VickySilver

Rob, I have had to send back a number of coins to them and so do not bid with them any more. There seemed to be cleaning and overgrading that naturally concerned me as I was seeking individual coins for my collection. I always still like to look but no touchee....

Hi Mat, Yes, some very high prices. I still think that the single coin lot rarities such as the 1860/59 penny that you describe are the better deal when compared to tubs full of dirty old bronze and copper. I got the W&W catalogue but don't have recall as to just how nice the overdate penny was but seem to recall perhaps GVF or EF (?). Just how much is fair for these? A GEF piece with some lustre and no real wear may be a fair buy at 3k in my opinion but as wear levels pick up I think the price should fall. IMO (in my opinion) F should go for about 1k, VF for 1800, EF 2400-2600, GEF 3k-3200 & possibly up to 4k for a really nice specimen. I have not ever seen one that I thought was truly mint state uncirculated and that is partly the nature of this overdate which seems to come complete with clash marks and soft struck Britannia, etc. Overall quite scarce but not exceptionally rare. Another will come along with more favorable terms I should think. E.D.

Well, 28 ounces of silver at L8.50 would seem to leave Chris's offer in good stead. On the other hand ebay may be able to get 335-375 perhaps.

These "bits" (hardly so) sell for 625 USD or better on ebay. That might be worth a go. The Aussie 10kg Year of the Dog appears for sale in an upcoming Stack's sale with an estimate of 7k USD - hard to tell what it might bring but that is 22 pounds of coin!

That will probably go 25k pounds, at least.

Norweb collection had this bit on sale some 20 years ago; the catalogues are invaluable. I can not imagine the price it would fetch nowadays!