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Peckris 2
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Superb 1904, which is REALLY difficult in top grade. 1893 is only difficult compared to the previous 5 or 6 years which are not hard to find.
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3 hours ago, copper123 said:I started speaking klingon a year ago and everyone treats me like a bloody alien!
kqwakk off...
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Another Scottish one...
"Would ye like a chocolate digestive or a meringue?"
"No, you're nae wrang - I'd love a chocolate digestive"
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9 minutes ago, Sword said:I think they will ask you to subscribe if you have read a free article previously.
yes, I was hit by a paywall too. I wouldn't subscribe to the non-dom billionaire far right BArclay Brothers anyway.
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2 hours ago, copper123 said:I bit like horses losing their jobs when something better turned up
Are you kidding? I had a Triumph Herald that was 80 horse power. That's 80 horses given a new job for just one car!
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12 hours ago, Paddy said:Not necessarily - many of the mobile phone operators add the +44 to the beginning of UK numbers even when communicating entirely within the UK.
That doesn't mean everything else is OK though! 🙂
When I make a booking at Cote Brasserie, they always put +44 where I have to enter my phone number, even though both they and I are in the UK.
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4 hours ago, Chris Perkins said:It's out of print, as you may have gathered. Printing it again worked out so much more expensive than in 2016 so I put it on the back-burner for now.
What's of equal concern is that the last edition of CCGB was only available in print, there was no Kindle edition. I find it very difficult to use print books and rely on there being digital versions. Was there any particular reason for that?
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On 8/5/2023 at 12:59 PM, copper123 said:I would say thats about right ,smaller coins like sixpences and shillings tend to circulate less freely and seem to remain in better condition than halfcrowns after 15 years or so, a shilling would prob be in NVF grade
I think also that especially with 6d's, they are far more protected by their rims than 2/6's and 2/-'s.
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2 hours ago, blakeyboy said:I have an acquaintance who collects expensive whisky.
He has a mouth-watering collection.
He has no idea what any of them taste like.
The world of vinyl collectors is no different. A slightly battered and scratched first pressing of Floyd's 'Piper At the Gates of Dawn ' is still apparently worth more than a slightly later pressing in mint condition where the ONLY difference is that the first doesn't have the words "File under Popular" on the reverse foldback of the sleeve. Sigh.
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9 hours ago, Mr T said:Okay I finally got around to doing it and it looks like the 7 at denticle is a normal 1887 sixpence, besides the date difference. It has 119 rim denticles like Davies 1160 and the leaves and berries all appear the same to me.
definitely NOT a normal 1887 6d!
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9 hours ago, copper123 said:I found a 1942 florin in 1986 or so .
I suspect the 1952 halfcrown spent a long time in a piggy bank or forgotten about in a drawer well it would have been in fine or good fine with normal circulation after 15 years
Agreed. It's AVF/VF+ and as I say CuNi coins are usually no better than F after 15 years.
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On 7/30/2023 at 9:24 PM, 1949threepence said:If you're working from a standard desktop PC, Chris, you should be able to see it at the bottom left of the screen a few seconds after clicking. Just click on it to read.
It will in any case be saved in your downloads.
Yeah, but I don't want to download something just to look at it - a standard link or an inline picture is much preferable.
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This is the currency example - as you can see it seems to have had limited circulation; CuNi halfcrowns reached that grade in only a few years.
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that's the FRITTER variety, only issued in Scotland...
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17 minutes ago, Patrick2023 said:Thanks. Adding to my question, I found this specimen on Noonans auction. Both obv and rev dies do look quite worn (a die crack along Britannia elbow). So was KH16 used solely in the early Soho period? Peck in his book said that “practically certain that KH 10 to 17 were early pieces”. I find it quite odd that these lacking detail pieces were produced in the early period along their counterparts.
Perhaps your example is a Taylor restrike, but @Rob would know whether that's possible from the die(s) in question.
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15 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Some of them you now could obtain at the same absolute price you would have paid then - unadjusted for inflation. A BU 1953 penny being an example.
The 1953 plastic set as well - about £5 back then, and you needn’t pay much more now. It's weird how 1953 was considered a 'scarce year' back then, with no-one apparently realising that millions put coins aside in the first year of a new monarch.
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What I think you're seeing is almost entirely the result of photography - the second slightly less precise focus than the first and third - and also the lighting used. You should also see that - unlike when a coin is scanned not photographed - those 3 pictures each show the coin in a slightly different plane; the second example in particular seems to show that the plane is tilted with the head closer to the camera than the bust.
The scratches on the first are incuse not raised, and therefore not die scratches.
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3 hours ago, 1949threepence said:Not exactly anarchy at that early stage, but you need an alternative to electronic payments in case they break down. Notes and coins are infallible.
"Excuse me, sir, did you print this yourself by any chance? I think you'd better come down the station to help us with our enquiries..."
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I remember when they did "Shakespeare in the Park" here every summer. The first half was in daylight, but during the second half it got dark and the trees were lit with various shades of blue and green lights. Very atmospheric.
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3 hours ago, copper123 said:Yes this also contributed to the bubble in modern coins that happened in the early 70'sand late sixties , its easy to look back in old coin monthlies from that time and be horified at the prices
ie Mint grade 1959 halfcrown £20
Anyone who paid those prices was well and truely stitched up
I've said it before, but the 1970 Coins & Medals annual price guide listed the 1797 twopence in BU at £35, while the 1932 penny in BU was £50.
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On 7/22/2023 at 6:27 PM, VickySilver said:Although it does make me wonder about the actual currency piece that Colin Cooke had for a bit and is written up still on his site. How in the world did it get out into circulation and even more strange how did it manage to be out in channels long enough to pick up that much wear and not be discovered; I also note that it does not appear to be a circulated proof or to be of any special manufacture.
I do remember the late 60s Coin Monthly where this find was mentioned, and the letter from the RM certifying it as genuine.
Until decimalisation was announced as a definite thing in 1966 there was very little interest in postwar coins - I can quite imagine the halfcrown circulating without much notice, not until the Check Your Change booklet appeared, and even Coin Monthly didn't appear until late 1966.
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6 hours ago, Old Money said:A link would be much appreciated rather than something you have to download.
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On 7/19/2023 at 2:54 PM, PWA 1967 said:One i recently purchased ,not the best grade or condition 😀
F16 5+D ONF and looking at Richards Rare penny site i wasnt aware there was so few known.
were you doing the washing up when you posted this? I've never before seen an example of an 1860 PINNY...
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It certainly seems to have the properrties of a proof
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To be honest, that's how I interpreted it as well. I can see how another view is possible - i.e. 'a woman's place is in the home', but that's not how I saw it.