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Got a very quick response from the seller saying it was part of a 'job lot' and thanking me for pointing out his mistake. He did appear to be genuine. Actually, I also think he was mistaken because I wouldn't have thought anyone knowingly selling a fake such as this as genuine, would be stupid enough to take pictures that show the thickness of the coin - that's a sure sign of naivety rather than intentional fraud. Good on him though, he's going to relist it.

Sounds like Bill Stu!! Don,t let it put you off collecting the Roman coins. I actually have 2 or 3 of his Roman coins in my collection. Rather quite interesting. Not exactly what i collect though. I once bought a joblot of coins at a total bargain from ebay on auction. After a few messages and no response i opened a case against him. The cheeky sod said if i wanted a bargain i should have went to Lidl!!

picked up a couple, seems to be hard to find George V with a nice obverse, do any of them look cleaned ?

1914

Yes Stu if your using ebay regular as most of us do better to buy a few envelopes

He can write up a better description than me, then says he knows nothing about coins. As you said, its strange he missed the WRL on it. I,ve reported it. ?

aint found any hammered for a bit, found this though a couple of weeks ago, head of a tudor pin, silver gilt, filigree, have gridded the are but not found the missing pin

John class 5b1 Lukas Winchester (Lvkas.on.winc) I can make out _V_AS .ON._INC so that must be who it is. Pretty sure it is matey. Nice find?

It would. I have a 5c of this moneyer that has a huge striking crack almost all the way through it. This could be a mule as according to my book this moneyer did not strike until 5c. It may be a 5b3 obv with a 5c rev or its a straight class 5c and the line gouge below the eyes is throwing me. Think its a 5c for sure. Nice find. ?

Thanks UKstu

John class 5b3? Moneyer Walter at London. Notice the eyes. Both made with a broken punch. Definitely 5b3 characteristic.

Point taken lol. Rare occurrence for me this. I am usually a happy chappie with my purchases. I'll pick up a few at the PO tommorow to be on the safe side though..?

Nice coin by the way. I hope you sort your DNR out . I've examined my DNR sellers feedback and noticed he's got a neg for not sending an item which he went on to sell the following month later at a higher cost so i suspect thats the motive behind his actions and that he'll relist it once the dust settles.

Another 1937 couldn't let it go for 75 pence would be sacrilege

I,m still awaiting a response for the 1906 shilling which i purchased from ebay last week. I listed a pic on the forum about it. Like you it was a poor quality coin i received. Looks like i will have to open a case against him. Did the old boy not have the coin he had pictured? Yes, he is always open to a haggle. He has a site on ebay, cott2556, you will see what i mean about his pictures, although at the moment they look not too bad. Here's one i purchased from him last night. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Queen-Victoria-Halfcrown-1890-/232539939971?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=b8BWj%2FFYvI09EkLSnPduB8JVS14%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Thank you. I fear you may get a GFY but thanks for trying. He's put too much effort into that scam to back down but I'll cross my fingers. Good luck. I stand corrected. Well done. It's gone!

Reported, and I have sent him a message.

I suppose it could do ? , would be an accurate representation. It's Westair Reproductions Limited.

What does WRL stand for? Worse Replica Lump?

Pre treaty series D note the initial mark and the letter R

Correct, one might be misled by the IM which is similar to PTS G but if you examine the letter M on the reverse you will see that it has ends to the side pieces, PTS F onwards has a curve to the bases of the ends. Top is PTS C-E, Then PTS F then PTS G

Most definitely lol. Terrible one too. Found in grandads things! That old chesnut. Unfortunately with 2 hrs to go that buggers found it's self a new owner.

Stu his site Petitioncrowns will give an insight to Geoff.It humbles my collection.He will & be dearly missed.He told me that he once sold his house to buy a coin that he had to have. Hopefully he can find Mrs Peter in heaven to prove I'm not the only coin nerd on the planet.

The daddy of them all. I nearly was going to cough up 9.99 for it just as a something to put in the year gap. Not the greatest but far from the worse I have seen and they aged it well.Got to hand it to them the restrike guys are definitely getting better