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  1. Sword
    Bill was the chairman of the CGS forum meetings. These meetings were held on the same dates as the London Coins Auctions (in the same hotel but in a different room as the auction). Bill also had an official CGS e-mail address. However, he mentioned that he did not held any shares in CGS and was otherwise just a customer wishing to promote CGS.
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    Adjustment lines across the centre of coins are not that uncommon. A quick Google search shows up plenty of such examples. One is shown below. I assume the adjustments were made on the blank flans before the striking.
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    I don't believe it is deliberate graffiti either. If someone wants to scratch a coin with a sharp point, then it is likely that the lines would all join up.
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    Helping hand

    Sword replied to Henry's topic in Free for all

    If a Henry cleaner doesn't suck, then it sucks Might be someone should change the title from "helping hand" to "hand of death."
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    Let's change the subject and post a few nice coins. Unfortunately, I don't have anything remotely exciting left to post. Just a few very common coins.
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    I think an elevated reserve price is a lot more "honest" than an unjustifiably high postage charge. I am fine with some auction houses charging 20+ % commission. However, I feel cheated if someone were to charge £15+ for posting a coin.
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    A Jubilee crown I have for a while. (Brought raw and was graded CGS 75 later on).
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    Now the CGS photo which shows the patchy gold toning.
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    Here is another example of a coin brought from LCA in 2013 and was immediately slabbed by CGS afterwards. Again the CGS photo is better. The LCA photo totally failed to show the patchy gold toning. I am not convinced that the CGS setup is the same as LCA. This is the LCA photo
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    Nice coins Paul. With regard to mine. The 1902 crown was purchased in LCA in 2011 and I had it slabbed before it was posted to me. There was might be a two months gap between the dates of the LCA and CGS photos. The 1888 was purchased in LCA in 2013 and was also slabbed immediately afterwards. Hence a gap of might be two or three months between the photos.
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    The gate price is £25 per adult which is too much in my view. However, this is equal to £6.25 in Tesco's Clubcard vouchers. But most people go to the tower for a day out to see the crown jewels, armours, history and not the coin displays.
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    There are no raised hairlines as far as I can tell. However, I do think the CGS photos show up details better. E.g. for the matt proof crown, the contact mark on the horse's rear shows up much more clearly on the CGS photo. For the 1888 halfcrown the CGS photo suggests that the lions' thighs might have received slight rubbing and hence the different toning. This is not evident on the LCA photo.
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    I would say the CGS photos are closer to the coins at hand.
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    If you shop in Tesco's, you can trade £5 of your clubcard vouchers for a £20 voucher towards admission. Then you have the option of upgrading your day ticket to a one year pass (for free entry to six palaces including Hampton Court) at the end of the visit.
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    Now CGS photos (later graded as CGS 80)
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    LCA photos of 1888 halfcrown (described as UNC with colourful tone and some very light contact marks)
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    Now these are CGS photos (later graded as CGS 85)
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    I do think CGS photos somewhat better than LCA photos. I will give two random examples. These are LCA photos of 1902 matt proof crown (graded as nFDC)
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    Charles II portrait punch. It was used as a master tool to make dies. Reverse punch of Charles II.
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    Trial plates were used to test the purity of coins. These are the Commonwealth and Charles II Plates.
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    I spent a day in the Tower of London recently and was impressed by the coins they have on display. Firstly, the Petition Crown. Simply an amazing coin.
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    There was a little blue colour around part of the edge when I brought it. It has been getting bigger since. Likewise the brown colour has been developing from the rim inwards.
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    Oh, it is inside of the window. I would never dare to leave a coin outside!
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