1949threepence

The guy - signs himself as Tony, although seller name is Shelly - obviously has major issues with written communication. In the link Jon posted just a few minutes ago, he entitles his worn and overpriced 1926 ME penny, as follows:- What does that even mean?

Well if nothing else, this thread has at least raised awareness of a couple of different high quality cabinet makers. Smokerings and the Italian supplier, Alberto Zecchi.

Thanks. Extremely nice & exquisite craftsmanship.

I've heard this name before, but I can't find him. All I get for smokerings on e bay is this and when I put "coin cabinets" in the search, I just get this and I can't see a mention of smokerings. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place. Do you have a link, as I'd be really interested in viewing his work? Cheers

Thanks gents. Think the message is to stay well clear of this seller.

What do you guys make of this offering on e bay He is supposedly selling 6 rare 1860 penny varieties, and I do see the F6 & a nice F7, but I don't see an F8. Also I think he's confused with his die pairings towards the end. It doesn't help that the coins aren't shown separately, but are instead on a slide show that seems to move two frames at a time. Moreover, he really ought to have got someone to do the write up, as his English is appallingly bad. Neverthless an interesting and intriguing offer. Not worth £2.5K in my opinion. Leastways, not from what I can see.

about GVF.

I'd say NVF/VF. Also a lot of ding marks on the obverse. I wouldn't buy it if priced at AEF money.

Great find, but whatever is done to it, will never be any great shakes, condition wise. Often the case with rare finds, unfortunately.

They'd be of interest to anybody if they got one lol

Got a pic of the reverse, copper?

Knew there had to be a logical reason

Difficult to tell because it's such a poor photo, but I'm leaning more towards obverse 9, rather than 8. From Freeman's description, the groove representing the nostril on obverse 9, does not curve down towards the cheek as much as previously, and that seems to be the case with yours, as far as I can tell. Although to be really sure, you'd need to jailbreak from the slab and take a better pic. Can't be definite.

Why don't you message him and ask him what his issue with Merseyside is, then post back on here?

This is interesting Worth looking out for, although the chances of coming across one are exceedingly remote, of course.

Thanks Richard. As you say, their website is abysmal and it does seem very odd to just show the obverse. Thanks chaps.

Their next auction is listed for March 2017. Firstly, does anyone know if it's possible to bid online? Also, their photos seem to show the obverse only. Is it possible to view the reverse? Probably is, but me being a bit thick and all, can't find the way - example

I agree. The detail is amazingly good.

RIP Greg Lake

Hi Susan, What's the significance of the 1950 West German 10 pfennig coin you have included in your photos? For reference, here's one listed on e bay

GEF/aUNC

Cheers gents

Pete, does Dave send his e mail lists later? I haven't had mine yet.

Oh, I know the decimal mintages were phenomenal in many cases, which is why I said highest pre-decimal mintage.

There were 654,564,000 minted - by many orders of magnitude, the highest pre decimal penny mintage ever for a single year - and just 4 years before decimalisation. No wonder they're so common. Makes you wonder why they minted this volume, so close to decimalisation.