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It may be how they are viewed Mike but feel its more lets look after each other ,you cant submit one raw and you cant send one unless its in a slab with the companies we have a pint with.

Let's keep the 666 going a bit longer A loyal CGS supporter does appear like a devil's advocate at times

Most certainly for differentiation and for identifying the origin of a coin. One of the coins really high up on my 'wants' list is an Edward I penny class 1d with annulet on breast. Quite a rare coin and once believed to signify that the coins were minted for the Abbot of Reading. I have a decent Henry VI penny with annulets either side of the bust, which I quite like too. It's definitely an interesting little privy mark!

Best get her a job with a grading company then!!!!!

I'm not the only one who had a wry smile about the 666 then

1. There are - as you've said - many varieties of Will III silver coins, and rarity will determine the relative prices 2. They are just guides - as you've said - so need to be taken with a pinch of salt, and two eyes on how the prices were compiled 3. Buy one guide and stick to it. If your interests are George III onwards, then CCGB (link in the banner ad above) is both cheap and comprehensive. If your interests are wider British, then Spink's annual catalogue is "the bible". If your interests are global, then Krause, though bear in mind Krause is not comprehensive for varieties, and their prices don't reflect local values but more what a foreigner might pay for coins of a particular country.

Pete- I was going to 'like' your post, but I thought it looked good for you to have a reputation of '666' a little longer....:) Nice of Mark Florida to show the other side of slabbing......hmmm...maybe, just maybe, I'd use a certification body, if i was a dealer, but for now I'm really happy with Allen's excellent grading book......

Hi Semma4, welcome to predecimal coins. I have had a look at a few of your images, and I can't see anything obviously Saxon amongst them. One is clearly French Medieval and others seem to be brass Jettons. Many people on here will not view your images as they are external links. Further, having to click on each link individually is frustrating, particularly when you have repeated several links. If you use something like Onedrive you can provide a single link to a folder of pictures, which makes them much easier to view. It would also help if you cropped the images so we can see the coin instead of lots of background. If you still want more information try some of the above and get some good sharp photos taken so we have some chance of nailing them down.

If that's how CGS are viewed by one of the top auction houses internationally, then they're better to be steered clear of.

I did think about getting it slabbed for comedy value.

I dont have a clue about sixpences but cannot believe how many different types there are. The English grading company has 29 varieties Sure someone will help you out

Good luck with the Wiltons! Will let you know re the John, I use the same user name, so you’ll probably know anyway.

I am jumping in now on this discussion as I feel it is relevant. I recently broke out 4 x CGS coins. All graded from 80-96. I submitted them to NGC (Why because I am guaranteed to get more money at auction with NGC or PCGS than CGS or LCGS, I don't apologize for this, I am a dealer as well as collector and need to put food on my table). The CGS 80 came back "AU Details Cleaned". Because of CGS slack grading I lost money on this coin . The others came back between MS63 and MS65. I suspected they 96 was overgrazed by CGS and I was correct. The grading by a world recognized grading company will cove rtes grading costs and the loss I made on the cleaned coin. I am other dealers will always bid more on big ticket auctions for PCGS or NGC graded coins. When I think about it I should not be surprised. LCGS are really just dealers like many others. They have their own grading service and they use it for coins they sell, so it's the police, policing the police. This is why we use grading companies such as PCGS or NGC. They are in the business of grading coins and make money certifying coins and not selling them. LCGS are in the business of selling coins and as a side line offer a grading service. When you consider some coins can jump sometimes tens of thousands for one grade, does LCGS really have the coin collectors best interest at heart? While I like the Sheldon scale, I also see nothing wrong with LCGS 100 scale, but with my hand on my heart can not trust LCGS to do the right thing for a coin collector. One other point, the CGS/LCGS slabs are crap, they don't fit in proper holders, are hard to stack of you like me travel with 50-80 graded coins in my brief case, but its a moot point. If you are a CSG graded coin collector, one day you or your next of kin may wish to sell them. They/you may have to sell them in one go and contact a dealer or place them at a large auction house like Heritage Auction/ Stacks & Bowers. Bidders will not the grading seriously and the final hammer price will be much lower. Knowing this I wonder why people waste money on LCGS service?