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Lol @ Declan

For £30

Yes i thought it more practical to be able to buy either or but i assume Spink don't want the decimal book sitting around on their shelves which it probably would, hence the reason you're buying both books

I always ask the boss to get me a new spink book each year. Now it's im two part (which i believe you Have To buy The two) and it's now costing £30

Looks like Geo II to me circa 1746 ish

Just goes to show, you pay your Money and then they don't give a shit

Well in my mind thats just BS. You've paid your money and NOT getting the service.

This will piss him off. Looking forward to his reply

I suspect they've forgotten about submissions while grading for the upcoming LC auction, this is why i have a dislike for CGSGRADED because the auction will take preference over people who are actually paying for grading which is unfair IMHO

I'm not sure you'd get 5 Coins graded for the lower membership. For that i think you just become a member and the send coins and Pay whatever the value is. Must look at this again

The RD, RB and BN is 99% for the Americans who are All but lazy, these are pennies and IMO not a huge fanbase for them over there because as soon as they get slabbed like that by NGC Or PCGS they are then put On ebay AT massives inflated prices and even Then the Brits won't go Near them either due To price. On the subject of NGCS, There i's an office Here in Munich and they will arrange everything from postage and customs forms etc, with a 6 week turnaround. If you become a member at the $200 entry level you get 5 free gradings.

To be honest i think to insure that amount of coins in both directions you'd be better sending them to CGS, IMO ESPECIALLY at this time of year full insurance would be a must. Why send so many when you could also send just 1 for the experience and the rest to CGS?

Happy birthday old bean.

I Would say first And foremost that good pictures help Better when asking about grade. OBV has visible wear To The hair and beard i'd go with VF, the REV is Better and i'd say GVF. Points of wear On the REV are the highest points, Britannias Fingers Holding the trident, There i's visible wear, the breastplate and also the shield, those are the things to look out for. Stick around for more grading fun topics including TPGs, we love those topics on here and will be hotly discussed once every 3 months at least, keep a tin helmet handy for the flak and low flying slabs

I wonder ifthe stamp collectors have the similar discussions as we do. I bet they don't get into TPG rages though

Paulus seved a few Points. The middle to average collector cannot afford 1000GBP to Shell out on coins, the cost of living now in the UK with pressure of heating/fuel/taxes and generally being screwed by the Government for as much as they can get from the poorer collector means those People are priced right out of those type of Prices. I personally collect coins in hopefully high grades, but also at an affordable Price, when/if the time Comes to sell any of These coins then they would also be affordable to the next collector as they won't be 1000GBP or upwards but would hopefully give me a return on what i've paid out for them. Pauls other Point of the Internet is also true, what would it have been like back in 1896 if the Internet was around then coupled with digital photography, perhaps those famous collections would'nt have been so famous if those were avaliable at the time. I collect with the thought in mind that when the time Comes to sell, my coins will be affordable to the next man and in grades that are These days good Quality, but first and foremost i collect for me, but also bear in mind that These might go sometime during my collecting life.

Lol, errrrrrr Mrs Peters bargepole???? I'm sure Peter would'nt want you touching his Pole either

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CGS are'nt international nor are they big enough to be dictating prices and have never understood why people would buy at a price suggested by them for a grade. They are however they best at British coins. The recent 1860 halfpenny i got they had a slabbed CGS80 and valued it at £750

I've only just realised that CGS Have obviously taken On some Form of PCGS, they've just dropped the Professional in the name

Currently playing on the aye phone

must be rare bagerap

I like the Jam also but you were either a mod or a skinhead in the late 70s early 80s sothe specials and madness win the day. Then it was onto the new tomantic phase as they seem to be getting all the women

I don't think you can get a train to the USA from the UK either lol