Chris Perkins

The 1806 one would never have been worth very much even before polishing. The 1742 would have probably been worth about £10, and now it's probably about £2. If they were badly corroded with green verdigris before you polished them, then they were not worth much to start with either.

What is it?

Yes, those have been harshly polished haven't they. What a pity. Please tell us you didn't polish them yourself RUUUD?

There are none 'missing' it's the 3 coin set, and no, there is no £5.

You can have a 3 coin set for £580

If I buy and sell that 1989 Gold set I'll let you have a virtual Predecimal.com voucher!

What Sylvester was trying to say, is that all denominations had VICTORIA DG BRITT REG FD written on them, so it's imposible for us to even begin to tell what it is!

Can't you post yet Dave, have your not received a confirmation email? Regarding your little facsimile, and being brutally honest, you'll find that marketed correctly, you can sell almost anything to the general public! I don't really feel that a little silver replica with a slight diference will exactly sell like hot cakes to collectors though. Search the web for Moneyer Dave Greenhalgh, he makes silver modern hammered coins (the old fashioned way), perhaps you could ask him how many he sells.

First you need to register an account. Then there are two ways of posting pictures: 1) Attach to the message - this uses up lots of bandwidth. 2) Use a hosting service like photobucket.com. Actually, I've got another deal on hosting now, so it's £200 per year and that includes up to 5gb per month bandwidth, so feel free to use the forum for a few more images from now on.

I sit possible the seller bought those coins and is now selling them?

No

1957 - Bullion, a little more if it's in perfect condition, but I'd certainly only pay bullion for it, and hope to sell it for bullion +10% (or maybe 15%)

The state quarters could perhaps be compared to the Churchill crowns, 1977 Crowns etc...Commemorative coins for the masses, none of which will ever be valuable. On the positive side though, anything out of the ordinary can get people interested in coin collecting.

Don't anyone even think about bidding on the 1934 Crown (Wybrit!). Everyone knows I have a customer for those, and he really wants this one! Leave it to me or i'll get nasty

Yes, I would imagine it would be very unlikely that you would get them into the uk without customs charging you an import tax. The odd coin you could cenceal about your person, but 100+ with cases etc will be much harder. The loose sovereigns should of course be kept in separate packages right now, or they bash each other and that won't do them any good at all. For the worn or later sovereigns you should at least get bullion value for them, and if I had that kind of money spare at the moment, i'd be glad to purchase them. Some of the better grade sovereigns will be worth more, but personally if you're looking for a quick sale you can't go far wrong selling them at bullion value (or a few % less). The effort involved in sorting out the better ones and selling them separately would be a drag, and many are likely to just be worth a little over bullion. Shield back Victorian coins are generally bought at more than bullion. I don't like turning sellers away, but if I were you, I'd remove the shield back coins, and high grade victorian and accept melt price for the rest where you are now...Unless they are all of a very very high standard you probably won't be doing yourself out of much. The more modern stuff isn't really my cup of tea. It's difficult to sell, and generally on the open market they tend to sell at around 70% of book (although some are more sought after). I'd offer bullion plus a certain percentage, but certainly would fall over myself for it. I do have a regular buyer for modern proof/gold issues though.

And if you're in full time education, I have some money for you for travel expenses. http://www.predecimal.com/forum/index.php?...=ST&f=31&t=1411

What weight is it? The Coin is 9ct Gold. That's just mind blowingly stupid. The fineness somehow is an accurate measure of the weight, no matter what the size is! Why are there fools to buy that kind of rubbish. It looks like someone's squeezed a disc of gold through a laser printer.

Yes, it's a Netherlands cent, non colonial.

Dutch, Wilhelm I.

Well if it ever becomes typed up in an orderly fashion, I may be interested to offer it somehow. Same applies to the shilling info. The thing I have found about miniscule varieties is that it's so difficult to distinguish without pictures.

I have the Gouby book, he gave it to me personally. I don't think he sells all that many, and even that is in need of an update. Putting a book on halfpennies in print would not be viable, but an electronic version, downloadable PDF or some kind of pay and view on the internet system would probably work. I could then mention it under the halfpenny section of CCGB2005...."For in depth specialist information on halfpennies, see www.rotographic.co.uk". Even at £2.00 a copy, when your selling something that involves no paper, no postage and no wrapping up, it could work. Anyway, I digress. Perhaps you could PM me Rob.

Is it typed up in an orderly fashion?

I wouldn't attempt to break into a house that receives mail from the Royal Mint....Obviously a complete ameteur with stacks of modern novelty items!

I'd thought of that long ago. Usually I just put my name and return address, with both website URL's (predecimal.com and rotographic). I don't mention 'coins' or anything specific, and it's my logic that you'd have to be a very bored postman/dustman to read all the return 'stickers' and look at all the websites written on them. And it's just common sense to shred envelopes with 'Spink, established 1666' written on them isn't it?

A coin weight perhaps? Can you post a picture?