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copper123

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  1. I like the crown best - totally yummy.
  2. As numismatics is concerned decimal coins will never be scarce or show a great profit , I must admit in the last ten years or so it's got far more interesting with commems being fired out right left and centre. I think this bodes well for the coin collectors in the future as really the age of the average collector these days is prob around 55 years old and the hobby will die without new blood. I suppose things like the publicity around the undated 20p and kew gardens 50p can do little long term harm and more good than anything really. Sixties and seventies crowns did little for the hobby in the long term , in fact putting many people off putting money into coins for life (remember the bags of Churchill crowns marketed as an investment)
  3. I think many American coins are really lovely V nickles, wheat cents, buffalo nickles, and those huge silver dollars which are really quite cheap due to plenty being around,the gold esp. the early stuff is very attractive and make you think of the wild west. I must admit the prices of rarities are around 100 times more than a similar English french or German coins Overall though I am happy to collect UK coins.
  4. I would have a guess at around a hundred - but it could be far less. More and more will come to light in coming years . I suspect this variety might be worth around £300 in a few years time as more and more finds are made, and the novelty fades away There again i thought that undated 20p coins would be worth £5 now and they still fetch £30 so I could easy be wrong - it's not an exact science
  5. I don't think Scott specializes in coins costing over £10 if you know what I mean
  6. my grandads were inscribed on the edge , or just the silver one was he was an ord tommy in the royal marines - not sure if he had to pay extra for that. By the way ist WW medals were superbly struck though it is rare to see one these days that has not been well cleaned. English WWW1 medals are often called Pip squeak and Wilfred , after a popular cartoon in a national newspaper I think
  7. Yep like medals and the like. There were so many medals given out in the first world war that for the first time they were not awarded at ceremonies but posted out in the post at the time - this did not go down well with the ordinary privates (who to be fair put their lives at risk every day , just like the rest). Many even threw them in the bin in disgust.
  8. Doubt very much she is married she sounds like a sexually repressed spinster to me
  9. This whole sorry tale leads me to the conclusion that the whole company is inept and should not exist with it's attitude to customers . BREATHTAKINGLY USELESS
  10. "You must pay final value fees " is wrong as well you can always ignore them and get banned from using ebay again , well in that name anyway
  11. Well yes, the designer of these coins thought more about the quality of the design than the practicalities of making the darn things , best left to other folks in the know they thought, i'm sure of that
  12. Ok I'm sick of the nipple clamps and the stretching in the cellar , Now i give in, "Ok You can go to that bloody coin fair at Birmingham this coming weekend"
  13. Ghosting is quite common on Edward Penny's less in halfpennies and almost none existent in farthings
  14. They did the ancient city of Palmyra no good according to the Daily Mail
  15. MMMMMMMmmmm lovely coin fantastic rev shame about the light marks on the obverse Very desirable
  16. Many happy returns may the coins in your cabinet equal the years of your life
  17. I would expect Scott has all these now - he is a regular in rummage boxes. There is always the pier at Southport by the way
  18. These are also repro in china and sold to tourists as cheap souvenirs , Millions are spread over the whole world now , so please don't get excited it might be genuine it prob isn't
  19. Just a thought as these coins look like they never had a hole would everyone on here feel comfortable selling a coin as undamaged?
  20. well depends if you have deep pockets i surpose
  21. Not many in that grade around
  22. Mail would not consider worthy of publishing this story without either a big bung ,or mention of isis ukip or illegal boat refugees from africa
  23. The lion while quite a good likeness has a very hairy mane all wrong it looks like it has grown twice as long as it should
  24. young lad 5 experts 0 he he he even an idiot can spot the difference between pewter and silver
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