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chefman1 - 2013-10-15 23:14:00

chefman1 wrote:

99....go gold..go silver

The big banks have been given the nod to do a big take down from the Fed after reading your supporting comments lol. No sooner had you posted the downward spiral began.
Shhhh Peter, Shhhh

gammoner - 2013-10-15 23:23:00

echoriath wrote:

Yes, I believe I have heard of people getting within 15%, knowing initially when that triggers that they should still be well away from the actual reserve. Then the seller edits the reserve to just a dollar above the current bid. Suddenly the next bidder, thinking they were still well away from the reserve, is on the hook.

Very true, and when the first bid trips the 15%, you just never know anyway!

chrisr5 - 2013-10-16 00:00:00

chefman1 wrote:

98...waiting

That's a lot of bumping in the night. Care to tell us her name?

chrisr5 - 2013-10-16 00:02:00

translateltd wrote:

Wonder if he would do a bulk lot of a couple of thousand ...

Have you got a bulk lot to sell him?

chrisr5 - 2013-10-16 00:04:00

chrisr5 wrote:

Have you got a bulk lot to sell him?

Not this time :-) The couple of sellers with the "rare" 1997 $2 haven't taken my hint, though ...

translateltd - 2013-10-16 08:09:00

translateltd wrote:

Not this time :-) The couple of sellers with the "rare" 1997 $2 haven't taken my hint, though ...

I see what you mean!

By the by, just noticed this morning I had 2 $50 notes one from '99 and one from'12. Both notes came from a cash machine but the '12 note is about 1mm narrower and shorter than the '99 one. Is this intentional and is it meant to represent the shrinking buying power of the notes?

chrisr5 - 2013-10-16 09:12:00

chrisr5 wrote:

By the by, just noticed this morning I had 2 $50 notes one from '99 and one from'12. Both notes came from a cash machine but the '12 note is about 1mm narrower and shorter than the '99 one. Is this intentional and is it meant to represent the shrinking buying power of the notes?

The shrinkage should be much greater if it were!

translateltd - 2013-10-16 09:46:00

translateltd wrote:

The shrinkage should be much greater if it were!

Think Mayor Len Brown will be suffering form a little shrinkage as well after recent discussions .

gammoner - 2013-10-16 10:13:00

"Fifty Shades of Brown" . . . in your bookstores soon.

wasgonna - 2013-10-16 11:30:00

chrisr5 wrote:

I see what you mean!

Should be a Fixed Price Offer in your email box for auction
642354232

gammoner - 2013-10-16 13:47:00

Should be a Fixed Price Offer in your email box for auction

SHE IS ON MY BLACKLIST...she took three weeks to paid me for a auction..never again..lol...she bad new. all the auctions on my watchers list she bidds on..lol..bugger me

chefman1 - 2013-10-16 14:34:00

gammoner wrote:

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I see what you mean!

Should be a Fixed Price Offer in your email box for auction
642354232

Yes, I saw that. I cogitated on it and I.........

chrisr5 - 2013-10-16 15:56:00

chrisr5 wrote:

Yes, I saw that. I cogitated on it and I.........[/quote
Took up the offer ,well someone has now anyway lol.

gammoner - 2013-10-16 17:17:00

chrisr5 wrote:

Yes, I saw that. I cogitated on it and I.........

Congrats Chris ,did some eye spying

gammoner - 2013-10-16 18:02:00

648226761
Ok, who has got the other 85 then as this makes 5 accounted for. Would like to do a Hunt Bros and corner the market.

gammoner - 2013-10-16 18:06:00

gammoner wrote:

Congrats Chris ,did some eye spying

Thanks. You'll have to tell me how you saw that! ;-)

gammoner wrote:

648226761
Ok, who has got the other 85 then as this makes 5 accounted for. Would like to do a Hunt Bros and corner the market.

Congratulations are in order for you too!

chrisr5 - 2013-10-16 18:28:00

chrisr5 wrote:

Thanks. You'll have to tell me how you saw that! ;-)

Easy really, I have hacked your email account lol

gammoner - 2013-10-16 18:46:00

ALAN...you miss out on a pile of 19 silver half/crowns for $50.00.

Edited by chefman1 at 8:03 pm, Wed 16 Oct

chefman1 - 2013-10-16 19:58:00

chefman1 wrote:

ALAN...you miss out on a pile of silver coins for $50.00...all half/crowns

Hi Peter, some of us have to stop and eat and if I won every auction where would the Cartel be, finished ?
Am still sorting nearly a 100kg of NZ silver Coinage at present

gammoner - 2013-10-16 20:05:00

Newbie again.....I'm sure "incredibly thick layer of 24kt gold" and " 100 mills of pure gold"has been discussed on this site somewhere, could someone please give me an idea where...( page no?) I need amusement and (unlike Bunker) don't have 100kg of NZ Ag coins to sort through just now...
But, do I have a deal for you. See....
651217163

graemer1 - 2013-10-17 16:08:00

graemer1 wrote:

But, do I have a deal for you. See....
651217163

I'd love to know the exact weight of the gold in these.

translateltd - 2013-10-17 17:03:00

translateltd wrote:

I'd love to know the exact weight of the gold in these.

As far as I can tell 100 mills = 100 millionths of an inch, you'd need a good scientific scale to weigh this ultra thin layer of gold.

graemer1 - 2013-10-17 17:18:00

translateltd wrote:

I'd love to know the exact weight of the gold in these.

Not sure of exact weight, But I did the exercise on one of these rectangle 1 oz bars and disolved the gold in solution from the copper base,and then took the gold back out of that solution. It was not possible to weigh at under 1/1000gm so would have been less than $0.05c worth of actual gold.

gammoner - 2013-10-17 17:40:00

"Investment bars", "works of art" .
Yeah Right, just a plated piece of copper

gammoner - 2013-10-17 17:44:00

gammoner wrote:

"Investme-
nt bars", "works of art" .
Yeah Right, just a plated piece of copper

But, Bunker, it's got an "incredibly thick layer of gold" around it. I've often wondered whether the "incredibly thick" adjective relates to the goods or the purchaser.

Edited by graemer1 at 5:51 pm, Thu 17 Oct

graemer1 - 2013-10-17 17:50:00

graemer1 wrote:

I've often wondered whether the "incredibly thick" adjective relates to the goods or the purchaser.

Where's a "like" button when you need one?

translateltd - 2013-10-17 18:30:00

translateltd wrote:

Where's a "like" button when you need one?

Thumbs up !!!!!

gammoner - 2013-10-17 18:46:00

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retainer - 2013-10-17 22:09:00

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oldecurb - 2013-10-17 22:35:00

graemer1 wrote:

As far as I can tell 100 mills = 100 millionths of an inch, you'd need a good scientific scale to weigh this ultra thin layer of gold.

That's correct.

gammoner wrote:

Not sure of exact weight, But I did the exercise on one of these rectangle 1 oz bars and disolved the gold in solution from the copper base,and then took the gold back out of that solution. It was not possible to weigh at under 1/1000gm so would have been less than $0.05c worth of actual gold.

I did the calculation one time using the dimensions given for the bar and came to about the same answer.

Last year some one put up a troy oz 'gold bar' for sale. They insisted it was pure gold. When they gave the dimensions of the bar it was over twice the size for a troy oz (i.e. base metal plated in gold). I told TM that the person was being fraudulent. They didn't listen. I warned a few people on their other listings who were very grateful for the warning. In the end with TM still not listening I started a thread. Lots of people found out then and started protesting. Just before the listing was due to close it was taken down. The thanks I got from TM was a warning. That along with me pointing out that a "respected" (LOL) trader was trying to sell a brass 1820s sovereign as genuine got me a month long ban from the boards. The rest is history.

That reminds me, did that trader ever come back with his brass sovereign graded by PCGS as he said he would. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.........

Edited by chrisr5 at 10:50 pm, Thu 17 Oct

chrisr5 - 2013-10-17 22:50:00

chrisr5 wrote:

That reminds me, did that trader ever come back with his brass sovereign graded by PCGS as he said he would. Hmmmmmmmmmmm.......

Disabled by TM,

gammoner - 2013-10-18 06:55:00

oldecurb wrote:

Help with identifying please.

Lets make it a competition! First person with all 5 correctly identified with

1. Nepal, 1 rupee VS2058 (2001), KM 1150 var.
2. Iran, 250 rials SH1384 (2005), KM 1268
3. Afghanistan, 2 afghani SH1383 (2004), KM 1045
4. Tunisia, 100 milliemes 1960 (frozen date), KM 309
5. Jordan - most of the info is written in English on this one apart from the date - 5 fils 1975, KM 15

translateltd - 2013-10-18 08:13:00

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oldecurb - 2013-10-18 08:48:00

oldecurb wrote:

I assume you have guessed what the prizewinning coin is?

1980 QM 25p? Took me a moment to figure out all the female descendants but I think it works out! Happy not to claim it, but thanks for putting it up all the same :-)

translateltd - 2013-10-18 08:52:00

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oldecurb - 2013-10-18 09:29:00

Hard to outwit Martin and he also knows the answer to this Q.
What NZ Coin set sold at the Chicago 2011 International Coin Fair for more than the $NZ 9500 achieved by a nice 1935 Waitangi Crown. ( Hint,this set sold for $10,280 NZ$ )

gammoner - 2013-10-18 10:19:00

gammoner wrote:

he also knows the answer to this Q.
What NZ Coin set sold at the Chicago 2011 International Coin Fair for more than the $NZ 9500 achieved by a nice 1935 Waitangi Crown. ( Hint,this set sold for $10,280 NZ$ )

I actually don't think I know the answer to this one :-)

translateltd - 2013-10-18 10:26:00

gammoner wrote:

Hard to outwit Martin and he also knows the answer to this Q.
What NZ Coin set sold at the Chicago 2011 International Coin Fair for more than the $NZ 9500 achieved by a nice 1935 Waitangi Crown. ( Hint,this set sold for $10,280 NZ$ )

Hopefully the LotR Proof crown collection.

martinhb - 2013-10-18 17:45:00

translateltd wrote:

I actually don't think I know the answer to this one :-)

Its one of only 10 sets with provenance from the then Minister of Finance , Rob Muldoon. The Wellington Club has a set but no paperwork .I have one of these sets.

gammoner - 2013-10-18 17:56:00

gammoner wrote:

Its one of only 10 sets with provenance from the then Minister of Finance , Rob Muldoon. The Wellington Club has a set but no paperwork .I have one of these sets.

1967 full proof?

translateltd - 2013-10-18 20:57:00

Very Good, QE 11 visit and the Queen took back set No 1

gammoner - 2013-10-18 21:05:00

martinhb wrote:

Hopefully the LotR Proof crown collection.

HAHAHAHAHHAHA!!!!!!

echoriath - 2013-10-18 21:13:00

Just to Change track a bit.
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/288793311.jpg
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/288793276.jpg
I just sorted some change to pay for a lot I won today and found these 2 coins.
The $1 coin has a dimple on the Queens cheek.
The $2 has 2 cuds on the wings, A large cud on the middle joint of the front wing and a small cud on the rear edge of the rear wing.
My Question is how common are these imperfections and are they worth keeping.
Thanks all.

Go Gold Go Silver Go the CARTEL.

lester36 - 2013-10-18 22:23:00

My Question is how common are these imperfections and are they worth keeping.
Yes they are,they are not common,but i do have a few 2010 $1.00 error coins.
what is the date of the $2.00 coin??? if you don't mind me asking

chefman1 - 2013-10-18 22:44:00

The $2 coin is 2011.
Thanks for your reply Peter.

lester36 - 2013-10-19 06:41:00

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d.snell - 2013-10-19 16:03:00

d.snell wrote:

Found an old coin in some boxes of coins. It appears to be silver, about 40mm in diameter and 3mm thick.
Side A:
A coat of Arms with the letters G M at the top 16 01 toward the bottom. The wording around the coin is
HEIN? E:DO:I:MANSF:N?:D:I:HELD:ET :SCHRAP
Side B:
A Knight on a prancing horse. Knight has sword drawn and over shoulder. Under the horse is a small 4 legged Dragon. There is wording around this side of the coin, but it's quite worn.
COMMISI:DC???INO.ET? PSE:FACIET

Any ideas?

Google "Mansfeld-Schraplau"-
"Spruchtaler". Here's a similar example from 1595: http://www.mcsearch.info/record.html?id=353146

Heinrich II reigned till 1601 so it will still be the same chappie, even if there are minor variations in the wording on the coin.

Edited by translateltd at 5:06 pm, Sat 19 Oct

translateltd - 2013-10-19 17:06:00

There shouldn't be a dash between the quotes in the Google search above. I didn't type it that way but the TM system has inserted it for some reason. Delete it when searching or it will skew your results :-)

translateltd - 2013-10-19 17:07:00

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d.snell - 2013-10-19 22:51:00