TomGoodheart

Not so! When you add a playlist to your iPod, it will add it in the order it is sorted by in iTunes. So if you've sorted by title in iTunes, it will add them that way on the iPod. Not so ornery after all. (The same must work for pictures too?) OK, it might order them. But unfortunately the Apple Store guy told me the Touch can't/won't display the name of picture files which is something I need (when you have 500 reference pics of coins you want to know what each is!) A 'pocket computer'? Not so much. As for ornery .. that's perhaps subjective. My daughter has just lost her entire playlist because she tried to load some Spanish lessons from a CD onto her iPod using iTunes. Apple. You either love it or hate it.

The bear and staff one is a fantasy 'coin' that can be bought at Warwick Castle. A popular kids souvenir for £1 or so. My daughter has one somewhere, along with a 'Viking penny' they produce at Jorvik in York. Lead free pewter/ white metal. Sorry. The To Hanover I don't know. Maybe someone else can help. I'm afraid the pics aren't very clear.

Some months back I started to take a hard line with sellers - anything I wasn't 100% happy with went back. Since then I have returned 5 coins for a refund, only one of which caused problems as the seller stuck by his 'no returns' policy. This went to appeal through E-bay's dispute resolution process and in the end I got my money back. Incidentally, I cannot understand why e-bay set 'no returns' as a default i.e. you have to go to some effort to change it. Many sellers completely overlook this clause when inserting items for sale and few seem to stick to it when the chips are down. As I understand it, under the Distance Selling Regulations you have a right to return goods bought at a distance - and therefore which could not be inspected before purchase - within 7 days for a full refund. If eBay suggest that sellers can refuse to accept goods back then I believe they are in error. Of course, if we have any legal experts here who can confirm or deny this it would be appreciated! Regulation summary

Yes, it's true setting your own value is the way to do it. But it kinda pains me to think I might be paying more than I needed to because the seller has pushed up the price himself! Why not just set a reserve? The coin is still at what I consider to be an acceptable price so I may yet try for it. But I'd feel a lot better about ebay if I was buying coins for £10. But with prices approaching £100 any hint that I might be being ripped off and I start thinking twice about that 'Place bid' button. I guess I need to be more dispassionate, decide what I consider to be a fair price and stick to it. But I doubt I'm the only one that looks back through old sales and thinks "Gosh. That looks quite reasonable now. Why on earth didn't I bid on that?"! Agreed, although without the buyer details in full I can no longer see whether all their other purchases are postcards or car parts for a few ££ made to push up their feedback rating. Nor can I see if they 'win' lots of items from a seller but never receive any feedback or have a record of always being the underbidder. (As you can see, I don't like ebay's 'improvements' much!)

I was about to bid on a coin today. Then I noticed that $100 of bidding was from one person who only ever bids on this seller's coins. Now ... I suspect I shan't bother. And am beginning to wonder if ebay is worth the time and effort. What do you all think?

If you can, take a picture of the three best of the oldest ones and post them here with an estimate of how many coins we're looking at. That will give us an idea of how worn they are and what sort of collection it is. I should perhaps warn you that my Dad picked up nice examples from change. Many people did. None of them were worth much. But then there are those that actually buy coins for a collection, in which case, they may be worth more. Or you can strike lucky with a scarce date. Whatever you do, don't clean them! And if they are particularly shiny, best hold them by the edges to avoid marking them.

*sigh* Having looked into it further it appears that not only does itunes resize your images for Apple devices (not a problem) but it also chooses to rearrange them into the order in which they were taken. Which is no use to me at all. I need them in alphabetic order according to title. And apparently it won't do that. Why is it that Apple make the most amazing hardware in the known Universe but tie it in to the most ornery, illogical and unfriendly piece of software? I loathe itunes with a vengance. It's like it was designed by the demons of Hell to torment us. And that's only on the basis of what it does to my wife's 1st gen Shuffle. That and how it totally screwed up all the music on two pcs to fit its own incomprehensible preferences. Another 'No Sale' for Mr Jobs then. (One of those Creative Zens looks good. Drag and drop and a reasonable screen. Though I did have this fantasy of picking up my email while sitting in Costas sipping cappuccino .. But that adds wifi capability (and maybe a 5" screen) to the 'wants' and consequently £££).

I was (naively perhaps) hoping that it would automatically resize the pics to fit the screen. And only when you zoom would it enlarge the overall pic to whatever size (definition) your original image happened to be. It would be very time consuming if I had to resize every image to optimise it!

Mmm .. OK. I'm re-thinking things! Because, seed sown, I started to think it would be pretty handy to be able to access my reference pics of coins wherever I happen to be and something like the iphone (or actually the ipod touch) could just as easily store images (.jpegs) as music. And mapping or picking up email would be icing on the cake. So I wondered, does anyone here keep loads of pics on their ipod? (I need about 100MB storage) Are they easy to access (I can scroll through pics on my laptop in seconds just by holding down the right arrow). Does the file name display (as it does in Windows Photo Gallery) because I'd like that? Can you zoom, does the image turn with tilting the ipod and most importantly, what is the quality of the displayed images (I want to view images from 600 x 300 pixels at 96 dpi to 1742 x 848 pixels at up to 600 dpi)? Anyone know? Because I'm so Luddite none of my friends has one to try out!

For most of these commemorative medals it's very difficult to fix a value. Some were struck in precious metal such as silver in which case they are worth (at a minimum) scrap price. But most are cupronickel or another base metal in which case they are not worth a great deal simply because so many were made. And unlike coins of the realm, there's nothing to stop people producing them even now, years after the event! If they were designed by a well known sculptor, made by a well known company, are particularly attractive or associated with an item of historical interest such as an actual invitation to the ceremony in Carnarvon castle, then their value will be greater. I believe there will always be someone somewhere that wants an item. But to realise a decent price you need at least two people to compete for it! I'm sure there are some who collect Investiture medals and possibly there are books that tell people which ones are scarcer, but it's a specialist area really. The majority of modern commemorative medallions are just souvenirs I'm afraid. Worth more to the person that bought them for sentimental value than actual cash. Sorry.

OK. I've checked out the extra options and do seem to have the ability to tidy up posts. I don't know if Chris has given anyone else mod powers. I'm on here at all sorts of hours most days and if not, then normally at least a couple of times a week. But I don't always read every new post or visit every area of the board, so if anyone does spot any spam feel free to pm me. I'll check it out as soon as I'm here and do what I can to tidy things up.

Oooh the power! I feel dizzy already! Chris Perkins, on 19 August 2010 - 09:55 PM, said Don't break anything. I'll do me best!

I was meeting some friends in an establishment called 'The Cock Inn' (I know, I know...). I hadn't realised my predictive messaging was on and when I re-read the message it was directing my unsuspecting acquaintances to 'The Anal Inn'. Honestly, how does 'cock' become 'anal'? LOLOLOL! While sometimes being able to refer to my (numerous) reference photos of coins would be handy I'm not so bothered that I'd currently go down the smartphone route. However, that said, it was nice to have a phone that could pick up emails when we were away on holiday recently and received an email from daughter in South America. Now that technology I approve of!

Oh and congrats on the new house! (And apologies for moaning!)

Well, I'm sad enough that I'm here fairly regularly these days so *fingerwave* if it's not technical (I'm still waiting for my membership of the Luddite Society to arrive but since it's coming by mule, who knows when that might be!) I'm happy to bugger things up I mean delete spammy stuff! The only other area I've noticed a lot of rubbish in is Coin Collecting Software which was spammed on 2 August if memory serves me correct.

OOh! It's gone. That was blooming quick Chris! Thank you. (And 'hello' nice to see you about!)

There seems to be spam in the Rotographic research thread. Which would just be annoying, but that particular area is only supposed to be visible to specified members and certainly not accessible for posting, even to the majority of members. Now I'm wondering about just deleting my posts and leaving. I know that sounds a bit overdramatic but I'm kinda pissed off to be honest. I don't particularly want my collecting interests or potentially other details available to all and sundry. I did email Chris. I'll see what happens as a result.

Free is always good! How much? Sadly the wear on the portrait does reduce value but I've seen coins like this (where the mint mark and legend are legible) sell (again on places like ebay) but you'd be looking at only a few quid really. Perhaps £15 very max unless you're lucky. As for me, unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately!) I've reached a stage in collecting where there are only perhaps one or two coins out of every hundred I really want/need. Yeah, makes me impossible to buy for at Christmas, but what can you do?

thanks man i have a few coins so far but have no idea how much thier worth i put them up in the other forum but no answers yet More people are on in the evenings (UK/European time) so maybe in a few more hours?

For a second issue shilling in Fair to Fine I'd expect to pay £30 to £40. If I sold one on ebay I'd hope to get between £20 and £30. All prices are of course just an estimate, but for commoner issues like this condition is everything when it comes to price. If that helps?

Hi newcollector. You don't say what kind of coins. There are published books which describe every sort of coin from the very oldest (Bronze age) to the newest and many with prices. But there are just too many coins for one book to cover everything. Chris, the owner of this site publishes a very good range of books such as Collectors Coins GB (just click on the predecimal link up the top left of the screen and look under books). But without knowing what interests you it's difficult to be specific. I've certainly found libraries helpful. While they don't always have the latest edition they often have books about coins from around the world which might help. Or if you have an interest in a particular denomination (face value), date range/ruler or country, someone here might be able to point you in the right direction. Of if you just have a coin you want valued, post a picture and agin, we'll do what we can to advise!

Yes, each to their own I guess. I can appreciate the KNs and the MEs. But the different prong alignments of the trident or spacing of the date are of less interest to me. And the occasional dot due to die failure or damage, they just leave me cold I'm afraid. Then if we all liked the same things it'd be rather boring wouldn't it?

LOL Not enough coffee more like! Seriously, even if it were a genuine impression of a genuine 1933 penny, a '33 is just a pattern to me. They were never meant for circulation so it's more of an oddity. They (to me) have the same status as the 1937 Kitchener threepence. An curious rarity because so few exist, but for me a coin needs to have been meant for circulation to make it interesting.

So what is that then Az? A repro? Where's the pic from - did you say the seller of the foils sold it on ebay earlier - in which case it's conclusive. Even if not, Britannia's face and hand don't look right. It surely isn't an original 1933 coin? (Or am I losing my touch?)

I would never bid in a 'private listing' bidding on ebay. I think it's just asking to be shilled and I have no idea why ebay ever went down that route. With the 'old' system you could see who you were bidding against and it was easy to identify sellers that bidded up their own items with fake accounts. Now, it's impossible. Oops. I digress. Nice bit of tinfoil there. I've one exactly like it, only instead of being ruined by being wrapped around a coin, it's perfectly flat. Shall we start the bidding at £200?