Nordle11

If you have a friend called Jemima and she gets the puddle duck 50p, I'm going to lose my mind

Well put, I would expect the same. I think the ridonkulous price quoted was from that previous sale that was hyped by the Daily Mail (yet again). It's fine though, if someone wants to spend 1k+ on a coin worth £100, I'm not going to stop them

Yeah the embedded images are being hosted by the original server where it's uploaded, so if you removed the photo (permanently) then it wouldn't show anymore, either in a link or in an embedded image. The only files it would save are the ones that you choose to upload, the under 500kb ones. Even then it will probably kill off photos after a few years or so to keep free space.

It's difficult to tell from the pictures, can you see detail where the mark is where the design should be? If it's a strike through you should have some sort of underlying design there, if it's been stamped post mint then that generally flattens the whole area and you can't see anything but the stamp.

Yes but we all know you're a special case, Mike That is strange though, I've not heard that one before..

Always enjoy seeing this coin, in a thread ranting about CGS or not the toning is just amazing.

Yeah it's a bug in the software from the forum providers, they know and assume will release the fix when they have it. You know that hosting a website and all its images costs money right? Predecimal is 100% free and all paid for by Chris, many of the other sites have subscribers or donations to help run the site, whereas this place doesn't. The 500kb limit is actually plenty as well, I've never had a problem myself and everyone else seems to manage ok. The method of selecting images, to me at least, is pretty straightforward? Bar the bug you came across, it literally takes 3 clicks add an image. If it helps I can show you a couple of ways to reduce the size of an image, you'll find that you can get everything you need within the 500kb limit, especially in the case of photographing coins.

Sorry, I can't remove the post you reported as 1. you provided no reason for the report, perhaps it was in error? and b. Peter was merely letting us know there is a vvanker in our midsts, no harm no foul.

I thought vox pop was like fielding calls from the public, generally on a radio station.. In that sense it makes sense to me. sidenote - did you sign up to the forum just for that?

Other way round, the error has been assigned (incorrectly as he probably knows) by the seller to add a couple of £££s to the listing.

Yeah must've done. The only thing he did change was the price and the description ebay will never keep an eye on this type of thing though, they're notoriously s*** at doing anything about listings that go against their own policy. Fat cats don't stay fat without all that money.

same pictures too, couldn't even be bothered to take his own

It is difficult and entirely depends where you want to go with your collection, I think the main reason the powerhouses get to the stage of micro varieties is because the initial list was filled, then the subsequent additions get filled, then when running out of things to collect, start to really scrutinize every coin, looking for differences. At the moment I collect (pennies) all the years, mint marks, the main recognised varieties like 1903 open 3, 1911 Gouby X, recessed ear varieties etc, and then have a side collection for anything of interest. There are some I have like the missing wave varieties that I don't want to include in my collection because they're caused by the natural process of minting coins and not by purposeful design changes. If you haven't already, I'd definitely recommend getting literature on your area of collecting because there are some excellent books out there to help you along the way.

Any dealer should have gram scales just make sure you find the right one.

Looking good! A great year set, if I were to get one it would definitely be 1911. Got a higher res pic of the reverse? I want to see that colour up close!

I'll go with PF63 w/ mottle

Guy, please sell me that 1874h mis-strike........... I'll put a couple of my favourites up, I've got far too many now it's getting silly

Lol

Hi Jim, It's a silver plated coin I would say, the overall appearance gives me that impression. The details are all a bit fuzzy, where the plating is just filling it in.

Results are now up.

Cheers.

I'm guessing that lustre is what pushed it that high. Anyone know what lot 2477 went for?

Yes that's a single