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"I know absolutely nothing about them". "I'm no coin expert ". "Now I wasn't clued up on coins". "Now im no expert" When will some people learn that con men always say something like that?

Something like this?

My feeling is that even if there is a no confidence vote, May would probably be able to win and cling on until December. Can't really see how the deal can get through parliament in December though. If the deal fails to get through parliament, then ...

It was many years ago when I watched that Antiques Roadshow episode but it left a strong impression. With regard to the photos I posted, the watch has the inscription 'Pte Hodgson' alongside the military number 2055250. It is further engraved with 'Farnboro [sic] Hants.' Military records reveal Pte Hodgson was a woman who served in the auxiliary core of the RAF which was responsible for delivering newly built planes to military bases across Britain in 1941. "Military "experts" have identified the bullet which caused the dent as a 30mm calibre round - ammunition used in the MK108 auto-cannon which was mounted on German aircraft fighter planes." It was found in a donation to a charity shop and no one is suggesting that it has any intrinsic value. OK the story was reported in tabloids and so ...... Even if the dent on this item wasn't actually caused by a bullet, there must be items with better provenances available.

It really is a nice story and particularly apt as it was Remembrance Sunday a couple of days ago. I remember watching an Antiques Roadshow episode featuring a pocket watch which stopped a bullet during the war. This watch is believed to have save a female RAF pilot.

Got to say I like you running rabbit avatar! Really cheerful!

I imagine the fakers might want to get rid of the "evidence" once the deed is done. Selling the original asap is quite sensible just in case someone might think it is a fake later on?

What would happen if they start copying a proof coin without such imperfections?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Two-Pence-Coins-2p-Vinyl-Flooring-Any-Size-Supplied-Delivered-Worldwide-Floor/362175312747?hash=item545354b36b:g:Y~4AAOSwBp1Z4yPp:rk:1:pf:0

One very impressive coin!

I have indeed wondered how coins were kept in the past. Surely, the majority weren't kept in cabinets (or there will be many more antique ones available today)? Yet we still have a reasonable quantity of coins well preserved and in the top grade. I now use quadrums. Prior to that I used 2 x 2s. Tried slabbing with cgs before that. Have tried and rejected coin capsules first. Don't have a large enough collection to justify using a cabinet. I would be at a lost with regard to coin storage if plastic has never been invented.

Whats comes to mind is the term "cabinet toning". Probably no wood is totally inert and the felts probably do trap substances over time. Don't get me wrong, I love toned coins and think that it is probably a good thing if cabinets do help coins tone just a little faster.

I suppose coins in plastic have less things to react with than coins in a cabinet such as the chemicals in the cloth, free flowing air, potential emissions from wood etc. Cabinets are handmade furniture and I guess each one is somewhat unique.

Just been to the PCGS website to have a look and I agree that strike is indeed superb and proof. If you have the PCGS certification number handy, then I can try to get a bigger photo.

Can try fax.

Someone fell for it and the item was sold for £30. Then it looks like the seller has developed a conscience and cancelled the sale. His reward? A negative feedback with the comment "BUYER BEWARE*!Seller likes to cancel fair won bids! A Very Negative Experience**"

Hmm, there is quite a big difference between cgs 2 and 3. cgs 3 need to show quite a few letters in the legend like the one below. Might be yours is a 2+ or a 2 with a CAC or Semra approved sticker? 😃

Now the wonderful obverse of the cgs 2:

A cgs 2

Success. It has now been pulled.

This must be a candidate for the ugliest "coin" every produced. A "masterpiece" created by pushing a poppy pin into something? £550 price tag ... £50 for charity, £56 for the silver, probably (considerably) less than £100 production cost and the rest for profit ...

Incredibly, it looks like someone has bid £30 for his cock and bull story ...

The slab is genuine and the photos are identical to the ones obtainable on pcgs verification website.

Presumably, it is just something homemade. An interesting item but I can't see it as having value. The photo below shows a gold 5 us dollar set in a silver one us dollar.

I think you need to know what you are doing when buying a slabbed MS65 coin. A PCGS or NGC MS65 often has premium attached and can be expensive. (That’s my reason for avoiding buying slabbed coins in the UK). It is a moot point whether one should crack open a PCGS / NGC MS65 slab. If the coin has been somewhat over graded or not particularly attractive in the first place, then one should not have pay over the odds initially. Cracking such a slab would would mean less money when you eventually sell it on. I personally won’t crack open an PCGS / NGC MS65 slab unless there is good reason to. I fully understand that advanced collectors might want to crack open slabs to store in cabinets with the rest of their collection. Then again, they would only have paid what the coin and not the slab was worth.