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Thanks Vicky...btw, did you go to the Chicago show> I think Central States Show is this weekend there also.

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.

I'll change my will on Monday Dave!..Ha,Ha!

Not sure. My original idea was through London Coins. I did wonder about trying a BIN on Ebay just to see if I get a bite. Beautiful coin Gary! Good luck with it. You won't have any trouble finding a buyer!

Thanks, I was really happy to find this one!

Here is a recent acquisition from the CICF. 1856 Victoria Penny, GEF! IMHO....

The 1870 "Dot" under the Y of PENNY, sold to a advanced collector in the UK for nearly $1,000.

And the 1855 "Dot" on Victoria's Forehead, and the 1870 Pronounced "dot" beneath the Y in Penny, plus the 1880, 8 over 8 (ran out of space, can't load that one)! Ha,Ha!

If you think the 'wide date' and 'narrow date' reverses are 'hypervarietal', you need to go and study your Freeman! For utter cr--, see the 1937 varieties AMEN Peck!

All Victorian Copper and Bronze forward!

Love it Who me officer? No, I don't smoke drugs apart from this joint in my hand and the one I had yesterday and the day before too funny Nordie!

Nice coins Paulus. I especially like the 1902 Proof Half Crown!

Michael Freeman puts an occasional item on eBay, but is not a big seller there. I bought a Farthing Mule off of him on eBay, but it was quite a while ago. Peter Davies also puts in a show occasionally. He has bought a couple of bit from me. I can see the ticket now. Dadds 13/6/10 ebay £4.25. Also on eBay ocassionally are John Jerrams, Tony Crocker, and other notables. BTW...Michael Freeman, and Michael Gouby are sometimes contributors to this Forum.

Michael Freeman puts an occasional item on eBay, but is not a big seller there. I bought a Farthing Mule off of him on eBay, but it was quite a while ago.

"A TOTAL UNCIRCULATED POPULATION OF AN INCREDIBLE MEEK 22 PIECES" Isn't 5 grand a little high for that coin?

Noooooop, thats what coin dealers sell them for All I can say on price, is that my wallet is a lot lighter! Rare coins don't come cheap! Ha,Ha!

Here is the 1856 Penny from the Chicago Coin Fair!

I spent the Day in Chicago today, attending the Chicago International Coin Fair (CICF). One of my purchases was a NGC slabbed 1860/59 Penny, graded MS61. This coin has the unbroken 6 in the date. I have another that has the broken 6. The coin is pictured below. I also bought a really nice 1856. I send pic's of it tomorrow.

The digital microscope is a "Microcapture" USB, made by Leuchtturm. 2.0 megapixel (20x to 200x). Not sure of the driver. I will try to select the device, per your instructions. Thanks.

Need a little help!....This program is using my PC camera, instead of my digital microscope! How do you change camera config? I can't find that info in the PDF file.

If you are new to negotiating, just take a already priced coin (that you are looking at), and ask the Dealer what the "least he will take for it." Almost all Dealers will reduce the price somewhat, and sometimes you will get a big surprise how much it is reduced.

Is that a Digital PDP-11? (DEC). That looks like the usual config, CPU/ 2 Drives/9 track tape. That was a popular unit early on. It looks like you are ready for any contingency with the full set of replacement cards on top of the Tape Drive! Ha, Ha! See my reply just above yours - there's been some Photoshop jiggery pokery going on I can assure you there's been no Photoshop jiggery-pokery going on at all. It took an awful lot of looking after - PC1-2.jpg A Digico M28 with 3 Pertec 23Mb hard drives, a Pertec tape deck and around a couple of Meg of RAM. OK if you want to do some accounts, word processing or play DND. Ok, I believe you! But I NEVER saw a domestic unit like that - it looks like a computer you'd find in the IT department of some small to medium company of the early 80s. My inevitable follow-up question would be, why didn't you get the Apple II, which was pre-Mac (presumably the era we're talking about), but was the leading home computer of its day or, if we're past 1981, why not an IBM PC or even a clone? Or a DEC? That unit you have there is totally OTT for home computing. The system shown by Fubar is not a domestic unit and was probably one that was being de-installed (during a new system install), and as you probably know, those removed systems had little value, so they are sold for very little, or even given away, since they only had "gold contact" value, which was very little. As you can see, there is a oscilliscope near the unit in one of the pictures, which tells me the owner was a techie, and probably cut a deal for the unit, from one of his clients. I got one of my early units the same way. The older units were big and bulky, but still worked great in most cases, when they were de-installed and replaced with newer systems.

Interesting stuff Fubar...thanks for the walk down memory lane!

Everyone complains about eBay and their practices, but the fact remains, they are best show in town...because they reach the largest audience. When, and if they get some meaningful competition, that will change. Does anyone know of a real competitor for eBay available out there? Let me know if there is, I would love to switch. I don't have any problem with people selling junk on eBay, that is free enterprise, but I do have a problem with charging fees on shipping in an effort to promote free shipping in their auctions. Some of their take on these shipping commissions is .05-.10, and it doesn't make sense to tick the sellers off for such little return! But...where is the real competition...you are going to have to help me on that one.