Nick

How can a coin rust when it contains no iron?

The chances of finding a genuine Northumberland shilling on eBay aren't high. That one looks like it's straight out of the container ship from China.

No problem at all. If it has copy stamped into one or both sides, it is unlikely to be able to be sold on as a genuine item.

Which is why eBay now obscures the buyer ids in the seller's feedback, so that nobody can possibly interfere with their corrupt dealings.

It's your post, Dave. Post it however you like. If it annoys a particular poster, all the more reason to post it that way, because the alternative is to submit to their prejudice.

Looks pretty similar to this.

momo33

Coin alignment is correct for an 1823 halfcrown.

I use Paint Shop Pro, but there are many free packages around. Paint.NET is free and by all accounts is very good.

Perhaps, this is one example where the DLSR with a decent lens has an advantage. It allows you to be that bit further away thus letting more light on to the subject. Personally, I photograph the coins individually and then arrange them into one image with the individual coins positioned where they would be in the proper case (like below).

The attached graph shows the Child Poverty figures for 2010, which seem to be broadly representative of the regional public spending figures. I'm not sure that having just 15% of children in poverty in the South-East quite means that they are 'raking it in', but it does explain why the South-East region public expenditure is the least.

Much has been made of the difference between the public spending per head between Scotland and England, but there are also many differences between other regions/countries of the UK. Here are the numbers for 2012/13. Region/Country £/head London 9,435 North East 9,419 North West 9,252 Yorkshire and the Humber 8,610 West Midlands 8,498 South West 8,219 East Midlands 8,118 East 7,865 South East 7,638 Northern Ireland 10,876 Scotland 10,152 Wales 9,709 England 8,529

It might be a nervy day for Scots, but not for anybody else. If it is a yes, why should any decision by a foreign country have any effect on who is the Prime Minister of the rest of the UK? I don't suppose Alex Salmond will be leaping on his dagger if it's a no.

It's a fake from China, let through by eBay. Who'd have guessed!

But it seems that there is no denomination so unloved as the sixpence.

It seems to me that most of the vitriol being sprayed around here is coming from people who don't even live in the countries concerned. Most of us that do are fairly relaxed about the outcome, whichever it may be.

Counterfeit coins are illegal, but only if they are current as they are intended to be spent as money. Fakes are intended to defraud collectors. According to eBay "rules", neither are allowed, but given they refuse to enforce these rules - fakes are seen on a daily basis.

Ah ok, that's a little more credible. Otherwise, I have a couple of very nice 1902 proof crowns that anybody can have for the bargain price of just $4k each.

$5287 for a 1902 crown PF62 can't be right - can it?

No. Enlighten me. April issue. Answers by March 15th…. Ah yes. I was looking for some mistake on that page.

No. Enlighten me.

Except that sterling silver is also an alloy.

Don't think I've ever seen one that doesn't have two weak lions in the upper shield.

Absolutely, I agree that it is a poor term to use - but I think all the TPGs use it, not just CGS. With low populations it inevitably leads to silly situations, like this 1826 'finest known' 6d, which is graded as 10 (VG) http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=retailv2_details&uin=0028502 It is a rare coin, but inevitably there will be better examples out there.

I've got one. It's excellent value and packs away very neatly indeed for storage or transport. The camera stand is ok, if a little bit lightweight, but ok for compact cameras. The lights are halogen, so be careful where you place them relative to the light tent and how you handle them once you're done. However, you can buy replacement bulbs (LED etc) that do the job and don't get anywhere near as hot. I thought my lights were going to catch fire as they started to smoke after about half a minute. I replaced them with fluorescents but now not getting anywhere near enough light. I don't use the supplied lights anyway. I prefer to use a single standard fitting (BC 22) daylight bulb placed above the tent.