1949threepence

Choice! A dab hand with the arrows, shame that they mean bugger all!!!!! I've contacted the seller, let's hope he is an honest joe. Looks as though the item was withdrawn shortly after Peck's post. So it may well have been a genuine error on his part.

Sorry, but WTF is the point in the above post ? It's not even spam, it's just meaningless garbage.

That's incredibly useful to know. I hadn't realised there was a dedicated insurance company. Their website can be viewed here

I don't know, but either way, I wouldn't buy it.

Do you have a scan of it that you could upload ?

Well done, Dave

They really do need to replace the one pound coin, IMO, and demonetise the existing issue, forthwith. There are a vast number of fakes circulating, most of which are dead easy to spot to anyone with even a passing interest in coins. But most people don't even bother looking. Hence the reason that the forgers are on easy street. As to its replacement, well a bi metallic pound might be a way forward. I'm honestly not sure what else would work. Maybe a slightly larger coin so that people noticed it more. Already well documented on here how many were minted, David, so I wouldn't take any notice of the inaccuracies spouted by the reporters on the programme.

But just before we do, I'm going to give my two pennuth. Corporal punishment had been abolished when I was at school, which was a pity in a way, because there was always a hard core of time wasting idiots messing about, flicking things at teachers and other students, and generally being a distraction. Although I had to admire our maths teacher who told one group of lads to piss off. When asked where they should go, he replied that he didn't care as long as they weren't in his classroom. When they'd gone, the rest of us applauded. If the cane had still been around (bend down, boy ), I'm damn sure they would have been a lot better behaved. We definitely need more discipline. I blame Tony Blair....oh, hang on, it was a bit before him. So much for the "iron lady" & her grey successor lol !!!

The trouble is that even if you post the music you like, chances are others won't be as into it as you. Most likely they won't even bother to play it. Sorry to be a damp squib

I'd say that was almost definitely the reason. Scott.

The bug bit me exactly 20 years ago, in August 1990, when I received a GEF 1951 two shillings in my change. I suddenly knew I had to get more of these old style coins. Still got it, although I've never collected florins (as yet, anyway.) Before 1992, of course, old shillings and two shilling pieces, interchanged as 5 & 10p's.

I e mailed Chris a few days ago, and got a reply. Here is a copy and paste of the messages exchanged:-

Absolutely. I got it at an antiques/general bits and bobs/coin sale held in a local Church hall one Saturday afternoon. Cost me just £1.50 !! When I was assembling my threepenny bit collection, I found the most difficult of the Elizabeth ones in BU was 1954, oddly enough.

Nice coin & a good starting point for a collection. I agree with others who say that colleting UNC examples is definitely a good thing, even though it may take you longer because of higher prices. It will certainly save you having to upgrade later ~ and trust me, you always want to upgrade eventually. Good luck Very interesting article. I never realised that a 1958 threepence in true BU was so difficult to come by. Ironically enough a BU 1958 threepence was one of the first coins I ever bought way back in 1992, at the age of 14.

I don't! But then I haven't got a bank account, a credit card, a mobile phone, or a postcode either... DVLA is the only one I've not been able to shake off Good for you, Declan

Not a nice thought, but as we all know, what the banks want, the banks get, unfortunately. Pity we all have to have our wages paid into a bank account, instead of in cash. They wouldn't be nearly so powerful then. We'd be calling the shots, and wouldn't be under their control so much.

I can't see why they should be unhelpful with regard to such matters ~ it gains them no friends. Mind you, all that said, it does seem that in recent years the MO of most organisations seems to be one of inconveniencing the customer as much as possible. There's so much rigidity in their collective procedures.

Thanks for the tip, Huss. I've got quite a few coins that I might want to offload, and a quality camera is something I've been thinking about for some time. That looks a good prospect Think about more than coins, 1949. A camera is something you will want for other purposes too, so bear in mind the following : 1. Do you want no more than a point & shoot snapshot camera to keep in your pocket? If so, Huss's camera would be an excellent choice* 2. Are you SERIOUS about photography? In which case a DSLR is the thing to go for (though much more bulky and expensive) 3. Somewhere between the two? In which case the Lumix (which is unbelievably light by the way) would be perfect & cover most situations * but bear in mind that most phone cameras have improved no end recently : if you buy the Canon (above) you won't be getting something a million miles better than what's in a decent phone, though it will do coins much better. So if you have a decent phone already, that's another factor to consider. I know quite a lot about photography, so please feel free to pick my brains (euwww!) if you want more help. Thanks for the offer, Peck. Much appreciated. What I would be looking for is a not too expensive digital camera, which takes sharp close up images. Huss's phone looked just the job ~ although obviously that is on recommendation. No reason not to accept what he says, 100% though. To be honest with you, I don't like phone cameras much. My experience so far has been that they certainly don't give an accurate representation of people, and make their faces look over red & blown up. I had one taken of me recently, for facebook, and I didn't use it because it made me look like a thick, sweaty, country yokel, just back from baling hay. No offence to rural folk, but not the image I wanted to project. A subsequent one taken with a normal camera was much better. That being the case, I don't think I would trust phone cameras to do a good job with coins.

I think we all see want we want to see at times. Here's one that fooled me - a reentered "O" in ONE in a 1903 penny Ebay picture on left No doubt here it's the same coin - another 99p dream shattered David Object lesson in how you can never fully trust photos. Strike that fully 1949 - I know what Photoshop can do! That was just for normal photos, Peck, where no intentional distortion has occurred. Photoshop is for con men, pure and simple.

A useful link, but bear in mind that it isn't kept up to date regularly. For instance, World Coins (aka David Mason, aka MEGHAN) hasn't had a shop in Canterbury for about 5 years, ever since he decamped to Spain. Also, the last time I went to the Worthing Coin Shop was about 10 years ago and they had virtually nothing there and may not even exist now. The guy there looked incredulous when I went in and asked about his stock!!! Yes, I suppose that's always going to be the problem with a list of that nature & length, Dave. They date very quickly as changes occur in the real world, whilst they stay frozen at a fixed point in time.

Useful link, that first one! Unfortunately the second one is only of interest to hammered enthusiasts. Although it says "hammered coins", it does in fact list most or all UK coin fairs. Take a look. You're right - how confusing! (Unfortunately the Phoenix Fairs aren't listed, which are the only fairs in this part of the country) Well, if you think about it, not really. Most coin fairs will feature all types of coins, milled as well as hammered. Ergo: the diary is relevant to all enthusiasts.

Thanks for the tip, Huss. I've got quite a few coins that I might want to offload, and a quality camera is something I've been thinking about for some time. That looks a good prospect

He must have read your post Mark, he's added two sharp photos of this replica Chris -- I wouldn't laugh too hard -- I just checked and the coin realized £101.00 Look at the bid history. It appears an account was set up to place a shill bid to make the item look genuine. Absolutely blatant shill bid, which, it appears, some sucker fell for. Why don't people look at bid histories before they bid, especially if they've been watching a coin, and a low price suddenly jumps dramatically.

I think we all see want we want to see at times. Here's one that fooled me - a reentered "O" in ONE in a 1903 penny Ebay picture on left No doubt here it's the same coin - another 99p dream shattered David Object lesson in how you can never fully trust photos.

You try getting one from your change in decent nick. Yes I know you can buy them, but that's no fun. Well that's what it's all about IMO.