Hi, I'm new to the furum

[Link Samus]

Hi guys, I'm Adam,

I'm new to the forum (nerd points if you recognise the names from my display name).

Anyway, I'll introduce myself, I got into colleting coins 15+ years ago when I found a couple of old coins in my granddads house, which were a 1919 penny and a 40's brass threepence and probably a few more. I was in school at the time and because of history and my fascination of the Victorian period, the industrial revolution and the Titanic disaster I became really interested in coins and my first goal was to get a 1912 penny, the year the Titanic sank. After that i got hold of an 1890 penny and from that point I tried to find older and older dates.

I haven't been collecting for a few years but recently I started getting back into it recently. These days my main interest is Victoria bun pennies. I started off with a target of getting a simple date run but when I noticed all the varieties of 1874 penny I opened a can of worms and from there I discovered the Freeman varieties and different die pairings and bought "The bronze coinage of Great Britain".

I've decided to collect the Freeman varieties up to rarity "R14" because I believe they're fairly accessible and affordable in low end condition from what I've seen so far.

For me, pennies in Fair/fine condition are great as long as they look nice and there is enough detail to identify the variety, but I'm happy to have poor examples the rarer they are to keep things affordable. The most I've spent on a penny is a nice looking 1881 F102 for £27.50. So I could be an ideal person to trade all your lower grade duplicates with

Just so you know where I'm up to, these are my varieties of interest that I'm still missing:

1860 Freeman 1 (1+A)
1860 Freeman 16 (5+D)
1861 Freeman 18 (2+D)
1861 Freeman 20 (2+G)
1861 Freeman 25 (4+G)
1874 Freeman 77 (8+G)
1879 Freeman 96 (8+J)
1883 Freeman 116 (11+N)
1889 Freeman 127 (12+N)

Also these but in a better condition than the very worn ones I currently have:
1869 Freeman 59 (6+G)
1871 Freeman 61 (6+G)

Anyway, I'll look forward to talking with you guys

[secret santa]

Hi Adam

You might be interested in my 2 websites (see below) as I'm a fellow penny collector. I'll have a look through my spares.

Cheers

Richard

[Link Samus]

Hi Richard, is headsntails your website? If so that's the site I've been using alongside my book, it's very helpful as the images are much clearer and it details varieties that aren't listed my Michael Freeman.

[Link Samus]

Sorry, I forgot to quote your message incase that's how you get notified.

[secret santa]

11 minutes ago, Link Samus said:

Hi Richard, is headsntails your website?

Yes.

[Link Samus]

19 minutes ago, secret santa said:

Hi Adam

You might be interested in my 2 websites (see below) as I'm a fellow penny collector. I'll have a look through my spares.

Cheers

Richard

 

[Link Samus]

1 minute ago, secret santa said:

Yes.

Excellent, it's great how you refer to both Freeman and Gouby, it's very helpful.

[azda]

Welcome to the forum Adam, you're in good company as this forum is full of penny collectors, I'm sure you'll pick up more knowledge here from these guys

[Link Samus]

17 minutes ago, azda said:

Welcome to the forum Adam, you're in good company as this forum is full of penny collectors, I'm sure you'll pick up more knowledge here from these guys

Thanks, and yes I'm sure I will

Since I'm not sure, what is the "+" for to the left of the "quote" option beneath a post? Also do I need to quote posts in order for them to be notified that I've replied?

[terrysoldpennies]

Welcome to the Forum Adam , or should I say the mad house , don't be scared to put your   !!Two Penneth  in !!  [ excuse the pun ]. 

[jelida]

1 hour ago, Link Samus said:

Since I'm not sure, what is the "+" for to the left of the "quote" option beneath a post? Also do I need to quote posts in order for them to be notified that I've replied?

It is worth using “quote” to draw an individuals attention the the reply as they get a notification,  but most like me read every new posting, there is so much of interest outside the penny field too (I likewise specialise in bronze pennies).

Jerry

[Link Samus]

@jelida

Thanks, I was also tipped about using "@" and then someone's username instead to save filling threads with repeated text. I mostly concentrate on Victorian bronze pennies but i do collect some others coins but as one off pieces and not as a part of a date run, if they look nice, such as late 17th to late 19th century shillings, half crowns, florins, half pennies etc. I do have one hammered Queen Elizabeth I 1567 Sixpence, which is my oldest coin, but i tend to prefer milled coins.

[1949threepence]

8 hours ago, Link Samus said:

Thanks, and yes I'm sure I will

Since I'm not sure, what is the "+" for to the left of the "quote" option beneath a post? Also do I need to quote posts in order for them to be notified that I've replied?

The + is for multi quoting, where you want to quote more than one post in your reply. If you click on the + a little box comes up which says "quote one post", which increases to two on the next post you press the + on. When you've got the number of quotes you need, then just click on the box which might then say, for example "quote three posts".

It's a pity you didn't join a few months ago, as I had a spare F20 and F25, which you could have had. They were admittedly both sub fine, but problem free. However, I sold them to a dealer with a job lot of others, in part exchange for something else.

     

[Link Samus]

@1949threepence That's a shame, I'm sure someone around here will be able to help out Thanks for the tips too, I'm probably going "@" people for the most part to cut down on duplicating text. Out of curiosity how much did you value them at?

[1949threepence]

18 minutes ago, Link Samus said:

@1949threepence That's a shame, I'm sure someone around here will be able to help out Thanks for the tips too, I'm probably going "@" people for the most part to cut down on duplicating text. Out of curiosity how much did you value them at?

 From memory I think I paid £30 for the F20 & £50 for the F25. I wouldn't have expected more than £40 or £50 at the very most, when re-selling though.

Upgraded with better specimens later. Hence the reason they were spare.                                                                                                     

[Peckris 2]

On 9 September 2019 at 10:22 AM, Link Samus said:

Thanks, and yes I'm sure I will

Since I'm not sure, what is the "+" for to the left of the "quote" option beneath a post? Also do I need to quote posts in order for them to be notified that I've replied?

The + is in case you want to quote more than one post. When you click it a little box appears with a number which increases each time you click a + under a post. When you finally click that little box you get a post with more than one quote in it. I'll do you an example next.

[Peckris 2]

On 9 September 2019 at 10:22 AM, Link Samus said:

Thanks, and yes I'm sure I will

Since I'm not sure, what is the "+" for to the left of the "quote" option beneath a post? Also do I need to quote posts in order for them to be notified that I've replied?

 

On 9 September 2019 at 7:42 PM, Link Samus said:

@1949threepence That's a shame, I'm sure someone around here will be able to help out Thanks for the tips too, I'm probably going "@" people for the most part to cut down on duplicating text. Out of curiosity how much did you value them at?

Like so.

[Link Samus]

@Peckris 2 Thanks, got it