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Normandy was WW2 ... but I take your point. Kitchener makes me think of the pop posters of the 1960s. There are so many more fitting ways to commemorate the anniversary of the start of that war.

I agree on the over-grading. There also seems to be some over-bidding going on. And there is still three weeks to go

On their way

Yes, both are at 300 dpi. Just let me know where to send.

Another effortless download to iBooks. Will look forward to reading this.

I have pics of 1787 sixpences both with and without Hearts (the with Hearts is slabbed so you can see where the coin is held) Also a 1797 tuppence (also slabbed),

Update: just back from the post office where a heavy box with four different catalogues was waiting for me: - Eric P. Newman collection Part III - Jan 14 -16 - World and Ancient Coins Auction - Jan 5-6 & Jan 20-21 (2 different catalogues) - World Currency Auction - Jan 9 & 13.

I don't really know which of my coins might be classed as 'formerly middle ground', but I am enjoying the bidding at the Heritage Newman auction on examples which are inferior to my own.

Yep ... I am waiting for a 'liquidity event' at a couple of my investments before I can start splashing the big bucks.

As ever it is up to the buyer to determine the grade and the price he/she will pay. I am going to bid on a few lots. But there is only one coin that I might be willing to pay over the odds on. For the others, they are either not all that scarce or I already have a better example than the one that is up for sale. My Scottish 22/- from Queen Mary is nicer than example that got a MS-63 grade in the NGC holder. One thing I cannot overcome is that the coin displays a couple of instances of tooling. There are other coins that don't make the grade on the holder IMHO but are still very nice examples - I just think plastic factory grading means nothing to me. There are a couple of coins I might swoop in on - but I may well do a crack-out fest in the event I get them. A plastic tomb doesn't a provenance make. I'm not all that bothered by provenance (although I do like my ex. Willis coins). I am after coins that will fit in my collection and which meet my criteria. If it is the right coin then where it comes from is not very important to me.

As ever it is up to the buyer to determine the grade and the price he/she will pay. I am going to bid on a few lots. But there is only one coin that I might be willing to pay over the odds on. For the others, they are either not all that scarce or I already have a better example than the one that is up for sale.

I do too. But, as I travel a lot, this new fangled iBook thingy may be more practical than hauling books around.

Only if it is a 360/65

Looks like a VF - VF+ to me.

Look forward to that!

I would have thought so. If it works on a MacBook, it should work on an Ipad as the MacBook functionality has followed Ipad rather than the other way around. Maybe check on one of the Mac forums.

You may be able to get iBooks from the App Store but I would be very careful to ensure it works under your current operating system. Otherwise, go for the Kindle version. Alternatively, buy a new super-duper Mac. That is what I did after my old one start to go on the blink after 5 years of intensive use. Edit: looks fully illustrated. I have a 2011 Core i5 iMac - that's pretty super-duper! Unfortunately, I'd have to abandon Photoshop (CS2 - one of my 'killer' apps) if I had anything later than Snow Leopard, as it needs Rosetta in order to run. Yep .. that is one of the problems with Macs. That said, on my 2008 Mac (the one I just replaced), I started with Leopard, and upgraded through Lion. My new machine has Maverick but I had no problem loading Photoshop Elements (v 10.0) from my old machine onto the new one. CS2 does appear to be available for later Macs so that might be worth looking at.

You may be able to get iBooks from the App Store but I would be very careful to ensure it works under your current operating system. Otherwise, go for the Kindle version. Alternatively, buy a new super-duper Mac. That is what I did after my old one start to go on the blink after 5 years of intensive use. Edit: looks fully illustrated.

I have seen the collection online and will be bidding .... actually have bid ..... on a number of coins. Have not seen the physical catalogues, however. I don't know if you have to buy them or, as a Heritage customer, you get them automatically. I am in the UK at the moment so do not know what is in the mail at home.

Wow! That was easy. Bought the epub version for iBooks on my MacBook Pro. The whole process took about 30 seconds! First time I will have used an online reference book and only the second time I have downloaded a book to the Mac. So we will see how I get on with this new fangled tek .... tekno .... techlog ..... computer thingy

According to the DNW web site, my lots were shipped today. The rest is down to the UK and US post offices.

If you have registered with DNW then just log in and go to the Your Account menu item. You will be able to see any purchases/invoices there.

Azda .. the USA does not charge import duty on numismatic imports. So I just have to worry about shipping and insurance costs which, spread over the four lots, are not too much.

I got a fourth lot this morning. £20 over the high estimate but quite a lot under what I was willing to pay. So, of my four lots, I only had to pay over the odds on one of them - an 1870 sixpence - which was my top target and I expected to have to pay more for it. All in all, a very satisfactory auction.

Lot 2662 went for 5000 (hammer) Yes, saw that. I have bought three lots. One - the one I really wanted - well over the high estimate but the two others at £20 and £40 below the low estimate. So not too bad really.