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  1. Nick
    Excuse me for being dense, but Bill set up the CGS Collectors Facebook Group. Or are you really asking why CGS itself is no longer?
  2. Nick
    You could PM Bill Pugsley. You never know, he might reply.
  3. Nick
    Bet they won't get the same offer though. Unless the BBC gets involved again.
  4. Nick
    Rip Off Britain Series 8 Episode 14 Coins section starts at 14:50.
  5. Nick
    The G is slightly smaller and lower. Variations in the letters and numbers are not unusual for this era of coin.
  6. Nick
    Looks like all the barcodes are the same. I would expect no two slabs to have the same barcode.
  7. Nick
    I suspect that many people may be fooled into thinking that a slabbed "reject" wouldn't be faked.
  8. Nick
    I once received my coins on the very next day after a DNW auction, having paid mid-afternoon. It doesn't get any better than that if you can't attend.
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  10. Nick
    There could be an underlying letter, although quite a few of the letters are doubled up.
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  12. Nick
    JEB are the initials of the designer of the Jubilee coinage portrait, Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm. The initials appear on the truncation of Victoria's neck.
  13. Nick
    Ah yes, that would explain it.
  14. Nick
    I have seen before on DNW that a positive account balance has remained (incorrectly) after a previous transaction. Thus when you next receive an amount due, that previous balance is also included in the total.
  15. Nick
    I don't know how the rotation occurs. If it were possible for the dies to rotate during use, I would expect to see examples of die clashes with many imprints of the opposite die, but I think 3 or 4 is the maximum I've seen. There is nothing obvious on the examples with the largest rotations to suggest that the collar has opened. Here is an image of the shilling with the largest rotation (+27 degrees).
  16. Nick
    Quite a while ago I did a small survey (sample size 65) of Victoria YH shillings looking at die axis rotation. The results were (roughly) normally distributed about a notional zero rotation with the range being approximately +/- 15 degrees. Histogram as below.
  17. Nick
    Don't think I've ever seen a colourfully toned Churchill Crown before.
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  19. Nick
    Looks like a die clash, with almost a 20 degree rotation between obverse and reverse.
  20. Nick
    Or report him to eBay. That'll have him quaking in his boots.
  21. Nick
    It may depend on the light source. If the light source varies continuously with temperature then the resulting images may depend on how long the light has been switched on.
  22. Nick

    Proof Sixpence

    Nick replied to crow1's topic in Beginners area

    Very nice. Proofs are not the easiest things to photograph.
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    Proof Sixpence

    Nick replied to crow1's topic in Beginners area

    Cameo effect comes from the recessed portion of the die (the portrait and devices) being treated with acid to dullen the shiny surface, whereas the flat portion of the die (the field) is highly polished (as are the blanks). When a cameo die is used, I assume (but don't know for sure) that over time the die gradually loses its highly polished nature and the result is a lessening of the cameo effect. Looks like you have a lovely specimen (assuming the reverse is as good).
  24. Nick
    And can you tell me whether there are any hairlines or blemishes that are not apparent in the photos (which is where the criticism originated)? The 1902 matt proof crowns quite often show die polishing raised hairlines in the fields (as per attached), but I can't see any in your photos.
  25. Nick
    Thanks for the examples. They are certainly quite different, especially the white balance. Which of the two setups most closely match what the coin looks like in hand? Or does it vary?
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