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Just wondered if this is out yet, i'd like to purchase via a download, is it possible? Looked on the Rotographic site and it just says out Jan 2010 but no links to an ebook.
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Lol, ganz genau Chris, wie geht es Ihnen?
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If i were you i'd keep them, can you post any pictures of them?
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Condition will be everything thing but the mexican 50 peso, there is a "buy it now" on ebay for $1495 and the liberty head 20$ dollar from $1200 to $2500. If you are thinking of selling them, coins of that value need specialise advice. Gary Also what you might consider is the gold weight 1 ounce equals 31.1g so what you have is over an ounce, i don't know the exact price of gold at the minute but an ounce is certainly over €1000 at the minute, perhaps near €1100, so the Double Gold Eagle is worth about €1300/€1400 in gold content alone
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I thought the reverse would bring it down to a VF
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Is it me being a bit fussy or is this really an EF? http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160399302435
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Some newbie questions
azda replied to PunkReaper's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
1. Most of my better coins are in three cabinets : one fairly large, one small, and one tiny. The proof sets and modern RM issues are stored loosely (the packaging keeps them away from the atmosphere). Coin albums are a decent alternative, so are 2" coin flips, just make sure they aren't PVC. General principles : keep coins in a dry, salt-free environment - if any hint of dampness, use packets of silica gel near the coins and reheat them fairly regularly. 2. For general identification and valuing of British coins : Spink's "Standard Catalogue" published annually, but Chris Perkins' "Coin Collectors GB" series is great value for coins from 1797 on. Reference : Peck (copper and bronze), Freeman (Bronze), Gouby (bronze pennies), ESC (silver milled), Davies (silver varieties from 1816). If you need those names expanding, just shout. 3. Since 1994 I've developed my own bespoke series of related database files in FileMaker Pro - this has evolved into a pretty awesome set of applications if I say so myself! Scanned coins appear in the master records; I have a comparative set of coin prices from 1966; I can interrogate auction lots to see when sales plus purchases for me go into an overall profit; I can see coins bought by year, by supplier, by location, by value, by reign, etc etc; I can input prices annually and perform a set of calculations for all coins including mid-grade items, to update the values; I can print out tables in many many ways; that's just for starters. However, you can get by with any database manager to get you started. The fields you should start with : Date, Denomination, Reign, (Metal), Condition, Variety, Price paid, Where bought, Date bought, Current value, Quantity, Location (storage), Date sold/disposed, Price realised, To whom.. You will also need a general Comments field (or more than one), and maybe you might wish to record the legend? You don't actually need a Database Manager tool to start with - you could start a simple coin organiser using e.g. Excel spreadsheet. These can be imported later into a DM with the column headers > Fields, and the rows > records. There are probably off-the-shelf coin applications - I bought one back in my PC days, and I will just say this : however well-written they are, there WILL come the day when it can't do what you want, and then you're stuck. Peckris, we had quite a debate recently about the values of coins in the Spink book etc, so who's values do you use when inputting your data in this huge database you have, just a curious question lol? -
Rob's reply shows just how subjective this issue is. Though one thing we'd all agree on at the outset : you can forget what sellers on eBay say (I think you already have those sussed out!) I would personally say that a coin that numbers in the hundreds, is very rare. So might the average collector, trying to chase down a 1934 Crown (hundreds minted). There are so many imponderables, it isn't true: 1. Popularity : a 1919KN penny is scarce only really, but is highly popular, so could be advertised as "rare" 2. Comparative mintages : a 1940 "single exergue line" penny is common, but accounts for only 1 in 20 of the usual, and even scarcer in BU; it is therefore comparatively rare only; similarly with 1957 "calm sea" halfpennies. 3. Condition : some common coins become genuinely scarce in BU (1954 halfcrowns) or rare (most Edward VII halfcrowns). Some scarce coins (1926ME pennies) are unimaginably rare in BU, likewise Cartwheel twopences. 4. Varieties : range from barely scarce (1902LT pennies) to incredibly rare (1862 pennies with die numbers) - popularity generally determines how the rarity level will be described That's only scratching the surface. As far as challenging dealers is concerned, you'd be hard put to find valid grounds, for the reason that "rarity" is subjective and you couldn't build a legal case on it. Only if the rarity description implied it was a variety which it turned out not to be (for example "rare variety of 1926 penny", when it wasn't an ME), might you have a case. I'd judge a coin sale on precise identification, condition, appearance, and price. General description wouldn't move me one jot. Maybe we could open up a new thread and start listing scarce or rare varities types that we could look out for?
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Some newbie questions
azda replied to PunkReaper's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Hello, and welcome to the forum and back to collecting. Firstly i am relatively new to collecting compared to others, so my answers are only what i do. For storage of my coins i keep them in plastic caps and in a presentation box, maybe because i don't have so many, whether this may be the right method or not i've no idea. I use the Spink book and also the CCGB book which this websites owner wrote as guide prices for value. Personally i don't catalogue my coins right now as i don't have enough to merit this, maybe further down the line i would perhaps make an excel list of what the coin is and how much i paid and spink number and so on, i do however photograph all my coins. I hope this helps, but i'm sure someone else might correct me about my method of storage, who knows. -
Just wanted some opinions of this coin, is this a rare type, it states "beaded border" rare? Is it? Must admit, its in a really good grade, i don't normally buy copper, but would only for rare types, hence my question. Thanks all.
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Wow. Never heard of that before, is that for real ? Where can you buy it - Middle Earth ? No, America lol
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Only my opinion, but if they are only fillers and you didn't pay to much why bother toning them down? Azda, You can buy a Bronze / Copper retoner called Deller's Darkener. It will retone shiney B/C coins. Practice on some old coins first though. <ggggg>. Would that be considered "cleaning" a coin though?
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Because they stand out like sore thumbs laid out next to their filthy neighbours! Lol, nice, polish the neighbours ;-) (Just kidding)
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Only my opinion, but if they are only fillers and you didn't pay to much why bother toning them down?
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1860 1/2 penny beaded border
azda replied to azda's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Yeah i saw the huge thumbprint on the halfpenny, think i'll leave them both, still not keen on copper, i just wondered why they were rare, still not sure why the penny is rare though -
1860 1/2 penny beaded border
azda replied to azda's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
It says in the sellers text that its EF/Unc, i'd go along with that, i'm just not a copper buyer, but for something rareish i'd make the exception, he also has a 1 penny 1863 UNC and he also says it's rare but i'm wondering why, i'll upload the pix and hopefully someone could tell me 1860 halfpennies are the only 'beaded border' bronze denomination where the beaded variety is notably less scarce than the toothed variety. Toothed 1860s are even more scarce than the price guides indicate, and actually rare in top grade. The 1863 penny is a nice looking coin, but it is one of the commonest early dates for bronze bun pennies - in fact, unless rare varieties, 1860 - 63 are as common as you get until the 1880s. ALL buns are collectible in that grade though, so it's worth a punt if the price is right. (There are a couple of immensely rare 1863 varieties, but that isn't one). The penny is €160 and the half is €65 -
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140374046708&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&autorefresh=true Maybe should be under the ebay section, but prices on ebay are getting quite high now to
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1860 1/2 penny beaded border
azda replied to azda's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Rev 1863 penny -
1860 1/2 penny beaded border
azda replied to azda's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
It says in the sellers text that its EF/Unc, i'd go along with that, i'm just not a copper buyer, but for something rareish i'd make the exception, he also has a 1 penny 1863 UNC and he also says it's rare but i'm wondering why, i'll upload the pix and hopefully someone could tell me -
1860 1/2 penny beaded border
azda replied to azda's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
If anyone has the KM book here's the number KM # 748.1 -
KM# 30 6 SHILLING Silver Obv: Crowned bust of James I right, with value behind head, in inner circle Rev: Shield with arms of England in 1st and 4th quarters, date above in inner circle Date Mintage VG F VF XF Unc 1605 — 400 800 1,800 — — 1606 — 350 700 1,600 — — 1609/7 — 350 700 1,600 KM# 35 6 SHILLING Silver Rev: Arms of Scotland in 1st and 4th quarters KM# 44 6 SHILLING Silver Obv: Crowned bust of Charles I right, value behind head, in inner circle Rev: Shield of arms with date above in inner circle Note: First Coinage (1625-1634). Date Mintage VG F VF XF Unc 1625 — 200 525 1,500 — — 1626 — 200 525 1,500 — — 1627 — 200 525 1,500 — — 1628 — 200 525 1,500 — — 1630 — 200 525 1,500 — — 1631 — 200 525 1,500 — — 1632 — 200 525 1,500 — — 1633 — 200 525 1,500 — — 1634 — 200 525 1,500 — KM# 78 6 SHILLING Silver Obv: Crowned bust of Charles I left, value behind head, in inner circle, bust to edge of coin Rev: Crowned arms divide CR in inner circle Note: Third Coinage (1637-1642) Briot's issue KM# 81 6 SHILLING Silver Obv: New narrow bust of Charles I Note: Falconer's Anonymous Issue (without F) I guess we'd have to see which type it is
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Kein problem, wenn Sie haben mehre, bitte fragen Sie uns :-)
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Reverse
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€45
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I was browsing the Krause catalogue and couldn't see it, probably skipped past it