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Whatever it is, he wants a whole Lotta Geld for a half Sovereign

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His name is Allen Stockton, and he lives in Monticello, KY...near the Eastern Mountains of KY. He advertises in the ANA Magazine. He does very good work, but you would not want to send a coin to him in better than VF condition, as the repair and resurfacing does take its toll. Another thing, it takes 6 months to a year to get your coin back. The cost is reasonable however. Yes, he fixed my holed 1905 shilling, it did take a while though.I remember the coin, it did look good but you'll always know in the back of your mind that it was holed. I wonder if CGS would Spot it through grading

So it looks like someone is buying up coins which have slight flaws, tidying them up and then submittier to the TPGs and hoping to make a killing, seems on this Occasion the theory did'nt work. Might be one to look out for. I remember you mentioned a Geo III Gold penny? You have which you sold that also had a few scratches and was "cleaned up"

Even worse Rob. Its a half Guinea.

And here is what i mean by the American TPGs not knowing their British coins. This coin is slabbed by PCGS but make no reference of it being 1798/7 mind you, at near $7500 i doubt it will sell to quickly

At those stupid Prices we mere mortals are left fighting over the scraps. If the UK auctions start this trend i'll definately be out of this elitest Hobby. The middle classes cannot afford those Prices and i very much doubt These coins are for flipping, who's going to buy them with their added percentage on? They're overpriced as it is.

The problem being is that many bidders will bid on the grade stated on the slab regardless of what you or i think, and in doing so pushing the price beyond what normal collectors will pay. Jaggy mentioned he's Willling to push the boat out on one coin, but if its bi á holder and graded as MS65 or more then it will get ugly. The whole bidding on the slab number irritates me along with American TPGs grading British coins, they just have nothing to benchmark them with and it seems if the grader had a good night before then you'll have a cracking grade. Sorry, but their whole System is wrong and is pushing coin collecting towards the elite buyers. (My opinion, so keep the hair on peeps, not wanting a grade or colony debate)

The Heritage prices are Crazy every sale AC

Strange.

A wise man once said, man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

He routinely dips, but not in the belief he's doing the right thing, but in the belief that if he dips it, it will up the grade and he'll be able to rip another unsuspecting punter off. Bear in mind this is Martin Platt Stuart, he knows what he's doing and we know why.

I'm thinking the same as you, Garrett! I'm definitely thinking cleaned, though! The tone of all his bronze coins is unnatural and too consistent, which suggests dipping. I may be wrong though.I'll bet you're not.Well we all know who it is and what he does. I'll agree with AC though, all his copper/Bronze has had a dip, the colour is almost always the same. I'll also dip my toe in and say overgraded as this is also consistent with this seller, usually by 1 whole grade

Lol. Trying to Double his money plus Adding the "free" postage cost on top

Never eat yellow snow

Can we guess who this might be 231108549997

You have email from me Richard

It is the sign of the ruination of the British nation. My first encounter with the new British coinage was a chance find on the floor at Kyiv Borispol airport a few years ago - and my thought was wow- what a downer! An 82 year old monarch and a smidgen of a shield on the reverse. No proud Britannia looking out to the seas she ruled, no pride and no powerful statement. Your last sentence Sums it up exactly, no pride what so ever. There is just no Statement in any of our designs in recent years

Amd a happy new year from me to you and yours

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I agree Dave, trouble is they would f*ck it up! Look what the French have done to Roty's beautiful Sower Geez that looks like a Lowry. The only recent Design i like was the 1997 £2 Britannia REV design, they must of sacked that engraver because nothing has come up to scratch since and i can't remember what was great previous to that, i think we're talking decades. They don't seem to have any artistic flair at the mint anymore.

I think we have some of the ugliest coinage in the World. Bring back standing/seated britannia anyday

I think most Men can also relate to this

Is'nt that 4 choices? Lol

I'm curious how CGS are going to grade hammered coins. Striking splits, irregular flans etc would Lead to the, all being less than Fine surely