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I got a big shock Sunday at Midlands, Semra was there and she was smiling. It was probably just a photo of a smile that she stuck on her face

If it's any consolation, I would have bought it myself, it's a decent coin. As Peter says, break it out and send elsewhere if you want to keep it in a slab

You should buy what you like, people are only giving their opinions and buying from pictures alone can be difficult at the best of times. I often go by eye appeal such as the gothic crown discussed elsewhere in the forum by Swanny, even though CGS said its retoning I would still have bought it personally. Look for something with a bit of age and character, blast white doesn't appeal to me but does to others.

I'd have to agree

By the looks of it the rim has a knock at about 5 o'clock, without that I would have said BUNC as the seller states

The other Point being is that Spink Compiles their values from the previous year, so by the Time the Book comes out it's already obsolete, so checking through the 2015 auction results from around various auction houses would give a better guide. The reason i mentioned buckscoins was that he'd bought a Sov from Londons and in ttheir assesment of the coin it was good fine and the underlying numeral or whatever it is, in their eyes was indistinct, bucks had upped it a half grade and then became a 7 over 5. You Are doing the right thing by going through auction houses realised prices and you maybe can Buy Low grade sovs at bullion +20% but higher grade Viccies or rarities i doubt you'll get at bullion prices.

Spink prices are for all metals, not just gold. Some of their prices for other coinage are also high, some low but it's not just dealers who use their bible, collectors also use it, but there is other price guides out there for all coinage of the U.K, you don't need to think Spink is the holy grail of pricing. Buy another 2 up to date price guides and take the average of the 3 and then see how much difference there is. Dealers also have to earn a living, but there are rarities in all denominations which you'll never pick up at bullion value no matter how much you think it's worth. If you bought a rare Sov at bullion price you'd be happy but would you be happy if the bullion price was 50% lower than when you bought the coin and someone else is expecting you to sell it at the bullion rate of the day? I very much doubt it. If you like sovs, stick to the early Victoria years, but don't expect them to come at bullion value, it just ain't gonna happen.

I can't believe it was actually graded and slabbed Gary when you want to add an upload from your phone you must use the full version of the forum. If you scroll right to the bottom of the topic in which you wish to upload you have a full version button, but you may need to login again when doing so, you can also expand the pictures on the site from that version

Same die

Generally speaking, artificial toning is often used to cover up an old cleaning. Generally speaking the Americans artificially tone coins to enhance the price, so it would depend where it was bought

But you're in Spain

A UNC hammered at £600 in March and not quite as nice as this one, I'd say the price is about right at the minute

Alles gutes zum Geburstag

Never slab during an up coming auction, the consignments take priority over fee paying customers which I find disgusting tbh

That is an interesting coin, plus i Never thought i'd See you buy a Double struck coin. The Gold coloured one is also nice

It's Most definately better than fine, it's VF and perhaps more.

Happy birthday Christoph, have a good day and don't work too hard

Never saw the Australian number which is probably where the confusion came from

Drake, i'm not quite understanding your website, you have a British telephone number Set the coins Are priced in AU Dollars? Are you in Australia or the UK?

Peter, I had an Alfa 2.4 V6, expensive to run and even more expensive to repair but did have it up to 240kmh on the autobahn before my bum started squeaking

But as I wrote above, British buyers will look at British reference books plus there's no mention of the error in the label

The other Point being is that British buyers wouldn't normally use Krause, they'd be checking British coin references such As Spink. This is Exactly what i thought would happen

No mention of the spelling error then

I would think that someone who slabs frequently receives a better manner than someone who slabs one coin in a blue moon. The fact of the matter is she should have the same manner with everyone who chooses to use her company for attribution, her manners are lacking and will only drive away potential customers who have used it once or twice to get a feel for what they do. It's certainly not a good way to get repeat business, nor is increasing the price of attribution and increasing the turnaround time.

She isn't married..... I can't for the life of me think of a reason why she's not married