Peckris

If you want good portrait Lizzies sell your house now.(I have a few nice ones under wraps) Being at the right place at the right time helps. It is not a subject you would race into unless you had 5 bullets in each of your Colts and several years study. I know Tom (Richard) goes for Ch1 1/- and Stewart (Coinery) love Liz 1. I'm 10 years behind both. We all have our Nr 1 subjects Georges 3 and 5 do it for me The odd ones? No, George 7 was the REALLY odd one It's a sheltered housing complex, but the move itself is driving me slowly bananas. The OTs won't put me grab rails in the kitchen (and I would fall over without them ) because the work surfaces are granite. Which actually means granite veneer over chipboard, so I'm not sure what the big deal is.

Which particular item on that page were you talking about Rob - the large quantity of free soil??? It's been taken down. The original item offered for free was this ad. 100% free dog manure mixture of terrier and lurcher Salford, Manchester lee on 07760930418 100% FREE dog manure i have a garden full of dog manure free to a good home its a mixture of terrier and lurcher collectoin only I copied it as I thought it might not survive very long. Dog MANURE??? First time I've ever heard the revolting stuff referred to as manure!

If you want good portrait Lizzies sell your house now.(I have a few nice ones under wraps) Being at the right place at the right time helps. It is not a subject you would race into unless you had 5 bullets in each of your Colts and several years study. I know Tom (Richard) goes for Ch1 1/- and Stewart (Coinery) love Liz 1. I'm 10 years behind both. We all have our Nr 1 subjects Georges 3 and 5 do it for me

Which particular item on that page were you talking about Rob - the large quantity of free soil???

For $25 I like iCollect and I am sure it will get better with newer versions. At that price it is very good value for money. It is just the idea of having to re-key my entire collection which is almost a thousand sixpences not to mention a good number of other coins. Holy hell! Thats a lot of typing!!!!! Well for me its only about 300! I even think thats quite a lot. I have been looking at Bento and it looks very good, I like the fact I can sync to the iphone which means the collection is at my fingertips and means I wont buy a coin when out and about that I already have or one not on my list ( a really bloody annoying trait; oh that looks nice !!!). I am still undecided but I am having a go at messing around with icollect and have a good look into bento. Just wanted to say that I do appreciate you drawing my attention to iCollect. Your welcome Jaggy, Just to draw your attention to what Peckris was advising I have managed to get a demo going of Bento 4 and have found a coin catalogue template, this is fully editable on Bento and you can drag and drop pictures into the template as well. This is the coin template My Bento 2 Coin template Although I can import from excel into a blank spreadsheet on Bento I tried to import directly to the coin template, no luck so far, something to do with the fields probably. Maybe it would be easier to go back to a notebook and pen !!!! I will keep messing and see what works for me. Yeah - when you import from one FMP database into another, you can get into a muddle with fields that aren't named the same. It's probably the same with Excel > Bento (a column in Excel = a field in BEnto). OR, it may be to do with the fact that the template was designed by an external user, not provided by Bento directly (though why that should interfere with basic functionality is anyone's guess). I notice there is a "Chicken Records" template also More Bernard Matthews than Col. Sanders I should think! I have managed to get the import sorted I think, field names was the issue, and have got my running totals up OUCH!!!! Well I did have them up on excel but I never paid attention to thescroll to the bottom of each sheet! As to the templates each to their own but some of the templates I have had only one thing pop into my head; Really????????? At the minute I am swaying towards Bento its really easy to use and I still love the fact that you can sync it with your iPhone. Many thanks for bringing this to my attention Peckris. You're welcome One more (apocryphal?) Churchill story to add to your signature - on being shown a memo advising on the correct use of English, e.g. not ending sentences with a preposition, Churchill scrawled in the margin "This is the kind of nonsense up with which I shall not put" !

For $25 I like iCollect and I am sure it will get better with newer versions. At that price it is very good value for money. It is just the idea of having to re-key my entire collection which is almost a thousand sixpences not to mention a good number of other coins. Holy hell! Thats a lot of typing!!!!! Well for me its only about 300! I even think thats quite a lot. I have been looking at Bento and it looks very good, I like the fact I can sync to the iphone which means the collection is at my fingertips and means I wont buy a coin when out and about that I already have or one not on my list ( a really bloody annoying trait; oh that looks nice !!!). I am still undecided but I am having a go at messing around with icollect and have a good look into bento. Just wanted to say that I do appreciate you drawing my attention to iCollect. Your welcome Jaggy, Just to draw your attention to what Peckris was advising I have managed to get a demo going of Bento 4 and have found a coin catalogue template, this is fully editable on Bento and you can drag and drop pictures into the template as well. This is the coin template My Bento 2 Coin template Although I can import from excel into a blank spreadsheet on Bento I tried to import directly to the coin template, no luck so far, something to do with the fields probably. Maybe it would be easier to go back to a notebook and pen !!!! I will keep messing and see what works for me. Yeah - when you import from one FMP database into another, you can get into a muddle with fields that aren't named the same. It's probably the same with Excel > Bento (a column in Excel = a field in BEnto). OR, it may be to do with the fact that the template was designed by an external user, not provided by Bento directly (though why that should interfere with basic functionality is anyone's guess). I notice there is a "Chicken Records" template also More Bernard Matthews than Col. Sanders I should think!

1. I think the original question wanted to know if it is a database of British coins? Which would be pretty damn useful, and a computerised Spink if such a thing exists. "A database that's already been set up" in this case is simply a blank pro-forma into which you input your own coins, right? (Which is what mine is - it all had to be input by hand, and new coins added manually). 2. Not as long as you might think. I used to be a computer programmer, and FileMaker's scripting language (which no user HAS to use - you can set up a working database without any knowledge of scripting at all) is fairly simple and basic. It's just knowing how to do what you want to do, which I suppose is the same in any computer language. Being a relational database, I have a separate table of values for each coin, and simply add a new record for each coin when values change. Then in the master database, I have a layout with a portal to the related file which pulls in all the values it has for each coin. When I said "going back to the 60s", that doesn't mean every year! I have 1965/6, 1968/9, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1997/8, and every few years from 2000 to the present. The critical periods were from the late 60s to 1980, then it subsided and stagnated for ages, and started to take off again from the late 90s. Sorry Peckris, I meant it was an empty blank database with which you would have to enter the data, I believe that you would have to collate from a few sources though. Your second answer makes a lot more sense now! It must be nice to see the appreciation in value of certain coins? Jaggy I wholeheartedly agree with your pros and cons, are you making the switch then? Regards Honest answer is that I haven't decided yet. I like the software and I like the price. What is putting me off is 1) the need to re-key everything. If there was an import function then I wouldn't hesitate and 2) the lack of a print engine. You see, this is where FileMaker makes a lot more sense. You can 1) import all your data from an Excel spreadsheet, and 2) you can create layouts specially for printing, with fields you select, and arranged exactly how you want. Problem is, FileMaker is a tad pricey. Now if its 'home and domestic' little brother Bento will do both of those, you're made! Bento is pretty cheap but has grown more powerful since its original incarnation. (Bento can certainly do the Excel import thing, I just Googled: http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6965/~/importing-data-into-bento-2,-bento-3-and-bento-4 ) Oh, and Bento is $49 on a Mac, but $5 on an iPhone or iPad

1. I think the original question wanted to know if it is a database of British coins? Which would be pretty damn useful, and a computerised Spink if such a thing exists. "A database that's already been set up" in this case is simply a blank pro-forma into which you input your own coins, right? (Which is what mine is - it all had to be input by hand, and new coins added manually). 2. Not as long as you might think. I used to be a computer programmer, and FileMaker's scripting language (which no user HAS to use - you can set up a working database without any knowledge of scripting at all) is fairly simple and basic. It's just knowing how to do what you want to do, which I suppose is the same in any computer language. Being a relational database, I have a separate table of values for each coin, and simply add a new record for each coin when values change. Then in the master database, I have a layout with a portal to the related file which pulls in all the values it has for each coin. When I said "going back to the 60s", that doesn't mean every year! I have 1965/6, 1968/9, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1997/8, and every few years from 2000 to the present. The critical periods were from the late 60s to 1980, then it subsided and stagnated for ages, and started to take off again from the late 90s. Sorry Peckris, I meant it was an empty blank database with which you would have to enter the data, I believe that you would have to collate from a few sources though. Your second answer makes a lot more sense now! It must be nice to see the appreciation in value of certain coins? Jaggy I wholeheartedly agree with your pros and cons, are you making the switch then? Regards Honest answer is that I haven't decided yet. I like the software and I like the price. What is putting me off is 1) the need to re-key everything. If there was an import function then I wouldn't hesitate and 2) the lack of a print engine. You see, this is where FileMaker makes a lot more sense. You can 1) import all your data from an Excel spreadsheet, and 2) you can create layouts specially for printing, with fields you select, and arranged exactly how you want. Problem is, FileMaker is a tad pricey. Now if its 'home and domestic' little brother Bento will do both of those, you're made! Bento is pretty cheap but has grown more powerful since its original incarnation. (Bento can certainly do the Excel import thing, I just Googled: http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6965/~/importing-data-into-bento-2,-bento-3-and-bento-4 )

They do it to try and make sure that their listing appears first in the list because the default sort criterion is price. Are you sure? If I don't set anything, the default they select is "Soonest ending"

1. I think the original question wanted to know if it is a database of British coins? Which would be pretty damn useful, and a computerised Spink if such a thing exists. "A database that's already been set up" in this case is simply a blank pro-forma into which you input your own coins, right? (Which is what mine is - it all had to be input by hand, and new coins added manually). 2. Not as long as you might think. I used to be a computer programmer, and FileMaker's scripting language (which no user HAS to use - you can set up a working database without any knowledge of scripting at all) is fairly simple and basic. It's just knowing how to do what you want to do, which I suppose is the same in any computer language. Being a relational database, I have a separate table of values for each coin, and simply add a new record for each coin when values change. Then in the master database, I have a layout with a portal to the related file which pulls in all the values it has for each coin. When I said "going back to the 60s", that doesn't mean every year! I have 1965/6, 1968/9, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1997/8, and every few years from 2000 to the present. The critical periods were from the late 60s to 1980, then it subsided and stagnated for ages, and started to take off again from the late 90s.

Спасибо to you too

Yes, too much red for comfort! Instead of cropping, you could just 'magic wand' select the red in an image editor and change it to - say - dark blue.

While none of those GV coins is UNC, you still got an absolute bargain for the whole lot - including the crowns - at £70.

He didn't get that message in time it seems. But equally, we should perhaps avoid "quoting" a post that includes the same information? (I've fallen into that trap too ). Happier? All we're left with now is his original post, which he is now too late to Edit!

It's difficult to say. I've been using FileMaker Pro for my coins since 1994 (System 7 Powerbook, FMP v2) and now use FMP v10 on an Intel iMac. In that time, it's grown organically to be quite a complex and sophisticated database, but more to the point, it exactly suits my own needs, being bespoke. And you would find the same with Excel if you feel comfortable with that. I had a quick look at iCollect, and while fairly simple and clearly laid out, I'm not sure how much room there is for expansion? For example, my own database contains a complex calculation after inputting Spink values, shows a history of values back to the 60s, has ample text and comment fields for when I need them, pulls in pictures from a related file, stores locations, full purchase details, and even where when and to whom I disposed of it if that applies. If you're anything like me, you would soon get frustrated by software that didn't allow you to expand to suit your needs. It's your call, I guess.

He didn't get that message in time it seems. But equally, we should perhaps avoid "quoting" a post that includes the same information? (I've fallen into that trap too ).

I have the silver (pewter?) version of that Diamond Jubilee medallion. It's a nice design, though not rare. From what I can remember of my schoolboy Latin, the inscription seems to be saying (I paraphrase ) "Length of reign in her right hand, glory in her left". BTW washing silver in soapy water will remove superficial dirt but won't give a 'cleaned' appearance. That 17thC Crown looks as though something a bit stronger was used? Unless he really scrubbed it, of course!

IF... you collect by date AND... the lots are cheap THEN... it would be ok I suppose.

Thank you both Peter, as in "booze booze booze Chinky booze booze booze"?

Thanks, Nick, I did read that one, but tuned-out when it mentioned graphics and computers. It would be fantastic to read a 'history of' type work! When the last hand sunk die was created, when the switch to reduction methods came about, when the last mechanical (non-computer) method was employed, and the process for each. Somebody must have written something for the BNJ at some point, surely? I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier, but there is a weighty tome explaining the entire working of the Royal Mint (c. 1870) in excruciating detail (and I really do mean that) which may contain some useful information. If not, it's a handy cure for insomnia. The publication is "The Royal Mint by George Frederick Ansell" and you can download a PDF free from Google books. The pages relating to matrices, punches and dies are 63-67. Brilliant! That sounds absolutely perfect, and a likely cure for my lame knowledge of matrixes! I'll just need to fill in the years between 1870 and the computer age to be home and dry! Any references for that anyone? Thanks, Nick! There's also a fairly comprehensive article on production of proof coins in the 1985 edition of Coins and Market Values. I'm in the throes of moving home, so don't expect a scan anytime soon, but briefly: 1. artist prepares a large plaster model 2. from this is produced a rubber mould which is electroplated with copper and nickel 3. the electrotype is reduced by special machinery 4. the resulting steel punch is in relief 5. the 'reduction punch' is used to sink a matrix (incuse) at which stage beading is added BY HAND and any blemishes removed 6. from the finished matrix working punches are produced (relief) 7. the working punches are used to sink working dies (incuse) as many times as needed There's much much more about the production of blanks, but I thought this might be helpful. And as you can see, when the beading is added manually, it would be easy enough (though delicate and small scale) to add a 'broken tooth'.

Stanley Gibbons comes up on that link, with the keywords you've quoted crossed through, as if it's 'unknown' on eBay? Yet interestingly, RJ Marles was the guy behind the original Check Your Change and Collectors Coins series - i.e., the owner of Rotographic before Chris took over. He obviously had fingers in more than one pie! I wonder how many other collector areas he published for? Toys? Books? Diecast models? Dolls? Plates?

I don't know why they've recently added that URL tag nonsense. The easiest way to add a PhotoBucket picture now is to copy the 'direct link' and use the 'Insert Image' icon. Ah, right, thanks for that, will do that in future! There's got to be something in it for them, so wrong that it overrides your privacy settings. It doesn't! (See my post above). There is no way to 'share' a picture without making it non-private - but it won't interfere with your Photobucket privacy except for those you've given permission to view an image via another forum. Sorry, didn't catch your above post! The main difference between my usual posting of pictures, and today's aborted efforts (using the same process), were that, ordinarily, you couldn't click on the image and be redirected to the contents of my private album on photobucket. Today I posted images which contained a URL allowing just that. So, I basically had to manually remove the URL extension to arrive at the images as you now see them, WITHOUT the capacity to click on them and view my private album on photobucket! I confess to knowing very little about the whole thing, but enough to know I didn't want the whole world wading through my photographing trials and tribulations on photobucket! Incidentally, I wonder why Davies opted to define reverse A & B with the indicators he did (letter bases), when Nick's tooth ID separates even the most worn examples in an instant? Oh I see. Either Photobucket have changed their policy - in which case, shame on them - or there are a variety of html formats presented (as in Image Shack for example) and you unwittingly picked the wrong one.

Your information sounds similar to what I have found whilst scouring the web, except that my understanding is that 'master die' is another name for a matrix not a hub/punch, but I may be wrong. There is much conflicting terminology out there. I spent the best part of an hour scouring the net, but only finding modern methods (mostly current US), involving computer programming, which only served to confuse matters further...definitely lots of conflicting info! When you've pulled the whole thing together, Colin, I'd very much benefit from and pleaure in the read, because I can't get my head around it at all! Someone give me a later medieval broken punch and an over-mark anytime! The original design sculpture reduction will be in relief, so from that (in hardened metal?) they must sink the incuse master/matrix. That in turn must be used to create the punches in relief, which in turn are used to sink the incuse dies. Does that sound a reasonable sequence?

Nice! (Technical note - if you went into A (Aperture Priority) Mode and set the aperture to the biggest number, e.g. f8 or f11, you'd get the obverse in better focus too.)

I don't know why they've recently added that URL tag nonsense. The easiest way to add a PhotoBucket picture now is to copy the 'direct link' and use the 'Insert Image' icon. Ah, right, thanks for that, will do that in future! There's got to be something in it for them, so wrong that it overrides your privacy settings. It doesn't! (See my post above). There is no way to 'share' a picture without making it non-private - but it won't interfere with your Photobucket privacy except for those you've given permission to view an image via another forum.