Featured As with coins, I assume other collectables have grades and such.

i found out quick in Coin Talk that good photos are important along with the standard grading and errors. There must be that here too, right? New to it all in this sense.

Anyways, how else would you need photos taken of the Mini John Barleycorn piece that I’ve attached to determine condition, varieties, rarities and such?

This piece comes from my mother’s shelf... I’ve never really liked it but, finding out about it online this morning as I have, has been interesting.




I imagine that a lighted photo of the inside would be necessary, yes, making the next image almost unusable, yes?



Thinking of it, to scale, size would be required as well. I was going to photo this next to a normal sized BIC lighter but got sidetracked in thought, lol. This piece is shorter than a BIC.

 

Since Royal Doulton has so considerately marked this with exactly what it is, you're all set to do what we would do with that info & go searching on line. Following up on the many listings will let you compare yours for size & condition & get a good idea of what the current market is like:

https://www.google.com/search?q=roy...hOThAhVqm-AKHQ4NB0gQ_AUIDygC&biw=1600&bih=764

 

Welcome Devyn5150 - your pictures are excellent and just what we like to see. Ideally exact measurements would help, but in this case comparison to a Bic lighter is sufficient. Bronwen has given you great information on how to proceed.
Don

 

Yeah, this piece was easy to find unlike the others. Thank you for the info. I was mostly hoping that the photo examples were of a fair enough quality to proceed with in the future.

 

Your photos are excellent. You can always augment them with your words. E.g., I couldn't entirely read the imprinted writing from the photo, but if you had added that it says Old Lad, it would have sufficed. Not all of us have a really accurate idea of the size of a BIC lighter (or did you mean pen?). Anyway, measurements, English & metric, always appreciated.

 

WELCOME Devyn !!! ... Joy.

 

Thanks for that information Davey .. I thought EVERY collector in all countries were searching for coin errors .. The things one can learn here !!! ... Joy.

 

Oh, it's not restricted to coins. We Americans actively seek trial glazes, seconds, experimentals, etc. all to get every possible variation of one pottery item. And don't get me started on $25,000+ one-of-a kind cookie jars. Not one of our more attractive features!

 

You need to research the mark.

Can't remember exactly, but that capital "A" refers to a specific time period of Royal Doulton - thinking it is 1940s, but you need to double check.

Nice pictures.

 

This is all very true. The US mints seem to be more casual or aloof about their product than the Canadian mint. I do have mint errors coins from both countries but the American is more abundant. I’m not yet too involved with other foreign coin however, those oftentimes minutest differences are or can be valuable. I wish a dot would magically appear on my 1936 Canadian penny or my 1973’s would turn into large bust instead of small... or was that the other way round... lots to remember, lol

 

I have to disagree with the notion that the US mint is "casual or lack of attention", its just the volume of product is so much more than other countries that have their own mints there is just by the numbers involved more opportunity for errors to slip out. Also the fact that the US mint also prints and produces moneys for many other countries. Just my humble opinion.

 

when did the US Mint make Canadian pennies..?

 

Same with baseball cards.Sold my last lot of 50 cards for $10.

 

Canada no longer has pennies .. went out of use a while back ... Joy.

 

Canada mints coins for other countries, but I remember reading a while back that many Canadian stamps are printed in Rochester, N.Y.

On the other hand, I believe New Zealand had an award winning stamp a while back that was printed in Canada.