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  1. Peckris 2
    Am I right in thinking he doesn't have to be Charles once king? I'm thinking of his grandad who was Albert ("Bertie") and only became George on accession. Shame really - King Albert would have been a fabulous name. One of Charles' names is Arthur, and wouldn't it be great if we had a King Arthur, albeit one who talks TO plants and OF monstrous carbuncles.
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    Hadn't heard either of those. I quite enjoyed Jane's Addiction, especially the more quiet melodic passages. Can't say I like the Smashing Pumpkins - perhaps I'm too old now for grunk, punge, or whatever term applies to the unholy marriage of punk and grunge.
  3. Peckris 2
    Ah - I understand now. (Your original wording was ambiguous!)
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    The first example is clearly a double strike so I'd discount that. The second is rather faint so I'd not like to say. The third though looks like it could be, especially as there's traces of the down stroke and also something is going on with the loop of the 5 (though that could equally just be damage).
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    I'd be happy to give it EF myself.
  6. Peckris 2
    I'm not so sure. The second stroke of the "3" is too sharply angled towards what would be the top stroke?
  7. Peckris 2
    Careful. We have a very respected forum member who is "Dave G". Suggest you find another name for this one to avoid confusion?
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    Certainly in Britain the 1936 (as usual, following the Abdication) is the most common. 1928 and 1929 are plentiful too, being first two years of essentially the first new reverse since 1902. 1935 I would say next, though not very different from 1931 and 1933 also. 1932 is the third hardest, though quite a bit easier than 1934, and 1930 the hardest. (I'm talking high grades here - none are rare in low grades not even 1930.)
  9. Peckris 2
    I believe the 1971 2p is one of the three most common British coins? The other two being the 1971 1p and 1967 penny.
  10. Peckris 2
    1972 Sorry, I'm afraid the coin is very very boring!
  11. Peckris 2
    I can make out the word COOPERATIVE so I'd suggest it's a Co-op token. But it seems to be reversed?
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    The good news: The GIMP is a powerful open-source photo editor - not as powerful as Photoshop but it has a lot to offer. The bad news: It doesn't follow the more or less common standards that photo editors employ. It's a steep learning curve, though if you haven't done much or any graphics editing, you won't need to 'unlearn' existing standards first. https://www.gimp.org/tutorials/
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    Almost AUNC?
  14. Peckris 2
    The clue was in the words "mock" "up" and "Photoshop"
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    There it is, above
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    Good luck with that - I have the only known example...
  17. Peckris 2
    I'd agree with Rob, except to add that Spink is only about 25 UK£ and might be a useful reference, as even when the prices are out of date it's still a good reference to all types of English coin from Celtic and Roman on.
  18. Peckris 2
    Yes it was the crown apparently. There is an early bronze pattern for the JH (in Peck) where she is wearing a heavy tiara, but she favoured the small crown which was lighter for a long sitting. I once did a Photoshop mock up to show how Boehme's portrait would have looked without a crown:
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    £1. Even in Guernsey.
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    They could have done as with the Old Head, and introduced the bronze 2 years after gold and silver i.e. in 1889. I suspect that the JH was already deeply unpopular by then so they abandoned the idea? Also, I suppose, the last iteration of the bun head was already 'aged' compared to the YH silver so there was less urgency.
  21. Peckris 2
    Ah yes, the unadopted bronze pattern - where did you see this picture?
  22. Peckris 2
    How very retro of Dire Straits...
  23. Peckris 2
    Oh, you can trust me...
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    Let's just hope that the buyer has enough common sense to realise that if it was the mule, it would by now be in 4 figures and rising.
  25. Peckris 2
    To think.. Reaction was the home of Cream and The Who.
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