Chris Perkins

Another friend of mine had a similar idea and even attracted a celebrity to sell their own stuff on it. He invited everyone he knew and sold a whole range of things himself, so did his dad. He even sponsored a football team. Advertised too, but after a few months it sort of fizzled out. And now I can't even remember the domain name, or I'd post a link! I don't want to put a dampner on your efforts Hus (I wish you luck), but I believe that it would take huge amounts of money, massive IT infrastructure (a whole army of Indians at least) and probably an existing household name to really compete with ebay. Even just to complete in a specialist sector like coins/collectable. Whatever happened to Yahoo auctions, why didn't that get bigger? Are they still going? I expect eBay simply bribe any potential real threats with cheaper advertising or something to keep them small or stop them from starting in online auctions.

I just offer my book range and some odds and sods. I gave up regularly selling higher value items there long ago (preferring to develop the website instead), I think probably when eBay bought Paypal. The other day they removed a listing because it had a link to another payment method (card payment via a link). They always say of course that Paypal is safest for buyers bla bla, but that's just propaganda to earn them more. All payment methods are only as trustworthy as the seller offering them. Lots and lots of people are fed up with eBay, but until a competitor of similar size develops with better customer service and real fairness, people will continue to list there.

Yes, had all those been negative, like they should be, then I'm sure he would have been kicked off ages ago! At least it means though, that no one was silly enough to pay that much for a crap coin.

I think I googled once and found a list of all the current commonwealth countries. I don't think all were 'Empire' and some 'Empire' countries did not become Commonwealth Countries or should be kicked out (has Zimbabwe been kicked out yet?). Not all recognise the Queen still as head of state. You could also ask Aidan, Geordie!

Someone must have done it to help battle their own confusion in 1968 with the new pence! I've never seen it, but it's clearly not an official stamp. An ingenious way to help you remember what the new coins are, but I don't think it gives it any more value than 10p.

Very few I'm afraid. I wanted to add some of each denomination at once, but I have my 2nd quarter 2008 tax return to do, so the rest will have to wait at the moment. By far the most interesting and plentiful were the range of pennies I had, mainly from one collection.

I've just listed about 100 pennies for sale: http://www.predecimal.com/british-coins-pe...c-51_32_40.html There are some nice copper ones there including a couple of rarities.

What an excellent choice of initial books!

I wonder how many Gouby has seen of each. I'll ask him next time I see him. (Michael Gouby is a coin dealer in London who specialises in pennies and has written or contributed to a number of books on the subject. Michael Freeman is sort of semi-retired now and doesn't do any research anymore).

An average circulated low tide 1895 penny would be worth about a fiver. These are also often called 'trident to 'P' 2 millimetres. Pretty rare even in worn conditions and usually easy to tell. Coinsgb is our very own Hus, who's a member here. The 9 in R9 doesn't mean there are 9 known. Perhaps that's where the confusion comes.

Freeman is the author of the book where the F169 number comes from. Normally only collectors with the book quote Freeman numbers so I assumed you had one! Wherever the info was about it being one of only 10 is not correct. The info about the N's I don't think applies when trying to tell the difference between F169 and the F168. The only differences are the reverses, common is type D and the F169 has type E. The differences are pretty small though (even on as new coins). The waves are more finely cut (impossible to tell after wear), as you know the 1 is right above a tooth and the exergue (the space containing the date) is slightly smaller, which is also impossible to tell when the edge has started melting into the coin.

In Freeman it's R9 which means that there are an estimated 7000 to 12000 in existence (as a very rough guide).

What it all boils down to (no matter what your opinion is) is if you can persuade someone to share your view and pay more than scrap metal value for the coin! It's interesting if you can prove it, but it's a very worn coin.....Very difficult to sell, collector's are so fussy. If you want to keep it, then fine if you are 100% what type it is!

In my Krause they're all listed as being silver. But then Krause do sometimes have little errors/omissions in them. Modified effigy is just a fancy way of saying 'modified head' and relates to just George V. Higher tide relates to the level of the sea behind Britannia on the back of some pennies and halfpennies.

No not good at all. After a few years they'll get sticky (or even now as you say). After a few more you'll get verdigris on the base metal and green colouring on the silver, in a worse case scenario. He may not have had complaints, but does he have any customers that have been using his pages for 5+ years?

Normally (certainly with British coins) there is a date cut off so it's easy to tell. What particular coins are you refering to?

It's a cow! In real life though, I do have puppy-dog eyes!

Ooo, a young female fan :blush:. Can't have enough of those! I've got about 200 coins here that are worthy of the website but aren't listed yet, so check back every so often. Anything that is newly added will be shown in date order from here: http://www.predecimal.com/products_new.php

I take it you've seen the coins for sale on predecimal.com? Nothing from Malaya though. And the pages for the SAFE deluxe album which are more expensive but don't contain PVC? They are £5 per 3, but I'll make them a bit cheaper if you want a lot. Those cheap pages on ebay probably do contain PVC. PVC was never banned in relation to coin pages, but the better companies stopped using it when they realised that it makes coins sweat. I'm sure they still use it by the ton in China to make cheap coin pages!

I mentioned this in another area. It's a coin I picked up at the London coin fair. A 1910 penny which has been 're-engraved' to feature George V in a much more casual pose. Or is it supposed to be Edward VII? I don't quite understand why someone would use an Edward penny as a blank canvass for an image of Geo V!

He means the Queen on a po, ebay 170214077683. Actually I recently purchased a penny where George V is smoking a cigar and wearing a straw hat. I'll post pictures in here somewhere. I like things like that.

It doesn't really matter. With the mount it's an item of jewellery and without it, it's a coin which is ex mount (but you can put it in a coin holder!). Both the mount and the remaining signs of a mount are generally bad things. 1787 is probably the most common Geo III pre new coinage sixpence, so count your blessings that it's not a Northumberland shilling!

Looks like a Jeton - Counting token circa 1300s usually of French origin.

Ok

Thanks. The coin isn't in perfect condition and the size of the clip is not massive, so I'd offer £10 for it.