argentumandcoins

Do you really need to take everything so personally? I made sweeping comments and you assume they relate to you (they didn't). As I said, chill out, it's a hobby. Less stress makes for a longer life.

Rob, like me, will get multiple queries a week from ebayers and other MOP's asking if coins are real and what they're worth. I assume (dangerous as that makes ass out of u and me) that Rob, like me, gets totally pissed off with it. We learnt the hard way and the expensive way. We made mistakes and then we taught ourselves with the help of others and at substantial personal cost by buying more books than coins. My own reference library runs into the Thousands of Pounds, Rob has an even larger library than me! Giving advice on here to fellow collectors is okay but giving advice for other people to profit from is a bit like asking your local plumber to fit your heating for free as you support the same team as him? One off life changing purchases is obviously a reference to the fact that there are very few purchases you will miss by not being clued up that will not come around again. You come across as both offended and slightly offensive, chill out, it's supposed to be a hobby and hobbies are supposed to be fun ;-)

I jacked the website Dave as trade was slower than a Newcastle United central defender. I may revive it one day, maybe, perhaps......

I'll post it once online Richard.

Women, you can't live with them and you can't live with them......

Your pictures aren't the best! If it is old (difficult to tell from pictures) and brass the most likely ID will come from researching Spanish or French coin weights.

I agree with Rob. Still a useful book though!

Aye, I could recount a tale or two about him.....

London Coins returned the unsolds to me today so they are now available for purchase direct from me. PM me or email john.stephenson815@sky.com

I have been in touch with Semra at LC today and the unsolds are being returned to me next week (there are many). If anybody wants any of them drop me an email. The low estimates were my reserve prices and this is the least I will sell for. Email john.stephenson815@sky.com Cheers, John.

Sadly that is not a very reliable guide to anything unless you take an average of multiple salerooms and the same coin/grade during the same 6 month period. I have seen some prices inflated way beyond the value of the coin due to inexperienced or uneducated buyers and other coins slip through at ridiculously low prices for reasons beyond me.

I hope you'll all join me in wishing the Carol Vorderman of Labour a speedy recovery from her case of "toomuchofaliabilityititis" Nice to see she'll be stepping aside from Home Office though (probably to take up the Chancellors position)........and we thought that the USA had it tough having to choose between Trump and Clinton!

True Scott, difference being though that Boris isn't a terrorist supporting racist who changed his views with his hairstyle.

1946 and 1949?

The 1/2d around VF, farthings 1887 and 1901 probably nudging EF, the 1878 GVF and the 1929 6d A UNC judging by the reverse.

No Dave it's just plain old sarcasm.

A gift from God mate, you can't teach it as you've either got it or you get it.

Peter sarcasm is a gift not a curse.....

Getting back to normality (kind of) thanks mate. The weather is shite here too but at least it saves me having to water the crops.... Enjoy the wetplay concert in the cold!

Thanks Dave, your commission cheque is in the post ;-)

I'm a full time dealer and now rely almost solely on ebay for trade. My life circumstances and location mean that fairs are a non-starter. I used to run a website that was slowly dying a death and it was a little perplexing that I could sell a coin at twice my web prices on an ebay buy it now? Trade is definitely slowing on ebay and that is probably due to the thousands and thousands of worthless bits of crap that people list every day. I know several dealers that also rely very heavily on ebay for income although they also attend fairs where the trade is mainly dealer to dealer on the whole. As a dealer the pitfalls are numerous on ebay and we are regularly hit by fraudulent claims of non-receipt etc. The ebay/paypal listing and selling fees are fairly high and once you throw HMRC costs into the mix it's a tough game to be in at times. The good old web has certainly changed the way business is conducted.

Well done Jerry. I was a little disappointed with the prices (on those lots that actually managed to sell), but pleased that they're going to a collector that will appreciate them as much as the old man did.

Blair is the slimiest piece of detritus to float away from Westminster in living memory. I'd rather have syphilis back than him......

Denga money Scott, I used to get that.....

Rob the £12 P&P was PLUS VAT (£14.40 total). Special Delivery was not mentioned and I assume that the 2 coins would have been sent recorded. Storage charges applied to bulky items I can well understand as it is a pain working in a saleroom when the back-end is full of paid for but uncleared furniture etc. 2 coins though? 2 days after an online auction ends? I have used dozens of different auction houses via the saleroom and this shower at Warrington are by far the worst I have encountered, It's almost like they want a crap reputation....