copper123
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13 hours ago, Paddy said:
No postage specified, otherwise I might have made him an offer of £1, just to see his reaction!
First time I have noticed the "Ebay automated Feedback". How long has this been going on? Positive but "This seller successfully completed an order" certainly counts as "Damning by faint praise!
That buyer would not be a full shilling methinks
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On 6/25/2024 at 10:44 AM, secret santa said:
one of the best sketches ever
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WOT NO EDINBURGH OR GLASGOW
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IMHO the most beautyful of moore's works , stunning just stunning
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my god that's a REAL minger
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7 hours ago, copper123 said:
Would you believe it I have found another "Mule" in my recent buy on ebay.
This time its a quarter sov and a half farthing mule struck on a brass flan , really interesting
This of course makes it one of the very few coins with two different dates on it 1848 and 1849
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Would you believe it I have found another "Mule" in my recent buy on ebay.
This time its a quarter sov and a half farthing mule struck on a brass flan , really interesting
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I once found a G over G farthing in GVF grade for £3 beat that (He says expecting this thread to turn into a four yorkshiremen sketch very soon)
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Both coins are in lowish sort of grades so it would be foolish to say if they were a filled die or not , you would have to find several much higher grade coins to say with any certainty , shows I spotted it as well though doesn't it?
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Just discovered another new variety of Lauer's model coins this time its a Half crown 1897 quite a scarce coin anyway I have both varieties one reads HALF CROWN and the other HALF ROWN in other words the "C" is missing .
Anyone any idea if its listed?
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Such interesting coins and from their dates quite late in moore's career I must admit I prefer Moores output to Lauers
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Sounds like a few of the rarities in your collection need airing on here kai , we all need an idea of what to look out for .
Funny thing is even though its very rare you would probably only get £15 for it max .
Thanks for getting back so quick and also for your great knowledge
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Here's another rare mule model coin I found in a mixed lot
As you can see its an Edward double florin which to my knowledge does not even exist in the edward 1902 set anyway it, so I am sure its a mule - anyone with a copy of rogers book could they please check its in there , thanks ,
Anyway the pics
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Maybe the world will be a better place in the future with Ai Bots putting on ebay listings without the help of humans .
Well they could hardly do worse , could they?
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Oh yes I forgot James I had sir Walter Raleigh executed after a long spell in the tower of london , bet christopher columbus never got the same thing from the spanish monarchy
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3 hours ago, Paddy said:
Don't get me started on the film industry messing with historical fact! I gave up believing anything they portrayed after Braveheart.
"The madness of king george" is probably as good a film as you will find in the end you start feeling quite sorry for him
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8 minutes ago, Diaconis said:
Just a thought. Suppose we believe Hobbes that the state of nature is a horrible place where laws do not exist, property is non-existent, and everyone is out for themselves without a care for others. That then is the motivation to work and pay a portion of the proceeds from the fruits of our labours to maintain a government to protect us, and maintain natural law.
The irony is that the value we are getting for our buck these days is inversely proportional to the greed and self-centeredness of the government itself.
Regressing into the state of nature and paying for the privilege 😃 Has a Pythonesque feel to it.
Like buying natwest with public money then the public being sold it back , just cause some narcissist trashed the whole company
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1 hour ago, Paddy said:
Interesting discussion on the worst king title possible here. I'm not sure I would agree with @copper123. I would suggest John as the worst - corrupt and greedy. After that it gets closer for second worst - Edward II, Richard II, Stephen and Edward VI are all good contenders with Charles I. George IV I let off as by then the monarch had virtually no power, and so could do little damage. Not sure what you have against James I - apart from his penchant for killing old women because he thought they were witches?
yes he remains the only british king to have published a book and its a pile of rubbish .
from what I recall witches were only burned in scotland was it (?) the pendle witches not sure how they died but they did and just because they were were old and without husbands .
James did like his art though and is responsible for quite a lot of the royal art collection which is owned by the crown which is you and me by the way through the goverment
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1 hour ago, Paddy said:
Interesting discussion on the worst king title possible here. I'm not sure I would agree with @copper123. I would suggest John as the worst - corrupt and greedy. After that it gets closer for second worst - Edward II, Richard II, Stephen and Edward VI are all good contenders with Charles I. George IV I let off as by then the monarch had virtually no power, and so could do little damage. Not sure what you have against James I - apart from his penchant for killing old women because he thought they were witches?
Yes there were some really bad plantagenet kings , I must admit I was concentrating on more recent kings as it is easier as the older kings and their legacies fade into the past maybe a get out on my behalf
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I have little time for people who claim Charles was murdered (Only my opinion by the way )
While he was beheaded he had many times been asked to plead guilty and say sorry and he would be well looked after , he refused to see common sense and carried on with his ridiculous inalienable right of kings defence .
He remains a total prima donna and while George IV was probably the worst king we ever had, Charles runs into second place along with his father in third
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5 hours ago, Paddy said:
I fear we are more of a bureaucracy at the moment, ruled by an ever expanding Civil Service and semi-autonomous organisations that seem determined to ignore the will of the people and even our elected representatives in a trenchant defence of their own jobs and beliefs.
There is no limit to the casual cruelty of the bureaucrat!
well it must be the fault of the conservatives then seeing they have been in power 75% of the time
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Obvious catholic - sympathiser or Jacobite.
Really cheap for such an old book cannot be many around now
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On 4/12/2024 at 11:33 PM, Rob said:
1860 toothed border/beaded border penny. Lot 1462. Freeman 9. NGC have slabbed it as a halfpenny in their wisdom.
so it does not say "halfpenny " on it like all the rest then?
Its a big clue!
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Working in the army used to be a last resort job unless you were in public school and could get a job straight away as an officer even up till the first world war veterans were treated dreadfully even if they had medals , few got war pensions from war injuries as they were made very hard to claim and mental illness was rewarded with the workhouse or worse still Bedlam where the public paid a small fee too see the lunatics..
Officers got treated better but not by much.
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On the sherberts
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Worth more like $82 while its had little wear the coin appears badly struck and would be difficult to sell in this condition - is this one of the better grading houses in the us or are they "Cowboys"?