. Sold the coin for £38. Now that's pretty lucky!

It may mean some of the coins for sale will have better pictures, but I doubt it will mean more picture, for 2 reasons: 1: It's quicker to scan a whole side of coins than it is to photograph them. So most coins will just have a scanned image, like now. 2: Bandwidth! With my www.titanhosts.net hosting I'm allowed to share 1gb in bandwidth with you people (ie anyone that visits predecimal.com, forumees etc) every month. For the past 5 months or more due to the high levels of traffic, I have been over that limit. Last month it was 4x that limit! If I keep sharing so many pictures with my site visitors I'll have to pay extra to my web hosts every month! So, I'll try to keep image sizes down.

Having read lots of reveiws online, and seeing some of the picture results I decided to set about purchasing a digital camera good enough to photograph coins with. New high spec digicams are very expensive so I eventually settled on a second hand Nikon Coolpix 990 digital camera. Apparently it's a very good camera and with a minimun focal length of just 2cm it seems ideal for taking pictures of special coins, the kind that don't scan well or deserve a far higher quality image (ancient/hammered coins, medals with high relief and expensive coins mainly). In fact I found a Roman coin site that uses the Nikon 990 to take pictures of ancient coins, and they really look wonderful. When I've taken delivery and learnt how to use it, I will hopefully post some of my best pictures on the forum. In the mean time, any digital camera techniques for taking pictures of coins will be gratefully received, as I have until now scanned almost everything.

Hmmm, it's that dipped coin again, with a very ambitious start price, and a reserve!

Master JD and coke (): You should be ok if you adjust the filters to search in all forums and messages from all users.

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