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  1. 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    ... 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!
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    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:
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    Only 13? You were lucky...
  7. 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.
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    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.
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    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?
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    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!
  14. Paddy
    Your pictures are tiny and blurred, but I think I see the remains of a Druid's head token there. If so will date around 1788 to 1792 and often listed under Anglesey or North Wales.
  15. Paddy
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-49331042 Featuring Tower of London and St Paul's Cathedral in the background this time. If they really are "in circulation" I will get them. If they are another RM packet only then forget it.
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    In Ebay if you click on any seller ID, it brings up a summary page for that trader. Then click on "Items for Sale", which will bring up all his or her current items. Then scroll down the left side to "Sold listing" and click that. Bingo! Here is the result for our counter-marked Thaler man - one look at that list and you know he is selling fakes. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/sattar-uk/m.html?_nkw&_armrs=1&_ipg&_from&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2046732.m1684
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    Yes - it is the privacy issue I really don't like about going cashless. The banks, and by extension the government and probably most of the big internet companies, would know where we are and what we are spending all the time.
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    This on the BBC website today - apparently no 1p or 2p coins produced for circulation in 2018, but this is not an indication (yet) of the demise of the coppers: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49275300
  19. Paddy
    Here is a video on Youtube teaching our snake oil brethren how to fake up toning on silver coins:
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    As you know, varieties are not my speciality, but I would say P is to a tooth - just to the left of centre on it, which seems to match with the example on the headsntails14 website. First one of date is also directly over a tooth, so I think this makes it Freeman Reverse A?
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    Or just more gew-gaws, as they have been for the last few years.
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    I have no time for him or his illegal practices. (Shill bidding is actually a criminal offence.) But to point out - the reason virtually no one uses reserves on Ebay any more is because they charge a substantial percentage of the reserve in fees, even if your item does not sell.
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    Picked up this amongst a bag of otherwise junk and modern stuff yesterday. Slight upgrade for me and always nice to get one of the scarcer ones: 1875 H Penny, Dies 8 + J, F85 I believe:
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    I would say fake - this has some of the characteristics of the fakes discussed on this forum about a year ago. The dents in the second one of the date and in the neck above look very familiar. Is the orientation right? These should be medal alignment, but the fakes were coin aligned.
  25. Paddy
    Has been ended by the seller - hopefully because they learnt from their mistake.
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