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is there an online list?

ditto

Happy New Year folks!

excellant for books, never bought a coin I don't think

I found this on another forum How do you rate as a potential Ebay seller? 1. A coin you are listing has bronze disease. You would describe this in your listing as… (a) lovely green patina ( requires mild cleaning/wouldn’t mention it © I would never sell such a coin. 2. The best way to describe those Kushan slugs you’d dipped in toilet-cleaning acid last week is… (a) It’s amazing how, even after more than 2000 years, you can still see the original mint luster on these coins. ( The coins have been cleaned mildly to remove tough grime. © I would never sell such coins 3. A coin you have been unable to attribute is best described as… (a) {Type emperor}, {Type mint) EXTREMELY RARE. UNLISTED!!!! DON’T MISS IT!!!!!!! ( Rare ancient coin © Unattributed 4. The best way to pack a high-grade coin before shipping it to the buyer is to (a) tape it to an old newspaper page, fold it up, and stuff the damn thing inside the envelope. ( use cheap packaging, but at least place the coin in a small plastic pouch. © use top-quality packaging and place the coin in an acid-free holder. 5. The best way to find new/rare varieties for your shop is to (a) get a sharp knife (wink, wink) ( get coins with partial mint names and write “creative” descriptions © travel extensively and build contacts 6. Using “stock” images in auction listings is (a) Essential ( Acceptable © Unacceptable 7. An underweight coin is (a) AN EXTREMELY RARE *UNRECORDED* variety ( I never mention weights in my listings. © Most likely to be a fake 8. Catalog values are (a) sometimes useful for jacking up the price ( for nerds © mostly indicative and do not necessarily reflect market values 9. Would you knowingly sell a fake coin? (a) Absolutely! ( “I do not know what this is. No returns accepted.” © Never 10. What is your opinion on shill bidding? (a) I prefer the term “encouragement”. It helps weed out weak buyers. ( They can track it, can’t they? © It is a disgusting practice. I would never engage in it. SCORING For every (a), give yourself 10 POINTS For every ( , give yourself 5 POINTS For every ©, give yourself 0 POINTS RESULT 90-100 points: Congratulations! You are on your way to 5-star powerselling glory! 50-90 points: You are getting there. Keep it up! 5-45 points: Don't get your hopes too high… 0 points: We thank thee for taking this quiz, dear Jesus. edit - don't you hate it when when perfectly good text gets converted to emoticons David

There are some superb patterns in this series

Hope everything goes all right for you Dave. My wife was in hospital Xmas Day two years ago, the only gluten free meal they could find for her Xmas Dinner was shepherds pie! So I had to do a rolling food parcel run A very Merry Xmas to all, and a Happy New Year - lots of lovely coins to find David

A legendary Austrian piper link

It's a common misconception that bagpipes are primarilly Scots, bagpipes have been played for centuries (and continue to be played) throughout large parts of Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, around the Persian Gulf and in Northern Africa I spotted this guy in Tirana a few years back

Sirloin? Goose? Posh git! I thought you were from Liverpool? True! but it's Crimbo!

We are all thinking of Xmas dinner - our beef joint arrived today - nice chunk of Dexter sirloin , a change from our usual goose

As someone who doesn't drive, most fairs are now impossible to get to. So sadly my says of rummaging through dealers junk boxes are gone and I now rely on Ebay or a few favorite sellers such as cgb.fr

This one is brass about 30mm - probably similar intended use to yours - possibly as a badge or for application to a tourist souvenir

There are some very knowledgable folk on Islamic coins here David

Any nice bronze 5 cents in that lot?

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A Xmas present to myself arrived today I've been looking for an upgrade to this one for years Bolivia 2 Centavos 1883 A - a single year type with a mintage of just 250,000, The circulation coin is very hard to find, though the proofs are readilly available this one has a couple of dings but a good EF with lustre, I doubt another will come along for a while Still looking for a German New Guinea 10 pfennig 1894A, and a French 10 centimes 1878K if any wants to add to my stocking Merry Xmas everybody!

looks like sellotape residue to me - a dunk in acetone might shift it

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see discussion here also pcgs not just coins - sports memorabilia, banknotes, autographs & Stamps stamp on ebay There's a program on the History channel called " Pawn Stars " about a firm of dealers in the US, they don't buy any such collectibles without authentication

Fortunately my wife is a quilter - her stuff takes up more space than my coin and books

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Michael's speedy response "Thank you for your email and links to the topic of your 1875 penny, with pictures, on predecimal's coin forum. The scan of the obverse shows that it is Obverse L with Reverse ja (small date). I would say that it is the same Obverse die that has been used with the example that produced the coin that I list in my book, page 69, as BP 1875 Cd; from the position of the dot. The reverse of your coin is ja (small date) where as the coin that I list as BP 1875 Ce is with reverse k (large date). The raised dot, to the right of the ship, on your coin does look to be in a similar position to that on the coin that I list as BP 1875 Ce. On your coin there appears to be a die crack from the rim to just below the raised dot and then does a 90 degree turn upwards to the raised dot. It is understandable that this obverse die (with the raised dot) could have been used on different days with the two different reverses but I regret that I don't have an explanation as to why or how it could have happened. It was just a bit of grit that first got trapped between die and the coin blank but it's a mystery as to how it could have been on the two different reverse dies ?? Sorry I could not have given you another answer. The best Michael " So still no answer to the conundrum David

Ahem! To get back on topic, I've emailed Michael Gouby for his opinion on my 1875 penny To get back to topping, for me a classic Marguerita or the Seafood Special, definitely NOT pineapple David