Rob

Different coins going by the rim marks, particularly the one in line with the trident point and at 12 o'clock obv.

Happy New Year. 2021 will be better.

Yes, it's probably rarer than the unmounted type

Maybe not as silly as it sounds. The in-laws house took a direct hit and the whole layout of the electrics was neatly outlined on the walls as the circuits fried. If it had run along the walls or floor internally without touching an earthed conductor, then an open door might have allowed it to escape on its route to earth.

Can never have enough books and £25 isn't going to break the bank. They're also protected from internet down time.

Looks like the website with the digital BNJ has been revamped and the one article you want hasn't been uploaded. Shirley Fox's piece on the Edwards runs to p.206, not 286 as listed and the article you want immediately precedes the further notes on James I. i.e it's not there. There's a copy available on ebay. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRITISH-NUMISMATIC-JOURNAL-VOLUME-9-1913-485-pages-COINS-ILLUSTRATED/361681578454?hash=item5435e6e9d6:g:4F0AAOSw9NdXqtLb

The digital BNJ is the only place I know where it is listed. I don't have a spare copy of the volume, and nearly 30 pages scanned isn't going to fit into 500Kb. I'll try looking at it tomorrow.

It might be 'someone mentions you in a post', but there's no mention of tagging anywhere. The alternative is when someone quotes you, but that seems a bit general. Not worth losing sleep over, whatever. The list of options seems rather broad and a bit excessive in quantity.

Nothing in my inbox, nor a bell sign (never has done so). The latter works for a 'like' though, so big on irrelevance but a chocolate teapot when it comes to providing a useful function.

I've no idea how tags work - I certainly don't get any notifications that someone wants a reply. i.e. I reply when I see something that needs attending to. Henry Symonds, BNJ vol.9 p.207-233, The Mint-Marks and Denominations of the Coinage of James I, as Disclosed by the Trials of the Pyx, with Historical Comments on the Procedure and Notes on the Mint Accounts of the Period.

There's more than one collector with adequate funds to throw at the hobby, and there's fewer coins than sufficiently liquid collectors to fill the demand. Even half a dozen potential collectors in total would send the price sky high, and I'm sure there's more than that.

It's ok as long as people have a sense of humour. Some just think you're taking the p*** rather than being honest.

He might have it listed several times at different prices. There's a few that do that. Sometimes I've countered with a higher offer in the past. When people refuse to accept that you have no downward leeway possible and they ask time and again for you to move a bit, I sometimes agree to move by upping it a fiver. Means I've obliged by moving the price, and often means I get what I need.

That's good. Might pay a visit if I can get organised.

Looking at the state of the lettering in that area, I wouldn't put money on it.

How about a broken E (and X) punch, with the bottom bar added later for the E of ET but not this one? To my mind it looks as if the bottom bar of that one has been added. I'm struggling with die damage as that would show as raised on the coin if a lump fell off, whereas the field is flat where the bottom arm would be, but then there's no sign of the bottom arm, which would be a remarkable coincidence if the die was filled.

Looks like someone forgot to add the bottom bar of the E because there isn't any trace of it to suggest die fill, so yes IMO. On a more fundamental note, it is William III and not George III, but I presume you didn't mean to say G3.

Yes, but if it shows that I have been outbid in real time, I can bid again. If it shows me I was top bidder 10 minutes after the lot closed, unsurprisingly I am chuffed, but more importantly, I have then mentally allocated the cost of winning against future bids because the money pot has a finite amount in it. i.e. it affects any subsequent bids. If the automated auction software is flying through lots on different venues and can't keep up, then bidders need to know that their bid might be ignored/rejected/deemed irrelevant so that they don't rely on the software for real time bidding. That's making a good case for not bidding on sites that use auction mobility software, which personally I find a real pain in the arse to use. Spink and DNW are much better as you log on and that's it. To find out that I came second only when the results were posted is nonsense. Hence the reason for questioning whether post hammer bids were being taken.

Could be. I'm wondering when a Vigo 6d cost £2. What's the grade? The ticket style certainly looks Seaby-like with the fraction, so that would mean 1948 or later for Rayner.

As per the title. 29mm diameter.

Same here. It should be saltire stops on the obverse, not pellets. It's dodgy status is helped by a fine price of 525 and a VF one of 2250.

The 'winning' bid of 370 was showing at least a dozen lots down the line because I went back to it when I had passed the last lot of interest, so either they are using a platform which doesn't show up to date bids, which would be a chocolate teapot, or something iffy is going on. I suppose both are possibilities given the difficulties using the auction mobility software, but it should update the final price given the increments register when you hit the bid button. I guess it's a reason not to worry too much about bidding on a sale in real time given the possible waste of a morning or more. As for you with DNW, at least the auctioneer is there in real time. This is an automated sale with no human input. i.e. it should just work.

I might, because the hammer price should be the end of it. Having enquired, they say that a later bid made it 410 and maybe my page hadn't refreshed, which is a bit confusing given the next two lots had also closed, so those lots were refreshed as the bid buttons had disappeared. Not convinced.

Maybe, but that's a bit naughty. If it is on the book in advance of knock down then fair enough, but after the event means they would effectively be choosing which lots they want for themselves, making bidding irrelevant.

Not the only dodgy goings on. I 'won' lot 1093 in the last BSJ sale with a hammer price of £370. Prices realised now show a hammer price of £410, i.e. £10 above my max. It will be interesting to see where it reappears, as the buyer is presumably able to outbid you after the auction.