Just thought I'd revive this topic from 14 years ago to hopefully attract some comments from newer members.

John

If anyone in this forum has hosted their images on Photobucket and then linked the image to a forum post, then your image in the post will most likely disappear, if it hasn't already.

Photobucket has changed their TOS with no warning, and are now demanding $399.99pa if you want to link your photobucket images to another website.

Most of the world is calling it ransomware - if you google photobucket, you'll find many thousands of references to the chaos it has caused in forums worldwide.

If you have a photobucket account, I suggest you make sure you have a backup copy of all your hosted images, as it seems that not paying up may result in you being locked out of your account.

John

I like the idea of two books.

One for those coins which can be obtained at face value, and one for the rest.

There might still be some grey areas, like the early $5 coins which were available at fv but only on request from specific banks (although I did get a couple of 1988 PH in change in North Sydney at the time), but overall it should be a simple demarcation.

John

It's been said earlier in the thread, but let me emphasise it again - BEWARE THE T&Cs!

I have two ebay accounts. One, I use for all my regular purchases and sales, the other has never been used. It has another purpose. It also has a separate email address to the first account, but the two share the same Paypal account, which is based on the email address associated with the first account.

Still with me?

I received this offer by email in relation to the second account:

$20 OFF*
WHEN YOU Spend OVER $30
 
Enter AUSLTVJGS42CBM at checkout
 
After trawling the T&C, I find the following:
9. Your eBay.com.au and Australian PayPal accounts must be active at the time of redemption (not suspended nor made inactive by eBay or PayPal) and must be registered under the same email address.   (bolding is mine)

So I'm barred from using the offer, because the email address on the account to which it was sent doesn't match the email address associated with the Paypal account.

So why did Ebay even make the offer, when they would have already known this?

John

As someone who has been driving around Sydney since 1969, I think the best advice by far is what you have already been given - a train to Central, then a cab to St Vs. Cheaper than driving (when parking is considered) and less stressful.

An alternative if you want to avoid the cab - a bus from Central along Elizabeth St to Liverpool St, then another bus along Liverpool/Oxford St to St Vs. That would be the cheapest alternative, but personally I'd still cab it for the convenience.    

John

Fine in both Firefox and Chrome.

Quote from: 'Robster' pid='100202' dateline='1476913238'Interesting read, had to happen eventually!

Very true, but still very bad news for all collectors. This makes the provenance paper trail for valuable coins even more important than ever.

In a similar case, Australian OS stamps have had their values reduced significantly in the past 10 or 15 years, because of the number and quality of forged OS punctures. I can see the same thing happening to the rare coin market, because the forgeries are so good. Even TPG slabs are no longer immune - after all, they are still an opinion of one or more people, and even good expertisers can be fooled (I don't rate the mob who certified the 1914 KEVII as "good" - they weren't fooled, they were plainly ignorant of basic history, and how to read a catalogue.)

So how best to protect ourselves? Buying from respected dealers who will stand behind their products is the obvious way, but there will always be those who prefer to look for a bargain in places like ebay. Even buying from/trading with fellow collectors can now be dodgy, not because our fellow collectors set out to deliberately deceive, but because they themselves may have been deceived without knowing. Again, the paper trail becomes all-important in these transactions, and we need to get into the habit of requesting original documentation as part of the sale process.  

It really has become more of a minefield out there than ever before.

John

It's still possible to keep your email address when changing ISPs. I use the same ozemail address I started in 1994, even though ozemail as an individual entity doesn't exist any more, and I've been through a range of ISPs in the interim.

It used to be free, but now they (iiNet) charge $25pa for a mailbox. Still good value.

jrg

Doesn't fit my collecting interests (exclusively British) Goose. I'm just advising the family on what to do with Dad's collection. I'll probably take it to Sydney on my next visit in April and maybe put it into a Noble auction.

Found this crown in a box of junk foreign coins from a deceased estate I'm disposing of. Find of the year (so far) for me!



John

Robbiegal is correct.

The die number experiment was carried out only at the Royal Mint, not at any branch mints, and is believed to have been a method for recording the longevity of dies. I say "believed" because to my knowledge, no-one has found anything in the RM reports of the time setting out the details of the experiment.

John

What about the GB Victorian silver (florin/shilling/sixpence) from the die number period (1864-1879)?

The beauty of this series is that it is still, 150 years later, possible to locate a previously-unrecorded die number. There's also the knowledge that we're collecting coins which had as their sole purpose to circulate as currency.

There's a huge range to pick from (some shillings had 100+ die numbers in one year), but you can easily specialise in one particular area. My collection is specifically the sixpences of 1867 and 1868, which covers the change of bust. There are 30 1867 combinations of bust and die number known (I have 27), and 23 for 1868 (I have 20).

The advantage of this series is that only a few mad people around the world are interested in the die numbers, so you will only ever pay the standard price for a particular date from dealer stock, even when you know it may be the only recorded example of a particular die number. Ebay and auctions might cost you more, depending on how many of us mad people spot it too

John

Phoned GSK today. They don't have an archives department, and marketing had no idea what I was talking about. Probably no-one left there from 33+ years ago.

The trail is getting very cold.

John

MV-R considers it to be a private promotion at the time. It was previously not known to him.

Macleans (and their parent GlaxoSmithKline) don't want any interaction with the public in Australia unless it's by post. Still trying to get through the maze.

John

Today I came across a small paper envelope containing three CFU one dollar notes. It appears to have been some sort of giveaway run by Macleans the toothpaste people.

This is the front of the envelope. The reverse is blank.



Inside is this note:



together with these CFU notes:



Does anyone have any information on this giveaway, particularly when it occurred (google is no help), and is the "package" likely to add to the value of the notes?

John