TomGoodheart

Ditto.

Did you see this link that was posted on that thread Rob? http://www.parthia.com/parthia_inscriptions.htm

LOL I think I'll pass on the 5ps for now thanks! It's not just French though, that's just where I started! It's Marianne. Or rather a female figure wearing (or carrying) a Phrygian cap. She's "an icon of freedom and democracy against all forms of dictatorship." Marianne typically symbolised Liberty, Reason, the Nation, the Homeland, the civic virtues of the Republic. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne As such she's not just confined to French coins. She also appears on some Portuguese ones, as well as colonies such as New Caledonia, Polynesia. Plus there were many nations inspired by revolutionary fervour, so as well as the Argentinian Dos Centavos I bought there are ones from Chile and other Central American countries. The cap alone appears on Mexican coins. And of course, Marianne, as Liberty features on quite a few American coins. Depending on what I think of my purchases when they arrive I have my eyes on this: Or how about this? And I've been looking at US 'capped bust' cents too. I haven't decided whether to restrict myself to Marianne/Liberty. There are coins with a similar figure but on study she turns out to be Ceres or The Republic. And some coins have just the 'Liberty cap' .. I'm less inclined to include those, but ... Yes, I know it's no different from collecting coins with cats on or octagonal ones (do many of those exist?) but it has long been on my mind to find a cheap sideline collecting theme and suddenly this one occurred to me. I must be feeling rebellious in my old age or something! Vive la révolution! .

Yes, I like that art nouveau style. But the better grades and free of verd coins I saw were out of my price comfort zone so I left it for another day's searching! And a cob (ideally a 'piece of eight!') is on my 'maybe one day' list too!

See what a thread on predecimal can do? Perhaps we should add a safety warning! I didn't mention the worst bit. I've even started to mimic Rob a bit. One coin is nickel, two bronze, two CuNI (though I thought one was aluminium!) and an aluminium/bronze. I've even considered getting a proof! Eeek! Oh, and the coins (still seller's pics) closer to life-size: I think I did OK for €36 (€10 of which was postage!)

Thank you Darth! See what you started! I think I'm going to have to buy some acetone and a few toothpicks too as there might be a spot or two of green. I never had this trouble with 17th century silver! Of course ... I never spent so little on 5 coins before either. Would have been 6 but somehow I missed out the modern 20c when I added them all to my basket!

Why? ...er ... I think I might have a thing for Marianne. Which is to say the embodiment of liberty symbolised by a woman wearing a bobble hat Phrygian cap. Though I believe that, strictly speaking, on the 2 and possibly 10 Francs she is 'The Republic' and on the Dos Centavos, Liberty, rather than Marianne. So shoot me. At least I'm not buying farthings.

And this:

And these:

Oh dear. I think I have gone mad. I believe I just bought these:

I have no reference material for such things Rob. But I posted it to Coin Community for you. I'll let you know what replies, if any, I get in due course.

Well I switched off the filters and took predecimal.com out of compatibility mode and ... I still can't see who likes what. I am just devastated. LOL But on the 'good' side, now I'm not seeing it in compatibility mode, when I click 'Quote' it does now pick up the text I want to quote as it should. In case that helps anyone else.

I'm pretty sure I have one of those PL crowns that Dad picked up during the Festival. And I have to say that despite normally being a ethical sort of chap, if someone really wanted to pay me silly money for it, I doubt I'd complain! eBay is just ... well, it's a world of its own really, isn't it? Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised at the occasional craziness.

Ah, yes. I'm using IE11. Maybe it's a browser quirk ... I suppose it must be difficult to write software that works the same for every OS/Browser combination.

Not on mine, no. All I can see is that I can 'un'like Rob's post that I liked earlier. But then I've been having problems with the new forum. If I click 'quote' it just gives me an empty reply box. To actually quote I have to open 'quote' in a new tab. The URL linking doesn't work for me, instead I get this: and everything locks up. I meant to mention it to Chris earlier but never got round to it! I wondered whether it's because I have Flash and Active X disabled (I'm using IE7). And it won't let me add an image into a post unless I go to edit mode (the little switch above the B[old] at the top of the reply box) Anyone else??

PL 66? Is this a new grade? Lemme guess ... Proof Like? And if so .. what does that mean, exactly ... All I will say is that I don't think it would have made that on ebay.co.uk Edit. I'm tempted to follow suit. I shall start my own grading. Every coin will be placed in a plastic 2"x2" flip and I shall personally write the grade in Sharpie in the outside.. grades will range from WL10 (Washer Like) to CL42 (because it's a Coin, like ..) Particularly nice ones will have a chocolate coffee bean sellotaped to them. And the really dire ones will be attached to a Wings CD using superglue. Charges will be reasonable.

I imagine that there will be a few members who will be sorry to have missed those Rob. Edit: Sorry. I meant " .. will be few members .. " of course.

https://www.spink.com/auction.aspx?id=11008 23 March 2011 but Spink lists it as auction 11008 for some reason. If that's it? Any particular lot?

Apparently she was trying to beat the end of month deadline on ebay and hadn't got the photos ready so will put the correct images in tomorrow. And there was I thinking a poor confused widow left with a handful of coins and some random descriptions!

The seller did mention "my late dennis" so it's possible it was inherited and all the coins have become separated from their descriptions. Maybe ...

Oops. All of these seller's coins look acceptable enough. However most bear absolutely to relation to the description! I did email and ask if maybe the information for each coin had maybe gotten mixed up. And what this "1560 Tudor sixpence" has to do with gentleman's bracelets (which is where it's listed!) I have no idea! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/coin-British-early-tudor-6-pence-1560-in-very-high-grade-/251439436124?pt=UK_Jewellery_MensJewellery_MensBracelets_GL&hash=item3a8af5515c In fact I did suggest that if they were unsure they should visit here and we'd ID their coins for them!

I'm especially taken by the recent replicas and electroplates. I shall have to look out for similar next time I'm visiting a stately home or museum. As you say, genuine Victorian (and Elizabethan of course) pennies exist by the skipload. Curious to go to the effort of making the things!

Any more of this and I'm going to get hammered.

Those are kinda cool!

It certainly is a puzzle! Really my only contribution would be elimination. What I can't see is a cross patonce or a 'T' I agree there does seem to be a pomegranate to the obv. And really what to me looks a bit like the edge of a cross pattée. All overlaid with a number 1. There. No help at all to you!