Paddy

Anyone like to put me out of my misery? Which Obverse 14 or 15? I THINK it is 14, but my eyes have gone crossed looking at Freeman.

Doesn't look like he has fooled anybody - 1 day left and no bids. Part of the issue I think is Ebay constantly giving free-listing deals - it encourages the chancers to try it on with rubbish fakes in the hope that someone will be taken in, and in the safe knowledge that it has cost them nothing if nobody bites.

Well Ebay suggests £20 to £25 each for those two, so useful finds.

Well I use Chrome and Google all the time, and I can't say I have suffered anymore spam than usual. In fact Gmail is particularly good at filtering out spam emails. The problem with doing your own hard backups is that invariably the disaster strikes when you haven't backed up for a while. Using Chrome logged in on gmail the backup is constant and bang up to date and available from any other machine. So, for example, you could go to the local library, log into gmail, and immediately have all your "home" bookmarks available. The info is all on "the cloud" and not tied to any one machine.

Well a few bits with a little value here - the George V threepence and shilling at least have silver content, but are not worth more than that - maybe £1 for the two. The 1986 Commonwealth games £2 is cashable at the bank for £2 - you might get 3 at a car boot sale. The best of what you have posted are probably the two Christmas 50ps - there seems to be quite a few collectors for these - check on Ebay as I cannot se the dates from your pictures. BTW - no need to post all your pictures twice!

Considering this is what it looked like when I got it, I think it was worth the effort!

Well I think I have finished playing with this one now. It has had time in the oven as suggested and also time in the sunshine with a little mineral oil on the surface - this seemed to make more difference than the oven to be fair. I have left a little oil on the surface as it is inclined still to look a bit matt. It will now go away in my collections as my example of 1859 over 8 Half Penny.

Alternatively on Chrome, if you log on using a gmail account you can set it to synchronise all - then if you lose everything, when you log back into Chrome on a new machine it automatically reloads all your bookmarks, browsing history, stored passwords - the lot. Came to my rescue when my machine went dulally last week.

I'm not sure why everyone else is having so many problems! I have been on Windows 10 for a couple of years and find it fine. (I did put a link to the File manager into the tabs at the bottom as a first move - can't work out why they want to make managing your files so difficult.) I have an HP printer that works fine wirelessly, as is the broadband. I even have a wireless speaker through which I play all my music from the laptop. You must have said something rude to Cortana and it has never forgiven you!

What is the error? Save me looking it up.... !

Well I hope you are right as I have just invested in one - actually in the First day issue set but pictures clearly show it missing the denomination.

Even Microsoft stay away from Internet Explorer - they have switched to Edge in the hope people will forget the sins of their past. Fat hope.

Are you using Chrome for your browser? If so this from their help page may sort it: https://support.google.com/chrome/forum/AAAAP1KN0B06oa9t7-TWa0?hl=en If you are on another browser, try using their Help facility and search for "Recover Bookmarks".

Is it just me or do none of the pictures look like the names above?

This one always amuses me - as if "highly polished" is a good thing! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HIGHLY-POLISHED-SILVER-FLORIN-CHOICE-OF-DATE-1920-1946-PERFECT-BIRTHDAY-PRESENT/201153165610?hash=item2ed5a9b92a:m:mB4MTok2MtKe9_E0FiYcFLw

I didn't know you were a Real Madrid supporter Peck!

Very nicely done! It would be good to see the other side too. There is a small market for this sort of thing - the purist penny collectors will not touch it, but the token and counter-stamp people may well want it. As it is such a well done example and in great condition I expect someone would pay up to £20 for it. I have seen EdVII and George V pennies engraved to give the king a pipe to smoke making this sort of money.

I am not the man to help you with your Ed penny - I find them very difficult to tell apart. You need @Rob I think. I do know that whatever you are seeing as a "II" is nothing to do with any regnal number.

Hi @bradwobro. I think we will need pictures to be able to help you. We will be guessing without seeing what you are seeing.

I think it is this, or close to it: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10702.html Denar from Hungary between 1528 and 1559.

Many of the small local auctions selling through Easyliveauctions will not take online Debit or Credit card payments, but will accept them over the phone - if that helps.

...and in America you can get pissed without touching a drop...

Durex is another one to get you in trouble. Means condom in English but sticky tape in American. Rubber is another - means eraser in English but condom in American!

Yes - Saleroom.com is a level up from Easyliveauctions. Someone told me that Easy costs the auctioneers about £200 per auction whereas Saleroom is £600+ - so they need to be confident of their stock and charge higher premiums. Of course the very top notch auctions have their own bespoke websites. I keep an eye on both, but if you are looking for bargain bulk lots Easylive will be more likely. The best of all are the very few auctions that are not online at all! The other way of resolving your issue is to set up a separate bank account with online facilities for the purpose. I use FirstDirect, which I have been with almost since they started, and they have been brilliant. If you decide to go with them, PM me because I think we can both get a kick back from them for a referral...

I have not run into this problem much yet, although I am both able to get to the sales if they are close enough, and to use a bank transfer if not. I used Lawrences of Crewkerne last week and they happily took payment over the phone, though they only have 2 coin sales a year. DNW website indicates they take payment by phone, though I haven't been successful there for a while to test it out. I spend a lot of time trawling around the small local auctions, which are mostly on easyliveauctions - most of them still seem to take cards, though if they don't it will say so in their blurb. I hope that helps.