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Business can't be good

Just place a bid for what you think is a fair price, you may well get it. Just don't get caught in a bidding war.Which is what he hopes for

Its normally the case with rarer high grade coins. He seems to think he must get Spink book prices plus for the rare stuff even though he's buying for less. Its a case of be careful as its sometimes overgraded/dipped. Its your choice to bid or not, but most of us on here know him well.

Not if you use an apple product, plus the seller has been noted for 18 months or so for certain practises which helps the prices of his auctions. He had several people who helped things along and the person i mentioned was one of those who always bidded but seemed to just miss out everytime. He must be one of the unluckiest ebayers ever.

Here's one from our favourite seller. This was listed as a BIN for £1300 i think it was, now he's auctioned it. Winning bidder is one of his friends called sonofcork with a 410 feedback, he's from Australia. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111334115261?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D111334115261%26_rdc%3D1

You know what irritates me about this whole grading Thing with CGS is they seem to grade quite quickly when Londoncoins have an auction, yet when it Comes to the paying public they take forever and a day, sorry but that irritates me. I mentioned in another post about NGC having an Office in Munich, they actually ship the coins off to the USA and even that Turnaround is only 6 weeks from start to fininsh. CGS Need to pull their fingers out of their arse, seriously

And a little more info http://www.businessforscotland.co.uk/10-key-economic-facts-that-prove-scotland-will-be-a-wealthy-independent-nation/ Strangely enough, Westminster can't rebuff anything yet

Bob, i'd like to be your adoptive (Scottish son) i was going to say European son, but Scottish has much more perspective. Whadda say?

No shipping outside the USA. Thank god for small mercies

There seems to be 2 holes

Doubtful, as he was married in 1822 and victoria was Born in 1819 making her the youngest mother in history. You'll need to point the Finger elsewhere copper123

I did. I said it was "comparable with the shilling". However, you're right about the damage to the shilling - in addition, it has a bad gouge on the truncation, and similar scratching on the cheek to the sixpence. The earlobe of the sixpence is flat and also the hair to the left of it. I'm sticking with GVF

The Eichendorff and Magraff are rarer issues 300-500 euros depending on grade

I never mentioned a grade for the shilling and you still have'nt mentioned a grade for the 6d lol P.s, the shilling has an edge knock at 12 oclock which will drop it down

I can see a small lighter patch to the right of the last Digit, but the Picture is inconclusive of what it is exactly. For something of this nautre you'd Need really hi-res Pictures to accertain what you have

Ist a doppelthaler David of their Golden wedding anniversary. There's 2 types, not sure which this is yet, but i'm hoping ist a milled rim, the other is the normal kerbed rim

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. I say it as i see it Peck. If its got digs and scratches then its not AUNC, if it has wear on the thistle and crown then its EF and less. Do you think CGS just eyeball a coin and give it a grade? I'm sure it will be done with microscopic Instruments that are much more magnified than a camera.So whats your grade for it Peck?

Well Paul, you know better than most of us how CGS operate as you've seen it first hand, but if we can see blemishes on your pics then they'll certainly see them at CGS

As Rob said, you should collect for yourself and not for others. The main thing is that you like and enjoy your coin purchase and can explain the outlay to the boss whilst letting her admire it from afar and with gloves. Coins are a future investment as well as your hobby, if you buy high grade coins they will in turn cost you money, so you have to be sure that what you purchase is worth the price and is nice enough where you won't want to sell it on in the short term. Your choices are endless, personally i'm liking hammered at the moment, that may change in 6 months and move onto something else, no harm in diversity either.

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

The last Cromwell farthing sold for 10k last year did'nt it?

You could start a date run which would'nt include every Freeman number but instead just each date from say 1970 downwards to 1860 and then see of you can then go further back, it can be applied to pennies, halfpennies and farthings, so perhaps Choose which would more suit your pocket and go from there. If you decide this route then try and obtain the best example you can afford of each

I just wanted to bring this (thorny subject) up due to an experience i've just had. I bought 2 lots from the saleroom and i noted that it had the saleroom delivery banner underneath. I checked up the postage cost to me and for 1 lot i purchased (4 proof sets) it was going to cost 35 GBP, i then bidded on (unexpectedly) another coin weighing no more than 30g. Having won both items i then received an ATG DELIVERY Price in my email of 62 GBP so they wanted another 27 GBP for 1 small coin weighing no more than 30g. Feeling slightly pissed off i then emailed them to say that the Price seemed excessive considering they wanted 35 GBP for 4 sets and that for 1 extra coin going into the same packet that they were charging me another 27 GBP. An email reply saying they were sorry that the Price did'nt meet my expectation and reduced it to 42 GBP, feeling i had won a small victory i then agreed to the Transaction. They then sent me after 4 days the tracking number and when i clicked on it, it was only then i realised how ripped off i felt. They have used a firm that i use all the time when i go to the UK, i can post up to 30 KILOS for a Maximum of 15 GBP, so it's cost them NO MORE than 15 GBP to send my item. Now, when you think about their Initial postage Quote of 62 GBP i now feel well and truly f**&Qd off that they've tried to rip me off for so much Money abd just thought i'd share. The Company that they've used is interlink express (a fantastic Company i might add) and everything normally gets here within 4 working days, sometimes quicker. I just thought i'd make you all Aware of how much These companies and this particular packaging Company will rip you off for postage. I have emailed them to ask them where they get their postage cost from considering i use the same Company, we'll see what they say.

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