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  1. Paddy
    This lot of Coin Monthly coming up at auction on Saturday in Cornwall, in case it is of interest to anyone... https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/1eee8a64e32322313fc16434e8672283/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/general-antiques-and-collectables-lot-355/
  2. Paddy
    This article on the Brexit 50p on the BBC website today: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-50215983
  3. Paddy
    An acquaintance bought this coin back in 2008, paying £1250 plus commission at Spink. He is considering selling it on now, but does not know if he would get anything like his money back. (He is not a coin collector but bought it as he lives near Barnstaple.) I have checked through other sales at Spink and suspect he payed top whack back then and so probably would lose out selling it now - but does anyone else have a different view? https://spink.com/lot/13014126
  4. Paddy
    This article on the BBC website today - a coin collection found under a hedge on an allotment in Cirencester. Some lovely things in there, including a lot of gold. Police are trying to trace the owner, in case anybody knows anything? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-50207181
  5. Paddy
    OK - it is now on Zeno - I will keep you posted. Here is link: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=233756 Response already: "Ottoman akce of Mehmed III, Constantinople mint". There will probably be more.
  6. Paddy
    OK - my mistake - I will get onto it tomorrow. P
  7. Paddy
    Are you sure you don't mean 2.7g? I don't think I have ever met any coin that light, let alone one at 9mm diameter? I will get onto it tomorrow.
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    Definitely looks Asian to me - the first side appears to be Arabic writing, the reverse possibly Persian script. I would suggest posting on zeno.ru - I have found them far and away the best at Id'ing Asian coins. If you have not subscribed and find it too much hassle, I can do for you using the pictures above. Only other piece of info they would want is the weight.
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    I sent him a message pointing out his error politely. He responded: "Thank you! I did not know" but he has not dropped the listing, merely reduced the price to £1500...
  10. Paddy
    Might have been right first time - a Freudian slip by your Autocorrect as Coincraft have a reputation for charging top prices...
  11. Paddy
    On the same theme, can anyone tell me more about this medallion? Measures about 29mm diameter and appears to be silver. I can find a similar obverse on several online examples, but these have a reverse with "Valparaiso" in the wording.
  12. Paddy
    I haven't picked up any new pennies for quite a while, but this 1926 ME was a slight upgrade and cheap, so I bought it:
  13. Paddy
    I was on an Army exercise in Australia's Shoal Water Bay, North of Brisbane in 1982 using HF radios. We kept getting other people cutting across our broadcasts - it took us a while to work out it was a US Army exercise in Texas! Unfortunately they couldn't hear us, so we had no conversation.
  14. Paddy
    I don't know where they got the idea of an Indian Temple token! The writing is Thai and I am pretty sure it is a Tin 25 Satang (1/4 Baht) dated 1946 but also minted 1954 to 1964. See https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9274.html Officially of very low value but Thai people are fiercely loyal to their Royal family and non-coin collectors love to have examples of their old monarchs.This is Rama VIII and I think he reigned until 1957.
  15. Paddy
    There is no evidence of the reverse pattern in the blob, so it was not there when the coin was struck. So I would say this is post mint damage - someone has added the blob, either to make it into something (a large button?) or messing around in the workshop. Subsequently it has gone back into circulation and got the wear to the face.
  16. Paddy
    ... and sadly another fake, or at best fantasy piece I suspect. 1853 Halfcrown was a proof issue only, very scarce and I don't believe that one was proof even before it got circulated. Strange that he has cut and pasted Victoria's life history - from Wikipedia I suppose - into the description!
  17. Paddy
    OK - nothing to compare with some of the pennies acquired by other members, but I was pleased to add this to my collection today: 1859 Penny with the small date and the first type of "9". Came in a job lot at a local auction, so doesn't owe me much:
  18. Paddy
    Only 13? You were lucky...
  19. Paddy
    When I read the ticket with the bronze version posted by @Gaz T I interpret the final "1959" as the date of production of this copy. Certainly looks more like 1959 style than 1565 to me. Even the @Sword looks more 18th or 19th century than 16th.
  20. Paddy
    Agreed - as long as you are dealing with circular coins. The conversation came up because of the trapezoidal coin example posted, which I would not be able to crop using my Photoscape. But I don't have any of those, so not a problem! 😊 I guess one of those Indian or Middle Eastern flower shaped coins would be quite a challenge, even with a free-format cropping tool.
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    OK - the free Windows 10 version doesn't seem to support random edges, unless I am missing it somewhere. Not to worry - not a function I need much.
  22. Paddy
    Probably not until he retires, and then only if he keeps his nose clean. No more nightclub fracas! Of course, if the cricket supporters in England had their way, he'd be King by now! Ben Stokes - the only thing more difficult to get out than a Scotsman's wallet.
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    @Diaconis have you got the Pro version and paid for it? Just wondering as my free version gives only rectangular or circle/ellipse cropping, and you seem to have used a more free form version. (Not that I would need it often enough to want to pay for it!)
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    Are you not able to over-ride your antivirus? Provided you are downloading it from photoscape.org or one of their provided links I am sure it is OK. I have had it for a couple of years now and swear by it. Which antivirus are you using?
  25. Paddy
    Just did this one using Photoscape, which I know a lot of people use on here as it is free: 1. Open your picture in the Photoscape editor 2. From the "Crop" tab at the bottom, select "Crop Round Image" 3. Beneath that select the background colour you want from the drop down. 4. Draw your circle around your coin image and when you are happy hit the "Crop" button. Bingo!
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