Coinery

I had a better one nicked by our lovely postal workers and it was only £30. I think the dark areas make your (non won) coin look better than it is. Bad luck with that, bastardos! I think you could be right, but it had that magic element for me...not enough magic to shell out more than £120 mind you!

I thought £121.09 would be enough for an admittedly amazing penny! Obviously not! 360449829669

I did look at this one, but just couldn't live with the reverse weaknesses, and the 'uncertain' obverse left field and, possible chin weakenss, not at £130-a-side anyway. I did win this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280862913440?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 at £24 per side...well, £48 a side, really, as the reverse isn't worth a penny. I love the bust though, I think I'll cut it out with my Serif PagePlus software and start a photographic record of the various bust types...might be more useful than the drawings that exist. One of my favourite busts is 3C, but you'd barely recognise it from the catalogue drawings (slight exageration, I guess, but they really aren't that good).

Many thanks, Nick, Peckris, and Mr Tom, Lets try the Photobucket variant first... So, as I said, this coin was from the US at just under £140 with postage so, in some way returning to an element of the thread, it has me thinking there are still bargains to be had from overseas occasionally. Rather than hijack this thread any longer, I'll attempt the 'Peckris upload suggestion' in a new thread, as there is a couple of questions I'd like to invite responses on! CRIKES! I THINK THEY NEED TO BE SMALLER!

Unfortunately, the picture uploads don't appear to have worked?

You should see what some Americans charge UK buyers for postage. $32 isn't cheap either I've just bought a hammered coin from the states, with postage charge $16 - not bad I thought, but in his listing he writes: "USPS International Registered shipping takes 1-2 months to arrive so if this time frame does not work for you do not bid". Not that friendly a statement, so I queried it, thinking he must mean 1-2 weeks...nope, he means 1-2 months! I still bought it anyway...it hasn't arrived, yet! It's arrived, costing me £139 with postage, which I think is superb value! I'd really appreciate opinions on grade, the pictures are an honest view of the coin. I did have some more 'dramatic' pictures (I'm sure you all know the kind), but thought I'd keep it real! So Grade, any thoughts, please? Grrr, files too big...will post them as soon as I can! OK submit, how do you do it? I've zipped the files, which are originally 1.6MB. I tried to upload the zipped files but still too big! When checking the properties of the zips, I discovered they are still 1.6MB...any ideas? JPEG is an efficient format that does not compress well. The only options are to reduce the size/resolution of the pictures or to host them externally on PhotoBucket or the like. Thanks Nick, I presume resolution can't be changed once the pictures have been taken? Resizing the picture does exactly that. Got you! Will have a play in a bit. Many thanks!

I've asked to see the other side. A nice looking face is just as important as a good tail! I take it the 'other side' was stunning, how the smeg did it go for £109?? Did you buy it Debbie?!! I don't know how some people bid, but, I note it "shot off" in the final seconds..... Unbelievable! If you didn't win it Debbie, don't worry! Seeing what is went for, I've dug out my old hobby engraver! Just need a mirror now! That's staggering, I really can't believe the price!

A love token too! :-) I've picked up on the MP thing along the way, was there a thread on it? I'm intrigued as to the details! ;-) Its quite a touchy subject, but in short, don't buy from him unless you really want to loosen the purse strings and get something thats cleaned/overgraded and has a helpful push along the way from his friends....... I get you! I did think as much!

You should see what some Americans charge UK buyers for postage. $32 isn't cheap either I've just bought a hammered coin from the states, with postage charge $16 - not bad I thought, but in his listing he writes: "USPS International Registered shipping takes 1-2 months to arrive so if this time frame does not work for you do not bid". Not that friendly a statement, so I queried it, thinking he must mean 1-2 weeks...nope, he means 1-2 months! I still bought it anyway...it hasn't arrived, yet! It's arrived, costing me £139 with postage, which I think is superb value! I'd really appreciate opinions on grade, the pictures are an honest view of the coin. I did have some more 'dramatic' pictures (I'm sure you all know the kind), but thought I'd keep it real! So Grade, any thoughts, please? Grrr, files too big...will post them as soon as I can! OK submit, how do you do it? I've zipped the files, which are originally 1.6MB. I tried to upload the zipped files but still too big! When checking the properties of the zips, I discovered they are still 1.6MB...any ideas? JPEG is an efficient format that does not compress well. The only options are to reduce the size/resolution of the pictures or to host them externally on PhotoBucket or the like. Thanks Nick, I presume resolution can't be changed once the pictures have been taken?

You should see what some Americans charge UK buyers for postage. $32 isn't cheap either I've just bought a hammered coin from the states, with postage charge $16 - not bad I thought, but in his listing he writes: "USPS International Registered shipping takes 1-2 months to arrive so if this time frame does not work for you do not bid". Not that friendly a statement, so I queried it, thinking he must mean 1-2 weeks...nope, he means 1-2 months! I still bought it anyway...it hasn't arrived, yet! It's arrived, costing me £139 with postage, which I think is superb value! I'd really appreciate opinions on grade, the pictures are an honest view of the coin. I did have some more 'dramatic' pictures (I'm sure you all know the kind), but thought I'd keep it real! So Grade, any thoughts, please? Grrr, files too big...will post them as soon as I can! OK submit, how do you do it? I've zipped the files, which are originally 1.6MB. I tried to upload the zipped files but still too big! When checking the properties of the zips, I discovered they are still 1.6MB...any ideas?

I've picked up some absolute bargains from US dealers.It takes a lot of patience. The rewards are there though. I shall not be divulging my source In a different thread I mentioned that I'd recently bought a US coin, but had to wait a ?1-2 months for delivery! Well it arrived today and I think it was an absolute bargain (£125 for an Elizabeth XII), I was really surprised not to come up against some strong competition from the overseas boys (and girls), made me wonder if I was not seeing something, a plug, a copper nose (figuratively speaking), etc. I'll post a couple of pics on the original thread for some opinions, grading too please. I really think you'd struggle to find a similar example in the UK for that kind of money.

A love token too! :-) I've picked up on the MP thing along the way, was there a thread on it? I'm intrigued as to the details! ;-)

I've asked to see the other side. A nice looking face is just as important as a good tail! Just make sure you buy it with beer goggles on if the other side is a shocker! Excellent! :-)

Lucky Penny? I'll say! 251043457037

+ve feedback left... 'it arrived safely'! Hey, well done, you! Definitely a case of 'he who dares wins!' Do you know what, I'm generally pretty chancy on eBay...for every 10 bold strikes, I might get two mess-ups, but the other eight have always more than compensated! Congratulations, again, I bet you enjoyed posting this one! :-)

Is that you and the missus doing a spot of painting on your new website? I'm amazed that web address wasn't snapped up a long time ago!

The second set of photos (on blue background), that have since been added to the forum link, are a bit of an improvement...the mark below the eye doesn't seem half the nasty issue it did on the first photos (white background)! I still struggle to see how the 'wear' is right, I've never seen anything quite like it before. However, I'm certain you have seen considerably more Vic coins than I, I'd be too scared myself, I have to say!

I'm viewing on an iPhone, so not the best view, but that surely isn't normal circulation wear is it? Also, isn't that a few casting bubbles about on the obverse? Maybe mould on its back? Bubbles to top, not all of mould filled???? Apologies if this is just the 2"x2" image I'm seeing that lets this coin down.

Maybe the engraver had just got married :lol: :lol: :lol: But it's erect?

Please please tell me you're going to buy it! I think you'll finally be able to justify your coin collecting to your girlfriends! Definitely a talking 'piece' to keep in your purse! :-)

Good point, Nick, I'll have to dig out Perspex in future, and forget scanning the net for high-grade coins...I can buy VF and encapsulate them a grade up now ;-)

Do you know what, slightly off topic, and I might just be having a blonde moment, but why are letters repaired with other letters anyway? It would seem the most natural thing in the whole world to slot an O punch neatly into the damaged O, give it a little tap and...hey presto!???? Off topic again, Azda, but I read in another post that your boy's back in hospital. I hope he, you, and your family are all OK? I've got a four-year old boy and can only imagine the pain of it all. I used to be a Recovery Nurse, so have witnessed the suffering of parents many times. Take it easy out there!

Hey, Azda, I'm only looking at this picture on an i-phone, really small, but wouldn't the really strong serifs in the C be present in the O, if it really WAS the C instead of there being some other explanation? Can see where you're coming from though and, I reiterate, I haven't seen the full res images of this on the 'big screen'!

Finished? Close the drawer/cover, satisfied there is absolutely nothing more to improve upon it? I guess that is something that can only ever be said about a 'modern' collection! So, there it is, the appeal of the modern coinage; you can close a chapter, and relax back with a glass of wine to browse the collection without any hmmmm's? Same for Danz too, that 'then I'm finished' thing! So where is that collection possible? Edward VII's pretty expensive, with some rarities you would struggle to find in GEF, let alone UNC. Where can you close a chapter? George V, George VI perhaps? I think I need something going that I can one day close the drawer on, everything else is akin to living in an eternal hell of 'wishing that that one numeral wasn't so worn' and 'just for that little spot there...damn, it's stunning apart from that!' The perils of collecting, I remember it being the same with pannini football cards. I only EVER had Phil Thompson with a series of creases down the middle, because a girl (Jane Hicks, named and shamed) screwed it up the second I showed it off in the classroom.

You should see what some Americans charge UK buyers for postage. $32 isn't cheap either I've just bought a hammered coin from the states, with postage charge $16 - not bad I thought, but in his listing he writes: "USPS International Registered shipping takes 1-2 months to arrive so if this time frame does not work for you do not bid". Not that friendly a statement, so I queried it, thinking he must mean 1-2 weeks...nope, he means 1-2 months! I still bought it anyway...it hasn't arrived, yet! Wow 2 months, you're only allowed up to 49 days to open a PP case, so does sound like he's at it. Personally on that time frame i would'nt bother, it should never take up to 2 months to get a coin delivered from the USA.... I can get a coin delivered to the States in 4-5 days, and I told him so! It was a bargain I couln't resist. Not perfect in the pictures, but has that better-in-the-hand potential, should I every get it in the hand that is? It could be a dog, of course, but 5 out of 10 gambles normally pay off! Will definitely keep my eye the 49 days!