Paulus

What are the odds that if it looks a little too close for comfort, some ballot papers will conveniently be deemed spoiled, or lost?

I have won 3 coin auctions at Catawiki over the past few weeks and I'm happy to report that in each case the experience was a very good one, coins matched the grade given and the description, and I am very happy with them in hand. I haven't had to return anything as yet. I also listed a coin for sale recently (although it did not meet its reserve) and got to communicate directly with Declan over the listing and how the site operates. Let's hope they can sort out the photography side of things

Just reviving the topic, new pics

Looks good but hard to tell without something to compare it to - do you have pics from earlier attempts, and does the colour in the pic accurately represent how it looks in hand (in the same lighting)?

A crown (25 pence) in 1887 is equivalent to £29.50 today, based on RPI. Did 1/2 sovs and sovs 'circulate' much I wonder?

No not Maundy, currency (i.e. regular circulation) 4d, 2d and 1 1/2d - as Rob says, the currency 2d exists only for 1838 and 1848. Plenty of dates for the other 2 denominations.

I have done the same with Victoria through to George VI, always gets a nice reaction!

Oh, and threehalfpence (1 1/2d) as well!

You are also missing a circulation fourpence (groat)

'Leave' vote as low as 11/8 with some bookies now

I'd agree with Nordle ... Welcome to the Forum SSB It offers a sane antidote to the madness of eBay, amongst many other things!

Here's one of my plumes shillings (ex Rob) I also like plumes, roses, R & P, S.S.C. etc, not just for the history, but because without them the designs remain completely unchanged for several reigns! There is also the 1723-26 W.C.C. (bullion provided by the Welsh Copper Company) shillings (good luck finding / affording those in high grades!), EIC (East India Company, found on some George II gold coins), and elephant, or elephant and castle, (Charles II - William III gold and some silver, indicating that the bullion used in the manufacture of the coins came from Guinea in West Africa - which is how the Guinea 21/- coin came to be named).

I love this sort of thing ... at least it doesn't read 'one tenth of a dollar' ... I wonder if they were considering that

I bet that's even more impressive in hand Rob, I do know how frustrating it is!

Nice Rob, newly acquired?

As Nons is already well aware, I lurve that 97 reverse!

I wonder who got that PENNEY error at the Copthorne ...

It can only be Peter

It wouldn't need to be, I'd be happy to help further ... for example if you like I will set up a Webex on-line meeting where we can share our screens and I could show you what I mean? It would just involve you clicking on a link in an email and following the instructions. I'd really like to help

The key thing is light I think ... the lighting used to illuminate the coin, the amount of light your camera's lens will process, and the light reflected from the subject (including the background) LC (and CGS - same photographers / set up)) I believe use different backgrounds for different coin metal content / tones, but the backgrounds you see in their final results may well be post production edits using whatever software they use. They are far from professional but achieve decent enough results (nowadays). For me the end result has to be photos that represent the coin in hand, which itself will vary according to the type and quantity of light available - so not an exact science! Featureless backgrounds are best, agreed. Try a Daylight LED lamp with both lamp and lens directly over an un-tilted coin (if you can achieve that set-up without the camera / lamp blocking each other) - in essence that's where my best results have come from! As you will have gathered from my many posts, I believe this is an area worth getting right! @brg5658 is far more expert than I, and I have learnt a lot from him

I thought so, to your credit you do not promote your coins for sale on here. Your pics got so much better for a while when you had some help, did your helpers (daughters?) not document how to do it?

That's got appeal in spades Rob, I take it it is not listed for sale on your site? (I haven't checked in a few days)

Recently re-picced, not posted before

Never seen one of those before - very interesting - but not surprising as I don't collect Scottish coins! 146/8 - as in 146 shillings and 8 pence? What a weird denomination, I expect there must be a reason! What was the conversion rate of Scottish shillings to English?