Unwilling Numismatist

I made the mistake of thinking my daughters wouldn't want theirs, given their disapproval of my other numismatic interests ..... silly me, the current generation seem to believe that new + shiny = better than old stuff.

Not sure, I'd guess about 1k a week.. and running since New Years day.

Take a look at Kew and the olympic swimmer with lines. 50 quid is chump change

Given that there are som many available, table levelling is an extraordinarily good use for them!

The Strike your Own coin *at the moment* is a 2018 Isaac newton 50p - These will never be released for circulation, so the only 2 ways of getting one are go and strike one, or visit Ebay where people are paying bizarre money. No idea what they'll get to in future, but I have a couple set aside in case it gets silly *note - Strike your own is one per preson and costs £5 (or 2 for 7.50 so go with a friend )

the 2017 was a good one, the 2018 looks even better, so looking forward to getting that soon. While I was there I picked up a strike your own 50p or 4 Sold one on ebay for 50 quid which pretty much covered the outing, might go again while its a worthwhile trip!

Must be somewhere intellectual, I can't find it in my usual repotoire of rags

You could ... toss a coin?

It certainly looks "ok" (I wouldn't peronally want it though) - I've been looking at 1887 crowns for months aiming for the right one (bidding for a bragain of good quality), and the think I'd say most about these is that if you can see both sides of the chest straps you're probably as close to mint as you can get - in this one only 1 side is visible. In a world where everyone has a camera on their phones, I find it impossible people are unable to photograph coins for ebay without getting them blurry (or take that as they're blurry because the item for sale is crap). As for some clarity on what isn't a good one ... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1887-CROWN-VICTORIA/183034951765?hash=item2a9dbbb855:g:WBAAAOSwXOVaaGsq This is so bad I laughed!

I have both issues, I have not enough cash and want too many coins. After some sage advice from our own @UPINSMOKE I'm only buying what is really worth buying inside my budget, so the money I do have is growing, and with it, the option of better is becoming far more realistic. No point in buying things only to wish you'd done it better in the first place! (and not having the hassle of re-sale and fees taking what meagre gains you did make away again) Happy buying, Craig!

Stu, thank you - thats awesome!

It's only "Arthur" a coin - but I always like finding them (Even when it's been in a box for 10 years hiding) I believe it could be John, although really I should hedge my bets and go with "a King of England" given my ability with these Many thanks in advance!

If you want me to post you a couple, PM me your address - it'll save you buying something you might not use - I had to buy like 30 and only really needed 1 or 2 lol.

I'm on Beans on toast already!

I did enjoy that moment too, and am looking forward to my own tour on Saturday. I shall expect to see 140k of Cupro-Nickel and a machine equipped for striking considerably less than a sovereign though

Thanks Pete , that lot finally shows clearly the difference between normal, odd and actual satin finish. Its the thing I've been unable to find to totally put my mind at rest. I'll take the opportunity to apologise to those who knew I didn't have a satin, but were unable to provide a suitable reference to back up their knowledge.

Spink is a guidline, and probably a fairly good one. Ebay on the other hand, is somewhat of an oddity where prices and indeed "valuable" coins can be poles apart from mainstream thinking Welcome to the forum too by the way!

In the bottom of the email there is a link to your unsubscribe prefs. It's cleverly not very large and very poorly identified, but should take you directly to your options.

I bought some 15mm coin holders very recently, search for Hartberger instead of lighthouse - these are 2x2 self adhesive.

Looks like a standard one to me too! The trouble with them is they're a bit of a mare to photograph to capture differences in finish, but a quick search on ebay will show you a couple of thousand similar ones. Tracking down images of actual "satin" ones leads to only about 3 examples. I have one which looks remarkably different from every other one out there, and the jury is still out on that - here are a couple of pics for reference or what is "normal" and what is ... well, undecided. Left = "normal"

Thanks Mike, I hope I do - I might even end up with a 2018 Isaac Newton 50p if I'm lucky (As I don't think they'll let me do a 1935 VIP Rockinghorse lol) Not sure when they'lll stop the strike-your-own Isaac's, "limited time" isn't very clear.

Thanks for the heads-up. I'm booked for a visit there in a couple of weeks

But it's as convincing as mine isn't!

I think something is missing from that one ?.... lol

My 1816 looks just fine (apart from something going on with the I of Honi, but probably just impact damage from previously poor storage)