Rob

The reign of Edward VI along with that of his father is one of financial skullduggery. William Sharrington was convicted of producing coin for his own financial gain at Bristol, but was subsequently rehabilitated. Henry VIII (Gordgon Brown's ancestor) completely bu****ed the nation's finances leading to the production of ever debasing currency. Even when the fine silver issues of Edward VI were struck, it was still necessary to produce base small change.

A couple for me. Nothing too exciting though, so my diet will not be restricted to beans on toast if I win them.

That's stupid. Surely they meant to price it at an OTT £325, which would be more in keeping with the inflated price they attribute to their plastic? I will do an uncirculated 1919 1d for less than 1/50th of their listed price

A number of oddballs were struck in 1923 and 1924 such as the nickel shillings etc. The early 1920s was clearly a period when a number of changes were either mooted or implemented. Following on from the changeover from 925 to 500 silver, we also see a redesign of the portraits to eliminate ghosting and a number of private patterns were produced for sixpences (see the Alfred Bole collection) along with larger silver denominations struck in gold. The engraving of a new penny reverse would be entirely in keeping with the experimentation seen elsewhere.

Fashion. Ayephones being a 'must have' accessory, all the embedded faults are therefore 'must have faults'. Get yourself a cheap mobile for a tenner and enjoy a hassle free life. Few people need to do much more than phone or text as the screens are too small to be very practical for surfing the web.

That's sensible policy irrespective of any seller's honesty credentials. Until they provide protection against fraud for both buyer and seller in equal measure, no sane seller would want to risk accepting paypal given the failsafe facility for the buyer to recover their outlay irrespective of circumstances. Paypal is not a level playing field and as part of eBay relies on sufficient sellers being desperate to raise something, however little, from their surplus/redundant possessions.

I did wonder if n***2 was a shill bidder id. Someone with time on their hands can plough through his/her past sales to see if this is a regular bidder throughout past listings. Sorry, don't have the patience.

Thanks, I must say I wouldn't want to spend a grand on a coin that had been tampered with in any way, especially a 'star' coin like Pies is after, I just wouldn't feel quite the same about it What about if it is the only available example?

That was David Chaytor (Bury North). They just don't learn, do they? They are still trying it on. When we eventually get politicians that are working for the good of the whole country instead of themselves and not just pandering to their mates, you might be surprised at their popularity.

I must confess that the prospect of a 1933 penny or whatever for less than £1250 does have its appeal. To provide the means of passing a law on this matter I suggest we vote Scott for our MP (Bury South) and get rid of that Ivan Lewis bloke.

You might be thinking of the 1 over a higher 1 http://www.rpcoins.co.uk/c15%20pics/02572.jpg in which case it was probably me or BCC.

Looks like I'm a serial offender in the overpaying department then.

Are you talking about the pictures here (above), Rob? I'm not sure that any email is involved? It's just either an internal attachment on this site, or a direct link to somewhere like Photobucket. I'm not sure how Outlook can block pictures on a website - I rather think you've got a browser issue. No, pictures on this website and other are fine. It is outlook telling you that outlook blocked the pictures to protect your privacy but they can be downloaded by right-clicking. This is complete b****cks. If it wanted to protect my privacy, all it has to do is stop the emails. This happens too often anyway such as failing to recognise an email from the wife in another room of the house is probably legitimate. Having decided to allow the email through, outlook should include all the content. I haven't got time to download everything separately because I probably get 20-30 a day, so all these emails get binned. If outlook decides a BT or CNG logo is pornographic or whatever reason and not fit for the eyes of a broad minded 55 year old it blocks it, there's no hope. I should change from Outlook to Windows Live, or Outlook's 'big brother' Exchange , if I were you. Apple's Mail "hides" images in any email it's marked as Junk, but if you click Not Junk, the images are all there, and next time it won't mark that sender as Junk. Don't have the alternatives on my computer, but it isn't worth buying them unless I know it will solve the problem. What someone needs to come up with is an intelligent facility for the user to tell microsoft who is acceptable & who not. If the system was able to learn from your assigning junk/not junk status to a sender, there would be little need for outlook to block most of those things it currently does.

http://stacksbowers.com/auctions/auctionlots.aspx?auctionid=192&sessionid=436 Link to the August sale. It starts with page 10 as that's where the British coins commence but you should be able to search from there for anything else. Thanks Richard. I see that lot 34819 is yet another incorrect slab attribution. P1243 instead of 1233 for anyone who wants to know. 34805 is worth chasing if anyone wants a DH11 with guilloche edge. A lot harder than the 966 and that looks a nice example.

Are you talking about the pictures here (above), Rob? I'm not sure that any email is involved? It's just either an internal attachment on this site, or a direct link to somewhere like Photobucket. I'm not sure how Outlook can block pictures on a website - I rather think you've got a browser issue. No, pictures on this website and other are fine. It is outlook telling you that outlook blocked the pictures to protect your privacy but they can be downloaded by right-clicking. This is complete b****cks. If it wanted to protect my privacy, all it has to do is stop the emails. This happens too often anyway such as failing to recognise an email from the wife in another room of the house is probably legitimate. Having decided to allow the email through, outlook should include all the content. I haven't got time to download everything separately because I probably get 20-30 a day, so all these emails get binned. If outlook decides a BT or CNG logo is pornographic or whatever reason and not fit for the eyes of a broad minded 55 year old it blocks it, there's no hope.

Need a link please. Unfortunately, since I replaced my computer three years ago, Outlook blocks most of what is in an email. Attachments get through IF the email gets through, but any pictures contained within the email don't and get removed by Outlook. All incoming items from Stacks (and most other salerooms) fall into this category. At least the physical catalogues are legible when I receive them.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1p-1-Pence-One-Penny-Coin-Buy-It-Now-Auction-/261262763900?pt=UK_Coins_OtherBritish_RL&hash=item3cd479677c The about me page is somewhat enlightening. Glass houses, stones, black pots and kettles etc spring to mind. Assistance with the translation can be found http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/documents/egenproc/egenproc.pdf here

Could be guide lines for the engraver. The circle appears to touch the tips of the lis on the tressure. Wire lines are commonly seen on hammered coins where there is no beaded circle present at that point. so for example. this type 3 shilling reverse has one to tell the engraver where to place the letter bases.

Probably not if you call names. Anyway, it doesn't tick boxes as a blatant attempt to deceive given the estimate, so must go down as a genuine mistake coupled with a faulty proof reader.

I think you will have to add some grades to the pieces you have for disposal before anyone would be interested. It is not just a simple case of all coins being equal and you just swap them at random. Some will be higher in value than the others, e.g. I admire your optimism and assume it is added in for completion's sake, but I think the idea of a copper 1860 being available for swaps is somewhat naive. I'd like one too. They can be picked up for somewhere between £5-10K and the total number known can probably be counted on your fingers..

Welcome to the forum William. It's always good to find young people joining the ranks, particularly those that are interested enough to read about the background and learn their subject in greater depth which you must have done to get to this forum. You will find a lot of penny collectors on here, but fewer farthing and halfpenny collectors as the large coins are the most popular. Your end date is a little odd given the £sd coins were only issued for another 17 years - any reason other than being a contrarian? Post your wish-list and you might find a few of them are available. Also people will give a heads up if they know what someone is looking for.

I remember...and just who was that girl/woman? Err what woman, are you thinking of The High Chaparrel (Linda Cristal) I presume we are talking television here? Leaving aside the name which is irrelevant. How irregular? Any worthwhile pictures? (says he in anticipation ) Linda Cristal played Victoria. I'm struggling to find any decent pictures of her.....or indecent 1960s I presume? We didn't have a tv then and only got one in 1971 when my younger sister insisted she was missing out. She still watches her LCD tv to this day (Lowest common denominator television)

Definite EL, which is printed as part of the catalogue. Eaglen doesn't even mention him, let alone show tickets

Is there anyone out there who knows the late dealer Geoffrey Hearn's cost codings? I have an 1807 silver proof halfpenny which I am fairly minded to conclude is probably unique and was produced as a set of 3 (gold, silver and bronze) as the variety is virtually unknown from auction catalogues. If not unique there can't be more than one or two others hidden away. Documented examples I have found are Murdoch (III) lot 304 part (3) Sotheby 1904, brilliant mint state; Foster 79 part (20) Glens 19/10/1953 extremely fine, bought Hearn and reappeared as lot 228 in 'Coins from Geoffrey Hearn's Collection' part 2 in December 1954 which was issued in catalogue form but with fixed prices; H Selig 1408, Spink 131 2/3/1999 ex SNC 4/1982 no.2953. It was unsold in Selig and stayed with Spink until I purchased it a few years ago. Infuriatingly, every 'lot' in Hearn's catalogue has a price against it except for the silver 1807 proof halfpenny which has the cost code EL/Z/Z. An educated guess says that Z = 0 because the only sensible alternative price would end in 6d, but £xx/6/6d doesn't sound right either. E realistically has to be either 1 or 2, with L=?. A silver 1797 2d was in the list at £25. Any older members out there know? For the record, the coin is EF+ with a couple of light scratches in the reverse field which would tie in well with the Foster catalogue. You would not expect a silver 1807 proof 1/2d to be lumped in a bulk lot of 20 unless impaired in some way. Uncirculated in Hearn's catalogue is dealer hype as is Spink's description in the Selig catalogue of 'Practically as Struck'.

I remember...and just who was that girl/woman? Err what woman, are you thinking of The High Chaparrel (Linda Cristal) I presume we are talking television here? Leaving aside the name which is irrelevant. How irregular? Any worthwhile pictures? (says he in anticipation )