Michael-Roo
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I'm 'ex' Liverpool. Been in South West Wirral for 20 years.
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We are all thinking of Xmas dinner - our beef joint arrived today - nice chunk of Dexter sirloin
, a change from our usual gooseSirloin? Goose? Posh git! I thought you were from Liverpool?
True! but it's Crimbo!
Nothing's changed Peck. Scousers have always sourced their luxuries in Manchester. Just a quick trip down the East Lancs.
Not in our house.
Drop the first three letters and you'd be correct.
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I see two people leaving feedback state the coins they received are fakes.
I wonder quite what they were expecting. Low feedback seller from China, selling via German eBay. Doesn't get more iffy than that.
Indeed. One born every minute etc….
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I see two people leaving feedback state the coins they received are fakes.
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Happy Birthday
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Yes. They look dipped. Unusual, but nothing rare.
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........dont come home drunk in the early hours of the morning on a school night and login to Spink online....had to retract all the bids later in the day .....stick to the porn....much safer.
Which were the coins you had bid on?
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Happy birthday!
There have been quite a few on here this week
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english is my first language but still struggle with it
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Morpheus.
No need to apologise. If English is a second language to you then well done. The content of your posts will be easily understood by anyone reading them here.
As you point out, very few members would probably be able to make themselves as clear in a language other than English.
Continue posting. The forum is a very friendly place
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Lucido has finally lost it!
Victoria Penny in EF 291307099653
There are a few nice EFs up for grabs
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coin-Victorian-Penny-Young-Head-EF-1855-/381048592159
Most of the grading seems to be by consensus rather than by any analysis of the coin's wear which is why the EFs end up as UNCs and the VFs as EFs. But I can't grade for toffee so... I propose a new two-tier grading system.
I was just reading some of his feedback though and I feel sorry for him actually, assuming his responses are honest as it would appear that other sellers are trying to discredit him on false grounds.
From the same seller…….
Be fair - he does say the coin's condition is 'Good'. I'm not going to argue with him
Also 'impressive' and having 'full lustre'
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Lucido has finally lost it!
Victoria Penny in EF 291307099653
There are a few nice EFs up for grabs
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Coin-Victorian-Penny-Young-Head-EF-1855-/381048592159
Most of the grading seems to be by consensus rather than by any analysis of the coin's wear which is why the EFs end up as UNCs and the VFs as EFs. But I can't grade for toffee so... I propose a new two-tier grading system.
I was just reading some of his feedback though and I feel sorry for him actually, assuming his responses are honest as it would appear that other sellers are trying to discredit him on false grounds.
From the same seller…….
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This is the first Conder I've got hold of. Bath Farthing, King Bladud founded Bath through his Swine.
Nice. I have one of those too. I also have the halfpenny (dated 1795).
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Hope you both have a good one.
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Thanks chaps.
Yeah. The candles are becoming a bit of a fire hazard now, but I've managed 21 years more than Mozart did, and I'll always be younger than Keith Richards. Wouldn't say no to his dosh though
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I would be careful about CGS. They are not an independent grading body. Too many people have complained that they under-grade third party coins and over-grade coins they sell on. How on earth is this an Unc coin http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?searchlot=2948&searchtype=2&page=Catalogue
Looks NEF to me.
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Colour of the coin?
Edit: sorry, to expand...I mean that the colur and tones of the picture look about right, on account of the skin colour! So I'm thinking the coin must be more or less the colour shown in the images?
Stuart, you're right. The colour values in the rest of the photo look to be pretty accurate. The coin could well be brown!
I also agree it looks like a tun mm. Clear on the reverse, but on the obverse possibly been fiddled about with.
If an earlier coin had been over struck, why would it be done in such a way? Both obverse and reverse designs and legends completely replaced, but just the tiny area where the mm appears left unchanged?
Nah…..
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This is apparently an ElizabethI coin
281512936808
Seller states "Hand mint mark is attributed to Elizabeth I. The rest of Elizabeths' likeness was removed and re-hammered with Charles' likeness. Very unique piece of history. All questions welcome."
A snip at twice the price
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Here, from my collection, is an example of a straightforward counterfeit halfpenny of the same period. A very dangerous business to be involved in back then!
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And 'Britain's Isles' on the reverse. Rob would probably be the bloke to ask about the initials under the bust. They are in relief, so unlikely to have been engraved later.
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I know all three items offered for sale are tat but, all the same; metal tweezers?????
I know, you might scratch them - the tweezers that is.
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I know all three items offered for sale are tat but, all the same; metal tweezers?????
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Apart from the polished ones which appear on ebay that is. Lovely and shiny bright
. Which initials would be best used to describe the colour of those?.Perhaps an abbreviation of shiny bright? Something like ... SHIGHT would do, no?
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Excellent!
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True, but colour is quite variably reproduced. One example was the now almost-famous Spink New York sale of Pennies wherein many suffered from rather poor underrepresentation in the pictures - much to the delight of bidders who did participate!
Maybe, but even a poor picture beats the initials "red brown". I mean, for heaven's sake! Every single (just about) Vicky copper is a red-brown colour, even when worn to hell. It's meaningless.
Apart from the polished ones which appear on ebay that is. Lovely and shiny bright
. Which initials would be best used to describe the colour of those?…….
George III Copper Gunports
in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
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What are these luxuries you consider to be exclusively yours but have been stolen from you by the people of Merseyside?
Twopenny washers?