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| 1910 Threepence - Is This A Grease Strike/Error?
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Adahn
New Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts |
 Posted 07/12/2020 05:47 am
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Thanks for the feedback both. I actually have tried a little acetone on a cotton bud and given some of the reverse a light poke, and there was no discolouration coming onto the bud at all. I also tried to use a cocktail stick to give a light poke to the cud or build up at the top of the reverse and I felt no give at all - I'm certain it feels and looks part of the coin.
re: environmental damage, is there anything specific I could research here? To be honest, it is a bit of an ugly duckling of a coin, but I'm treating it as a learning exercise |
| | Forum: United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coins |
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| 1910 Threepence - Is This A Grease Strike/Error?
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Adahn
New Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts |
Posted 07/10/2020 09:55 am
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Hi all,
I was recently checking through some coins I received in a small joblot order and found this one:
I was wondering whether this was an example of a grease strike on a coin? I've not seem many UK threepence error coins, so was at a loss to explain what else this could be. The obverse is worn of course, but even then I would expect the lettering to appear slightly sharper at this stage (and the artist initials almost look smooth enough to feel fake!).
Any help or opinions gratefully received :) |
| | Forum: United Kingdom (Great Britain) Coins |
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| Which Of These 1969 50 Cent Coins Would You Keep?
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Adahn
New Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts |
Posted 05/15/2017 1:51 pm
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Thanks for the feedback all, all appreciated :)
I think if I'd ended up with these as coins I actively collected the magpie in me would take over and I'd end up keeping them all - however, there's something nice about getting a piece of bullion for bullion price, and then being able to pass on one of the extras that came with it to potentially pay for the whole package! Plus, I get to keep some unexpected bonus coins :)
I love the weight and generally heft of these 50c coins, so I may well end up keeping my eye out for more in the future! |
| | Forum: Coins, Bank Notes, and Paper Money: Australia, New Zealand, & South Pacific (Oceania) |
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| Which Of These 1969 50 Cent Coins Would You Keep?
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Adahn
New Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts |
Posted 05/13/2017 11:15 am
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Apologies if the grading forum would be a better place for this topic - mods, please feel free to move it there if you so wish!
I had a recent whim to pick up a 1966 round 50 cent to throw in my general silver collection, and I managed to get one along with two 1969 and two 1970 50 cent coins for the price I should have paid for it alone. Anyway, both the 1969 and the 1970 coins seem to be in really good condition (relative to the cost and the bulk buy nature of the purchase!) and I was glad to find out that the 1969 is a bit of a key date for the denomination. And, having got two each of the 69 and 70 I may well flip one of each so that I potentially got the three keepers for nothing...
However, and here's the question, being a threepence collector I've never really looked to keep any larger coins, and I'm not sure that my eye is in yet to identify which ones would be higher quality - for instance, in the two uploaded images below, in a smaller coin the bag scruffs on one coin would probably dominate enough to annoy me, while on these larger coins the small portrait marks on the other coin seem to detract more.
Which of these two coins would you keep? Which do you think is the better grade? Any comments along with your thoughts would be great, all the better to learn from :) |
| | Forum: Coins, Bank Notes, and Paper Money: Australia, New Zealand, & South Pacific (Oceania) |
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| South Africa Threepence - Mis-Strike/Damage?
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Adahn
New Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts |
Posted 03/28/2017 4:18 pm
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| Thanks for the feedback :) From the wear on the coin it was clearly in circulation for a bit, so I guess it would have had plenty of chances for extra bits to fall off! As you say, an interesting curio - I'm certainly happy with it, I'm a big fan of silver threepences so it's nice to find one a bit different :) |
| | Forum: World Variety and Error Coins |
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| South Africa Threepence - Mis-Strike/Damage?
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Adahn
New Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts |
Posted 03/24/2017 12:08 pm
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As part of a bulk buy I recently came into possession of the following coin:
It's the first potential error/mis-strike coin I've owned, and I just wanted to check what more experienced coin collectors thought of it. I've leant towards mis-strike rather than damage as there is an imprint in the top part of the reverse that I would have thought would not have been there with a damaged coin.
So, minting error? Worth doing anything with other than placing with some of my other South African 3ds as a curio piece?
(Was so excited by the reverse that I only just saw the die crack on the obverse by the 'Z' too) |
| | Forum: World Variety and Error Coins |
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| Italian Commemorative 'Hammered' Style Coin - Identification Help Please!
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Adahn
New Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts |
Posted 11/30/2016 10:39 am
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Hi all,
I've been offered the chance to buy a 'coin' online by a contact and it's out of my normal zone. Unfortunately, they know nothing about it (and initially through it might be a hammered!).
It's a silver looking coin, looking to be a commemorative issue from Perugia with hammered style medieval lettering.
The only information I've been able to find online is at the following link:
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthope...ia-465022066
The only difference in that coin vs the one I've been offered is that the offered coin has no hallmarking. I'd love to know a little more about it - I'm more than happy to do some more legwork, if anyone knows of an Italian site I could trawl through with google translate!
Thanks,
LEwis |
| | Forum: World Coins and Commemoratives |
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| Opinion On A Mtt Please!
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Adahn
New Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts |
Posted 11/02/2016 5:54 pm
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Hi both,
Thanks for the answers! I got some acetone today, and had my first experience using it with a coin. A dip and roll with a cotton bud achieved nothing, but a 15 minute soak for the coin had lifted all of the green from the lettering and other places. Of course, it's unfortunate to be left with the light marks (I guess the 'damage') from the PVC, but great to know I've nipped that infection in the bud and stopped it further damaging the coin. Also a good sign that it didn't melt or do anything unexpected there, so I'll clock this one in as a genuine I think. |
| | Forum: World Coins and Commemoratives |
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| Opinion On A Mtt Please!
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Adahn
New Member
United Kingdom
10 Posts |
Posted 11/01/2016 7:17 pm
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Hi all
I'm just starting to dip my toes into the world of coins again after a long absence (having not really partaken since I was a child). Lots to learn, and lots and lots of fun to be had.
Anyway, as part of a combined purchase the other day I picked up a Maria Theresia Thaler from eBay. I'm more than happy with the other coins that came with the purchase, but there are some green marks on the MTT that I was a little worried about and thought I would check up on. It comes in at 28 grams on my kitchen scales (yes, I will replace those soon with something that goes to 2 decimal places!) and it's non magnetic. Scans below (hope they are ok!):
If it is the real deal, any idea on which Hafner it is would be appreciated. I have trawled through https://www.theresia.name, but I think I need a little more exposure to these coins to start getting a real feel for them |
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