Peter

It would have to be 3 my pair of 1698 farthings and a 1967 vf 1d

1 gef 2 good The 1925 was noted as a key date many years ago.Hence they are common as muck as are H & KN 1950 & 1 Pennies.

I'm turning GREEN.If I fell into a barrel of tits I would come out sucking my thumb.

I have this little bulllet that CGS said Verdigras...WHAT? that was at the Midland 8 years ago... http://www.colincooke.com/coinpages/ccc_victcopperissue.html messed up there it was the 1855 farthing Just seen the date...BEWARE.

I would put a door over that lot. I have a 1928 BU SA sov in a case.(father in law memories).It is quite descreet plus any thief would have to get past my Dog and police batton.

Midland fair is £2 to get in and haggle away.

Clive You can have this one. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HALF-CELTIC-HAMMERED-COIN-VERY-GOOD-CONDITION-/281077483128?pt=UK_Coins_BritishHammered_RL&hash=item4171860678

He has relisted it.The original description was CELTIC :D I did tell him what he had and the value would be approx cut 1d (a few £)

Hi Mike That is fantastic. A coin that as a type collector would suffice....Wow

Hi Nek...welcome I'm sure you know what you like.The truth is if you like it so will many others.Grading is subjective.Ignore grading for hammered (see the forgoing). There are few dealers on Ebay who are believable...but yes they do exist.I have my favourites. By all means keep your eyes open but sometimes an eye appealing GVF is more desirable than a claggy EF. Feel the market and don't be afraid.You can always sell on a pretty coin.

I believe Ebay since 1998 has struck the general grading market.Yes it is crap. Some claims are pathetic. Fools and their money are soon parted.Dealers have dropped their guard. If I bought a raw UNC coin from a dealer and it wasn't it would go back...UNLESS the price was at EF and I was happy with the coin. Look at our friend MP who likes to increase grades at a whim.

I don't think CGS will see them that way. I suspect that grades somewhere in the VF55-EF60 are more likely, but hope they rate a little higher. please advise where you have seen better.

Looking at the bidding 2 people were after it.The rest dropped out at £44. Lucky Bevpub.

Nice coins. The 1820 has a few edge dings at 12 o'clock on the reverse and both have a few digs. They are practically as struck and IMO GEF+. From the pictures I cannot see evidence of cleaning.

Come on Paulus Give us the grades now and it will be interesting to see what CGS return. I do believe CGS will be harsh on grading.I bought a PCGS veiled florin PCGS MS65 from CC and CGS interests me.I might just crack it out.

Thanks Bill Your posts are honest and informative. Being realistic USA TPG's are grading everything including brand new coins trying to get the magic grades. Unbelievable. It just won't happen here. CGS nice idea but.....

You could put it on Ebay with a BIN & best offer but good images will be required. Some investigation will be required on which way to go. Unless you need the money I would stay as is.I could spend many a happy evening with that.

I have 2 of my Fathers stamp albums.The 1st is the one he collected as a young lad in the 40's and the 2nd quality collected in the 50's/60's.Both have been looked at by experts and apparently worth very little.There are many Vickies from all commonwealth countries & USA with some very high cat values. I have been toying with selling pages at a time on Ebay. I also have a small suitcase full of Ciggie cards. I would love to convert these to some nice coins.

Now you know it is genuine crack it out of the slab. If a TPG won't grade it

Very nice Colin. I won't be upgrading mine but I reckon you are selling your old one too cheaply.It took me 20 years of searching to get mine. I'm sorely tempted.

The size and weight would tell you whether it was gold or even a simple trip to the man on the market who buys gold would of done this FOC with his potions. I believe with out being slabbed it would of generated more on Ebay as a raw coin.

Brilliant work Nick.

Mr Stephen Are all those bites in your coins caused by you checking the silver?

It occurs when the dies are struck together without a blank in between. You'd have thought it would be catastrophic but it seems that they survive pretty well, leaving just an impression of one on the other. Clashed dies are extremely numerous on pre-Jubilee Victorian coins, especially the smaller denominations. This is an 1840 farthing (2 prong trident) variety that is struck from clashed dies, this variety always has the clash evident and it is very clear. That is the best example I have seen. I have an example.Colin Cooke stated he had only seen 3 in 25 years. There was one on Ebay the other night and several of us knew what it was.The seller must of been shocked as it was a 99p coin without the clash. This is mine. http://www.omnicoin.com/coin/947669 I'm happy with mine and have no intention to improve it.

There is cleaning and cleaning.Soaking Roman grots and using tooth picks to improve is fine with me as well as removing grunge on silver..carefully.Polished milled I can't live with.I've been experimenting with acetone and goddards silver dip.With isolated area's I've have had good results. Ebay has full coin dippers who I have sold to.