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Any other Thanksgiving NewPs happen today? While listening to screaming kids and noiSE!....

ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,949 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I bought another wee bit of olde British Tin. This is pretty much of a Charles II farthing from 1686. Oh My God my Daughters house hardwood floors six kids NOISE. O God time passed at a Crawl. The Internet, eBay, this iPhone...time to buy a coin!image

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,868 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's an echo chamber here.

    Will try to buy tomorrow.

    I note the mint has a Black Friday banner up. Their email only says free shipping. image
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh my! Ambro, you have an interesting and many times cool collection but I have to say I think that one has seen better days. image

    Happy Turkey Day! image
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  • WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    A perfect reason to stock extra NyQuil in the house. Goes great with sweet beverages.
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  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    I bought my first MS Bust Dime - it arrived yesterday!
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,949 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mine is the $60 version of this £7000 example. However, given the extreme wear quickly generated this piece was an early "ground loss", much like dropping a shiny Lincoln cent. The strong lettering and remaining detail is fairly strong. I like it, plus it's very rare, and it will always be the coin I bought while "Becca" banged a plastic spoon against a radiator. For hours. image
  • halfhunterhalfhunter Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭
    Only picked up a roll of 62-Ds . . . Today.

    (Seller's Pics)
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ambro51, I'm not sure what to make of this one as it looks like a chunk of rusted iron that fell off the radiator Becca whacked with a spoon image

    Looks like you could have saved some money if you'd just picked up a board game and spent some quality time with your 6 grandchildren instead.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Bought nothing today....just enjoyed the holiday at home with family....Cheers, RickO
  • TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So, Ambro, why the similar marks in the center of the obverse and reverse of both pieces?

    Tom

  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,949 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is a square copper plug, a feature of these issues as designed. The metal value of tin made this coin worth less than 1/4 d. It was also an anti counterfeiting measure but it didn't work. There were many lead counterfeits that instead mave a small depression in the center. As to why these are Sooo rare, most were withdrawn per this article, in 1694. No doubt MOST of those unaccounted for in this recall we're already worn out, decayed or were lost. Some, as you see from that MS example were indeed carefully put away back in the day. I'm not sure of mintages here since both halfpence and farthings were made the total £ value dosent help too much. 400 farthings to the pound. "In 1693 the monarchs reinstituted copper farthings and in 1694 produced copper halfpence and farthings. An act of April 17, 1694 stopped all production of tin coins and offered to exchange the less valuable tin coins for new copper coins. Within a month, by May 16, 1694, the government had recieved £40,000 in tin coins from this exchange, which was over half of the entire tin production of £65,000.
  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Copper plugs are commonly seen on early medals struck from tin blanks. They are commonly viewed as scavengers that retard the onset/growth of 'tin pest.'
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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Funny thing is, I am the crazy uncle who's get's all the kids riled up. It is great fun. Very loud image

    My wife and kids just look at me and just shake their head.

    I brought a bountiful of pacific ocean seafood with me. Fresh ceviche, smoked yellow tail, lobster tails dipped in boiling turkey fat, yummy.

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