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  1. blakeyboy
    And both sides for identification?
  2. blakeyboy
    Here is my 1861 - 8 over what looks like a much smaller 8.....
  3. blakeyboy
    Agreed on Larson comments at beginning of this thread in 2018 - every bathroom should have a Larson book somewhere in it. Worth looking at afresh. Still wonderful. Here is a pic my mate in Nashville sent me:
  4. blakeyboy
    .....but a pencil must be lead. Stan Laurel
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    Hmm..why would I worry if outbid? Someone wants to pay more than me? I let them have it. Paying more than you wanted, often with a buyers premium, for something that everyone has seen, is how you lose when you think you are winning. Real fun comes from finding something really cheap as a surprise in the bottom of a box etc., and you also then have a story!
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    No, my surveillance cameras catch pretty much everything.....:-)
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    I use a refreshingly simple system- I bid what I feel is my maximum when I see the listing. The last minute bid to be 'clever' bores me - I have a very full busy life and I don't need to turn an auction into a mind game with strangers. 'Snipe' - 'Stealer' - what do those names convey? There you go.
  8. blakeyboy
    If you are in a city, you may find that traffic pollution, particularly nitrogen compounds, are in fact having the biggest effect on silver....
  9. blakeyboy
    Transfer to small dipping bowls. Garnish with chopped parsley and dill. Serves 4-6 people.
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    I only have experience of toning bronze, but an important factor must be common to silver, namely that of temperature. I have a lamp that's on a lot, with a compact fluorescent lamp in it, mounted base down. If you slide a penny that someone has 'cleaned' in between the glass coils, it's supported by its edges, and sits at a nice temperature, and re-toning is surprisingly fast, and even on both sides of the coin. Acetone first is a good idea.
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    TOY COINS

    blakeyboy replied to DrLarry's topic in Free for all

    Met them on the Kennet and Avon years ago- charming people.
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    TOY COINS

    blakeyboy replied to DrLarry's topic in Free for all

    My father's side of the family are still in Kitchener, Ontario. In 1916 they held a referendum to change the township's name to that from....Berlin.....
  14. blakeyboy
    That's how I run my workshop. My accountant has managed to arrange for me to get tax relief on the slippers!
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    ...I meant ...that is a face, and not an arse?
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    Hang on...are you all saying that this is his _face_ ????
  18. blakeyboy
    ...'Comment of the Month' .....excellent!
  19. blakeyboy
    I think the BBC Pips should be released back into the wild....
  20. blakeyboy
    Just had the pips on FM, Apple laptop time, and Junghans radio controlled clock all agree. Ebay is a 24hr clock version of pacific Time.
  21. blakeyboy
    I have many examples of strange things going on in this area, with the die suffering damage, causing extra dots on the reverse, in this exact area.
  22. blakeyboy
    Some coin collectors have been collecting rubbish for just as long.....:-)
  23. blakeyboy
    Speechless...? I am too - didn't even spot it!
  24. blakeyboy
    This is what I'm thinking, propagation delay plus digital latency. Processing takes time- digital's Achilles Heel.
  25. blakeyboy
    Pips on FM and time on MacBook the same, as far as I can see. Online BBC pips miles out- still amusing how slow digital is.
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