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Any update on the lighthouse problem yet Chris?

Hello, all the coins apart from the last one seem to be in good condition. If you were selling them you'd at least achieve bullion value of the coins (on ebay at least) if sold to a jeweller then you'd obviously get less.

I think he sold that 1 last year Nick, to himself lol, along with that Geo IV

If authenticated by John (The Geordie) i'd ask grandma to allow you to get them slabbed. It will protect from more handling and also help any future sale of the coins.

Impossible to be sold as BU in the 60s when the BU grade only came out in the 80s :ph34r:1684 and undipped

I've given up trying to collect untoned lustred bronze, though, if being picky, isn't that a (small) carbon spot and the top of the back of the neck? It is and you are

I agree it looks like a fake which has been accepted into the market and retailed by an honest dealer.Oh dear. This is a bit of a nightmare isn't it ... Downies stated 2 or 3 times that if I obtain a certificate that it is a copy, from IBSCC, within 12 months even, they will refund the seller who should refund me etc etc So, has anyone tried/heard of IBSCC (see email from Downies above)? To be honest I'm no longer sure that if they passed it as genuine I would be satisfied! F**k that, go straight to the horses mouth and send it back. There's far to many question marks against this Coin. If in 12 months it turns out to be fake and Downies refund the ebay seller do you actually think he's gonna refund you in 12 months? Send it back before iits to late. Just my opinion, its your coin, your cash and your call.

Enlarging the pix, to me it looks a bit casty. 2nd thing is any seller can say i bought it from X auction. 3rd DNW i think it was Late Last year also Sold a fake as genuine. My advice is, when you get back to blighty, send it to one of our dealers on the forum (if they arr willing to help) and get clarification, its a Bit of money to lose if its junk and you only have so much time to claim your cash back on ebay. Bear in mind just because irs come from an auction house does'nt make it legit (if thats where it came from) i saw 1 Last year in an OZ auction that was also a fake.

I have the coin packaged up at home ready to post back to the seller (I am in Australia until next weekend), he finally told me his address yesterday and has agreed a full refund, all going through eBay Resolution Centre. He claims he has had his own experts examine it and found nothing wrong, but if true they can only have been judging from the photos. I havent done this before and have a question - he isnt ging to refund me until he gets his coin back, what recourse do I have if he simply doesnt repay me after that, does anyone know? Does eBay step in? Thanks for any advice! Also, I have no idea how to check whether it's silver, does anyone know? I have to confess I have never had to send a coin back in these circumstances before, I'm as lost as you! I just hope you paid via PayPal? Even with registered post the guy could say 'you've sent me a washer, where's my coin,' so no real protection even with that! I don't think I'd buy a coin off eBay without using PayPal, unless I knew the seller, and received a consistent service from them. Re the silver testing...people will be bringing a crucifix to my 'van...but a micro-spot of silver testing solution on the edge of the coin, for the second or two it takes to confirm high-grade silver, is what I have done in the past with coins that have niggled me! I am more paranoid than most about even the smallest blemishes on my own coins so, I can reassure you, If you've got that hammered coin ready by a running tap and, the second the micro-spot of solution turns red, you plunge it into the flow and flush it well off, you won't even see a mark where the spot has been, nothing, no clean silver spot, nothing! All you are left with is a coin that you either finally feel happy about, or a potential fake. Of course there are many other factors, apart from silver content, but knowing whether it's sterling or not is a massive step forward on the Sherlock trail. Try some on the edge of a nasty old BV coin and see. I'd happily test a 1k+ coin with this method, if I was remotely unhappy about that aspect of it! Usual disclaimers, of course...at your own risk, they are acids after all! Thanks for all the advice guys, the coin will however have been returned to the seller by Royal Mail Special Delivery by the time I return home, and yes I did pay by PayPal - excuse my ignorance, but what difference does that make? (If for example the seller does not have sufficient funds?) Paypal will simply take the money from his PP account and next time anything goes into it, it will then be deducted. It will be taken and you will get your cash back, so don't worry about that. As has been stated, just make sure the return is traceable. Now for your next coin, where did you get that Northumberland Shilling? Ebay?

Because it says its unique and no other coin from the same mint has been found

Just looking at the pucture, it just dies'nt look right, it has a cast look about it. Enlarging the picture it looks very pourous also

I see some of these numpties are still trying to sell undated 20p ' for thousands lol http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20P-COIN-UNDATED-BOTH-SIDES-GENUINE-RARE-MINT-ERROR-20P-COIN-/190628348513?_trksid=p4340.m1374&_trkparms=algo%3DPI.WATCH%26its%3DC%252BS%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D5%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6320720426892367573

A beautiful coin but i'm baffled as to how well preserved it is after being underground so long. Did anyone read about the WWI trench the french dug up last week while excavating A new road. Bodies, timbers, weappns preserved, realy interesting to read about it and see the pictures. Sounds interesting, got a link? Saw a field of metal detectorists today in a field by our house. Was tempted to stop the car and see what they had found, but the field was a bit muddy.... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article4122205.ece

A beautiful coin but i'm baffled as to how well preserved it is after being underground so long. Did anyone read about the WWI trench the french dug up last week while excavating A new road. Bodies, timbers, weappns preserved, realy interesting to read about it and see the pictures.

There is Websites that you can type the eBay number into and it tells you the number of watchers on the item

An eBay seller with just 4 sales to his name, who claims to have dug it up in Lincolnshire ... Hmmmmm not a good start there then, but saying that, we've seen higher FB sellers selling shite, but a mere novice is a little more iffy for me. Have you spoken him regarding the issue with the coin? I assume you've already left FB for him?

Are we getting to know where it came from. Ebay, dealer, Ebay dealer?

35 watchers on it..............As they say, if you like it, go for it.

Nothings better than a book im the hand Debbie. Granted some cost more than others, but this comes with the territory. I want a few more myself, but bought another the other day which i won't need again, the John Brooker Shilling book (charles I) that is.

I recently purchased quite a few from "someone i know" (shady eh) Basically he had a lot and kept offering just before and after xmas and recently as a few weeks ago. I've probably bought 90% of what he's thrown at me and out of them sold about 90% or in the process of doing so. I've hopefully kept the good stuff which has now basically cost me nothing, about 7 coins in total out of perhaps 100..........I'm still mulling over what to do with the Commonwealth Crown, so yes, i've spent a wedge just recently. The most on 1 coin so far has been €1500

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I have a little ultrasonic cleaner that i sometimes use with hot water and place the coin in. I use olive oil for my pennies if any have any spot verd, so in order to clean the oil off this is what i use.

Did you have someone round Peter?

A gentle beating with a Baseball bat i find helps excited kids sleep quicker no Need to thank me for the tip

Work? On a sunday?