Peckris 2
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Wow, I never knew Bernie was selling his penny collection. I remember his 'Wanted' ads in Coin News in the 90s. I also didn't know he was the owner of the 1954.
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Japanese workers employed in a sewage works were happy to meet each other briefly, like Nips in the shite.
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Amazing that they are nearly all either Harold or William, of 1066 fame. I wouldn't be unduly worried by reduced rarities - for one thing, those two kings from 1066 make them VERY popular, and second, they will be on museum display indefinitely.
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5 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:
The Sale is not online yet and just in this months Coin monthly.
OMG, has Coin Monthly been resurrected?
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On 10/18/2024 at 5:46 PM, secret santa said:
Yes, especially as I messaged him a few days ago to tell him it's a modern replica.
I just did too.
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On 10/10/2024 at 8:37 AM, The Bee said:
Interestingly the 1986 earlier volume covering 1860-1970 is only available in 9 libraries (according to World Cat), 8 of which are in the UK and 1 in South Africa.
So I have set some searches in hopes one will turn up in time.
Best of luck - hope you manage to find one.
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On 9/22/2024 at 9:56 AM, secret santa said:
This was Michael's first book (published in 1986) and is useful as it covers Edward VII to Elizabeth II.
Particularly useful as he divides the pages into horizontal strips so you can align any obverse with any reverse to see both together.
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Basically, you've got one narrow date, and the rest are wide dates. I'll leave it to others to see if there are micro varieties among the latter.
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On 10/1/2024 at 7:29 PM, secret santa said:
I've just checked through my dates from 1882 (F114, F115) through to 1894 when obverse R was used and, like Paddy, my 1890 and 1891 pennies all have the fatter chin, but 1882 to 1888 and 1892 to 1894 have the normal chin. It seems strange that this slightly different obverse was used for a 3 year spell in the middle of a 14 year run.
I've asked Michael Gouby for his views.
Regal disapproval?
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only one of those dated 1983 would be worth good money (that was the year nearly all 2p's were 'TWO PENCE')
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On 9/28/2024 at 1:24 PM, copper123 said:
sounds like the owner or his estate had a good day
On 9/28/2024 at 1:43 PM, Paddy said:... and Noonans too! Commission on all that lot must have been much more than expected.
I suspect it was classed as 'an important collection' - I did note that most items had sound provenance. It's the only explanation that makes sense, though I'm pretty surprised that Noonans hadn't done enough research and so come up with more realistic estimates.
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2 hours ago, copper123 said:
No harm in hoping m8 after all every coin has a hi bidder
this was way out of the ordinary. .. one item had estimate £200 - £260. As I liked it a lot I bid the high £260 (+1). .. it went for £4,200 ... and that was pretty much typical!
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Did anyone here have a look at, or bid on, or even win!, any of the gorgeous Ancient Greek coins in this sale?
I placed a 'highest estimate' bid on a few of the more modestly priced items, hoping I might get one of them. But after the first few lots I knew I wouldn't - everything went for at the very least 5 times estimate, but more often 10 times, and in one or two cases even more ... one lot was estimated £2k - £3k, but went for £40,000!!
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1899 is *the* year for varying date widths - they occur from narrow to very wide
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It looks clearly like a B to me - if you look at the other three Rs on the obverse there is a clear gap between the left down stroke and the curve of the R
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On 9/15/2024 at 7:35 AM, SilverAge3 said:
I'm not very familiar with ½d, especially from this era, does this one look really off, or am i mistaken?
Yes, that's not genuine though it doesn't look like a modern fake - possibly what the Americans call an "evasion", i.e. counterfeited in the 18th century?
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10 hours ago, jelida said:
It is the bottom of the leg of the 7, there is an illusion that the leg of the 7 comes down the left of the void of the 8, when in fact it comes down the right side and aligns perfectly.
Jerry
yes of course. I was seeing the left hand of the lower 8 loop as being the 7 downstroke, when as you say it's actually on the right.
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what's that protruding from the bottom of the 8? certainly not part of the 7.
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can't actually see anything wrong with it - from the pictures.
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yes, a very clear 1865/3 - nice one
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On 9/1/2024 at 10:49 PM, secret santa said:
My article in September's Coin News provides a very timely warning about these coins !
On the other hand, £1 is a fair price for a reasonable repro.
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15 hours ago, Bruce said:
Same here, Florin and Shilling are also with reflective field.
I think it's often a feature in Victorian silver?
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On 8/30/2024 at 8:35 PM, ozjohn said:
I do find it difficult to to believe that a 100 year old high grade coin can remain untarnished when left undisturbed in a draw or similar for most of that time as the other silver items I have start to tarnish after 3 months of so unless wrapped in sulfur free tissue paper.
It's a good point. I have double florins and two JH crowns where the fields look highly reflective, but not polished, and the designs and legends aren’t (not cameo but definitely not very reflective like the fields). It does make you wonder how they have maintained that state.
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4 hours ago, ozjohn said:
The Al foil and Sodium carbonate/Bicarbonate convert the toning, mainly silver sulfide, back to metallic silver .Whereas Goddards' probably etches the surface to remove the silver sulfide. Personally given the chemistry I prefer the Sodium carbonate/ Al foil method as despite the people who like toned coins the truth is toning is corrosion is damage to the surface of the coin whereas the the sodium carbonate / Al foil is returning the silver to the coin's surface.
From Goddards own site:
How Silver Dip Works:
1. Chemical Reaction:
As tarnished silver jewellery is immersed in a silver dip solution, a chemical reaction occurs. Thiourea or potassium thiocyanate in the solution reacts with the silver sulphide, which is broken down into one component, silver, and one component, sulphur.
2. Dissolving tarnish:
The silver sulphide dissolves into the solution as the chemical reaction proceeds, leaving behind a transparent, untarnished silver sheet. During this process, the tarnishing process is reversed, revealing the shiny silver surface underneath.
No mention of 'etching'?
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Chew Valley Hoard of 2500 "Norman" coins
in Free for all
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Agreed - but perhaps they want to keep the hoard together, at least for the time being?