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That’s an exceedingly unrealistic position you’re holding there! Statistically the chances are very high, so do you buy what is currently available or not?

More than double their market value in these cases, I’ll stand by the post, $/€/£ conversions or otherwise. @coinkat do you think they’re pricing these in expectation of walking away with 50% of the asking price? What surprised me most, and the reason I shared this post in the first place, was my discovery that CNG are actually on eBay at all, it seems a little beneath them, especially with such incredulous pricing. They’re a serious and respected numismatic mainstay, aren’t they?

https://ebay.io/m/xisefw

I’ve definitely seen less convincing overdates and legend errors…I personally think that is a very intriguing coin. I’ll leave it to the penny gurus but, for me, I could easily be convinced there’s a T involved.

I wasn’t so much asking for a grade, just that it was a million miles off being an MS64, even if the reverse was FDC. I did include the link to the upcoming sale, where the reverse is available for viewing. Unfortunately, most people who will be bidding on the coin will only have the integrity of the grading company’s number and the images to back it up. Speaking only for myself, I think both are questionable.

Apparently so! You’d normally expect to be ‘safe’ around those grades…staggeringly bad!

Agreed!

https://auctions.cngcoins.com/lots/view/4-M8HXGK/hanover-victoria-1837-1901-ar-sixpence-dated-1887-pcgs-ms-64

Brilliant, on both counts! re the hammered, there has been so many monyers and dies, across so many cities, with Bishops and emergency coinage, etc., etc., that new varieties are appearing all the time! However, mostly, with hammered, it’s still grade and eye-appeal that remains king, and it appears that most people pick that up quite quickly, unfortunately! One caveat to this is of course finding something in the ground that’s historically unknown for a mint or king, then you might be on to something…this seems to happen quite frequently with the early medieval period.

I’d be leaving that somewhere where it could acquire a rich, deep, even brown tone.

Excellent, still can’t believe it Well done, a phenomenal acquisition. I wish hammered varieties were as profitable. 👏👏

I’ve abandoned a few loads over the past week, or so, I’d say…I’m not stressing about it too much as our local mast has been playing up too!

No, I meant in terms of rarity, that the issue numbers will become small enough that modern coins may actually be hard to acquire, driving price and interest?