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4 hours ago, ozjohn said:Thanks Paddy. Fair comment. I was a bit peeved at the time but thought I should hold my fire. Caveat Emptor. It enhances, although not foolproof, the case for TPGed coins.
Paddy's comments are on the button.
On Ozjohn's comments about TPGs, surely the onus is on the buyer to see if the grade is what they want, and also learn how to do this,
thus gaining experience.
If you only bought slabbed coins from dealers, the fun of finding a chance bargain would never happen....
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The trick to this is to _always_ use a 'pick' that's softer than the metal/alloy of the coin.
Using something made of steel is quite a risk.
On bronze this is easy- any old bit of soft copper wire that has the end shaped will do the trick.
Re-patinating is tricky with bronze, since it's less reactive than copper- raising the temperature is the key.
Sliding the coin into a fluorescent lightbulb that's base down and on a lot keeps the coin at about 45-50˚C,
thus speeding up patination- six months as opposed to years....
Clean the coin with alcohol first, keep fingers off it, and rotate it regularly to get the air to the surfaces evenly.
Works beautifully.
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Would Colin Cooke be a better route than LCA?
He sold Tony Crocker's pennies at what looked like proper prices- shame really, since I bought some of them!
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On 12/28/2018 at 10:39 PM, Peckris 2 said:Looks extremely dubious. Wouldn't touch it with a 9-carat bargepole.
I went on a canal boat holiday a few years ago, and someone actually touched me with a bargepole.....
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Wow- amazing price, IMHO.
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I don't do coin envy very often, but seeing an F192A 1922 penny did my head in!
Does finding this gem come with a good story?
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On 12/25/2018 at 10:00 AM, 1949threepence said:This stamping of "votes for women" on pennies has turned into a bit of an industry.
Every now and again some chump stamps "VOTE FOR WOMEN" instead.
Always makes me laugh.
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On 12/25/2018 at 10:45 PM, Peckris 2 said:I gave up wearing a watch in 1986! (broke two that year and took the hint), so Tim Cook can stop wondering where his lost profits are.
Bizarrely, me too- 1986, broke a watch, my father gave me his old one, and that was promptly eaten by a lift door
when loading PA gear in flight cases into a Romford nightclub. Working with big loudspeakers and their huge magnets didn't fit in
with my watches anyway........and I didn't miss the warty lump that I had for twenty years from where the winders would dig into the back of my hand....
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Ahhhhh!!!
You have learned well, Grasshopper....
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8 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said:I dont think the seller had any idea what it was and wasnt intending to deceive.
There does not appear to be any shilling just listed at 99p and they have not sold a coin before.
On the other subject of sniping it has the benefits rather than leaving a bid a few days before at the highest you want to pay ,on a coin worth a few quid its to easy for the seller to see your maximum bid.
I.E. You leave a bid for £140 a couple of days before ( that shows a lot less ) the seller has a look on another account and puts in a shill bid of £139 😟
You see some accounts that have retracted loads of bids and doubt they have made that many mistakes.
Oh..I didn't know that a seller can see a bidder's maximum....
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Yes...that makes sense.
But how does it make your winning bid cheaper?
Is it simply you being the only one willing to take the risk of paying more when you leave an unrealistically high bid,
and hoping it doesn't backfire, as you say? Like a form of brinksmanship?
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On 12/17/2018 at 2:27 PM, 1949threepence said:Ha, Ha - but actually not so on this occasion, Bob. No, something was definitely wrong with the clock. Bid history is below. Why would the other late bidder make a lower bid than mine with one second to go, when the confirm box shows the latest bids coming in?
My bid was supposedly 25 seconds before the close, easily enough time for the other bidder to adjust their amount bid, or decide not to bid.
Can anyone explain the sniping system?
I leave the price I am prepared to pay, at any time, and if I'm outbid, no matter, since to win it I would have had to spend more than I wanted to...
or am I missing something?
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22 hours ago, Ukstu said:Fake siege piece. I've posted this guy up before. He makes his own stuff using precious metal clay then lists them as "Finds"
And what are the chances of him having two ?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silver-Sixpence-Siege-Piece-Coin-Hammered-Detecting-Find-/183585365405
Here's the conversation so far:
Hi there.
Is this a genuinely found piece? It looks cast.
It's definitely not cast,it has been stamped or hammered.
Oh right- but is it a genuinely found piece?Hi yes it was originally found years ago-
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On 12/12/2018 at 5:21 PM, blakeyboy said:I'm enjoying imagining what the accompanying cartoon in Private Eye would look like......
Probably by Osbert Lancaster, or, even better, by Ronald Searle.....
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On 12/11/2018 at 2:56 PM, Peckris 2 said:That's a very strange one! If it's artificial lustre, then it's mostly worn away in a natural fashion. Which means - if it was artificially done - then the penny must have circulated after it was lustred. However, they ceased to be legal tender in 1971 and even by then, a 1900 penny wasn't worth very much. That begs the question, why bother?
My own feeling is that the state of wear is VF but with considerable remaining (fairly convincing) lustre. So could this perhaps have been a weak strike and the lustre is original?
One thing's for certain - UNC it ain't!!
That looks exactly like one I had come in this week- I really studied it and did several tests, and I'm convinced it's copper-plated.
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On 11/29/2018 at 10:50 PM, Peckris 2 said:[Adopts tone of voice of the railway bore you dread sitting next to you...] Ah well you see, it's quite easy to tell. I can see from the riffle squod mark that the bullet was made in the North Croydon Works of the Machine Arms Co and they only made them with that particular riffle squod up to 17th August 1914 and the entire consignment apart from one case was used before November 1914 in the Belgian trenches on the Western Front - the one case was used in 1915 but only at Gallipoli so if I was a betting man I'd feel my money was safe in saying that is a 1914 bullet. As I was saying to my friend Roger only last Tuesday - and there's no-one knows more than Roger about riffle... [cont p.94]
I'm enjoying imagining what the accompanying cartoon in Private Eye would look like......
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Just told him it's a fake.....
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The Magna Carta is viewed in the US as absolutely astonishing - something a lot of people over here don't realise.......
If were all pedantic in a serious way, normal life would stop.
Are 'carbon spots' really carbon?
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1 hour ago, Peckris 2 said:1. 52:48 is far too close to apply to a permanent constitutional change - but Cameron was either too stupid, too party political, or too in thrall to the `Euroseptics to apply the normal requirements for referenda. They are NOT general Elections which only apply for a maximum 5 years.
2. An EU judge has ruled that Article 50 is reversible and will cancel Brexit, provided it's not done for flippant, temporary or 'advantage in trade talks' reasons.
I didn't think we HAD a constitution, but I agree- 52:48 result was an instant problem.
Oh- as far as I remember, 'referendum' isn't neuter second declension, but a gerund, 'The asking' which has no plural ending,
so 'referendums' is likely ( jury is still slightly out) to be the correct plural English form. Long time ago. ( Latin and my learning of it. Another gerund there,....( I think)....)
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47 minutes ago, Rob said:I suspect this might make a resurgence, but as for politicians being insulted for the sake of it, most people have better things to do.
It's a great shame they aren't working jointly and constructively for the public good, preferring to play party politics as this is where their true allegiance lies. Greasy poles and all that......
The ONLY reason I voted for Brexit ( I work all over Europe, so leaving badly could screw me up)
was so that the morons at large in 'Government' would screw up or be so blindingly self-serving that people would finally see them for what they are.
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Churchill, Attlee, Thatcher -all were there when needed.
Who is it this time?
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This Yuletide, thou art truly an all-round family entertainer.
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Just had my Microsoft Advent calendar arrive.
I'm not going to open windows 8 or 10......
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Penny Acquisition of the week
in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
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Oooh you could be right Terry - well spotted- I'll dig the coin out when I'm back in the country and have a look.
The 1874 group of die pairings is my favourite- (still looking for an F76) so I have a pile of them, so I'll check them too.
Maybe this is the die that started to break up until spotted at the Mint.
might be interesting to see if the progression is obvious in my pile of spares....