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I found this on another forum How do you rate as a potential Ebay seller? 1. A coin you are listing has bronze disease. You would describe this in your listing as… (a) lovely green patina ( requires mild cleaning/wouldn’t mention it © I would never sell such a coin. 2. The best way to describe those Kushan slugs you’d dipped in toilet-cleaning acid last week is… (a) It’s amazing how, even after more than 2000 years, you can still see the original mint luster on these coins. ( The coins have been cleaned mildly to remove tough grime. © I would never sell such coins 3. A coin you have been unable to attribute is best described as… (a) {Type emperor}, {Type mint) EXTREMELY RARE. UNLISTED!!!! DON’T MISS IT!!!!!!! ( Rare ancient coin © Unattributed 4. The best way to pack a high-grade coin before shipping it to the buyer is to (a) tape it to an old newspaper page, fold it up, and stuff the damn thing inside the envelope. ( use cheap packaging, but at least place the coin in a small plastic pouch. © use top-quality packaging and place the coin in an acid-free holder. 5. The best way to find new/rare varieties for your shop is to (a) get a sharp knife (wink, wink) ( get coins with partial mint names and write “creative” descriptions © travel extensively and build contacts 6. Using “stock” images in auction listings is (a) Essential ( Acceptable © Unacceptable 7. An underweight coin is (a) AN EXTREMELY RARE *UNRECORDED* variety ( I never mention weights in my listings. © Most likely to be a fake 8. Catalog values are (a) sometimes useful for jacking up the price ( for nerds © mostly indicative and do not necessarily reflect market values 9. Would you knowingly sell a fake coin? (a) Absolutely! ( “I do not know what this is. No returns accepted.” © Never 10. What is your opinion on shill bidding? (a) I prefer the term “encouragement”. It helps weed out weak buyers. ( They can track it, can’t they? © It is a disgusting practice. I would never engage in it. SCORING For every (a), give yourself 10 POINTS For every ( , give yourself 5 POINTS For every ©, give yourself 0 POINTS RESULT 90-100 points: Congratulations! You are on your way to 5-star powerselling glory! 50-90 points: You are getting there. Keep it up! 5-45 points: Don't get your hopes too high… 0 points: We thank thee for taking this quiz, dear Jesus. edit - don't you hate it when when perfectly good text gets converted to emoticons David

'Tis a gem that one isn't it. Here's another good one. Lancashire DH57 in proof. I suspect it was bronzed but the bronzing has gone now and it's toned dark. It's one of the earliest examples with all detail present. Later examples (DH58), probably struck from different dies, lost some detail due to die polishing (no dot after COMMERCE and some ship detail). It could have been that the master die was polished as there are thought to be at least 3 reverse dies for DH58. One of the earliest examples of the raised edge!, struck by Boulton at the Soho mint.

Wanted to get an early milled in high grade but didn't want to spend a lot of money. Hence this Hungary thaler. Looks impressive with a large diameter of 45 - 46mm.