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Not to worry. Just one of those things

Agreed Bob - the majority do indeed appear to have the broken 6.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all

What makes me cringe is "should of" "would of" and "could of", instead of "have", along with "loose" for "lose" As for text speak, well I'll cu L8er m8

I've no problem with David Cameron, Iain Duncan-Smith, Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne, nor Gideon "George" Osborne.

I get this - link

Thanks a lot - much appreciated. Can see it now.

Could you possibly post a proper link on here? Thanks. Weird that two of us can't see the site.

No, not just you. As I said 2 posts before you, the web address is not bringing anything up (either of them) ETA: Tried on my PC, tablet (using a separate secure network) and my laptop - nothing on any of them. We could do with a non greyed out clicky.

I've copied and pasted both those addresses into my google bar and it's not coming up with anything

I will too, although I bet it'll be in the crosshairs of many collectors by now.

Have you tried accessing from a different device? - just a thought.

Interesting. My old short cut does still work OK. I wonder if the new set up is incompatible with the operating system on Stewie's browser. That's always a possibility. Normally, these new set ups have backwards compatibility, but maybe this one hasn't. It migt be as simple as converting from say, Internet Explorer to Chrome. I had to do that to continue accessing one site a year or two back.

Good thinking I've just tried the forum on my tablet (2013 nexus 7) and it's fine. But on there, I did get a little pop up window asking me if I wanted to allow or block browser notifications, so I clicked block, and now under notification settings, I've got a red box with a white cross in it saying "browser notifications disabled". Of course, this will also apply to private messages, si I may change back.

Agree with Bob. It looks like a classic 1860/59 to me. They mostly all look pretty much like that.

I got the same message for my username, David.

It is a bit. Not sure why a complete notification opt out isn't available. Maybe Chris can tell us. Might just be the way the software has been built.

Just a thought about that - it doesn't allow you to completely opt out, so I've gone for one e mail a week, containing all notifications.

Can't see a member's list under this new set up.

Some on this site In fact there's all manner of interesting coin related literature, much of it historic.

Thanks for the useful information, gents.

Obviously with them being so scarce, you're lucky to get a halfway reasonable one. What are yours like then, Pete?

Discounting proofs and stuff from modern mint sealed bags, all coins have been handled by somebody, I've never had someone give me change using cotton gloves or handling every individual coin by the edge! Just serendipidy that some coins develop a fingerprint or carbon spots as they age, there's a lot to be said for nice even toning on bronze rather than chasing lustre I agree, David.

Superb coin and so rare. I don't think anything can be done for the Freeman 69 that I have. It was polished probably decades ago, with brasso or something. That tell tale sheen never leaves, despite some re-toning in the interim. Here's a picture of it. It doesn't look polished in the pic, but it is:- 1874H F69 reverse 1874H F69 obverse Shame because it's otherwise not too bad for a quite rare specimen.

Although I'd hazard a guess that the vast majority of fingerprints on such coins, appeared during, or shortly after, the brief time they were in actual circulation. So the fingerprint is most likely from someone long dead. I'm not sure how careless or otherwise staff at specialist coin auction houses are. Do you have any evidence to support an assertion that they handle them carelessly? What does bug me are those endless pics on e bay with a coin photograohed in somebody's hand. At the auctions I've attended, the coins are in and out of the wallets at a million miles an hour, and being handled by anyone who wants to inspect it.Not good as far as UNC examples are concerned. Not such an issue on below EF.