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I'd say that the wear on the figureheads temple is very close to my example,but again I'm no expert. In fairness to the person who I bought my sovereign from at least they could claim to being a philistine,unlike the person selling the Half Crown who is obviously a dealer and should know better.But perhaps I am being a bit naive.

Yeh,the seller also included the Spink valuations for the grades VF and EF as at 2006.Stating 475 and 1000 quid respectively.Hence at the VF+ grade I thought I was buying I expected it to be worth somewhere between those two values amd so thought 360 quid was a bargain. Unfortunately, clicking on your thumbnails expands to an even smaller picture, so it's not easy to tell. But from what I can see, the coin looks a MINIMUM of Fine (Good to Fine is half a grade LESS than Fine). It could even be higher, but probably not VF. You'd need to post a better picture to be sure. I think it has been overgraded, but possibly not by as much as you're thinking. Unfortunately the USB cable for my camera is playing up so they are the actual ebay photos.I've tried expanding them so hopefully they will be a bit clearer.Thanks

Yeh,the seller also included the Spink valuations for the grades VF and EF as at 2006.Stating 475 and 1000 quid respectively.Hence at the VF+ grade I thought I was buying I expected it to be worth somewhere between those two values amd so thought 360 quid was a bargain.

I could but I know what the answer would be.The description on ebay read "I'm no expert,but I believe this coin to be graded as....",which I assume basically covers the seller in that he/she hasn't deliberately misled and has sold it in good faith. I've had a look on this site at the different grade examples and I'd judge it closest to fine,but then I'm no expert .

Thanks for the advice Peter.Much appreciated. Whats that saying about a fool and his money again?Don't answer that,I know. An expensive lesson learned re ebay. As for my bullion coins purchase I reckon I should be ok,the way the economy is I reckon gold and silver will continue to head up. Regarding the mules,I read the London Mint have bought 10,000 from the general public and are now looking for another 15,000. Anyway heres a couple of pics of my expensive lesson.

Hi everyone.Newbie here.I know there is a specific sub forum for newbies but I thought I'd post here so more experts would see.Mods, please feel free to move my topic to the beginners sub forum. I am an absolute beginner so please excuse my ignorance. After inheriting some money recently I thought it better to invest it rather have it sat in a bank.I bought a quantity of gold and silver bullion coins and I have to say I have now been bitten by the bug. The down side of that is I made a beginners mistake when I bought a 1829 gold sovereign on ebay which the seller listed as grade VF+.Thinking I was getting a bargain I paid 360 quid for it.I've since had it graded and was told it's merely good to fine and was worth 200.Does this sound about right? Also,I recently received an "exclusive 10 day offer" in the post from a company called the Windsor Mint offering the new 20 pound Commemorative coin for 5 quid, reduced from 40.What are peoples thoughts on the Windsor Mint?Do they offer value for money? I've visited their web site and their prices for gold sovereigns and pre decimal proof sets seem to be way marked up? And finally what are peoples thoughts on the 2008 20p mule?I've seen loads of these on ebay with most fetching around 50 quid.Are they worth investing in? Many thanks. p.s Please excuse my using the terms "quid" and "pounds".My keyboard, bizarrely, does not have a pound sign.Maybe my keyboard manufacturer knows something I don't.