Coinery

In all fairness to John however London Coins stated the coin was 'around' the fine mark, rather than 'almost' or any of the other variants! In a vaguely similar vein, I do wish auction houses could be relied upon to get grades right themselves. I've learnt the hard way, never to pay more than EF prices for UNC coins, unless you've seen the coin in person!

Pah!

I know that scene, I'll think of the monastery around the corner in a bit! Got a caravan park on there... Or at least they did in '98

Many thanks for doing the spadework. Our daughter has just informed us that we have two extras for Christmas dinner who are doing the same on-call shifts as she is- one Omani muslim and an Indian vegetarian Double pigs in blankets all round. I've been told my next task is not to do a 'Duke of Edinburgh' Merry Christmas everyone. Hah, send them down to us, I'm making a warm-spiced nut roast, wrapped in plaited puff pastry, even as I write! I take it she's a health professional? They are all doctors. Best call of the season. Resuscitation on tap while we keep on drinking and they can't. Perfect, you can always get a lift into work, if you come over a little strange 'er' ! Never envied a medic...ever! Have a good one !

Nice one, Dave! Have a good Christmas!

Bah, humbug! Or, in my case! Cheers! At 6% it'll be bye-bye to Christmas day for a few Christmas Eve revellers! The problem with those strong ales is they are generally a tad sweeter, and so SO God-damn easy to drink!

Tim recommended this site to me. Ray Hamson's name pops up quite a bit in his book, he's been responsible for quite a few of the addenda additions! Great site! You're getting ready, Dave, I can tell!

So, yes, I guess the time is here, to wish you all a fabulous Christmas with great cheer and BEER! Not forgetting CIDER AND Talisker!

Many thanks for doing the spadework. Our daughter has just informed us that we have two extras for Christmas dinner who are doing the same on-call shifts as she is- one Omani muslim and an Indian vegetarian Double pigs in blankets all round. I've been told my next task is not to do a 'Duke of Edinburgh' Merry Christmas everyone. Hah, send them down to us, I'm making a warm-spiced nut roast, wrapped in plaited puff pastry, even as I write! I take it she's a health professional?

Decent coins and he always seems to get good prices for his listings. I wonder if I should get him to sell my stuff too!?! He certainly does, £51 for a £30-book C1 farthing too! That sixpence wasn't even that good either! He can certainly sell mine too! I always speak to someone called Heather when I've dealt with them???

Afraid not (it went for £51 in the end), but it is my mission to snaffle one that you would like it your collection!

Excellent b'rap!

Now a straight 1564 date without the 4/2 is a rarish thing, but I wasn't expecting over £200! It's not THAT good, surely? 370696830493

I did like the sharp beading on this one, is it your's?

I'd love to document all the Liz forgeries that turn up, alongside the lifetime Elizabeth Project I'm working through at the moment! Have you seen the thread 'Elizabeth Die Study'? That's where I'm at currently, but recently buying anything suspicious, almost in the hope of discovering a new counterfeit to document! I think seuk's got G3 covered, we need something similar going on for all the areas, and then centralize it all

Collected this Elizabeth I Milled Sixpence today (his picture, will edit in mine soon), and it's a very good colour, being only marginally greyer, but looking almost trace-lustre like! It rings nicely, and is about right for thickness. Weight is 2.68g. I'd love to know if anyone has, or knows of, a genuine coin with the obvious reverse die defects at the 3 o'clock arm, and the bottom right field? There are a number of coins out there with these flaws, one coming up on eBay in the next 24hrs, which doesn't look quite 100%, but who knows? The obverse of mine has major die-rotation, but all the outer bust lines meet the lettering in the same place, initially suggesting these may have been hammered or milled???

There are so many fakes on the Pre-decimal website that it makes me wonder whether Chris is the 'M' behind it all! Are you watching that Maltravers farthing Stuart? Yes I was, the one with different mintmarks ob & rev (blencoe)? It's apparently a common Everson type 3, so I didn't want to go beyond the £28 I think it was the last time I looked!

Yes, take it easy Ski, and have a good one!

Here's a better image...it's good, isn't it!

Many thanks for the BNJ link and your kind offer! Life's mad just now, what with a nearly-5 on tow, but I'd very much like to link up with you after Christmas, and talk coins, is it just the milled coinage of Elizabeth you are collecting? This coin is definitely a forgery, it doesn't test positive for silver, the obverse is even more of a giveaway, though it could've milled/hammered-out alright and provided as convincing an obverse as is the reverse. Have you any forgeries of Elizabeth coins you've collected along the way, I'd be really interested? Cripes, this was meant to be brief...speak soon, and thanks again!

Sounds like a great holiday! Sun, song, and a bit of coin shopping, perfect! As for your coins, not my area at all, though I'm sure someone will come through good for you!

Unquestionably. He has put through a load of hammered forgeries this year. His current James 1st shilling looks suspect too, irrespective of the weight given. Why would he be marking any up as forgeries at all, if he was intentionally trying to deceive? I mean a W3 obverse with a wrong year on the reverse doesn't sound to me like someone intentionally trying to kid??? He would've been better off putting this one through as a 'genuine' coin rather than listing it as a forgery, which he did? He could be innocent...just wanted to put another angle on it! Of course, he could be as crooked as a Uri Geller fork!

I always post worlwide, bigger audience. Don't forget to tick the ebay.com visibility Is this the service eBay charge an extra fee for now (10p I think?)? I tried this for a couple of month's about 9 months ago (about 140 BIN&BO in total over the 2 months), and didn't find any difference in sales. Have you had a better experience with it?

Now that's intriguing, I've just bought two forgeries from this seller (listed as such), so what's going on there?