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bubbling gasses - arrr yes that will be a number 2 lol

Here Wendy: http://www.predecimal.com/forum/forum/58-items-for-sale/ However ... whether here is the best place to sell them is debatable. So far what I've seen has been ... how do I put this? A sort of average assortment of coins put together by a casual collector. Picked from change or from travels as nicer examples. Now there may be a couple of stars amongst them, but it would take time to sift and see. Maybe you have a coin someone here really, really needs for their collection! Or maybe not .. It depends how much time and effort you want to spend finding out I guess. It might just be quicker maybe to list a few coins at a time somewhere like eBay. Or visit a dealer? People here might be able to suggest one near to you? OK, you risk missing out on finding that rarity, but .. well, take a look at this: This coin had 13 bids on eBay. It's a nice coin in decent condition. And eventually sold for .. £4.20. Most coins don't sell for a fortune I'm afraid and the time and effort selling them has to be balanced with how much money they might make. Sometimes it's easier to take a bit of cash there and then rather than spend weeks in research and trying to find a buyer for a few quid more. I hope that doesn't seem mean. It's just we get a lot of people visiting and asking 'how much'. And sadly a lot of the time the answer is .. not a great deal. Having said that .. if you want to try I suspect the simplest way, rather than dozens of listing is to take some sharp really big photos of each sort of coin. 20 of the better pennies, all the foreign coins, the shillings ... take one photo of the fronts and turn them over (but keep them in the same position so people know which side matches which!!) and do it again. Put them on photobucket and then post links in the For Sale area. Then people can look through for dates or grades ask for more details of any coins they might be interested in. Hope that helps.

I just fired off an email to PCGS about it after running it past the diplomacy checker. God knows if they will pay any intention, but it might just possibly make someone think about the problem. Contents as follows: Dear Sirs, I have just noticed that the ‘environmental damage’ restoration service you offer on your European site has an issue. The image you show where you have removed wax adhering to the coin has the effect of immediately removing an identifiable link of the coin to a past sale. The wax is from a cast taken to illustrate the coin in the first half of the last century or possibly even earlier.Sometimes that wax can be identified from the images in the catalogue and so a provenance established for the coin.That provenance could potentially greatly enhance the value of the coin in question as it may well provide links going back to the 19th or even the 18th century depending on the previous owner(s).The presence of wax is the only indicator with the coin in hand that it was illustrated in the past and so enhances the chances of finding it in a past catalogue.The continued presence of wax is important as one of the main pieces of evidence we have regarding a coin’s past and by extension its authenticity.Retaining wax will show the expertise of PCGS in assigning the correct provenance where possible and further shows that PCGS appreciates its significance.Thank you. Yours sincerely Rob Pearce

The 1930 penny has been struck ever so slightly off centre, that's why the teeth look longer on one side. Its grade would be not far off VF (Very Fine) but its edge has taken a bit of a battering! The 1966 penny does look just about UNC to me (can't see any wear). Certainly good enough to keep if you're looking for an example of that date. Hi thanks for your input on the coins,i am actually looking to sell coins, i posted about the reason why im needing to start selling them, im just wanting an honest opinion on what sort of price to ask for them? i have 100's of coins that my late dad left me and also some of my own as i have been collecting for quite a few years now,i just need a good honest opinion and price and i do value your opinion too and thanks xxx

Hiya,yes the little star has the number 74 on it,i will get close up pictures put on today,i read online the coin with the 74 on the star range in prices $10-$80 not quite sure what that is in pound GBP? thanks too x It's very roughly one-and-a-half dollars to the £ (little bit more)

WoW now thats a niceeeeee coin! :-)

I also left a post on your same Topic? about Picture size/Quality and how to upload using an Image Hosting site. You might want to join photobucket.com where you can upload hi-res Pictures to. Also sorry to hear about your parents. I lost my mother when i was just 2 unfortunately. Below is an example of an image i took and is hosted on photobucket

Welcome Wendy ! Sad to read about your parents. It is bad enough without financial pressures as well. Hope you enjoy the forum, I've only been here ~8 months and I think it's great. Kind Regards Garrett.

Nobody gets booted out for talking about coins, if they were i would be long gone

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