Coinery

Some silver testing kits aren't sensitive down to .500 The one I've got (bit old now) will give a blinding result for sterling, but a really unsatisfactory result on debased coins.

Welcome aboard, prep! You know you're doing the right thing!

Interesting post, Ziggy, many thanks for taking the time to add it here for reference!

We've got another fish on the line! Reel 'im in chaps, reel 'im in!

Nice coin! Doesn't look like a die flaw, though, that would present as a ridge? Could it be the stress lines of an old crease, it runs perfectly straight through the letters, suggesting it's also not a flan flaw?

Yes, I was surprised that the design software/templates were not fluid enough to be mobile friendly when it was first launched, I assumed it was teething troubles that would be ironed out eventually. I more or less understand the issues, but you do have to walk a long mile today to find a piece of web software that hasn't been designed to accommodate mobile and the various operating systems.

C'mon, WC, you know you can do it! ?

This is what's been my biggest issue with the 'new' site! SO much scrolling! Plus the advert containers means the text 'slides' all over the place when I'm doing so!

Sorry, Clive, I still haven't worked out how to grab a link from an app. http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Henry-III-Class-VIIa2-Canterbury-Mint-henri-ex-J-P-Mass-collection-/172545824097?hash=item282c885561%3Ag%3AFtYAAOSwKtlWnrNi&_trkparms=pageci%253A5638f425-0956-11e7-b06c-74dbd1804f4f%257Cparentrq%253Ad1014c4315a0a5e0d67f3578fff3e191%257Ciid%253A1

Don't forget to ask about any coins you are buying! Coin dealers sell everything from fine to uncirculated...you just have to ask, and a good dealer will always be straight with you! You just need to know who they are! Enjoy the ride!

Oh, mine's a pint!

Rob https://www.rpcoins.co.uk/ you can also find him at the fairs! Declan http://www.declanmageecoins.co.uk/ and his Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/declanwmagee/?locale2=en_GB and Colin's farthings site http://www.aboutfarthings.co.uk/

Someone had a nice little piece of numismatic documentation on the cheap! Plate coin too! 49.99 or best offer, with free postage. Sad to have missed it! 172545824097

If you like a farthing, Colin of aboutfarthings is also a great guy, and running a great website!

I've bought from both Rob AND Declan, both very knowledgeable in their fields! Rob was there when they made the very first coin, and has remembered everything that's happened since, and Declan will also do you very nicely too...both know a quality coin, and won't lie to you about it! Declan's also got a pretty groovy Facebook page if you're into that sort of thing, and both have got websites!

Lovely 'little' brace you got there, MBE! Getting the hang of that camera, Paul...you're getting off some really nice shots!

Oooooosh!

A classic example! Apart from mine, that is! Edit to add: a classic HAMMERED example! The milled surfaces are even more problematic with the scourge of reflection/refraction of light, etc.!

The image of the ob and rev is a far better representation of the coin, with maybe a slighter darker, and dare I say, even grey tone. The iPhone image, well, I honestly can't fathom it at all!

Just for the record, the coin looks more like this, than the above images, with a nice old collectors' tone!

Now, mostly a coin photograph will make a coin look better than it really is, if it's carefully taken. However, not always! Last night I referred back to the images of my recent penny post in hammered to take a quick look at the serifs (using a computer), as it was easier than getting the coin out! Now, I took the pictures using my iPhone, and uploaded them using the same tool...looked OK I thought? Anyway, imagine my horror when I looked at my iPhone images on the big screen, and saw a corroded, encrusted, eroded, coin, with thick dark crustaceans all over it, instead of the rather nice quality coin I though I bought? So, take a look at the serifs on the 'I' I had to get the coin out quick and take another look! In fact the coin's fine but, my goodness, how that iPhone image of mine had lied. Look at the difference!

Do you have coins scales? What are the weights? If it genuinely feels thinner, in all reality it probably is!

Is it greater in diameter than the comparison coin? The rims look wider, could it have been struck without a collar/broken collar?

Wouldn't the deepest parts of the design be the weak areas if a thin flan was used? How did your's strike up, Rob?

Our posts overlapped, Rob, I think we are definitely talking the same language on this one!