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I think Blakeyboy has earned the cigar with Christine Rodgers. There are several pictures of her on imdb.

Imagine that, the end of TPGC’s and their meaningless population reports....every cloud (or rock)😉

Some of his other offerings appear to exhibit artificial toning and, coincidentally, are unslabbed.

Waring wearing a hat

Gloria Best (?)

Just found my glasses, silly me it’s Bernie Clifton and Oswald the ostrich, easy mistake.

I haven’t got my glasses on, is that second one Rod Hull and Emu?

But you try and tell the young people today that... and they won't believe ya'.

On a festive note:

Those Scottish miscreants Ben Doon & Phil McCavity are worth a mention.

lovely coin with wonderful iridescent sunburst toning on reverse.

Some other infamous Hughs, messrs Jass, Jarce, Jorgon, or Jardon.

Shame about the fingerprints

Pure, non-PC, brilliance from the Python Gang. The tap-dancing bit in the middle just kills me every time.

There's a clear message. You can be the vilest person alive toward your fellow man but do NOT take liberties with the Property of the Crown (including your taxes, unless you earn so much that you don't have to pay any). Her Maj doesn't mess around...just look at gloomy Andrew these days.

Sadly, just not wise enough to appreciate, or even care about, the implications of their actions. Greedy philistines like that can quite easily cause a knee jerk reaction; calling for the introduction of regulation and licensing. Would that be a bad thing, aside from the practicalities of implementation ? Bit like a fishing license, I suppose. Judging by the amount of finds popping up here there and everywhere, there must be quite a little flock to fleece.

All generalizations are false, including this one.

I agree

No finger pointing here NRP😉 Funny thing is that it started out as F-VF in the Bridgewater sale, then got upgraded by DNW to VF and again by ex-Baldwin employee (?) to EF. So we have a coin has miraculously gone from F-VF to EF. Seems a purely greedy profit making exercise to me😂

Here's another example from the Benjamin Button 'Rejuvenation issue' Coin collection. A 'Very Fine' Cromwell farthing became an 'Extremely Fine' Cromwell farthing with a concomitant EF price, all within the space of a year. DNW 2013 BALDWINS FPL 2014 Always struck me as strange.

Speaking as a collector, or NPME (non-profit making entity), I do, wherever possible, try to obtain coins with a provenance. I find it important that a coin that I want to keep has some extrinsic baggage, a life story if you will, and I would pay more for that. I'm sure that we'd all like to own unique coins, well I like to think that, to some extent, a provenance gives you that. For each coin, I like to compile a file of information containing not only the physical specifications and historical details of the piece but also the tickets, auction catalogues, and any information that I can find relating to previous custodians. I do not then have generic examples of such-and-such a coin or medal, but examples with unique alter ego's, thanks to their provenance. A provenance can give an unobtrusive cookie-cutter coin a unique aspect. Of course, there are provenances and there are PROVENANCES and that's another interesting discussion. I suppose you're either into it or you're not, as the actress said to the bishop. Here's a recent example. I'd been looking for a Lilburn acquittal medal for a while and I passed on a better looking (and cheaper) example to select the one below. I chose it above the better grade for its interesting, albeit tenuous, non-numismatic provenance.

For me, it is variable depending on who it belonged to and how far back in time it goes. I do consider it when buying certain coins.

A cabinetismatist, lovely piece that🤤

I'll bet he has a receding hare line and likes to read novels by Edgar Rice Burrows.

Interesting article showing the process behind the design and manufacture of fantasy coins. The one below is loosely based upon A Viking silver penny of Sihtric Silkbeard, circa 990-1000 AD. https://www.shirepost.com/blogs/news/how-a-fantasy-coin-is-made There's a half-hour video at the bottom of the page if you make it there.