Peckris

Yeah, but that depends on having Windows, right? Dropbox works across all platforms, and even though you only get 2GB free, you get 250MB extra for each person you introduce to Dropbox. It also works quietly in the background updating files, and syncs across all your devices. Also it's been around for years and has a top-notch reputation.

I think I can read that first word! Does it say spasebo?

Dropbox is private. And while the 2GB free option doesn't give you a whole lot of online space, so it's no good for music, pictures or videos, it is ample for my word processing documents, spreadsheets, databases, etc, plus all my browser bookmarks, address book, notepad, and small web pictures from Facebook etc. And I've still got half of the 2GB left. "Time Machine" is an automatic backup system for Macs - plug in a 500 GB external USB hard drive, nominate it as your computer's backup disk, and then just forget all about it. It keeps hourly backups for a day, daily backups for a month, and weekly? monthly? backups for as long as you have room on the disk. Like Dave, I'm a 'belt and braces' man - I also have a bag of memory sticks ranging from 2GB (personal documents) up to 64GB (my iTunes library)

I suppose he could try ... until you throw in the material fact that he was warned it's a worthless replica, and that eBay have certain rules about 'counterfeits'...

Dammit scott, you should have been Ernie Wise..

...then it disappears forever about half an hour after you post.

Obviously not a Time Machine or Dropbox user... oops.

Yeah, but what I meant by "ridiculous" was somewhere in the region of £24,499

thanks. I will go check mine now..do they have the same value? The values are roughly (from highest to lowest, medium grade) : 1919KN 1918KN, 1918H 1919H 1912H but in top grade, the 1919H probably ranks alongside 1918KN, it's a difficult one to find. 1950 and 1951 NON proofs are unusual in that the proofs are worth less, and it's the same with the brass 3d of those dates. Normally proofs are worth more.

Yeah, me too. In fact, when I set up my database (1994?) it contained very few fields back then, but one of them was "Where from". Pitifully, back then, a lot of the entries were the same, chosen from my drop down menu : "Circulation, late 60s"

That "Tower of London" replica (souvenir, whatever) is now up to £411 - should one of us leave a ridiculously high bid on it, or be cynical, shrug, and say "A fool and his money..."?

Ah, you've got Dave's problem too - the AyePhone. Dave Allen? "May your Dog go with you.."

Message sent to seller, I advise everyone else to do the same.

I'd be more inclined to ask him what the lottery numbers are in the Euromillions...

Something very similar happened to me! A long time ago a friend bought a museum copy of a Tudor sixpence, which I thought was amazing...until I acquired a REAL one for less than he paid for his copy...cue a life-long passion for coins!You can own hammered coins for under £20 a piece, easily! How much you want to spend, and the quality you will thereafter seek out, is all part of the journey! I'm afraid I was taken in as a dealer - someone offered a Roman coin and an Elizabeth 3d for which I offered £20 (being unsure about them). I sold the 3d but the purchaser was later unhappy about its thickness (too thick) and it turned out to be a replica. Cue refund of selling price and hasty withdrawal of Roman bronze from sale. Lucky I'd only paid £20, and recouped half of that by selling them as replicas. It only goes to show though ... KNOW YOUR SUBJECT!!! (The person I'd bought them from was obviously trying it on with things he'd bought from a Museum shop - I never met him in person, he just left them with the owners of the Antiques Centre so I could make an offer).

Looks to be Henry V if anything. Henry V ? What, as in "You're Agin-alaugh"?

I think it is a miracle it has been identified as a coin

As someone who has collected since they were young, clearly the experience has been wasted time. I sometimes think that people grow up in a complete vacuum, but can't decide whether they are too embarrassed to ask questions or think they know everything in the first place. The me page talks about business hours, suggesting this is a professional business. The grading suggests a case of pinning the grade tail on the donkey scale. Given the number of places you can find illustrated grades, do these people use any reference books or is all grading done on a wishful thinking basis? I wondered how long it would take for the guys on the Forum to post on the 1846 when I saw first it advertised. The seller should be ashamed of himself for the way the ad is written. Oh I don't know - the grade certainly does look Extremely F**ked

I can't spot any wear either.

(Sorry. Sorry. Couldn't resist..)

That's a very nice example

I don't need Freeman - it's 6+G (the common type). But even so, it's a nice penny

2. Later (not hollow) neck :

The easiest way is to look at the neck : if there is a pronounced ridge running down from behind the ear to the tip of the truncation, dividing the neck front and back - then it's the 'hollow neck' variety. However, if the neck is more or less a continuous convex curve, then it isn't. The hollow neck is scarcer, but not by a huge degree. These pictures (separate posts) should help, though they're not florins : 1. 'Hollow neck'

I'd say very close to UNC, and an absolute bargain for £15! We often help each other out with prospective purchases, so as long as you're not posting an eBay (or other) link every day, we'll be glad to help you out.