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I watched that episode and you just cannot help but laugh and being the professional that he is it must of been a nightmare to try and keep it together. Great show shame most of the contestants are Divs. But it's easy sitting in a chair shouting the answers at the tv. I think it would be nerve racking being there

LOL OMG could you imagine if only

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/George-V-Penny-1918-Split-Planchet-Peel-Flaw-Coin-Error-970/300867260069 I think i'll buy 2 lols

I have already been stitched up twice for over £800 one for a fake coin that was a magnetic piece of garbage and another that claimed the lots as ex collection and a very useful lot of victorian pennies. Not 1 coin was better than fine and no varieties amongst them. LCA handled 2 of my consignments and screwed me over. Why I used them twice god only knows. then there are the auctions that will post your coin in a jiffy bag if you want to pay £50 for the privilege it's just left me with a bitter taste in my mouth when it comes to auctions. I dare say there are good guys but certainly not the majority. I just get angry when I see the likes of that 1933 penny being touted as a "could be would be, Might be" by an auctioneer that has already been flooded with posts telling them it is a fake coin and it's becoming more and more the norm than the just odd sale. Catwiki another load of crooks Then you have the stories from the members who have had their own problems with so called reputable dealers and auctions. When did it get so cutthroat? It never used to be like this. Even the bay a decade ago was full of a decent smatter of coins from all areas and some fantastic mixed lots. All those are now extinct and the place is just a training ground for crooks-r-us! I am kind of buggered as I can't get to any auctions so online is my only outlet. I need these places to be my eyes and to be honest as If I was there viewing the coins myself. If they cannot do both they have no business adding online to their sales criteria because they fail to cater properly for that side of the business.

If they cannot confirm authenticity then they have no business selling it. They have been contacted by scores of very knowledgeable dealers collectors and been told categorically it is a fake coin. Yet they continue with the sale purely for commision and a financial extortion. It's fraud simple as. trying to pass the excuse we are just the hosts isn't a valid reason. If you are there when a murder is committed and do nothing about it your complicit and as guilty as the killer. This is my whole argument with auctions they are all crooks and I stand by it.

yes what i do is click the split quarter rotation icon the first of the 4 and in the mini pop up window click the second box tab and then click the first box tab twice alternately and then do your adjustment. As it doesn't seem to save if you just click left tab and adjust. 2nd tab will rotate and enlarge the view at the same time. I suspect that is not for whole coin pics but for getting a good close up of a particular area. As I wrote this last part the penny dropped lmao. I have been using it for years

Agreed I would be lost without my photoscape. Even to do that 1/2 degree rotation to straighten the coin up is so valuable for picture presentation. Most programs don't do such small rotations. I would recommend it to anyone especially being a free program

yes I have seen this as well before the addition of multiple listings they would list 20 coins all with the same picture pitching them as all from a bank roll and to picture every coin was too time consuming the first 5 would be £5 the 6th coin would be £50 and so would the 15th coin they would also put postage £2 and same format but at different points in the list of 20 they would make the postage £20. Just hoping people wouldn't notice. As if lol.

By the look of the sales pitch and him/her mentioning an 1807 half penny I reckon one was meant to be the 1807 probably from an old draft. they forgot they listed the 1827 and relisted it thinking one was 1807. Probably after a friday night out on the lash

you need to up the reso on your scan bud image is very small and cannot really see anything.Logic would say send to LCGS as it is an English coin and that is their field but I don't like or trust their grading criteria but that is just me. Plenty of collectors use them and they are still in business but I would pop a footnote of your findings in if you do send it off. Weather they take any notice is another thing altogether

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1935-GREAT-BRITAIN-CROWN-AU-UNC-GEM-RARE-TYPE-Silver-Coin-Lot-M23-/152956603973 Why? £87 2 days to go . I am not seeing it what's the draw?

So could it be an L as that is a foot at the top and at a seperate angle to the rest of the coin?

Another little gem didn't see anything originally as the pic was so poor but a scarcer date 1849 so as it was for pennies I bought it and it turned out to be a very interesting little Farthing indeed. Stop before C of VICTORIA 4 over lower 4 not sure what went on with the 1?

why would they be on the right? its not inverted only upside down same as if you flip and e it still an E

Took a Punt on this seemingly ambiguous 1861 Penny. I noticed when looking at the stock pic glancing at the E in ONE and the E in PENNY backwards and forwards that the bottom serif on the E in ONE was much more Angular like @ 90 degrees where the bottom makes that L shape at the far right tip. If you follow The E in PeNNY has a shallow angle. Anyway I thought well in for a penny and I think I did quite well on calling the difference. It is a repair but they used an upside down F to repair the broken E which is broken from midway between the 2nd and 3rd serifs. It's very clear as you can see from the pics. To clarify seeing as I ballsed up what I was trying to say. The E in PENNY has the Repair

is that not a dropped 2 under the 5 or a pic illusion?

So really there are no real V.I.P coins in 1953 ? Only 1951 and the specimen proof-like 1935 crown. It is a terminology designated by dealers and probably as a direct result of the 1951 V.I.P crown as it is the only one listed in literature . Although this gives food for thought There is a V.I.P 1953 penny I don't have the 1953 proof set but on the description it Quotes "reverse has toothed border" I thought they were all beaded and what would a V.I.P proof be doing in a normal Proof set? take a look at this although the RM told you that they are unable to comment I smell a rat somewhere. Firstly they deflect V.I.P as a dealers invention to describe a finish on the coins yet their own website shows with the heading V.I.P 1953 Penny. Seems a little contradicting to me don't you think? https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/443808/elizabeth-ii-v-i-p-proof-penny

I think the V.I.P frosted proofs you will never see unless they were relinquished by the MP's that they were given too. I could hardly see them receiving them in a plastic case though?. I would of thought it would have been in a plush veneer casing with something inscribed to honour the occasion . Perhaps we should of asked the RM what were the special V.I.P sets or coins that were given to heads of states and such like surely they must have pictures somewhere of them.? Also was there a possibility that after they finished the V.I.P quota could those dies of then been used for the normal proof sets? I was under the impression that the frosted proofs look like our modern proofs with that very noticeable snow white subjects and lettering and almost infinite like dark mirrored finish?

No worries any questions or concerns this site has some very knowledgeable folk far mor than I am able to give so there will always be help somewhere and the right help

1970 is only issued as a proof set . BU sets coins show cartwheel luster when spun in the light . Proof coins do not they are almost the same as looking in the mirror and are far superior in quality Very informative should answer your questions:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GiMY-1LHR4

Inclusion for collectors only to carry on the date cycle or everyone who collects by date would be without a 1971 50 pence

Circulation coins are struck once Proof coins are struck a twice minimum. Generally much sharper detail. If you put your finger near the coin surface but not touching it on proof coins you will see a reflection of your finger comes the term mirrored finish which most proof coins exhibit. I say most because there are different types of proofs. Matt proofs do not exhibit a mirrored finish and are flat to look at but are of such high quality much higher than a standard strike also standard strikes exhibit luster and you cannot get the reflective quality of a genuine proof strike from standard circulation strikes. BU struck coins specifically for sets may exhibit Proof-like qualities and this is where I think the term comes from. People sending in coins from BU sets and getting the PL designation. But as a rule coins struck for circulation are seldom of proof quality Although if you were lucky enough to get the first few coins struck on a new die I dare say they would look far superior to early middle or late stage die strikes. But almost as likely as winning the lottery As a footnote there are some scarcer types in the 1970 set. the Sixpence has 2 obverse types. the scarcer of the 2 concerns the pointing of I in GRATIA. I>Gap between teeth on border is the scarcer type. The florin (Two Shillings) also has 2 obverse types the scarcer type has the E of DEI pointing directly to a border tooth Half Crown has 2 obverse types the slightly scarcer type has the I of GRATIA slightly right of a border tooth. Half Penny has a rare obverse type D of DEI to GAP and has a thin rim currently Unlisted.

I sold a nice one on there about 6 months or more ago was absolutely flawless beautiful coin was sorry to see it go tbh