Coinery

This is my all-time favourite ever eBay laugh! This will cheer up even the most day-jaded soul, hilarious! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221078266257?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Thanks, Clive! A slow (as in little time to do it) but rewarding project!

I am rather fond of Elizabeth I (Bust 3C) but, for sheer detail in a small space, I am going to say Elizabeth I (Bust 3H), amazing for a 9mm portrait!

Did you have that in your watch list, or is that a bottle of Henry Weston's Vintage Cider in the post for me? In my watch list At least once a week I check ebay using these search words: contemporary,Counterfeit,forged,forgery,fake,evasive,evasion,imitation,nonregal,"non regal",copies,copy,replica,pattern,exonumia,tiffen,tiffin,george iii,george 3rd,georgius + all the years 1804-1820 etc. - It stirs up loads of crap plus a few interesting items Pah! I'd love a closer look at some good images when it turns up!

£20 delivered! I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing a good quality picture of that on the forum! He who dares wins, Rodney (sometimes)!

Did you have that in your watch list, or is that a bottle of Henry Weston's Vintage Cider in the post for me?

would work on the same principle I guess! Everyone just adds the word 'variety' along with the other information...'1864 penny variety' at its most basic!

There's ALWAYS two bidders whenever I want anything cheap! If I leave it alone, someone gets a killer deal...WHY can't it be meee!

If I could've got £200 I'd of sold mine! She must be laughing her olympic pants off at £4500

Edward VII always seems to achieve good money in the better grades on eBay, just one of those monarchs I guess!

Not a laugh, really! This 120953945602 (please do add link if you're on a grown-up computer) is being sold by someone who sells a lot of coins, and the best they can do is put 'POSSIBLY a forgery' at the bottom of the listing! Fortunately, it's obvious, and would probably be an interesting study piece if you could pin the type down exactly, as it was likely a good counterfeit in its day. I just dislike the dishonest approach to this, I wouldn't trust him an inch as a distant seller!

That should do it!

Always sad to see holed coins of any kind, Elizabeth I, Henry halfgroat, shame really! I'd go a bit more than bullion though for the hammered! I'd cut them off, leaving the rings on if they're soldered, and put them on eBay separate from the rest, or even sell the bracelet complete, naming the coins, could do alright as-is! Sorry, not a coin collectable, though, as Peter says!

I'm a bit confused - are you saying that a Georgian forgery has itself been faked in China and passed off as a genuine item? I'm assuming you haven't started collecting modern Chinese fakes! Its a standard fake of a genuine coin - All fakes of George III (silver) is of interest to me. Seems the model for the chinese fakes were a 1818 coin as both the 1819 and 1820 counterfeits are incorrect. Great resource, thanks seuk!

I knew I'd seen this copy before (or at least an example of it)! I'm just in the process of backing everything up onto an online server, and have been going through all my images to reduce the folder sizes! Here's something I had a number of years ago (at least 5, as I can't find any records to go with it, no weight, origin or, unfortunately, what happened to the coin)!

Spot on Peck. I have never seen a slab with a space for an old coin ticket. And you are reliant on the TPG getting it right, which is a real problem. Famous names from the past are rarely noted on the slab, but I've seen two coins for certain with the incorrect provenance on the label. One I now own and the other I wasn't prepared to bid up as the name (Norweb) appeals to US collectors who accordingly were bidding by number plus name. Not to mention the fact that there are occasions where TPGC's can't even get the denomination right on a slab!

Blocked die for me! If you look at the general profile of the A's on your coin, you will notice they are all leaning forward, including the 'inverted V,' whereas the V of Victoria, if turned to view it as a potential A, actually leans slightly backward!

I've had a couple of responses from the 1578/7/6 emails and have provided them with the link to this thread, so can I thank-you again for your help if you are following this. Of particular use is an image (below), which I've kindly been given permission to post here. I wonder whether anyone has any thoughts? It's obviously a different die to mine, and we already know that only one single reverse die is thought to exist for this triple overdate, so I'm ever curious! Failing anything conclusive I feel I will need to contact the authors direct, and invite them to view this thread and beg of their opinions. Rob has given me an indirect link to one of the authors, does anyone have any other suggestions about how I might track either of the three authors, Brown, Comber, Wilkinson, down? An email address would be perfect!

i didnt jump ship, ive been here most days , reading the various threads. all informative of course, all very interesting.....i too would like to say a big thank you to all for everything ive gleaned along the way. Ski Good to see you!

That's an interesting distinction in what constitutes a variety, and a decent and clear boundary for me to halt at! As I said above, I would likely want both the discussed coin AND the complete O coin without a good check-chain about my neck, it's a disease I'm happy to shake off in favour of the divide mentioned! However, I could still so easily find myself with 166 Broad Arrow Sixpences, purely on account of the fact that BCW have clearly distinguished the differences between them!

Well here's to longevity it all things matrimonial then!

The best never comes cheap! I learnt that getting married and buying coins!

C'mon, ya all, buy yerselves a caravan, a truck, or bus, and come live with us in the land of the free! Big love goin' out to all you forum peacemakers! Welcome aboard mongo! I'm a newby too, and you may have 'read' me say, over and over, how I have learnt more on this forum in one year, than I have learnt in the previous 15ish years of playing around with these ancient old artefacts (Dave's latest Elizabethan [not the old one] purchases excluded!)! I get the impression that members have found your questions intelligent and angled with an equally intelligent degree of sensitivity! You never know, one day you'll be as old in coins as Peck, and as sophisticatedly gourmet as Peter, as pictoral as Dave, as generous as John, as book-wormy and up there as Rob, and as good-hearted as Richard and, one day, may even grow to love engraved coins of the phallic nature, as does another esteemed member! Also, not to mention the other great members would be a crime, they're all great and helpful folk, I just can't leave this post on my iPhone to check and jog my memory about who they are, so apologies! Ps. (_|_)

Same thoughts as Dave, no biggie, but I'd definitely prefer something of interest like this to a box-standard! Though truth be told I'd probably want one of each, it's not an ugly clog! No varieties mentioned in Peck extra to those in Spink!

Deja voo, Peck! I can hardly believe people actually knowingly paid for a repro crowns just so they could have one, I'd rather not bother! I think if the fake industry one day becomes a legitimate reproduction industry, then it will be supplying a totally different market to those that are the true collectors of historic coins! It would be akin to going to a superstore to buy a repro Tudor four-poster, in the hope you'd get anything like the experience of sleeping by candle-light in the genuine thing (you can spend 3X as much and get the genuine article, worth it I'd say!). Give the Chinese a spot-on planchet of .925 silver at a competitive price, then it's game over! I think we all have our own strategies to minimise the impact of the Chinese on our own areas of interest, and to each their own!