Peckris 2

Makes me think my own (not very good) example would fetch over £300..

I got a similar (temporary) ban on Facebook for "hate speech". My crime? Someone had mentioned the motto above the gates of Auschwitz, so I simply - for information - gave the original German "arbeit macht frei". In no way was I condoning this in any way whatever. What makes the FB bans so especially annoying is that there is no way to get in touch with those wonks to explain the supposed offending post. However, and here's a tip for anyone who thinks they MIGHT fall foul of the "rules", FB can't read what's on an image so type out your post in a text app then take a screenshot of it and post the screenshot instead.

That's the problem with eBay - any 'famous' coin is usually vastly overpriced. You'd be better off trying from a dealer or auction - if the former, make sure they have a decent returns policy.

I see from a TV ad that the London Mint Office are issuing an Elvis Presley coin! Obviously he must be on the obverse, so what legend do you think should be there? My thought: ELVIS PRESLEIVS THE REX ~ PARKERI GRATIA ~ PETRAE DEF

Don't pay £325 for one of those!! Barely worth £100 I'd say, most of them aren’t even Fair. £150 for one of the better ones I'd say. For £325 you'd want one in NF condition. They really aren’t that rare in low grades as you can see from that dealer's pictures. This page at London Coins will give you a more realistic picture hopefully. https://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&searchterm=Halfcrown+1905&category=9&searchtype=1

I'm not surprised at this, given how difficult they are to spot.

Tu es modo canis canem

Me neither - they're just lines of text ending .jpg

A much more perfect business model would be to provide value for money - i.e. give the customer good feedback which is, after all, what they've paid for. You say 'either way they can't win', but I disagree; reject coins by all means if they deserve but how much effort does it involve to provide a properly worded reason?

What on earth is the point of that? You've then got a slabbed coin carrying a garish "don't buy me" insert.

Perhaps not, if you've had both dabs?

PART of the fee, certainly. However, they don't have the expense of actually slabbing the coin which would include producing the necessary inserts. I'd say that half the fee might be more fair.

I'm not Pete!

Unbelievable. If there were two bidders at 3000 zlotys the auction house should have notified you - as the later bidder - that you had been technically outbid. Either sharp practice, or extreme inefficiency. I sympathise.

or... Alcune persone sono in campo?

Heartening to see the community support around the defaced Rashford mural - and there was a piece on local TV today about primary schoolkids writing letters of support to the 3 who were abused.

A useful resource - perhaps that link should be put into a separate post and pinned as a Stickie? It does seem though - from the pictures on the LCA page - that most of those coins look clearly cleaned, especially after a moment or two of inspection.

Some absolutely disgusting racism against the three who missed penalties. It wasn't their colour to blame - it was their youth. I personally wouldn't have replaced Henderson with Saka, but ain't hindsight a wonderful thing?

"Sausages with backside of mushroom, eh...? ...CYril"

Yeah - you don't want coal dust all over your coins

Or 'sometime cleaned' may merely be arse-covering time. When in even the tiniest doubt, play it safe.

The Gnome Service, of course?

Mine's in cardboard too.

You Scarss git

There's much controversy about cleaning. I once bid on an 1887 silver set that a dealer there said he wouldn't touch "it's been cleaned". What I'd seen was coins with a mirror finish, and some people it seems can't tell the difference and categorise any old silver coin without toning as "cleaned". They aren’t, always.