TomGoodheart

The photos aren't the greatest but I'd say nVF/VF. Value? Based on these pics, I'd expect to to go for between £50 and £80 on eBay. Good photos will help. Maybe try a Buy It Now at around £80 with 'make me an offer' and see how it goes? The current Spink would suggest more, but that would be if it were on a fuller rounder flan. They aren't too difficult to find I'm afraid. Spink 2797, Sharp F5/1 Tower issue 1639-40 Hope that helps. .

Anyone recommend a way to run Android apps on Win 7? There seem to be a few about (like BlueStacks?) but I'm not sure which are safe to download and will allow simple games to run. Cheers! .

Happy Birthday both! I hope some coins come your way as gifts! .

I think we all have favourites and dealers we trust. However different dealers stock different coins so it depends on what you're after. Most of my bookmarked dealers specialised in late hammered coinage for example. So as Coinery says, you might be better posting details of coins that you like for comment rather than getting lists of dealers whose stock doesn't interest you, or is priced or graded outside what you're prepared to consider. .

I too block Flash. I also block active-X and most add-ons. It's easy enough to switch them on if you want to watch a video or whatever. The thing that bemuses me about eBay adverts is that they are often for things I've just bought or searched for. I buy something from Amazon then I get the same thing popping up for the next few days on eBay. How stupid is that? Can they not see that if I've just bought something I'm rather unlikely to want to buy it again straight away? Do they employ idiots or .. oh, wait ... .

42 What? I wanted to play too!

I suppose my only concern would be that this assumes similar coins are submitted to both companies. But considering that on a US forum you quite often see people ask which TPGS is 'best' for a particular type of coin, it's possible that those submitting have a preference. And if some of those submitters that have more expertise in British halfpennies chose one company disproportionately over another then the sample will not be equivalent... As Rob says, really you need the same coin submitted to both companies. But as he also says, the same coin resubmitted will not always achieve the same grade so ... um, I'm not sure what I was trying to say now. LOL

Well, as might be guessed, I do quite like the Nicholas Briot based portrait of Charles First ... .

Welcome John. Firstly it might be helpful to get a better idea of what they have. If you could post a few photographs of half a dozen of the nicer older coins it might give people a chance to assess condition and types of coins? After that, well if they are in no hurry then taking time to catalogue the coins would be best. Higher value ones could be sold through auction (the more value, the more likely to be sold individually) or a specialist dealer. But it depends on quality whether we are talking bullion (for the gold coins) or 'numismatic' interest. There are also dealers here (or members could recommend a few). Most dealers will travel to look at a collection that is potentially up for sale for free, or for a cost, value a collection for insurance purposes. It also helps to know if it's an 'accumulation' or 'collection'. Generally accumulations were picked up over time or sometimes bought from a 'mail order' dealer. Though guineas and sovereigns suggest a collection. Collections will usually be more focused and often the collector will have recorded somewhere what the coins are, how much they cost and where acquired. If your wife and sister-in-law can find such a record that would help a lot. And also how they were stored. Collectors often take better care over storage. Accumulators are more likely to pop things in bags, suitcases, biscuit tins ... In the meantime key things are DO NOT CLEAN them (or even give them a nice 'wipe over' to better see the details). Such damage cannot be reversed. And try to handle them by the edges, put them somewhere they won't rub or knock together (so not in a bag or jar together!) .

Very decent Scott!

Worth keeping an eye on CNG then ... http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=276545 Though they aren't cheap. .

I thought of you when I saw this. Not Briot (but his son-in-law John Falconer). OK, but another that would be rather more if it was better ... 121546677399 .

Farthing? I think it's a penny. The Edward the Confessor is £925 with AMR coins .

Plus if I were going to go for pennies (and had the funds) I think I might start with something more like this:

LOL Not sure about that. I am very fussy after all. For example I could get up to three decent Chas shillings for the price of this: .

Hmm .. I occasionally look at pennies. Even John, which seems to me to be a more consistent series, I've yet to find a coin that really 'does' it for me. But then I guess it comes down to what you're prepared to accept. For me I think it would take a good deal of time and possibly money to assemble a collection I would be happy with ... fussy bugger, aren't I? .

New mm for me. Nautilus? 251798244710

Personally, when I can't find coins to buy I turn to researching provenances and the associated literature, so I'm not too surprised there's some interest. But I really want to try to add to my collection this year, so I'm going to hold on to my pennies for now in the hope of some nice new stock turning up somewhere! .

Many thanks guys (and gal!) Having a very nice evening eating unhealthily, drinking profusely and paying with my new phone. .

This work? (You take the url and paste it between {img}{/img} replacing the {s with square brackets [ to get the code to work ...) .

Aargh! My eyes! 271740955580 Not a fake. Just really, really horribly polished. Ugh. Sad. .

True. But if it were me and someone told me it was a copy, I'd ask what the weight should be and check mine .. wouldn't you? Unless of course you already knew didn't care ... .

Sigh. This is a re-listing 261732478837 of a coin someone bid up to £1000 a little while ago. "Your item is a replica. Hence I suspect why someone bid it up last time. To ensure some unsuspecting innocent didn't waste their money. The weight will confirm or not ..." "How would you know it's a replica?" "Will you justify your statement " "I have one just like it I bought a few years ago at a museum. Some are stamped WRL, some are not. But they are all the same shape and the design is 'softer' than the real thing as they were cast. However the weight is the key thing as the replicas are made of lead-free pewter rather than silver. If you have scales you can check. I just mention it to save you from the risk of someone wanting to return it as 'not as described'." And the answer ... ""This one wasn't bought though & it as no WRL stamp on it" Hmm .. .

Plugged would be my opinion too. $1400, eh? Hmmm. .

IMHO Fair at best, which is the grade below Fine: "A coin that exhibits wear, with the main features still distinguishable, and the legends, date and inscriptions still readable". .