Nordle11

Just an eBay seller using Estate Agent style descriptions IMO. He also states the contradictory "As struck with minimal wear" So the coin is EF, GVF and AS - take your pick!

Surely not real bids.. The bidders are all newbies and the seller also ended it! Must've known they weren't genuine..

What makes you say that? Looks fine to me, but you're quite right in that it won't sell for probably more than face

But then he does go on to say "apologies for the tongue in cheek subject heading".

It's a strange one, everything else has the detail. As a guess perhaps the edge was ground from the reverse side downwards and then finished by lightly polishing the edge around the obverse rim to get rid of the bits that were proud (and missing the part above F:D). The final polishing wearing out the obverse beads maybe?

I was looking at that too, the giveaway for me was above the F:D (obverse) where the rim is proud of the coin. Gotta be a grinder jobby!

The most important question is..do you think you should get the 1951 for the dragon? It's what you like Sweep, if you think that's best then go for it! And I'd trawl through eBay, look on auction sites, check dealer's sites etc. Try This Link for a nice long list of various dealer's websites, you'll find some good buys if you search hard enough.

Ed VII Half-crowns get expensive depending on the dates and in my opinion the florins are one of the better designs anywho.. Having said that... getting one in EF might cost you a bit more than £30. If you want a nice detail Eddy silver coin without breaking the bank, I'd suggest looking at a sixpence/threepence. HOWEVER...the H/C and florins are totally worth the money if you're willing to spend it.

Ah sorry, I see what you mean now.

I was under the understanding that pennies are steel cored with a copper plate?

Nothing. That's why it's in the "Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area".

While building my 50p collection I bought a kew gardens 50p from eBay, that was about a year a go. It was listed as 'low mintage rare kew gardens 50p' and I was the winning bidder at £3.20. Now that press release came out and the hype has calmed a bit, they're £30 minimum. It's just funny because the seller I bought from knew how many had been minted, as did I, and we both knew the comparable rarity. But because the news says it's rare, that makes it EVEN rarer? Just glad I got mine when I did so I didn't have to pay the 'press premium'.

6 over 7 maybe? A new variety as far as I can tell! Nice spot

Where are these collectors who have £400 to spend but no idea on their subject! I have lots of mega rare 1965 pennies with FULL LUSTRE Only £400 each

It's like you're trying to justify it to me... I'm with you Haha. And I also give eBay as much respect as it gives it's users. (read: none) I also can't see the section where it says how many queries he's had?

Absolutely, if he's choosing to ignore everyone then, hey, he deserves what he gets

Hopefully they'll realise what's going on when they fail to outbid Peck's £24,995

What you want to do (and I imagine this has been done before large bids start getting placed) is message the seller to inform him of the correct description and advise that his misrepresentation may be misleading to others who might not be aware. Then, if he doesn't change the description, it's free-for-all. I'm sure that would stand up in court if you had copies of the correspondence.. And I agree with Colin, while it might not be good practice to do this it's definitely being done for the right reasons.

What sort of grades are you looking for too? I could pull out most of those dates for you quite easily from bags of worn pennies, in EF upwards though it's a much smaller number.

Stolen.

Is that a specifically Jewish sylloge...? According to my iPhone's auto-correction it is!

I just like this line.. "Looks silver but I am not a metallergist so there are no returns on this item" Hahaha, is that the general rule of returns?

Brooker's syllagogue as recommended to me by a very avid collector of Chas 1 coinage.. http://www.galata.co.uk/store.asp?storeAction=showDetail&stockID=507&stockMasterCategoriesID=8 He'll be on soon to give you some great advice I'm sure...

Not with the prices he's listing his coins under!

It annoys me more than anything when looking at a coin prefixed with "Rare" or "Error" but no explanation as to what the rarity/error in concern is.. Is it because it's a proof? (read:it's not a proof)