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  1. Paddy
    I have done a few but he has so many! It is difficult to believe anyone would be taken in by his coins or artefacts - they are so awfully bad...
  2. Paddy
    If it was English Tin I would have it like a shot! I don't do Irish coinage, despite my name.
  3. Paddy
    Incidentally, the old undated 20p seems to have dropped steadily in the market. Average price for (supposedly) genuine ones on Ebay is now £40 to £50. I suspect there are not enough collectors for the 200,000 odd that are supposed to be out there - the youngsters are all into the 50ps and £2 coins, and there aren't enough oldsters around. The presence of the fakes at £4.99 on the market doesn't help either.
  4. Paddy
    I had a friend with an Orange contract that they had stuffed up on - he was paying just the mobile but had broadband AND Landline as well. Orange had agreed the contract and so could not back out. They kept offering him "upgrades" at increasingly ridiculously low rates just so they could re-contract the Ts & Cs and start charging him for the broadband and landline. Even if it was peanuts at first they could later increase the charges to what they should have been all along. Needless to say, we all advised him to stay with what he had!
  5. Paddy
    My mistook! It is a normal N - must have been too early in the morning. Anyway, Coincraft reckon that way is worth £10 more...
  6. Paddy
    Certainly looks like that to me. I have it in the Coincraft book of 1999 and it fits everything there. Date will be 1691 although they note that the "1" is struck in such a way that it can look like a "3". You also have the "reversed N in Hibenia" variation, which is recognised. The book gives a value in VG of £50 - but this was in 1999...
  7. Paddy
    It appears then that I have a Standard Annulet model. Condition is great but no key, so I will have to get that fixed.
  8. Paddy
    OK - sounds good then? I bought it "Because it was there" and I will probably end up selling ti on as I keep my own coins in albums.
  9. Paddy
    I picked up a small coin cabinet at auction today - appears to be mahogany, so that is OK. Label on the back says "The Stamp & Coin Shop, 3 Norman Road, St Leonards-on-sea, SX." There is also a cipher - "N" in a circle and rectangle. Anyone know much about this maker/retailer?
  10. Paddy
    I think that was her - right down to the payment difficulties! Always complicated and involved excuses why she can't pay until... somewhen. Then, if you watch to see what else she has bought she has had several other coins off other people and paid them promptly. (That was back in the days when you could track other peoples purchases easily!)
  11. Paddy
    I am not sure how far you will get with this, apart from the obvious: It is a coronation medallion for George IV, who was crowned on 19th July 1821 in Westminster Abbey. I would guess the metal is the cheap medal making white metal based on a Tin alloy that is often used for cheap medals of the time. The letter K beneath the bust may be a clue to the designer, but I do not know who it refers to. With that great ugly hole in it, I suspect it has little value - you might get a few pounds from one of the George IV fans out there. (And yes, these people do exist - I had a German lady follow me on Ebay for years who would bid on anything with George IV on it....)
  12. Paddy
    Yes - looks very much like a Barbarous copy to m and the portrait of Tetricus is likely to be the source. In fact I have this one on Ebay at the moment, which bears quite a lot of similarities.
  13. Paddy
    I didn't know either so I googles it: "Urban Dictionary: High Six https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=High%20Six A high five in which two men with boners touch tips as well." I am not surprised the kid's mum objected!
  14. Paddy
    I think my friend has come to the same conclusion and is leaving that one for someone else.
  15. Paddy
    That is brilliant - thanks! Looks Like I will have to get a copy of Withers - what is the book's full title? (I know there are other Withers books - I have their Trade Tokens book which is excellent.)
  16. Paddy
    I think our friend is in Estonia and his English is not perfect. I suspect he was after knowing the town and/or moneyer...
  17. Paddy
    Thanks - but I don't have Withers! I have Spink and North - is there an equivalent?
  18. Paddy
    Strangely I have had a 2017 Shield in circulation - I think it was the first 2017 50p I picked up. Must have been October last year. Also seen the Newton and two of the Beatrix series - all now tucked away in my album. Still waiting to see the first of the alphabet 10ps in my change!
  19. Paddy
    Thanks both for that - I will mark it up as Henry III Willem on Cant then. Once I have popped my clogs I wont mind if someone else decides I was wrong!
  20. Paddy
    This a long shot I suppose - this broken Shortcross penny was in the same lot as the farthing posted separately. It was fixed between two layers of selotape when I received it, making it completely unrecognisable. I have got the tape off by soaking in surgical spirit and I can now see the king's head on the obverse and what appears to be a hugely double struck reverse. I can make out some letters but not enough to guess at a moneyer. Anyone able to help? I can send full size images if that would help - these have been shrunk to get into the post.
  21. Paddy
    A friend of mine is considering buying this on Ebay. I cannot see anything obvious to say fake, though the obverse is pretty worn. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EDWARD-VII-1903-SILVER-HALFCROWN-KEY-DATE-GOOD-FINE/273336241576?hash=item3fa41c0da8:g:h5cAAOSwr69bLLwF Can anyone else see any problems with it? Has anyone dealt with this seller before?
  22. Paddy
    I think as soon as you mention "Pontefract Siege Piece" in the same paragraph as field_walker you know what the answer is going to be! It is not my area but there do appear to be casting bubbles in the pictures. To add to what Rob has said, these things used to be mega-rare, and now they turn up all the time. To me that can only mean one thing - they are being produced to fill the demand in the market. I would not buy one on Ebay at all - and I would want to have a lot of provenance before I bought from a good auction house.
  23. Paddy
    I picked up this with some other stuff. I can see it is a farthing and from London with the Civitas London on the reverse, and I presume it is Edward I, II or III. Can anyone tell me anything more precise? Thanks,
  24. Paddy
    I doubt we would ever get Rees-Mogg even standing for leadership, despite the scare-mongering of the sandalistas. But I think I would prefer to have the pub dog in charge rather than Corbyn or any of his cronies. Socialism is fine but Marxist Communism is a step too far!
  25. Paddy
    Yes - I was thinking of getting a Russian one as insurance in case Corbyn gets in.
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