TomGoodheart

If a spammer, then the bots are getting even more intelligent - making up usernames that have some relevance to the forum in question! Oh, I assumed that, similar to the people that phone regularly to tell me they are from Microsoft and need to remove viruses from my computer, it's a room full of graduates somewhere in India that are paid to register on forums and make a post. However I have no idea why! It's not like the old days where they included a link to Russian brides in their post. They just seem to post once then go away ... what's in it for them? Even if it's a super-intelligent bot, very clever to link in to the theme of the site, but .. why bother??

Odd. I carry a few old predecimal coins around. Maybe someone did the same and accidentally it got into change. I'm sure I read somewhere (I think it was another forum) of someone that recently found a William III coin in change! Maybe some wealthy numismatist is slipping a few old coins into change to spark people's interest!

Boulton restrikes? And I think you could add to that the Dutch restrikes of Cromwellian coins and Victorian fantasies, which may include some of the Civil War coins like the Fortuna Resurgam pieces. Made because there was a collector demand for them.

I'm always a bit reluctant to assume that everyone with an IP in the Indian sub-continent is a spammer. Fortunately most give themselves away by the randomness of their posts! In this case I thought I'd give national coin depository the benefit of the doubt and allow a day or two for him/her to make a contribution. If there's none I'll get rid of the thread.

Rupees from the IP address ...

... apart of course from those who saw tanners up until 1980, shillings up until 1990, and florins up until 1992 - not to mention the odd halfpenny being palmed for a 2p! ??????? :lol: :lol:

Sadly, not me. But next week I shall be interested to see if any new stock turns up on dealers lists. Who knows? Maybe a few nice but long-forgotten Chas I shillings might appear across the tables ... he says hopefully!

Very condescending, as opposed to those of low self esteem who bolster their self importance by talking about how much money they spend buying and selling coins to the hoi polloi. LOL I was just thinking of my colleagues at work and the kids at my wife's school who picked the Olympic design 50ps from change AardHawk. Unless over time they start to get into the hobby I don't suppose many of them would consider actually buying a coin they can find or swap. They aren't any less coin collectors than I am for that. But it is a different aspect to the hobby from the one many here pursue. I'm assuming a near-unique specimen gold 50p will command a decent price. And was just questioning what sort of collector might think it worthwhile to pay it ...

Thanks guys! And Happy Birthday Colin! Personally I have found life to have been good these last few years, I'm more chilled, work/life balance is good and I feel well. So while I'm not sure about life starting at 40, I'm quite enjoying approaching (?) middle age!

I agree with Peter in that I imagine the sorts of people who collect modern decimal issues probably aren't used to spending the sort of money that you'd need to collect patterns, proofs and specimen coins (or whichever category a gold 50p would come under). Most likely it would do best being slabbed and sold in the US to someone who collects modern gold commemoratives. Price? Well, I've no idea how much interest there would be in such an items, so it's difficult to say quite what it might make.

I've sent Chris a message.

Is this the coin that sold at London Coins 112 (March 2006) Lot 1172? "Penny 1806 Peck 1325 in Gilt base of 1 missing and 0 open at the top nFDC with some minor field imperfections " In which case someone is aiming to make big gains on the £290 hammer paid at the time ...

Nice Pandas. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-FIRST-STRIKE-MS70-PCGS-1OZ-SILVER-PANDA-LOW-POP-/221349273497?clk_rvr_id=572529145168

Hmmm ... no Apple products in my house so I wouldn't even know how to check if there's a problem. I'll try and let Chris know.

I'm surprised you've seen even three cheques Dave. I though they were extinct in Deutschland! We now pay our window cleaner directly by electronic payment. However they have to give us their account details, which I can see some people might be cautious about. Plus they have to reconcile the payments via their statements and I can see that it's easier when you have a cheque in hand to know someone has paid! I know cheques are simpler for individuals like me and cheaper than PayPal if the payer doesn't want or can't make a direct payment. Having said that, for Christmas I got a cheque from the In-Laws plus an electronic credit. The cheque was just so there was something physical to give on the day! As for NFC, well, I've seen videos of people electronically picking the pockets of NFC card holders, so I shan't be trying that any time soon! Oddly, according to Wikipedia, the US still relies heavily on cheques (or checks). To the extent that (it says) when some people pay electronically their banks then send a cheque to the recipient's bank to cover the payment!

So I just decided to buy a coin from a dealer and he'd like a cheque. Which is fine as I still have a book of the things, although of course, I no longer carry it everywhere with me as I used to. But it got me wondering, who here still uses them? Personally, I still find them useful at times. OK, there are ways to pay electronically. But sometimes a cheque is simplest and just costs £149 to price of a stamp to send. Though I suspect actually being able to write out numbers in full is becoming a dying art! Apparently the UK Payments Council announced in December 2009 that cheques would be phased out by October 2018, but only if adequate alternatives are developed. I still feel there's a place for the things. You?

An altogether better bot, I'd bet. And if not, I apologise for blocking your account armia.

An interesting idea Rob. I had a quick look at my coins and think it's curious that my rarest three (Sharp C1/1, C2/2 and D1/2) all have five dots to the left of the privy mark. Tempting to think of 'Mafter Fivedotte' as a senior coyner/experimenter at the mint!

This is the Hunterian example Alan. As you can see, despite the scratch, evenly well made. And as Rob says, fine work strikings seem to have been made using the earliest (or previous) mint mark. I think with the weaknesses of the centres and use of contraction stops rather than colons my feeling is not fine work. Though on a good round flan, so I can see how the previous owner felt it might be.

Ah, sorry about the typo in the thread title. That should of course have read Noo Yoik sale ...

I noticed a few halfpennies (including an 1869) and pennies in this sale. For those that like such things ... Pages 111-116 http://www.baldwin.co.uk/media/cms/auction-archive/auction-ny32-33/BALDWINS%20NewYorkSale%2032%20-%2004%20-%20WORLD%20COINS.pdf

This site allows you to find the historic exchange rates for most major currencies back to 2004. Useful if you want to see what a coin sold via Heritage in 2002 would have cost in ££: http://www.x-rates.com/historical/

Welcome Steve. Photos would help people gauge what you have. You can find info on how to add photos to a post here: http://www.predecimal.com/forum/topic/7880-posting-pics/

You have email from me Richard Replied! Hope it helps!

The shamrock/flax £1 is ok. But the others .. meh. "We wanted to reveal the coins to the British public and show the incredible works of art they can expect to see enter circulation this year." waiting ....