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For a decent one with a Common mintmark, maybe £50-£100 depending on grade/age/region of South,America, rarer types will obviously cost more Realey? (see what I did there!) - I would have thought more like £250 in a strong Fine and up and up from there!Yup really. I just found a VF for 99 asumel, i'll PM you the link

For a decent one with a Common mintmark, maybe £50-£100 depending on grade/age/region of South,America, rarer types will obviously cost more

There is coin auctions all the time, take your time, have a browse. In the meantime if one Pops up in auction or online somewhere i'll certainly give you a heads up

Yeh I have just googled 8 Reales and the first hit was a warning about fakes, may have to be a bit cautious and do a bit of research firstYou're maybe better waiting on a reputable coin auction and try getting one from there, there are a lot of fakes of these as they are a popular coin or from a Dealer on the forum or from the owner of the Site and forum.

Problem is, if the Word spreads, which i'm sure it will, it may potentially have a knock on effect for stalls at coins fairs

Oh ffs!!! Anything for a dollar

Wow did'nt realise he was followed. I'm assuming he stopped for a Break somewhere and his Car robbed, is that correct? Still, a scary situation that someone is actually following you with the intention to rob. This has to be a rob to order job surely

As Paul says. Pieces of 8 are/were Spanish 8 Reales, i like those, especially the Pillar ones (the Design of 2 Pillars) which ended about 1765-69 ish. Look them up, a nice coin to own but beware of forgeries

A good example of something similar is Lord Stewartby's collection. Stolen from his house when he happened to have them there briefly for cataloguing and never seen again. The most important private collection of Scottish coins disappears either to be melted down or, more likely, to be in somebody else's collection. Yes and he was going to donate these to the Scottish Museum

To be honest Derek, i COULD see that happening. Its a cut throat business and i'm sure a bit of jealousy can creep in amoung dealers

I make the total value is £17,630 so I'm not sure where the £50k figure I was told came from... 17k is still a hefty amount in anyones eyes, plus its his job/stock

I think maybe it was that the coins are below £1000 sale price. But yeah, I can believe £50,000 worth. I've noted 36 Charles I shillings alone amongst those lost.The worry is if they aren't found soon they will just be melted. I'm sure they must be insured. But the numismatic loss .. I only hope whoever has Stolen the coins knows that they have value and hopefully can be traced at some point. You have to wonder if Lloyd was maybe a known dealer to the thieves, if thats the case then i doubt they'd be melted

There's certainly more than Neils £1000 estimate been stolen. The 1st 4 coins ran to £1400, so i'm assuming the value is much higher than whats on the BNTA Website

Well i suppose you have to be thankful it was'nt 50k worth, i would have been crying for days at losing that sort of stock. Hope the police catch them soon.

Agreed, the REVs of These were always poorly struck. Yours is a nice REV Paul, why are you selling that one?

All we have is the seller's photo, so unless a forum member shelled out the $770 we'll never knowWe can always go back and check for Feedback in a few weeks to see if anyone knows the buyer

Obverse isn't even EF, reverse is better though.Cleaned/dipped perhaps also

Apparently this is almost mint state http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360757215132?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D360757215132%26_rdc%3D1 State yes, mint state, definately not

Anyone purchase from there this week? Have you had your invoice? I'm still waiting and it seems to be taking for forever to get an invoice. (null)

I often wonder myself how often we have bidded against each other in various auctions. Whats your ebay name Peter? You can PM if you don't wish to divulge

Some people have to much time and money on their hands. Why split two 10ps

Sturat is safe, my Head has been turned in another direction. Rob and Tom, you both should talk because i'm definately not after the same as you both and might even leave it altogether as Richard has shown me something else plus i need a few beans for my visitation to the motherland in November.

Hopefully Stuart is'nt resting on his laurels either as i've taken a shine to a Lizzie to

They're just worried that they get it wrong, although its quite conclusive to me and the rest of us

I hope it's not the same one as me