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Yes there are Calvin, but they aint Billy and Mary. It's certainly some type of evasion but, unless anybody on here has more knowledge/experience than me, it would be impossible to pin it down.

Another evasion piece by the look of it and nothing to do with Billy and Mary. Condition means it's too hard to pin down though.

It is actually British. It's an evasion halfpenny. Galata437. Obv; S.r BEVOIS SOUTHAMPTON Rev; *NORTH**WALES*

It's an evasion halfpenny. Galata437. Obv; S.r BEVOIS SOUTHAMPTON Rev; *NORTH**WALES*

I'm sure Rob will be interested as he plans on updating Davies at some point.

Getting back to the original post I think you're out of luck on the 50p front. I had a quick trawl on ebay today and apparently 90% of the Olympic issue shite stuff is RARE

Azdas wallet It looks like it could be a planchet flaw or post mint damage, I would go with planchet flaw because it has that flaked look Azda's sporran surely. No they only use sporrans when they're wearing their skirts Peter. Wallets are the every day issue for them. Usually with waterproof ziplok fastenings and a titanium carbide outer casing with double tig welding to stop them from accidentally falling open, say whilst standing at a bar in a group for example

No. A die crack would show as a raised area on the coin rather than a depression. Anything that is recessed is either caused by a foreign body caught between the die and the planchet (grease/dirt/Azdas wallet etc), a faulty planchet or is post production. Yours looks like damage caused to the coin post production.

Plenty of women on the forum Debbie, a few disguised as men lol And that from somebody whose national dress is a skirt!!!!!!!

You should have email Rob.

DNW had a token sale a couple of months ago comprising mainly of high grade or rare tokens. More than a couple eclipsed Gothic Crowns in price. If you send me a list/pictures I'll do a valuation for you.

You'd better add me to your cuckoo land list then as I don't use Spink to price my stock. A selling price for a dealer has to be a percentage above purchase/part exchange price with a margin built in for discounts/fees/taxes and enough to leave a profit as that is how we make our living. Once I have priced an item it sits in stock until sold so if I was happy with £xxx profit 5 years ago my philosophy is that the same amount will do now. Any dealer using Spink would have to totally overhaul all of their prices individually year on year. Another problem is that Spink is already almost a year out of date as soon as it is published due to the time taken to compile it. It therefore follows that the market may already have overtaken Spinks prices pre-publication (or fallen away in some areas). As a dealer the most infuriating comment I hear is "well Spinks only want blah blah but you're asking more than that" Spink is a guide price NOT A RETAIL PRICE LIST

I attendeed as always (one of the few salerooms within relatively easy striking distance for me). Bidding was the usual bloodbath but I managed to pick up 12 lots. I was underbidder on your 1662 Crown, it went in the room. The engraving kind of killed it but I thought it was worth a punt as it was the rarer inverted die axis type (en medaille rather than coin alignment). Inverted die axis is coin alignment. Until you apply it to an already inverted axis and then it becomes medal

The easiest way to tell a forgery is to place it on a sheet of paper and draw around it with a pencil. Most forgeries are on circular blanks, the originals are never fully round. Another pointer is the surface (yours looks like it was struck rather than cast) or the edge. A good proportion of forgeries have a seam visible around the circumference.

I attendeed as always (one of the few salerooms within relatively easy striking distance for me). Bidding was the usual bloodbath but I managed to pick up 12 lots. I was underbidder on your 1662 Crown, it went in the room. The engraving kind of killed it but I thought it was worth a punt as it was the rarer inverted die axis type (en medaille rather than coin alignment).

At a guess I would say that CCGB (correct me if I'm wrong Chris) and coin yearbook both take their lead from Spink. Spink will only quote FDC prices because they are a bit sniffy about things and tend not to think that anybody would want anything other than FDC and of course most Spink clients wouldn't.

I think you are all missing an important point. BIN prices on ebay are inflated above Spink prices to cover ebay's 25% or whatever take on every sale. If a Spink price is £100, then the BIN is £120 or £125. That's just common sense by the seller, and in most cases equal stupidity by the buyer. There is one set at £1100, but others at £850. Knock 25% off the latter and you get £637.50 against a Spink list of £650. You regularly see items listed on ebay that are available on the seller's website for significantly less. I'd do exactly the same if selling on ebay because so many people treat it as the only place to buy, so persuading them to pay over the odds is not difficult, whilst ensuring you get a full price after listing costs and fees seems sensible. The extras cost is achievable because so many people are too lazy to search. If people did their homework, ebay sales would diminish somewhat and dealers could make a better living. AFDC doesn't really exist. A coin is either FDC or it is an impaired proof grading as Ef/A UNC etc etc. Totally correct assessment regarding ebay Rob. My ebay shop prices are all well above what I can sell direct from my own site for, but people are too stupid or too lazy to check. Another valid point is that the choice available direct from dealers is usually considerably better than the crap that is sold via ebay sellers and is also (in 99.9% of dealers cases) totally authentic unless otherwise stated.

I bought this from the States a while back and just noticed the reverse when I photographed it for listing. Most clashes tend to show the reverse in mirror on the obverse so I thought I would share this one.

lusterous brown Brown.....it would have to be wouldn't it?

I think they're taking the piss......

Seems as reasonable a place as any to post; Connor Adam Stephenson born at 10AM today. 4 weeks premature and weighing in at a healthy 5lb 11oz (better than any of the fish I caught last year). Mum and baby both doing okay as mum had to undergo a C Section under general anesthetic.

Especially for A UNC/UNC coins to fit into. If the rest are mid/low grade they will have lost a fraction from the diameter. Peck is quite correct, the only really accurate test is a digtal caliper set which you can pick up for peanuts on ebay/tinternet. tinternet, is that an auction place special for tinted coinage ? There's a place up North. It's called Yorkshire. There they refer to t'internet. Clearly a ' has been missed. Sorry Peck, ' missed and also an i from "digital". Clearly my one fingered typing isn't up to scratch at night with a stomach full of Glenlivet (thanks a bunch for making me buy a couple of bottles for Christmas at £20 each Mr Tesco). Yes you are probably right. However I do have 7 of these folders and it doesn't seem to fit into any of the spaces.I take your point about it being a higher grade than some of my other coins Argumentus, but I have at least a dozen that I would have said were a similar grade and these seem to fit.I'll have a look to see if I can get hold of some digital calipers! Many thanks for your comments once again. Interesting that it won't fit into any space. Mind you it would only need to be the merest fraction oversize to result in a non-fit. Not even a BOGOFF?? Nah! I can't grumble too much though as it's one of my favourites and it hasn't been this cheap in what seems a very long time

Especially for A UNC/UNC coins to fit into. If the rest are mid/low grade they will have lost a fraction from the diameter. Peck is quite correct, the only really accurate test is a digtal caliper set which you can pick up for peanuts on ebay/tinternet. tinternet, is that an auction place special for tinted coinage ? There's a place up North. It's called Yorkshire. There they refer to t'internet. Clearly a ' has been missed. Sorry Peck, ' missed and also an i from "digital". Clearly my one fingered typing isn't up to scratch at night with a stomach full of Glenlivet (thanks a bunch for making me buy a couple of bottles for Christmas at £20 each Mr Tesco). Yes you are probably right. However I do have 7 of these folders and it doesn't seem to fit into any of the spaces.I take your point about it being a higher grade than some of my other coins Argumentus, but I have at least a dozen that I would have said were a similar grade and these seem to fit.I'll have a look to see if I can get hold of some digital calipers! Many thanks for your comments once again. Interesting that it won't fit into any space. Mind you it would only need to be the merest fraction oversize to result in a non-fit.

Especially for A UNC/UNC coins to fit into. If the rest are mid/low grade they will have lost a fraction from the diameter. Peck is quite correct, the only really accurate test is a digtal caliper set which you can pick up for peanuts on ebay/tinternet.

Your first one is an unofficial medalet or token for the coronation. There are dozens of different types for Royal events, more often than not they are death momentos though. The last is an Isle of Man halfpenny token. Hope that helps.