davidrj

I quite like b-metallic coins, bit of a sideline collection. I save £2 coins and foreign ones from change when abroad I've always considered Moore's model pennies to be early (1840) examples (I don't count copper plugs in tin halfpennies) Just spotted these French patterns on Ebay pattern1 pattern2 - don't know the size but they look similar to the Moore's ones So question is, what are the earliest examples, as a pattern? as a circulating coin? David

Only tin coin I have is this one 16th century Portugal or Portuguese Malacca I think Ugly but interesting David

UK bronze pennies you have are unlikely to have any significant value unless they have seen little circulation, what dates have you?

good summary by our host here David

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Iraqi by the look of it David

We always need to remember this was an Imperial coinage. There may have been no need for an issue in the UK, but a late request comes in from one of the colonies, 1951 Penny is the well known one David

Just bring it to the club on Monday Rob, and I'll take it off your hands

No, but it's definately BU, just ask Peckris I am defo interested in it even if it is french carp , mainly because of the date ( fire of london and all that ) and it's condition. almost certainly a French Jeton - Louis XIV There are hundreds of different types, a field of study on their own. Some are rare, but most average circulated ones go for €15-25 on Ebay.fr French coins and jetons are fun!!! Hard to identify from the awful photo, I would leave this one alone, looks brassoed to me If you really want one dated 1666 try this link or here Thanks, ugly arent they , but I thnk I found what it is, is it the same as this do you think. http://cgi.ebay.fr/T...=item2eb8665d6c Actually I am cruising that site looking for something nice now, but its those horrible euros and the conversions from sterling I dont like it. If you pay by Paypal, conversion is done automatically, roughly works out as €1=£1 I buy lots of stuff from Ebay.fr no problems, likewise CGB a good firm to deal with, though pricey at times Beware buying from Spain, high postage costs. Italy is worse high postage plus 50% chance it wont arrive! And never buy anything from China, I got 4 fraudulent withdrawals after I did (£300 in total) to be fair Paypal spotted it before I did, rang me and I finally got the cash back. David

No, but it's definately BU, just ask Peckris I am defo interested in it even if it is french carp , mainly because of the date ( fire of london and all that ) and it's condition. almost certainly a French Jeton - Louis XIV There are hundreds of different types, a field of study on their own. Some are rare, but most average circulated ones go for €15-25 on Ebay.fr French coins and jetons are fun!!! Hard to identify from the awful photo, I would leave this one alone, looks brassoed to me If you really want one dated 1666 try this link or here

Well, me being Scottish (apparently we're tight) thought, to get around always paying tax in Gemrnay on every purchase outside the EU i'd get a friend of mine in the UK to buy a coin for me from the USA: Today he tells me the coin has arrived and parcelforce have gave him a wee letter saying i'm owing another 38 f*****g quid for tax, i would have been cheaper buying it myself and letting the Germans tax me 7% instead of the near 30% that i've had to pay. I really thought Germay was bad for taxation, but that just pales into insignifigance as to what i've just had to add to the UK Governments coffers. 7% German tax or near 30% UK tax, hmmmmm thats a toughie It's not the tax per se, it's the exorbitant fee the Royal mail charges for collecting the duty, I've been caught twice, but that's a very low percentage of the number of packets I've received from overseas. Pot luck really

A few cents then - it looks like the value has been rubbed off in order to create a blank area for the engraving. Nice coin with an interesting story :-) Probably a half franc F179/30 David

To clarify these are both listed as Coin Monthly authorship

To clarify these are both listed as Coin Monthly authorship

Argus Books was apparently the publisher of the 1992 Year Book whereas the 1988 was published by Numismatic Publishing

Just bought these Coin Monthlys on Ebay, £17 including postage seems a good buy, considering what current magazines cost.

You are right of course Peck! But I don't have the time or skill for photos of everything. Scanning does give detail, important if you are a variety freak like me, and for what I'm currently trying to achieve "warts and all" suits me. Now when it comes to selling .............

Thanks! As i said, this is a project in infancy, so copyright is not really an issue yet, publishing is a remote goal. I'm slowly working through scanning my entire collection, which although a "labour of love" can get pretty tedious, so I do it in small chunks. And I'm also now realising just how crap some of my coins really are ; but this is the purpose for now, to have a record of just what I have on my computer, and eventually iPad so when looking a stuff on Ebay etc, I can decide whether to add a new coin or upgrade a existing one. Including copies of rare dies i don't currently possess allows me to help decide if what I think I'm bidding on is! Having known examples of both the 1903 and 1863 open 3s for direct comparison on screen has already paid dividends! Watch this space! David

Nickel is magnetic, cupronickel and silver arent

Nor me, just the 2010, but did get a super 2010 Florence Nightingale in my change today, 1st one I've seen David

Spent most of my working life (as a histologist) working with these solvents and I'm still here, and I've worked with lots of things far nastier Wear gloves, use plastic forceps, use them outside or in a well ventilated area, avoid naked flames, and you'll be OK NB avoid nail varnish remover, can have unknown additives, my local pharmacy sell small (50ml) bottles of pure acetone, with is ample to soak a couple of coins in. Acetone evaporates quickly, so use a jar with a lid if you are planning on a soak rather than a quick dip Don't know where one would buy small quantities of xylene though, I used to buy it 25 litre drums, but if you do locate some ensure it is marked "sulphur free" if you are going any where near coins. David

Happy birthday each! David

Here's a weird one, joining an aluminium 5 franc to a bronze penny would be tricky, doesn't look like the nickel issue

recommended technique for coin handling? David