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  1. Sword
    When I was in holiday in Prague last year, I really liked the 50 Korun coin which is bimetallic (Copper and brass) with attractive obverse and reverse. The photos below are from Numista. Which designs of foreign coins do you like best?
  2. Sword
    I have never tried anything apart from acetone with a cotton bud. (And I will probably not try anything else). For me it is very good in dissolving a range of things such as grease. It is more volatile than the various alcohols (due to lower boiling point) and so will quickly evaporate. But I would only consider using it if there is a reason to.
  3. Sword
    It's a bit more than that. Even the previous listing of the same item has also been removed. True, it might be back with a new seller's ID though.
  4. Sword
    The listing has been removed (rather than ended)! Looks like it might be the action of Ebay.
  5. Sword
    Notice only the date 1933 has been cleaned... Also I think people selling for a charity on eBay has the charity ribbon icon on their listings ...
  6. Sword
    Croydon Coins used to be the only cheap auction charging just 5% buyer's premium. But they didn't have photos for most of their coins then and so it wasn't great for postal bidders. It has since changed hands but the name is still retained. Now it is "21% plus VAT". They even added "Unlike some other auction houses which state 28.8%." on their website.
  7. Sword
    I have never experienced that. I try to submit my bid in the last few seconds and the auctions ended on the time expected.
  8. Sword
    That's rather worrying...
  9. Sword
    A common coin but the toning is nice and much more intense than that shown in photos.
  10. Sword
    You can access the catalogue via Saleroom: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/search-filter?clientID=Lockdales
  11. Sword
    That's a thought. RM will surely make a Mickey Mouse 50p soon. Municipal refuse collections started in ca 1918 and so there could be a "110 years of refuse collection" coming up. It's a key public service that we all need!
  12. Sword
    I like the JRRT monogram which was designed by Tolkien himself.
  13. Sword
    I hope the portrait details are better with the coin in hand.
  14. Sword
    Love it! The individual coins are no longer collector's items but the dish on the whole is an item of beauty and rarity.
  15. Sword
    What about them? They have obviously taken some serious abuse ...
  16. Sword
    The joke is on you if a kid takes off the door handle instead of a bag of sweets...
  17. Sword
    Rees-Mogg handed in a hand written resignation letter dated ‘St Crispin’s Day’ and requested that the new PM to "convey my resignation as secretary for business, energy and industrial strategy to the King". Isn't it rather poor that his handwriting is barely legible and that it wasn't sealed and written on a parchment. https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/25/jacob-rees-moggs-hand-written-resignation-letter-is-slathered-with-pretention-17633956/
  18. Sword
    From memory, I think the time allowed for editing depends on your "rank" which is in turn dependent on the number of posts you have made.
  19. Sword
    Does anyone else think it is a shame that Charles III is used in the inscription instead of Carolus III? Now the inscription is a mixture of English and Latin. Elizabeth doesn't translate to Latin and so there wasn't a choice with the late queen.
  20. Sword
    I do wonder if coin cabinet makers should consider using felts made from materials that are likely to result in good (and relatively speedy).
  21. Sword
    Very nice indeed. The flattening of the ear is undoubtedly due to weak striking.
  22. Sword
    The RM might have asked for his permission to send out a number for testing. However, he had other things on his mind then and probably would have just said yes without a second thought even if he was asked.
  23. Sword
    We are all in agreement that the bottom coin is better struck. For me, I often prefer a well struck George V with a trace of wear over a less well struck UNC example. However, I find the earlier portraits of George V notoriously difficult to grade from photos. For the coins in questions, I am not a fan of the strike or tone of the first coin and prefer the second.
  24. Sword
    Have you got this the wrong way round? I think the bottom coin is better struck esp. for the reverse.
  25. Sword
    Edward VIII didn't exactly follow tradition. His portrait on coins points the wrong way and his marriage was just a tad controversial by the standard of those days.
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