copper123

I think they might deserve a medal

There was an interesting find in china the other day - all to do with the spade pieces from 700 BC or so. There has long been a arguement over if these were the first currency pieces in the world or not - my own opinion is they are very similar to the bronze axe heads from the iron age and bronze age - they probably more served as a store of wealth (As in their copper value) They are not true coins but can also serve as coins in a time of need , barter was probably a more common way to trade in those times . The ancient greek silver , gold or electrum coins are at least true coins , I tend to favour these as the first true coins

EF its a pile of cra-p not worth 50p

while not unc the coin looks in tip top grade and I just love the"saxon"in the midle

WOW a dream coin , better than a edward VIII sov

FLASH BY NAME FLASH BY NATURE

Its a bit out in the sticks but a great day out - like I said august or september for me with the garden, just because the dahlias are at their best then.

Canceled - like my dentist appointment today - nurse has suspected covid- bummer

Saw aforementioned gentleman with his two sons they looked around 11 and 12 years old at Pistyll Rhaeadr on a short break in north wales Probably hideing in north wales due to him not being as well known there after all he has a ten week holiday about now doesn't he. His well thought up phrase came to mind (Hands, face , minge)

PUKE ,PUKE,PUKE. PLEASE DONT FEED THEM IDEAS THEY HAVE ENOUGH BAD ONES OF THEIR OWN, IT WOULD BE BETTER IF THEY (London MO),NEVER EXISTED

On the subject of gardens again one of my faves is powys castle in mid wales the yews are a particular wonder it pretty good in august- september, esp when the dahlias are out Bidulph grange staffs also has a lovely display of dalias come sept

7foot hollyhocks is my big success this year.

I am pretty lucky, most of back garden gets sun all summer and the much smaller front one gets very little - its great for bulbs though - I mean to plant loads of spring ones in october , snowdrops and crocus are just lovely .

Don't know about anyone else but mines bloomin' lovely this year. Its all the sun and rain no faded lawns that need the rain like in the past few years

Cleaning roman is a lot harder than you might think - remember 1800 years of gunk aint easy to get rid of without spoiling the coin , many metal detector coins are hopeless cases

If you had a time machine maybe you could have used this stuff

this sounds much more customer friendly

Would anyone agree? Payment should be after coin is slabbed and when you are happy - that would be best for both the coin owner and the service provider. It should only take one slabbing company to do this and they would just hoover up the customers

A resturant could argue the same while serving a sustandard meal A builder could do shoddy work and charge you full wack A shop could leave you waiting for your goods for six months and not even say sorry A company could deliver to the wrong address and still charge you for it An insurance company could leave you waiting years on a household claim A slabbing company could do the decent thing and at least tell the client why they will not slab his coin- it costs them nothing and he already has paid the slabbing fee

Not sure at all, the way most decent companies work is by charging you for work after they have done it to a certain standard that the buyer is happy with. If this happens in the slabbing world well and good , somehow I suspect it does not ......

Who would tool a coin in that grade anyway ? Takes a lot of imagination..........

I am surprised they don't charge £50 to invent something wrong with it , thats the way these companies work

Looks a yummy coin to me and i would love to own it . Only thing wrong is they are very rare in that date/grade 1886 might be a bit easyer. Tarnishing looks about right for a coin of that age .

Was cumming caught giving an away service then .......LOL

And if it looks bad to you , I am sure you would not have to travel far to find another person who considers it awful