Coinery

Staggering, truly welcome aboard!

I know this isn't an example of this, but some of the commonwealth coins (not Cromwell) are an absolute bag, and a satisfying buying strategy for a financially struggling coiney!

That's attractive!

100k + easy, think of the world interest in such a famous penny, the kings, princes, Arabs, museums!!!!! That bottom coin of the 3 is really stonkin', I can see why your eyes sparkled AC!

H7? Well you're going to have to get a side and a front profile coin for this reign, as to choose between the old and new style of coinage would just be too difficult!

Ahem! Good choice, though, loads to learn, can I recommend BCW's book for the Elizabeth reign, it's unsurpassed! Edit: don't forget Mary, there are quite a good percentage of historically competent ladies sharing in the Tudor period!

Looks very Lord of the Rings to me!

It does! well, we learn something new every day! Thanks, Colin!

Hah, yes, I replaced the disc drive in my wife's mac about 5 year's ago...the number of screws, and ALL different lengths and counter, etc. etc. Unbelievable, but satisfying!

I think your instincts re socket is good! Whilst I've not fiddled inside a laptop too much, I do remember that there is some kind of process for 'demagnetising' or de-staticing, whatever it's called, the computer before opening it up, to avoid charges, I think, transferring to some component or other! It's straight forward, and totally understandable, I just can't remember what is was, just worth a quick google about cracking the case, if you're not familiar with it????????

Ah, yes, but not with an unaffected 0 to follow though surely? I'm talking blind now, so don't string me up:)...I can easily comprehend an 1850/49 etc, etc, but are there such overdates as 1850's over 1840's or their equivalents?

Reminds me of one time I was checking on what my son was looking at on the computer. Turns out he was looking at youtube.com - he must have had a difficult time finding what he wanted to look at because he couldn't spell "breast" right and spelt it as "brest". I wasn't mad because of what he wanted to look at but he has never lived down not being able to spell a part of the feminine anatomy correctly. Now he is getting ready for college and I still bring up that incident from 7-8 years ago. That's great! I was too busy trying to spell baksyde myself! LATEST NEWS Stuart comes out live on predecimal. You crack me up! I of course meant l'm a ligs and arz MAN myself!

I used to do that! We should find a way of leaving clues in feedback, so that we can all visit and get an idea of past satisfaction from respected members...a bit like leaving a notch on the gate post, or a sign to the next camp!

And, oddly, my past auctions that originally completed as 'private' (sorry to those who disapprove), now display in my feedback with full details of coins, bids, etc.????Just to clarify, I adopted a private profile, not to be deceptive, but more to protect my own exploitation!!! I've got a couple of 'creative' accounts (driftwood, art, jewellery, etc.), which have endlessly been undermined by copying! Now, I can't complain about this, because whenever I see a good idea, I straight away dive into the feedback to see just how good an idea it really is and, then, of course, I replicate it! I now go private to prevent such discredible behaviour distastefully bouncing back against my own darn decent self...guess it just stuck and became standard practice!

Ahh, OK, this is what was making me wonder what was going on with the FB thing, haven't viewed it on Windows yet?

Reminds me of one time I was checking on what my son was looking at on the computer. Turns out he was looking at youtube.com - he must have had a difficult time finding what he wanted to look at because he couldn't spell "breast" right and spelt it as "brest". I wasn't mad because of what he wanted to look at but he has never lived down not being able to spell a part of the feminine anatomy correctly. Now he is getting ready for college and I still bring up that incident from 7-8 years ago. That's great! I was too busy trying to spell baksyde myself!

I'm Still seeing the feedback names so far. Are you Stuart or Bob, you both use the same as me to Play around withSorry, Azda, a bit confused now????

Grrrrrrrrrrrr!

I am going to start using them, but I haven't done so yet ... what's the insurance like?Same levels as the RM! For heavier packages, above a letter I mean, they've cornered the market! Do look them out...truly impressed!

You'd be asking a lot for that to be a 4, making the die 10 year's old (after doing a stint)! You'd also be needing other numerals to be involved, unless you are suggesting 1840/50?? Edit: sorry, 50/40

Very nice indeed for you Thames' chaps!

MyHermes in the UK is just the best small/medium package option ever! They even collect from your house at less than half the PO rate! Used them 4 times...really, really, impressed! And so grateful not to be a slave to the PO who change their parcel measurements and prices each year to capitalise on the eBay market!

They can simply reject it on the ground that it has been previously cleaned! I am not certain it makes much difference if it get slabbed by cgs or not as LC states that they will give a full refund if any of their auction items turns out to be a fake. If one wants to make a point, then send it to PCGS aftwards to see if it get certified as "genuine". And you know that's just hilarious! How do you prove it a fake to L, and get a hearing, other than by offering them bad publicity in a very important market such as here? If it won't make the slab on account of cleaning, they are happy bunnies in every respect...they get another £20+ off of you, just for telling you to p**s of* and take your cleaned coin elsewhere!With only 1 in 5 coins slabbed by them, they would've leapt on this like heather on a Mc'cartney, for profit...for certain!

In light of its many questionable areas! So, yes, LC, what gives this coin its unquestionable, many qualified observations, its genuineness?

With there's a confirmed 1 and rejected 5, CGS have set a worrying precedent but, fortunately, they must, as a result, know what they're doing, suggesting they are 100% confident in this sovereign, which is why we can buy it and get it slabbed by CGS? They'll never stick it in a slab, of course, because they know 100% that they are trying it on, and loath the attentions of 'bodies' such as these! I feel certain that LC would not miss out on the hyper-value that's attached to a slabbed coin of this rarity, unless they were sapless to take it on...it's pennies to them, for christ's sake! I truly hope any winning bidder reads this thread, and then submits it, and then has the balls to string them out to dry! Any serious buyer of a 1917 London Mint Sovereign will find this thread, and good on them!