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Lol at finances Gary, English Shops won't take Scottish banknotes as it is anyway, so we're already halfway there Although saying all that, it will open a whole new collecting area again for Scottish mints

It appears to be just the Gold and banknotes at the mo

Becaise its up tot h Scots to decided David. That wouöd be like asking the Welsh to also vote Or the Irish. We're not splitting the Union, we're taking back what was once ours anyway and something which Westminster has tried to keep for over 300 years. Scotland is'nt Englands toy to Play with like they did with the poll tax where it was started in Scotland 1 year before The Rest of the UK. Scotland has been westminsters Guinea pigs for Long enough. What i find interesting is WHY Westminster are resorting to smearing the Scottish "yes" campaign. The sooner we rid ourselves of the bottom feeders that reside at Westminster the better. Ian Duncan Smith, don't even get me started on him. Stephen, we'd welsome England Voting but we'd be too afraid you'd vote to stay in a union.

What like Heritage pushing the prices still higher. Heritage doesn't push prices higher. Bidders push prices higher. Up to you to decide how high you want to go. Sorry, you should Quote slab buyers push prices Jaggy. Does'nt really help when Heritage start the ball Rolling at an ungoldy amount in the first place either I bid quite regularly at Heritage but I never overpay. If the bidding gets silly I pull out. Very few of the coins I am interested in are so rare that another example will not come up elsewhere sooner or later. Heritage are a business. They are there to get the best prices and, therefore, the best commissions for themselves. However, part of that business model is to provide an outstanding service, which they do. It is really up to us, the bidders, to determine what prices we are willing to pay. If some people are willing to pay silly prices that is their choice and their money. If Heritage sets a high initial price it is, no doubt, because they know that there are people that will pay it. I have to agree with you Jaggy. Heritage are really setting the standards for auction houses in the 21st century and, without realising it, a lot of collectors will benefit from the influx of interest (and, yes money) they are bringing to the hobby. As far as starting prices go, they can't really be wrong a just about every lot sells. Every lot sells as quite a large percentage is slabbed. Our best British counterpart i'd say was DNW but i don't see their prices rocketing into oblivion, most of their coins are left unslabbed and i've never had a problem with their pictures nor their Customer service, yet they don't achieve the prices Heritage does apart from one particular sale last year.perhaps this is because Heritage is more widely known? I'm just glad they're not the only coin auction house around

I sometimes wonder if these grades and prices are just gimmicks Its a £50 coin at best. I also wonder if there is an idiot out there who will buy that. His musing of it being finest graded is obviously the hook for numpty slab buyers

Made 1 Proxy bid today.

A good picture goes a Long way when selling a coin through the internet

What like Heritage pushing the prices still higher. Heritage doesn't push prices higher. Bidders push prices higher. Up to you to decide how high you want to go. Sorry, you should Quote slab buyers push prices Jaggy. Does'nt really help when Heritage start the ball Rolling at an ungoldy amount in the first place either

What like Heritage pushing the prices still higher.Yes that as well but not entirely what i meant. What i meant was perhaps buying Outwith your means thinking you have enough time to pay and/or buying the coin at way over market prices. Perhaps this is why their prices are stratospheric and the reason the market in America for British coins is hyperinflated

I received a reply back now saying the extra charge was for packaging, but the packaging consisted of a bit of bubblewrap thinly wrapped around the 2 coins i bought and a padded envelope, cost, perhaps 50p yet the 1st email says it was for insurance. Robbing Bar stewards

This arrived today from the last Locdales sale, described as 1763/1 but looks more like 1763/2 to me. Anyone else

Stuart.............Dundee booked for the 25th June for a week

It can also be a dangerous thing

If it helps i believe Chris our Forum leader is looking for stuff. I have bidded on one, Do you have a list of what too expect?

yup i see it

£8000-£10000 is a hell of an estimate

3 over 1 and 3 over 2 are both recorded Stuart, was just curious myself how they got a 1 from that 2, as you say Rob/Stuart, perhaps it was an error in their listing, but it's also on the invoice. Speaking of which, the robbing gits charged me 14 quid for postage and it has 8.30 GBP on the PO ticket. I emailed and asked why there was a discrepancy of 5.70 GBP and she said it was their internal insurance, i then proceeded to tell her i was from the UK and that airsure with insurance of 500 GBP only costs 11 quid and asked that if i bidded again that this should be how my items are posted in future as their internal insurance seems to be very expensive. NO REPLY SINCE..................Strange that

And the whole coin

The Health benefits are the most important. There's a new gym/Sauna/Swimmingpool and Wellness thingymajig opening up about 5 mins away from where i live and i've signed up for 18 months of pain.

Makes you wonder why it was'nt put into a major auction

Darn it. I was hoping no-one else would spot them... Errrr yes ok Declan lol. How's the no smoking doing?

That coin is the 2013 Birth of Prince George proof 5 pound. That coin cost $130 at issue, plus $30-40 for submission/grading. While I still don't think it's worth the $329 asking price, it's a far cry from $450 for a coin that can be had for $30. Also, that "import fees" part of eBay is a complete farce. The shipping in the US is free from that seller, and eBay is likely making a killing on these types of coins when they add this "import charge" to them. This (among other reasons) is why I never sell on eBay outside the 50 US states. You are correct, i concede that one, i must get Glasses. On the Import tax subject, apparently the seller must oot into it, but i said before that ebay or someone is making Profit from this practise and really something should be done about it because they are asking for far more money in Import tax than the Import tax that would be due

Another festival of Britain, this one is only $329 131109315616 Now we know who's pushing prices, so many idiot collectors who are basically buying into plastic P.s, there's also $78 in import charges on this, i think the import charges alone makes the coin expensive

For the fellow dinosaurs. I saw something the othe day that made me smile. It was a post that was flying around Facebook land. It said: My Internet went down last week and had to speak to the Family..................They seemed like nice People lol

Dislike is the opposite of like. If you liked something by accident you have the opportunity to unlike it. There is no dislike function, it would hurt too many egos, especially on here