WildCamper

That's always a bonus? Worse things happen at sea I suppose, least I know what to buy for next time. If I leave it in the garden a jay may take it away with a bit of luck!

Very true I will! Like you said I'm sure lots make mistakes in the beginning but not everyone may admit it tho, plus I wouldn't have the heart to sell it back to some other poor bugger I'm not that type of person. A good learning curve stepping point ?

Ha ha I'm sure he meant well?, yes there is definitely a certain difference between the two after googling a few photo's! With all the help I'm sure my next purchase will be a right bobby dazzler! But not polished ?

This is it Pete, know one knows everything so it's nice to learn new things, everydays a school day! And yes the people on here are very helpful indeed it's refreshing to see.

Won't make this months but will come and have a look and chat with you in April in the hope of getting a nice gothic florin.

I really appreciate all the input from you all, I think from the short time on this forum that I have picked up a lot of information from all your years of knowledge. I would only now buy from a dealer and great tip about not taking photos on hard backgrounds, I just didn't think. Im certainly not embarrassed to make mistakes, it's how we learn just as long as I don't make a habit of it! I think if your not sure wait and ask questions, don't just buy. i suppose it's a bit like buying a car when you know nothing about them, just because it's polished to high heaven doesn't mean to say it's any good. leasons learning. thanks Iain

Rob your a wealth of knowledge ?

Thank you gents for the comments. Yes with an abrasive one would expect to see hairlines or scratch marks as you stated and it doesn't seem to bad. I have picked up some rotographic books and working my way through them picking up tips and learning where the wear points are etc. Got so much to learn but I am really enjoying it along the way.

Thank you for the advise, it looks so much better than mine, I love the yellow toning ring round the reverse very nice. I bought this and a crown within a week of each other and really wish I had not bothered now.

Yes it does look very shiny, so as novice would you always recommend avoiding this polished look when buying? You see I've seen some UNC coins on coin dealers and some are very shiny/polished and some UNC's are duller more patina. Would you guys always go for this style? And how does a newbie distinguish between polished to death and not polished just more shiny? Cheers iain

After all that hassle of trying to upload a photo, the wife did it in two mins. Yes I am thick as mince! Big thank you to all you help, esp Nick and 1949 threepence, photo of coin in 2nd attempt.

Great stuff! I will try this tonight thank you! Cheers guys for bearing with me through this, your a good bunch.

Hi nick, I've tried all sorts, I've tried emailing it too my laptop from my iPad, copying it into pictures file then tried to resize and send it via that way no joy, I uploaded the photo's to photobucket, clicked on the photo and tried to send via the URL link as you said ( where the boxes are to the right) and still no joy! It should be very simple but still won't work. It's so frustrating it really shouldn't be this difficult, spent nearly 3 hours last night trying to do it, will try the direct link as opposed to the URL. Thank you for the advise tho.

See if this works!

I will get there, don't worry ?

Will have a go at this then, thank you, all I want to do it put my coins on?? wife walked in from work last night first thing I said was I can't blooming upload these coins, she shook her head at me and walked off ha ha!

Thank you for that Azda, I will give it a go on the laptop next time, I thought the iPad would be faster as it boots up quicker oh how wrong was i! It's all good fun.

Thank you for that advise I will try it, bear with me chaps there may be a few blank post ha ha. The pictures were quite large so I bet it was that, I did try to resize them but it seems a bit harder on the old iPad! cheers Iain

Hi Pete, thank you I'm sure with a bit of jigging around I will fix it! It was a 1887 Jubilee head half crown?

Ha ha, I'm rubbish,the photos were enclosed on the post the pressed submit and they vanished! Oh my days!!!!

Something's gone wrong?

Finally worked out how to upload photos off my iPad! So I can get used to coin grading what is your opinion of this coin? I payed £40 for it and they stated it was UNC, what's your thoughts?... Cheers Iain