1949threepence

The new MP?

Very possibly. A receipt for payment is surely evidence of sale, and as I said above, in a shop the item and receipt are simultaneous - thus, if a mistake has been made it's then too late for the seller to retract. Over the internet, that is not the case, and it would appear that the receipt has no legal consequence, as the seller has more time to realise his error, and renege on the sale. In a shop, of course, the possibility of carrying through the error to point of sale is more likely, because the original pricer is unlikely to be the individual on the till.

Went for £3,500 hammer in May 2015 - link Went for £2,200 hammer in September 2019 - link So it went for less the second time, and it certainly looks aEF, not EF or better.. Both sales by Spink Who is the second seller? They've conveniently omitted to mention the drop in price from 2015 to 2019.

OK thanks chaps. Some good legal thinking there. It's an interesting one. Of course, in a shop you'd be handed the receipt on completion of the transaction, together with the item. On the Internet it's different, as the receipt is sent to you in advance of the item. In the case of a shop they couldn't reasonably come after you demanding return or extra money, as the sale would be closed and the item already in your possession.

Oh sure, I appreciate that. Plus there are many get outs. The dealer could just say he'd lost the coin, or had already sold it. Nothing anybody can do about that. The only scenario I was thinking of was literally the one where he admits to still holding the coin (a unique item) but refuses to send it on. Bit of a legal grey area? As Chris said above, if he had already sent it on, then I think that really would be it, and he couldn't possibly try and get the buyer to return it at that point.

In the kind of case I'm thinking of, the sale has essentially been concluded online, the buyer's money deducted from his bank account, and an "auto" receipt sent, courtesy of the seller's own software. So when it comes to this:- No problem with the first bit of the above - it will definitely be a genuine and honest mistake on their part, but with regard to the emboldened text, you could almost certainly argue that the buyer will have noticed, because from their perspective they've spotted a bargain. However, the contract of sale is surely complete by default, as the seller has left it to his own software to oversee the transaction? The fact he offered the coin at the wrong price, and wasn't supervising the sale itself, is down to his own carelessness, and the buyer has bought in good faith. In my opinion, any rate.

Important, but not paramount. Although I would be happy to pay a modest premium to secure provenance. What I would especially value is very old provenance relating to the coin. For example a couple of pennies were sold on LCA a year or so back, which were accompanied by old Spink collector's tickets, with 1895 on the back - link. Although no idea how genuine they are. I bought an ex Michael Freeman penny which came with his ticket from the 1984 sale, but anybody could have cut out the circular piece of card and written on it.

OK, turning over a new leaf. I've twigged. No more jokes. Maybe my mindset needs root and branch reform.

Sums things up in my town.......

Superb inlay. Bet it looks really good now you've got it polished up.

The drawers are mahogany, but as I've already said in the post you quoted, the rest is cherry wood. Build quality of this cabinet is better than the Nichols cabinet I've got. But that's just comparing one individual cabinet with another. You only ever seem to post about cabinets. What type of coins do you put in them? Not that there's anything wrong with posting about cabinets, but it would be interesting to know your coin interests as well.

I'll keep this short and sweet, not wanting to rabbit on too much, but the above sounds like a good idea. If you keep a pair of bright eyes you might spot some of the aforementioned 50p's. Hopefully any sellers will be dangling a decent price carrot for potential buyers. Of course, if anybody does become a millionaire as a result, the shock of all that money might make them need to see a quack. Especially if they're currently as poor as a church mouse. OK, I'll duck out now

Wide awake now, and wondering where all the action is.....

It's a quiet night. Just let sleeping cats lie.........

Another one in the December LCA, @blakeyboy lot No 878. Some corrosion, but otherwise NEF for wear. I'd bet it's a metal detecting find. Also a couple of Vigtoria 1862's. link

Well if I was a smoker, I'd buy a pack of Benson and HEDGES.

Only one left at £2k - wow. Buy now to avoid disappointment. Must be flying off the shelves at just £2k each.

The motto "Dem Feind Keine chance" translates as "the enemy has no chance". Probably one of his well known phrases. "Truppenteil" means part of the troops. I suspect we may have no literal translation. Hermann Duncker was....well Hermann Duncker

Yes, there was a programme with Michael Portillo on the gold tour.

Richard, you might also be interested in this post which I made on 24.10.18.

Get it verified by the RM first - then we can start talking about value. Might be a worn die. I think I can possibly just make out 2 0 0, but may be my imagination.

I think the top one is March 1968. I'd bet most are from that era.

Received a 5 question survey from e bay about a recent purchase I'd made, and whilst it's not worthy of a thread in itself, I thought I should mention it. The questionnaire was not about the item, but about the "delivery experience". One of the questions was "how good did the delivery make you feel. What positive feelings did you encounter?" (or words to that effect). I pointed out how inane the question was, and that it was a bog standard postal delivery, not some great emotional event. The tripe they come out with these days.

Yes, I find myself doing the same. You just wonder about the many hands they've passed through and tills they've been in. Not to mention the countless pockets and purses, as well as the places they've been spent. Actually, to a certain extent you also wonder about the high grade specimens. Were they specially saved by the collectors of their day, or did they become lost in some drawer or down the back of an old settee, only to emerge more than a hundred years later? I've a little personal theory on that one: I tend to think that if the edge is as lustrous as the faces of the coin, then they've been lost. If the edge is well toned as compared to the remainder of the coin, they've been collected, but have innumerable edge handling marks.

Let me try ETA - no problem here. Maybe issue has passed.