Nordle11

On it. only 3 in there now if you want to join!

Not to worry, it's working now.

People are joining but then leaving 5 minutes later, so if something's not working let me know.

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PAH, shows what I know about edge writing on decimal coinage

Update 2: The ads seemed to have appeared after an upgrade to a bigger server due to bandwidth issues, Chris is in contact with the hosts and will sort it soon.

As an update, Chris has the same issue so couldn't post, but he's on it.

Hi Zakkil, welcome to the forum, you're in good hands here About the coins you've mentioned, it sounds (to me, at least) like they could be fakes, generally the mint doesn't make errors like the writing being updside down but that is the sort of thing a counterfeiter would do. The pemember error is genuine, although not worth more than it's value really, there are just too many about. About the cleaning, please don't do it. I'd definitely grab yourself a book on decimal coinage, you'll see an ad at the top for Rotographic books, we really can't recommend them enough. There's also a decimal section with a ton of info for general browsing, you might find some interesting stuff in there. Get some pictures up of your best coins in the meantime, the easiest way to do it is to click bottom left (of the text box) where it says 'Drag files here to attach, or choose files...' and upload directly from your computer, once it's uploaded it will automatically show once you submit the post. If it's a size issue, get the photo up on your computer screen and take a screenshot, then crop the picture in paint and save it as a JPEG, that will get it under the 500kb limit.

Yes, we're talking 1897 dot. Now everything is making more sense

IMHO eBay will let you down on this one, Richard, sell it to a fellow collector you will likely get the same, if not more after ebay/paypal fees. Or consign them, I still think you'll get more.

He's not going to sell it Pete, come on!

£600. Will put it in before Pete does.

I think you're a little out of touch then Richard The variety certainly has come leaps and bounds in the last 10 years , I can't see an UNC example selling at £250 when the F-VF examples are selling at £100-150 in auction (that's before the juice). I would be extremely happy with that at £250!

That's what I mean, what are you researching haha, there's literally no information about realised prices for ones in this grade A grand seems fair, I wouldn't hesitate for such a good looking one at that price. I think £1500 would be the top, top estimate though, juice included.

Where did you get that from? Not that you're wrong, I've just never seen one for sale before to even guess at a price.

Or in layman's terms... Although I would say that it is a big deal, a F-VF will cost you 75-150 depending, so something like this one is much more..

It's a flaw found on this year of pennies, you can see the dot in between the O and N of ONE on the reverse. It's more than likely the result of a damaged die but some theories suggest it was a purposeful indicator for various reasons. Just because of the location, prominence and roundness I think it's gained notoriety and become one of the recognised varieties for the year.

TBH I know nothing of most of these lots, so the estimate is all I have to go on and most are double, triple what the estimate is.

These are all 'come and buy me' estimates.

Exactly what I was thinking!

Jesus you're not wrong, just flicking back through the realised prices

This is the only other one I know of, better than VF.

Apart from Richard's one, I've only ever seen VF tops of this. Very jealous.

Grade's out the window on this one, it's an 1897 dot penny