Master Jmd

well, ive never heard it ... "When students mature in years 10 and 11 (my year) it is rather unfashonable to 'peanut' someone" Yes, but there are many immature students in my year 10 ...

Rubbish. All silver coins pre-1920 contain .925 silver. Silver coins from 1920-1946 contain merely .500 silver. yes well...i collect bronze and copper...not silver

It's when the older boys make your tie so tight that the knot is peanut sized! Well...thats a new turm for it... I got tons of Hwk if i can remember starting year 7...

The content of the coin is not nessessarily the coins worth...if a coin can be found on the everyday market then that coin would have a low price...if the coin was hardly ever seen on the market then the coin would be more expencieve... Also, the mintage of the coin plays a significant role in the coins value...take pennies for example; a 1967 penny (has a high mintage) in BU condition is worth about 50p, whereas a 1952 penny (very low mintage) in BU condition is worth about £36... It all depends on these conditions (there may be more, but it is early in the morning ), including its grade... All silver coins of britain (pre-1947) contain around 0.925 silver...

Im sure he's ok...maybe his parents told him to concentrate more on school and leave coinage for the holidays (as he has only just passed his 11+ and in a new school) ...But who knows?

Easy mistake

I believe that the laurel examples have 'LAUREL' somewhere around the date... But as chris said, they are normally smaler than the real thing...

It is a 'toy' piece, probably a laurel...(?)

For only 99p! So, he recalls his great grandfather collecting them between 1902-1910...

yea, that probably is the case...

hmm...holiday, at this time of the year?...especially for school...

"stunning EF", AD 194... That is one of the reasons that i do not trust eBay...even though i have bought from the seller (curlietailz) before with no probs.

it took me a while though, i tried the station that you said and that took me to my local raidio...but i eventually found it through the BBC's website

probably because school kids have gone back a few weeks ago after taking holidays etc... And yes, i think that i saw that tumble weed too

Interesting...but i think i would prefer the whole penny, not quater of it

Ok, i received a tin of coins today from my aunt, and one of which was was a copper/bronze(?) token type coin. Obverse: H.R.H THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, circled around the bust of (presumably) princess Charlotte. Reverse: BRITANNIA MOURNS HER PRINCESS DEAD., in legend circled around an picture of a palmtree above an urn on a podium(?), DIED NOV.6 1817 AGED 21 in exergue. Measures exactly 1 inch, and is slightly offstruck with the edge being wider on one side. Any ideas? Geoff?

On UNC coins the toning never mixes with the little lustre that remains (on older than 1900 coins) i think

I do agree with you, but only on the timescale that i said in your previous UNC post

I think that Iranian can be used...one could say an English penny Yes, i should definately stay out of foreign and ancient coins...sorry if i wasted your time

Hmm...i tried... I meant at unc for the Tudor stuff...in some of the spink auctions there are tudor coins that are regarded as unc By higher than UNC, i meant something like ABU...but now you mention it, itdoes seem a bit high up

Less than 1 cm One Penny...hmm...could it be a 'toy' piece?

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Many people who post about their coins do not realize that we (the members of the forum) cannot value or identify a coin unless we know the exact specifications of the coin. The size, metal type and a brief description of the designs and words usually helps. Please also read sections from the below hyperlinks BEFORE posting in this section of the Predecimal/Rotographic forum: Grade information (most important!) Celtic Coinage The majority of Celtic coins were struck by hand, sometimes resulting in a loss of definition through well striking. In addition, the design on the dies was often bigger than the blank flan employed, resulting in the loss of some of the design. Coins with full legends are generally more valueble than examples with incomplete legends. (Quote from Spink 2004 Coins of England Catalouge. Grades for Celtic coinage (and most of the coinage up to Charles I) hardly ever are found above VF, GVF at best. Fine = Some detail (especially in centre of coin) still clear, mostly worn. Very Fine = Some detail (especially in centre of coin) still clear including some of the legend, not as worn as Fine, but still quite worn. Roman Coinage Generally as above, but more of the legend is see-able. At best the grade could go to NEF at push. Anglo Saxon Still as above, but with slightly more detail showing, later examples could get to EF at push. Plantagenet Kings - House of Tudor As above, but more detail and at push the grade could go to UNC or even higher! Should i clean my coins It is not as much of a 'sin' to clean older coinage, many collectors do clean their Celtic - Hammered coins to bring out the detail in them or to get the dirt off of them. Although its not 'ok' to clean these coins but it is not much of a de-valuer to clean them lightly. Umm...what does it mean (Dictionary of Coinage terms) Buying Coins Online Please also use the search facility in this forum because we often find that the same kinds of things get asked twice. Remember that the list of topics you see cuts off after a certain number of days, and that there is an awful lot of info to explore in here. Thanks for visiting.

Many people who post about their coins do not realize that we (the members of the forum) cannot value or identify a coin unless we know the exact specifications of the coin. The country (generaly helps), the size, metal type and a brief description of the designs and words usually helps (If it is in a language such as Iranian and your keyboard can not type the words then please put a description of what the letters are like). Example pictures of foreign coins (for aid of identification): Austrailian Penny Australian 50 Cents Sri Lanka 1 Stiver Gurnsey 8 doubles India 1/4 Rupee India Half Rupee Jersey 1/12 Shilling Please also use the search facility in this forum because we often find that the same kinds of things get asked twice. Remember that the list of topics you see cuts off after a certain number of days, and that there is an awful lot of info to explore in here. Thanks for visiting.