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It's a bit tarnished for my taste, but it's certainly EF at least and looks to be problem-free. Nice example from a very short series.

Thanks Pies, don't you hate it when you discover scratches or other blemishes for the first time when you photograph the coin!This is exactly why i take hi-res images and post here, so that others may find something i have'nt seenCoin 5 is EF, digs on the OBV, Leaf veins worn, REV left hand thistle has wear along with part of the crown, could be GVF at this rate (sorry) you know how harsh they are Dave, you're only superficially correct. Remember you're looking at a photograph of a sixpence blown up to the same size as pictures of shillings, florins, and on up to crowns. Sixpences are never fully struck up compared to large silver simply due to the physics of getting a complex engraving that small in the first place. That's not say that CGS won't be harsh - they probably will - but we have to make allowances for pictures of small coins where the tiniest flaw is magnified ten times compared to the same size picture of e.g. a crown.

Nice if you are starting with a blank sheet, but I've got thousands of files which I would lose if I bought an apple. Letters, articles, databases, excel files, website, accounts. Redoing all this isn't an option.I had exactly the same but, with a couple of exceptions (sage accounts was one), all of my thousands of files transferred over to the iMac without a problem. I just ran a cable between the two machines and followed the on-screen prompts. That was 4 years ago and I've never looked back! I'm assuming most of your letters, articles, etc are in Microsoft Word? There is Office for Mac which includes Word and Excel, and both will open/save files created in the PC versions. Also, TextEdit (Apple's equivalent of WordPad) will not only open Word files but Save As.. Word too. Apple's iWork which includes Pages and Numbers will do the same for Word and Excel files. Website is HTML so any halfway decent web creation app will see that and allow you to maintain it. The biggest stumbling block would be accounts and databases. It depends what they were created using. If they are Access databases, they can be exported to Excel and imported on a Mac either using Excel or Numbers, or FileMaker Pro will also 'see' Excel tables and convert them. As for accounts, that is usually proprietary and could be your biggest stumbling block. However, modern Macs can have Windows installed via Bootcamp so any irreplaceable apps you needed could be run in Windows after a reboot. If rebooting proved a pain, there are virtualisation apps like Parallels which let you install Windows and you can run individual Windows programs right there in Mac OS X.

Bear in mind that mid-grade Roman silver is plentiful. If you can find a dealer in them who doesn't have an eBay outlet, a big enough purchase may see you get a reasonable discount. But don't expect huge profits when you come to sell. As Peter says, it helps to know your subject before you embark.

It does seem to have many 'proof' characteristics, but at the same time, as Rob points out, there are some weaknesses and inconsistencies, which would point to a Taylor restrike. Either way, it's a coin I'd happily give cabinet room to.

I'm not sure I can see any other digit there either. I would rate it as F personally - the centre is almost worn flat.

I saw this in Facebook - I reckon a dozy sub-editor missed one journalist's bit of mischief

It's alright, some old dear read my tea leaves. Looks like I had mint tea. Groan

The real thing (though this one is fairly worn) should look more like this one :

I don't know, I like the idea of psychic coin evaluator. Cross me palm with a piece of (early milled) silver, dearie, and I'll tell you what you want to hear need to know

No way - it's been dipped.

Mine cost me £55 in 1997. I think it was more desirable back then - it was £95 in Spink so I thought I was picking up a real bargain.

I can, in all honesty, say that in several decades of collecting, no 5 year old has ever flung my coins against a wall... I'll continue to stay away from slabs ... for now

There appears to be a circular, brown stain on that tablecloth towards the centre! For sale: 'White tablecloth with 1896 penny shaped stain on (stain is UNC)" Another nice coin ruined. Or should I say "ruinned"? I placed bids on both of these but the seller's since withdrawn them from sale. P.S. I guess I'll have to settle with http://www.moonestates.com/

There looks to be slight blistering beneath the legend I•GRA•BRIT on the obverse, and is there another connecting the lion's rear left kneebone to the circle? Otherwise looks a nice coin.

There are some provenance-worthy sellers on there, though. I've bought some rarities from Mike Bonser before he sadly passed away last year. Not to mention that Michael Freeman sells on eBay - now THERE's provenance for you!

The seller's other one is clearer. I have taken better pictures of the moon than that..

Although it's not part of the same series, I felt exactly the same way about their fantasy 1798 proof halfpenny, that uses the Kuchler obverse with a close approximation to one of the contemporary Britannia reverses.

True. I saved the listing for myself as a web archive, but I just had a look to see if it was still on eBay under 'Completed listings', but zip zilch nada.

If you took an item back to a shop and they gave you a refund, the item would no longer legally belong to you. If the same thing happened re. an item lost in the post, I'd guess maybe the same thing applies? So if it finally turned up after you got a refund but you didn't say anything about it, then legally you might be on dodgy ground. However if you returned the refund to the seller and explained the item had turned up, that MIGHT constitute a legal contract?

He did several CARtoons for the listing!! In one, a fish is saying to another fish that it's really silver, it's only the sunlight making it look green; the other fish is saying it's really f@&*ing mint green.

He even added his own illustration :

The first I ever saw was this (sorry about the length) : Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec Ghia Mint Green (Possibly works underwater but this is unconfirmed) (decided not to quote the whole thing) Hahaha that's classic I particularly like the above part, and also the "don't be disappointed if it's a 50p it sounded like a pound" I think this part is my favourite though: "If you don’t want to drive it you can just sit in the driver’s seat and I can make engines noises but there will be an additional fee for this." hahaha He also added lots of "additional information" : On 12-Apr-11 at 12:09:28 BST, seller added the following information: Last night I bought a multi-pack of ready made bovril drinks, just sipping at one now. I want to share the warmth so will leave one of my bovril drinks in one of the 2 cup holders for the winning bidder. You can choose which holder, left or right, but you must supply your own hot water. On 12-Apr-11 at 13:24:01 BST, seller added the following information: Sorry, the free cardboard box is no longer available. I used it to make a Flux Capacitor. I have now installed this in the Mint Green Ford Focus. It is untested and not covered in anyway by Ford warranty. When I go to buy a sausage roll later I will put some more petrol in and then zip her up to 88mph. If successful I will go back in time to catch the moron that touched up the arches and paint him mint green then ask him how he likes it! I will also go to McDonalds in the early 90's when they still served root beer and stock up. I miss their root beer. On 12-Apr-11 at 14:10:26 BST, seller added the following information: The reserve is Ssssssshhh! £800 or if you prefer to look at it another way, thats 800 items from a pound shop. On 12-Apr-11 at 23:16:56 BST, seller added the following information: Bad news, my attempts at time travel have been brought to an ugly full stop. I just remembered that the speed limit in th UK is 70mph so I cant reach 88mph. Probably just as well, have you seen Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure? Napoleon was a bit of a handful and I dont have the time to baby sit him. Good news though, my pal was let off with a caution after his dog attempted to hump an old lady that collapsed recently. He was trying to get her in the recovery position and Floyd (the dog) thought it was a game. Someone didnt see the funny side and reported the incident to the police. Did I mention this car has a leather steering wheel? Probably not suitable for vegetarians - not sure? I dont speak vegetarian so cant ask one.On 13-Apr-11 at 08:27:55 BST, seller added the following information: It is with great sadness that this morning I must inform you that the mint green ford focus has been poo'd on by a bird. I have had a quick look around the neighbourhood and there was 2-3 birds that looked a bit guilty, I have issued them with verbal warnings but on this occasion I am not prepared to perform DNA testing. I will remove the offending poo splash with my high power jet wash, I know its high power because I once shot my friend in his marble collection and I swear he had tears in his eyes. I once hid 2 sachets of brown sauce in his wallet and then forgot about it for at least 2 months until he called me from work saying words that would kill a nun instantly. The sachets had finally burst making it look like he had gone to the toilet in his pants, he wasn't allowed to go home and change so spent the whole day soiled. Speaking of contortion-ism, I confirm I can not wrap my leg around the entire circumference of the time machine ford focus, I hope this does not affect the final auction price.

The first I ever saw was this (sorry about the length) : Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec Ghia Mint Green (Possibly works underwater but this is unconfirmed) If Trebor made car paint then I imagine it would look something like the colour of this car, it’s a pale minty green. I will include some green Trebor mints in the sale so that you can compare for yourself. Please specify if you would prefer Extra Strong mints instead, they are white (unlike the colour of this car) but I personally prefer them even if I do hold them partially responsible for the decay in one of my teeth. I took this car in part exchange along with some cash for another car I was selling. I didn’t really want it but I wanted the car I had less and since I am a valeter by trade I saw potential in this. The engine is sound as can be, the gearbox is a dream, it steers like it’s on rails and all of the features and electricals work as designed. It’s the Ghia model (what does ghia even mean?) so has a bunch of extras such as heated front windscreen, air con, electrically adjustable front seats and an upgraded dash. Inside its quite lovely, dark and mysterious but shiny and clean. I would feel quite happy to host a business conference inside it. Refreshments could be served through one of the electrically operated windows. Drinks could be placed in 1 of the 2 available cup holders. If your business meeting was for more than 2 people then some of the participants may have to hold their drinks, they might whinge a bit because of this but just remind them that in some parts of the world they haven’t even invented drinks yet. Nothing nasty to report about the inside of the car, no rips or scuffs, its very tidy actually. I have been driving this minty little number around for a few days now and I was surprised how nice it is to drive and have opted to drive this rather than my Mondeo. OMG I am such a liar, I just remembered that the passenger side door handle is a bit scruffy, that’s all though. It’s a Ford Focus from 2001 which is exactly 1 year after 2000 when the world didn’t end and VCRs continued to work. I didn’t do much that New Years eve, not because I was afraid an airplane would fall out of the sky and land on me, I just fancied a quiet night in with my girlfriend of that time, I say girl’friend, she was nearly 40 but a proper sporty little thing, bit ugly but perky where it counted. I myself am no beauty box so us both being a bit ugly I never had and insecurities that she would run off with my best friend lol. But she did about a year later! He left his wife, went a bit mad, got sectioned then released, turned out to be an alcoholic and now has pancreatitis, all is well that ends well. The alloys on this MINT GREEN (it’s not blue or black or red or any other colour, deal with the fact that its mint green to avoid disappointment. If you thought maybe it was silver but the sunshine in the photos made it look a bit green you were wrong) are in genuinely good condition. I gave them a quick tickle with an alloy cleaning brush but they need a better clean than that but since I am quite busy trying to get in to the girl next doors knickers I can’t be bothered. The plastics are all nice and black, the tyres are all insanely named cheap brands but have good tread on them. I valeted the car so it’s looking good and smells divine – you might want to lick it but I recommend against this since some of the cleaning products I use are bad for tongues. The windows are unbroken glass, have no chips and critically are transparent unlike bricks which are not often used as a window making material, they are tinted at the back so if you take that lass from the chippy up the hills you can do what you like in the back and won’t be seen. Unless someone looks through the windscreen and then the games up and the pillar box is down. It’s done 107K miles which is much further than I can run and I wouldn’t even attempt to run that far not even for comic relief or children in need unless there was a cash incentive then I would consider it and work out some way to cheat. It would be an elaborate cheat including most likely a helicopter and several disguises, somewhere I have a dress up banana suit which I have only used once so I would probably try to get some more use out of it since I think it cost me about £60 a few years back. The exterior of the car is generally in pretty good condition, there is some surface rust under the rear wheel arches (not that bad) and its had a small ding on the rear which has been tarted up a bit and doesn’t look that bad. There are a couple of places (arches, rear bumper) that have been resprayed in places probably due to surface rust in the past. I say resprayed, it actually looks like it’s been done by a drunken blind clown at night hanging upside down from a moving giraffe. Honestly, Ghandi could have done a better job slapping paint on with his flip flops. Estimated cost to have this resprayed by someone that isn’t mentally incapacitated is about £150-200 but who knows, maybe you aren’t the picky type and just want a motor that runs well, is comfy and proper posh on the inside. It’s got MOT and Tax until July and I really can’t see any reason why it won’t fly through its next MOT (apart from the fact that cars don’t fly, be cool if they did) Aside from the couple of dodgy resprayed bits this is a very decent car that runs beautifully but is green. Any inspection, test drive, pretend flight is more than welcome. If you don’t want to drive it you can just sit in the driver’s seat and I can make engines noises but there will be an additional fee for this. I can also make airplane noises my Airbus A380 is very impressive, helicopters are harder but I can try if that is your thing. You can see from the pictures that overall this is a bang tidy motor and you have my word it drives well. If this doesn’t sell I really couldn’t care less, I will keep driving it around not pulling birds. I don’t need to sell it but if you want it you can buy it. Don’t forget its fathers day soon! What do you buy the dad who has everything? Well if he has a crazy a$$ large desk you could buy him a full scale replica ford focus 1.8 zetec ghia paperweight. If you know someone like Doc Brown for the back to the future trilogy maybe they could make you a remote control lie the one he had for the DeLorean DMC-12 which would be way awesome! Update, Tuesday 12th April: < I like this colour I just pretended to get off with myself in the back seats, I had someone confirm that they could see me. This unfortunately means the windows are only lightly tinted and it isn't privacy glass. Also worth mentioning that this car runs on petrol which can be bought at 'petrol stations', if you are unfamiliar with these then ask someone for directions to a place that sells over priced cold sausage rolls. I can confirm that the petrol low light works, it just came on. Also I just took delivery of a docking station for my laptop, the box it came in is surplus to requirements as I have plenty of other empty boxes. I will include this box in the sale at no extra cost. Finally for today, I think a pound coin fell out of my Bermuda shorts and has lodged itself somewhere under the drivers seat, if I don't find it before the car sells you can have this too. Dont be disappointed if its only 50p though, it sounded like a pound but could have been a 50.

The rest of it is even better! "If you buy it i'll throw in a picture I drew of queen elizabeth eating a hotdog riding a skateboard being pulled by corgies. Just in case you were wondering there are many uses for this absolute bargain of an item 1. Wave it around like you know the queen as a personal friend 2. Flip it to make those important decisions in life that you really just can't even be bothered to think about anymore 3. Open the stall doors in public toilets to let check if people have enough toilet roll 4. Spend it, it is actually real money that can buy things 5. If you're boring stick it in your penny collecting book 6. Flip in while wearing a suit and you'll look like a gangster from the past 7. Keep it in your pocket ready to whip it out in case you ever fancy looking at a picture of the queen 8. I'm pretty sure it's lucky 9. If it's unlucky give it to your worst enemy and they won't even get any good luck any more 10. Use it to scratch a scratchcard, it might be your lucky day you lucky lucky person"