TomGoodheart

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This is a test ..

I thought I'd just mention I bought from Stacks Bowers in the US a couple of weeks ago. Paid by credit card for a 2.5% supplement. Got an email on Thursday saying it was being shipped and would be delivered yesterday. Some hope I thought, but .. slight delay because I missed the request to pay the vat (correct amount and reasonable fee from FedEx of £4 - rather cheaper than Royal Mail!) but it arrived this morning. So things can go right (I wasn't sure how it would go as you occasionally hear of problems with US posted items) and in this case I actually received the coin faster than from some UK auction houses!

I've emailed Chris too, quoting part of this message Paddy. Let's see if it gets to him, though I believe it's the site host that's looking into the problems ...

But I get a 403 error when I try to post a picture ...

Just checking if I can actually post anything. .. ok, that worked.

That seller always has really high contrast photographs, which I feel don't do his offerings any justice. I suspect it's a decent enough coin in the hand. But top pops are always a bit dodgy unless the coin is really common, since there are bound to be better examples of 99% of coins on ebay out there somewhere, and only a fraction get graded so it's all a bit meaningless to most British collectors IMHO. And of course, it's always 'buy the coin, not the slab' with these ..

It's a very kind offer dmw, though I'm not sure if this is the ideal place for it. But maybe one of the members knows someone that might like them. I suspect Changechecker works on what you'd need to pay to buy a coin. Most dealers have to charge a minimum of a few quid, just to recoup the admin of packing and postage. For things that are essentially face value it's often only economic for collectors if they're buying in bulk .. see ebay.

Just wondering if anyone is continuing Gary Oddie's 'Contributors to British Numismatics' section on the BNS website? Particularly the Coin Tickets listing. The links to send photos are still there, but I don't know if they go anywhere. @Rob?

The Triangle-in-Circle mark was struck between 15 Jul 1641 and 28 May 1643 H. Triangle alone that was 4 Jul 1639 - 26 Jun 1640, which might be where the confusion lies. This is based on the trials of the Pyx dates given in the preface to the Brooker collection book.