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I missed out on an 1852 threepence recently, i wanted to make a bid, but the grade quoted and start price did not do it any favours even if there was only 11-20 known

G'day the alignement is correct for the issue. Welcome to the forum, hopefully you might stick around and learn much more

Now what do we do?

Yup definately. Slow to load on the computer and sometimes Not loading at all

Exactly what i was thinking Peck

It has more holes on the OBV than a Polo mint, casting bubbles?

A very strange auction this one...........Read the description http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221122433941?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D221122433941%26_rdc%3D1

The hammered boys take on this coin http://www.ebay.com/itm/350597071407?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D350597071407%26_rdc%3D1

I thought it was the Roman I type proof you were looking for ski? I'm only asking because i'd seen one with arabic 1 a while ago and asked for images of it and 2 others, unfortunately the Florin had thumb prints over it,... Pic attached

Do you have viber for the iphone Stuart? Freecalls to anyone and anywhere in the world if they also have it installed (like moi) also another good wee app is Touch (sounds all pornographic now) viber and touch lol Anyhoo Touch is like a free messenger and you can send small files/pics/sms/video etc to another touch user worldwide free of charge. 1926 GVF for me, wear to the Lions tail and nose as was poointed out. OBV being better then the REV

I find it strange that St James had'nt listed any provenance for this coin............Any reason why?

And this has been dipped to long 120985595521 someone insert url please Here: http://www.ebay.co.u...5521%26_rdc%3D1 Horrid. Hard to see that toning back, ever. Which basically comes back to ski' question and whether/or rather he had/has a suspision that 1 or 2 of his coins had been dipped. You now have 2 references Ski. PS.........The coin in question from the url is from a Mr Platt, notorious for overgrading and dipping, that's his wifes ebay name

And this has been dipped to long 120985595521 someone insert url please

journalism Correct.... now its ASBOs Junkies and teenage pregnancies

There are no crocodiles in Dundee because the jam and jute industries are repellent to them. You forgot one of the 3 Js that Dundee was once famous for

Agreed

That was a 10 second dip Peter and then run under the tap a while

I think the X FACTOR are the childrens choice of the week, i'm sure in my memory that my brother and i (please note Peckris) were allowed some sort of TV privilages back in the day, which may have included such shows as Starsky & Hutch, Dukes of Hazzard, generation game sesame street and rainbow lol

This was sort of started in another thread and it got me thinking. I have a 1913 Halfcrown which next year will be 100 years old..........So when and where in the coin collecting world do we consider a coin as being OLD?

im glad peckris isnt here tonight............we would both be in for a ticking off............ coming back to the coin shown at the start of the thread........dipping may improve the coin, or not dependant on your view, as you say it may make it blotchy.....i think that was the term used.......looking out for a more pleasing example may be the better option rather than trying to make the coin something it isnt and maybe reducing its value along the way. tarnishing/toning...........i can see what your saying, maybe the difference is as you say, tarnish is the build up of grime...........im still not sure if i personally like coins dipped or cleaned, maybe for me the crud is good. I totally agree. I don't think that the topic starter coin could be dipped and come out smelling of roses. Its far to ingrained in my opinion and may leave tell tale stains that it's been dipped. Most notably these appear around the legends and deeper parts of the coin.My next question would be though, would you have known i'd dipped the Halfcrown?Did'nt realise, but my coin is 100 years old next year So that does beg a question, when do you/anyone regard a coin as being old........A 100 year old coin in human terms is old, but in the coin collecting world, when do we regard a coin as actually being an old coin?

The coin was lightly tarnished. I personally like toning on a coin, which as you say adds character to the coin. This coin was more tarnish than tone. You can't eradicate years of tone, but you can tarnish. As to the differences, i can't really say to be honest, perhaps this is more on top of the coin, while the topic starter is more ingrained into the coin. Maybe someone else can explain those differences. May i just add that i've also highlighted your spelling mistake of their and what should have been they're, welcome to my hell P.s. Tarnish could be more like dirt/grime etc,The original picture looked grubby compared to the result, i don't think you can completely get rid of toning, nice toning adds to a coins appeal, the tarnish on this did'nt

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for shit.......did i pass? I spelt it the Japenese way, without the A I have a Japanese friend called Taka sooki (Lets see how your Jockinese is)

sooo many questions...... 1/........did they throw the pike back? 2/........if so, how many people did it take to throw back the 55lb pike? 3/........if not, is the lake now over-run with trout? 4/........why were you sworn to secrecy?......was it during the war? 5/........how did they get all the trout to exactly 1lb? 6/........what car transported the fishing tackle to the lake? They used a Japenese Whaling vessel that was in the area

It would only be recorded if found during writing the Book. Rayner gives die numbers but states they could be higher.