Nordle11
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The seller is one of those pain-in-the-arse people who just jump from excuse to problem, always better to steer well clear from people like this.
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13 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:
That coin was mine Matt and made me check the colin cooke photo which is were i bought it.
Definately an early strike and although really nice its not proof.....remember talking to Neil about it why in his office
I remember buying a 1929 off you but at the time I had 4 of them I think and I couldn't remember which
I think I even asked if you knew which was yours lol.
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5 minutes ago, TomGoodheart said:
Ah. I had some of those too!
But I can't see any rules were broken and it seems to have generated a good discussion, so I'm inclined to let it stay.. all agreed?
Seconded
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1 minute ago, Rob said:
Agreed, but there are far more concerned parties elsewhere than on this forum about the vendor in question
Our thread is irrelevant as nobody is going to get here using Google as their preferred route.
I just googled the company and didn't include coins.
Shhh, don't tell Henry that, he really seems to want this thread gone.
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Hehe, indeed he should
If you're doing any specific searches relating to coins, usually a link or two will pop up that come to the forum. For example, 'Gouby X' brings up the forum as the top link.
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Perhaps Rob's lovely link is being indexed by Google a lot higher than Henry wanted
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On 28/9/2016 at 10:41 AM, azda said:
I bet Henry wished he hadn't have bothered starting a thread here ?
A little update for you gents - it seems this thread is causing some issues for our friend Henry and he's made a report asking for it to be taken down... I can't see any violations of the forum rules though...
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12 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:
I'm not a big proof collector, or at any rate haven't been up to now. But I would like a few in my collection. They will have to be obviously proofs as well. There are quite a few good early strikes, masquerading as proofs, and going for a very nice price.
Indeed! I have one that I was convinced was proof, although speaking to others here the general consensus is that it's just a very nice early strike. The colours and the sheen on it are what made me look twice.
Just to add that this picture doesn't capture the 'sheen' in the slightest, but it's there.
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7 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:
Eight, Matt - the 18, 20, 22, 25, 28, 29, 32 & 33.
It shouldn't be too difficult to get a 26, but the others will be very to extremely difficult, even in low grade. Indeed, some, like the 19, 23 & 27, not to mention most of the proofs, will be virtually impossible. So if I get a 21, 26 plus one proof, I'll happily draw a line under the series, unless, by great good fortune, one of the aforesaid impossibilities, presents itself at some point. Could be an extremely long wait for any one of those real rarities, verging on the unique, to even come up for sale, let alone for me to be able to afford and win it.
Very nice, some of those aren't exactly ten a penny (pun intended) either.
I didn't know you're collecting proofs though, that a beast in itself! Seldom seen and expensive as hell, that's why I steer clear
but fair play to the proof collectors out there.. To be honest I'm terrible at identifying proofs, another reason for me to steer clear lol.
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Another tick on the list!
Nice coin
how many 1861 varieties have you got now?
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fair play though, he does explain it haha
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8 hours ago, 1949threepence said:
Not once for me. I haven't the patience and would probably lose the count part way through.
I don't think I could do it properly just counting, I had a blown up picture and was counting them off in chunks of 10, marking where each group was. Then count the groups. I'd definitely lose count otherwise lol.
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For some reason it merged your thread title with Michael's post
result is the same though, I guess.
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10 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:
Yes, although I'm limiting myself to Freeman types only, otherwise it could just go on forever. Ultimately, collecting the series has to have a natural limit (for me anyway), and I'm not a border tooth counter, or letter to gap kind of collector. Kudos to those who are, I greatly admire their dedication. But I reach my personal gold standard with varieties where differences can be seen with the naked eye, even if only just, or maybe with one lens of the loupe, such as spotting the L C or "I" C WYON on the obverse of an early bun
Think you're being wise there
My priorities cascade, depending on what's available;
- Date run (An example of each year)
- Varieties on individual years (purposeful design changes)
- Errors (brockages/broadstrikes etc)
- Widely recognised varieties (dot flaws/overstrikes - accidental design changes)
- Lesser known varieties (like the 1862 'VIGTORIA' - accidental design changes)
I think I've counted all the teeth on a penny only twice, that's about my limit
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2 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:
Yep, head spinning. I know. But once you're in it, it's too fascinating to let go, until you're finished. Or as finished as you ever can be with buns, as you're unlikely to ever be complete
Ain't that the truth lol. Then along comes Terry/Richard/Prax with a new variety of 1862 which we then need to add to the seemingly perpetual list
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5 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:
Dunno Matt, to be honest. It's so long since I finished my brass threepence collection, and moved onto other things, specifically the myriad varieties of bun pennies, that I've totally lost touch with them.
Very easy to get caught up in the bun head pennies! I have my own word doc with info/pics I find throughout the years, from 1900 to 1967 is about 40 pages long, 1860 to 1862 is about 50...
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What's it worth now, do ya reckon?
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4 minutes ago, azda said:
She looks old
lol fair play. Be more specific Paul
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24 minutes ago, Paul O said:
Sorry Nordle11, stil thinking about it, & tracked/Signed post to Spain will cost nearly £8
To be honest, the 4 cost me £22, so there should be a tiny profit in it
I will probably put them in LCA, error coins seem to do well there
Just to note - while errors do do relatively well in LCA, the errors you're looking at are more along the lines of brockages/broadstrikes/double struck errors, they're all a little bit more exotic than these, which are just caused by part of the die breaking off during minting.
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4 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said:
I am in the uk and will have one you can post Matts to me in the same packet and i will forward it on to him ,so not a problem there
Cheers Pete
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Oh I know the postage price to Spain well, don't worry
but I would assume the postage costs too of course so shouldn't matter.
A good buy for £22, you'll get your money back and a little bit more. I take it you're going to consign them as a lot (all 4 together)?
If you do, I can assure you you'll lose money compared to selling them individually. You're welcome to consider my offer above of £20 for just one, you're almost recouping all your costs back in one sale then
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9 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:
Kate hopes so
Looks like it's a love token, could have just been Kate making a carry piece or something.
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Hi and welcome Gillybean.
Yes looks like an H there in the first photo. You should grab yourself a loupe, it'll help to see things like this and if you're collecting coins it's always handy to have one laying around.
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Well spotted and removed John. This seller also has a habit of listing slabbed CGS coins that have been rejected, however without noting the rejection and cutting the top of the slab off in the picture so you cannot see the 'rejected' note. The only giveaway is being able to see a small part of the sticker, which on rejected slabs are yellow I believe.