blakeyboy

Hmm...I can increase the value of my collection by 30% by sitting on it? For how long? Just while I'm watching the telly? Uncomfortable but profitable then....

Funny how the reverse has virtually no edge- I have a feeling that some of my 1909's are like that- what's the explanation? Sorry if it's been discussed at length before, but I can't remember..... Is it time for my walk now?

There are corners of Ebay where it is ALWAYS the first of April.....

Oh it's all mad- paranoia, speculation blah blah If I were running Russia, and needed to be the type of leader Russians like, I would do exactly what Putin is doing right now...... whether they attack or not is not important- he's generated panic by moving around what he owns, on land he owns. If he isn't planning anything, he must be falling about laughing, and if he is going to invade, he knows that not much will happen, like with Crimea. Win win for him. I had to explain to someone in Belgium how the French for 'Putin' is not actually accurate, since pronouncing it as the Francophones otherwise would would be 'Putain' which is not a complementary term...he didn't know, fell about laughing, so of course I pointed out that what the media tell him about the Russian build up may also not be true.....we are all in the dark, most of the time.

Yes, but does it have invisible friends?

That's what she told me, too!

I used to get weakness at 12and 6 o''clock- turned out to be too much coffee....

Oh I’ve had enough of this. This damn cold has morphed into the Cough from Hell. It peaks in the early hours and annoys the neighbours: Nessum Dorma without the singing. Oh it’s painful. I have gained some relief from a whole bottle of whisky in the past two days, and I’m totally dosed up with any chemical sprays and lozenges I could find in our kitchen drawer, which is currently sponsored by Beyer, as far as I can tell. I’m going into the greenhouse to breathe on some aphids. On the upside, I’ve now qualified to represent Great Britain at the World Coughing Championships in Rome later this month!!!! Not since my sister was runner-up at the Miss European Fire Exit finals in Helsinki in 1982 has our family been so honoured....

I did have a "whoop" with the first, damaging cough two years ago- very alarming initially!

My wife is in the top 5 'advisors' and 'most helpful authors' on the ebay seller central forums, and she thinks us selling off crap on Ebay is over. The search function is rigged now as well. I search ebay by typing the description into Google and adding 'ebay', then I look in images, and I find things that don't exist if you type the EXACT description into ebay itself....! We are going to do our own website, the theory being that yes, we stand no chance of our items being found, but if we start off with listing strange items that no-one else has, then anyone looking for such things will find us at the top of the list. From there it's word of mouth until Google notices the traffic and get involved....

Agreed, but if you hadn't mentioned die clashing. If a blank isn't between the dies when they come together, they clash, and leave impressions of each other on each other. The results usually, as would be expected, show as sharp lines etc- have a look at early bronze pennies of Victoria. Ghosting, by contrast, isn't the result of damage to the dies, and is nebulous and vague, as you would expect. Have a look at early George V pennies.

Thank you.....went to the docs today to organise a scan- that damn cough has, I think, given me a hernia, like the one a cough gave me two years ago. Damn and blast.

Honest posts like that are always required! I haven't bought anything interesting for ages- just been too busy trying to sell so much crap that's built up over the years, and get a website up to help with this. However, I read all that's posted. The one good thing I get from this site is getting an insight into other people's passions, and trying to understand what they see in coins I know nothing about....

Now this is weird- I have no idea how an old picture appeared in this post....I know that sometimes the site remembers old posts and they appear in the box, so you just clear the memory and start typing but this is a surprise!

We are working in Crackington Haven in Cornwall for the next few days, and just in case work gets in the way, we're going down early so I can go on the beach late afternoon today with my new metal detector, to see what I can find. Up till now all I've found is bits of alloy from a German E boat that was scrapped on the beach in WW2...... I'll let you know when I find the sovereigns. Or not.

Yes...I was between low and high watermarks, so ownership is moot. It's a lovely beach, and I found just one coin, this wonderful example of a great rarity:

I took this pic- got a T adapter so my telescope became my cheap camera's lens. No tracking, quick snap, no stacking software to build up the image. Even though it's not up to the standards you see a lot, I'm chuffed I caught the fact that Jupiter is striped! No moons visible- had to stop it right down...

You know, I think I've figured out your sense of humour!!

The tide went out. Wait 6 hours, and look at it again.

...especially if you are in jail....

"strangely rewarding" - nicely put. Welcome to the forum! As for Ebay purchases- I've enjoyed buying mixed piles of coins, but searching using 'nearest first', and asking a seller of something interesting whether you can go round and have a look through the pile. I've done good deals there and then in the past.

We have many names for you too, matey. It's been so exciting having someone like you turn up and give us your opinions.