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Over the last few months I have been recording my collection. Shortly before leaving my previous employer I had put my entire collection under the inspection microscope and photographed them. Although the resolutuion is great the end results have been mixed in that the colours have come out understated and many of the proofs show a flat field where it should be mirrored. Another problem has been that some coins have taken a purple ting which I believe is a fault on the file saving process. Anyway I was made redundent so I'm unable to repeat any of the picture. Anyway for what it's worth here it is. https://onedrive.live.com/?id=943941AD323D5647!135&cid=943941AD323D5647

Somehow LCA came to me 😚

I can't speak as a seller but as a buyer, I think that DNW are the current leaders - their website and pictures are excellent, they conduct business on the internet and so command a larger audience, and their delivery service is as good as any. I'd imagine they pay their vendors promptly but have no experience. They answer emails promptly and responsively.

I bought it from London Coins some years ago. Not cheap but I think it must have been a quiet day. I paid just over £1200, would be nice to think it has gone up a bit since. If I recall I was the only bidder and had to up my bid to make the reserve.

Does he give lessons? 😁

Given the condition, nobody would pay over melt for it, so surely the best result would be to cut out the eBay middleman and scrap it. Fees on eBay must be more than the discount to spot offered in many places.

Probably gold but it looks like an Eastern jewellers copy.

Or a recording of the sea breaking on some shore.

Looks extremely dubious. Wouldn't touch it with a 9-carat bargepole.

There's nothing as soothing and relaxing as an old clock ticking and whirring in the background.

No, and in know of no other 5+A for any other die number for 1867. As Nick says above would seem to be totally correct, with the addition that all other die 23 seem to be the normal 4+A. Regarding linkage, it varies between years and denominations. Most pairings seem to be consistent for die number, but I do have, for example, two 1868 sixpences with die number 2, but one is Davies pair 2+A and the other is 3+A. As I say above, a press operator could always change just one die in the case of damage, for example, and thus lose consistency. Just ripe for full research and publication, as I also say above!