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6 hours ago, Menger said:
Yup. Ideology is the modern religion.
Yes, but does it have invisible friends?
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On 4/26/2025 at 7:52 AM, Zo Arms said:
That's what my ex wife used to say.
Told me, if I behaved myself, we could have another female instead, one day........
That's what she told me, too!
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6 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said:
A nice enough example - some collectors are a lot less bothered about rim holes than others. I have an UNC 1826 halfcrown with graining weaknesses at 12 and 6 o’clock indicating it might have been held in a brooch or something similar. It’s never bothered me in the slightest.
I used to get weakness at 12and 6 o''clock- turned out to be too much coffee....
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I did have a "whoop" with the first, damaging cough two years ago- very alarming initially!
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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....
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11 hours ago, Citizen H said:
Awesome & concise explanation as to why.... fascinating history as to how things occur.... Many thanks Sylvester
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.
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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.
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9 hours ago, Zo Arms said:
I'm still here. Check in at least once a day.
Mike once asked me why I didn't contribute more. Told him I didn't have much of interest to say. 😐
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....
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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!
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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....
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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:
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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.
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11 hours ago, copper123 said:
better than uranus
You know, I think I've figured out your sense of humour!!
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On 2/7/2025 at 1:39 PM, secret santa said:
Thanks Terry
Maybe weak sea rather than missing, but I've not seen it on 1930 coins.(Can you "not see" what isn't there ??)
The tide went out.
Wait 6 hours, and look at it again.
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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...
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On 2/22/2025 at 5:23 PM, copper123 said:
they call you a boy if you are are a fifty year old in many southern states
...especially if you are in jail....
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23 hours ago, Paddy said:
Good advice from @jelida and welcome to the forum.
Another source of relatively cheap coins is local auctions. You can often buy box loads for only a few pounds. There probably won't be anything valuable in there, but it willl give you experience in sorting, identifying and grading coins. I find sorting through a large pile of coins strangely rewarding, even if there is little in there of much interest.
"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.
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On 2/6/2025 at 12:37 PM, Circulation penny collecto said:
(Finally, as for being compared to Norris Cole, it is an observation and not an insult and i already have my own names for several others on here too who i observe as having similarities to various other "celebrities"!!!)
We have many names for you too, matey.
It's been so exciting having someone like you turn up and give us your opinions.
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Not at all......I know that it's only useful to take things to a certain resolution once the point is made.
I learnt long long ago that if one wishes to get more from a book, re-reading it one letter at a time is a backwards step.....
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I suspect you are over-thinking it.
It's just another fun analogy to keep things lighter.
(If I wanted to be really accurate, I would have stated that on current estimations he only owns about 88% of the ball.)
His ownership of good pennies ( that many of us could have bought) isn't a problem- he's come to the right place.
His deciding his cash can change certain established rules is questionable.
His descriptions of forum members are objectionable.
Are you supporting him in all of these areas?
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2 hours ago, Bernie said:
Are you calling ME a moron Richard! LOL 😂🤣
PS. Thought to be the only existing example.
What? Of a moron? Eh?
No, I'm sure the world is full of morons if you look hard enough...:-)
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