Nonmortuus

1p 2p 5p 10p 20p for me so far.

I agree but the way it read was that they Quadrums were in stock here. I had previosuly checked, saw they were not here and ordered elsewhere. I, wrongly, took your post as an indication that Chris now stocked the Quadrums.

Has someone got the link to the Quadrums on here then please as I cannot find them. Thanks

It is slightly cheaper to buy driect from his site http://www.coingallery.co.uk/

Thanks for the feedbqck. All I am using is a 6 mega pixel camera on a tripod with macro setting turned on. I light it with a halogen desk lamp shining across the coin from about 2/3 o'clock as well as the main lights in the room. I really want to get some pictures done in natural day light.

My collection of Halfcrowns is slowly building up....

Latest addition, I think aEF to EF. Certainly by grading book its EF but maybe a bit too much wear on the curls on his forehead.

The second effort, it brings the coin to life showing the various tones.

Wow, like night a day, what a difference!

The black foam in the Quadrum capsules actually makes a decent background:

From what Declan posted it looks like it yes to my eyes.

Its the lighting. It's 13.99g so there abouts on weight with the wear. Under a flash it's clearly silver.

I feel like I got this for a decent price. There is an obvious edge knock on the obverse at 3 o'clock and there is a nick on the ear lobe but I feel it is at least a aef if not ef coin based on the rotographic grading guide.

Thanks Paulus. I am having to reply on my phone as the work content filter doesn't like the fact I used the word proxy above so the site won't load now!

Mmm OK I will probably give it a miss then. I will trawl through the half crowns tonight and see if anything is within my price range.

Could I have peoples opinions on lot 2354 please? The estimate is within my price range so I planned to bid by proxy but wanted to gauge opinion here first.

I am new to this as well HeavyT but the advice have had on this forum has generally been great and a vast majority of the people here have been helpful and friendly. As stated above by Rob get a book on grading, it helps massively. You get to learn the most likely wear points on different coins. Also as mentioned already buy some cheaper more available coins to get a feel for how wear effects them and you will start to see the differences between a VF and an EF coin. I am, no doubt, still making mistakes but as long as they are not costing me the earth I do not mind. If you can go to one of the coin fairs, even if you do not plan to buy, as you get to see a huge amount of coins and if gives you a chance to practice your grading. You never know you may find something within budget that you want to buy. Ultimately I am starting to save for a few more significant purchases at the highest grade I can stretch to (at least EF) but if I get chance I will run those past this forum before I go ahead with the purchase.

Yeah I will be going to take a look, also may take a stab at a few things at the London coins auction.

Thanks Paulus, the 1915 I have is the second lot of pictures. I spoke to the dealer about it and he sent me the better of the two having seen better pictures of both. I have my heart set on an 1820 Half Crown so I am now saving my pennies to be able to get a high grade one.

Thanks copper, I am resisting the urge to buy anything now to build my pot up and hopefully get something that will be very nice. Looking closely at the pics I have taken on the Halfcrown against the pics of the coin I thought I was purchasing (the 1st pics above of the halfcrown) I think the seller may have sent me the wrong coin. He had two 1915 crowns available one listed as A/Bu and the other A/unc and I am convinced the one supplied is not the one I requested. I will speak with the dealer and see what the score is.

The 1936 Florin

Some better pics that show more of the wear on the 1915 Half Crown and my 1936 Florin to follow

I also have this, its a high mintage year but the condition seems ok. These are not great pictures but I will try to sort some better ones once I get chance.

Can I have some advice on my 1900 Half crown please? The Lions in the lower quarter have no faces at all but there seems to be very little wear around them or on the bodies. Is this just natural wear? Down to the die being clogged? Any other reason?

If only! I wouldn't go as far as saying he is a collector but he came to take a look with me one Sunday and decided to buy something.