zookeeperz

Yes the term legal tender is rather vague when it comes to the newer batch of coins from the royal mint. On one hand you could use a £100 coin to pay off a fine . But the bank would not accept it and nor could you pay it in to your account. Shopkeepers wouldn't accept either. So really you have a very very expensive 1 ounce of silver which to be brutally honest is worth £15 Just because it has £100 stamped on it. It is basically worthless toot. Could you find an aesthetic value of £85 . ? I don't think so and they are hardly scarce on the ground. IMO something like that needs a much lower mintage so the coin will hold it's value long term. I see so many of them for sale and nobody wants them even at a £ for £

The thing is it will fool people as it is an unknown really only those few manufacturers by request were given these to test machine mechanisms like vending machines and arcade machines anything that took a pound coin. I would need to see the real one to digest the info. Side by side there shouldn't be an issue but fakebay will be chucking these around like confetti sadly

Thing is the Aussies are a funny bunch and they love their slabs even more so than the USA. They trust nobody and rely solely on TPG to confirm or deny if a coin is exactly what it says on the tin. For a coin that on the book on NGC $500 @ XF-40 which that probably is and Renniks quotes $1350 AUS for EF and even given a details frade if cleaned is still going to be worth the time and money invested to get it slabbed. Lesser know coins I agree but when it comes to what can be £100+ per 1/2 grade I wouldn't want to be haggling who's grade opinion is more accurate yours or the buyer.

Must of been struck from the famous Poppadom Dies

OMG I almost melted through screen to grab hold of that beauty lol

Can you direct me as to which end the foot is please lols . The more I am looking at it the more I am talking myself out of it being F14

I used my powers of deduction rev D curves up at the left hand edge so Its not reverse D. That leaves us with Reverse E as there are no ther reverses used for that year other than the beaded reverses So then it is a case of ID of obverse . Now unless I discovered a new die pairing only Obv 3 was used with rev E . So that is sherlock holmes theory of Identification or deduction as it were

Yes prob a portrait of the local gypo Love the explanation of how it became larger by being pulled on. Must get a patent for stretchy Bronze lols

Morning guys and gals. thought I would just ask if I got this right. Poor penny I know which makes ID very difficult. But I believe this is Freeman F14 Obverse 3 reverse E. Am I correct? Thanking you kindly

Doesn't have such a detraction phrasing it that way. I am sure if he had used the word replica the bids would be much less . Plus he never actually states it not being genuine only that it's cheaper than the £1000 . Which could infer it's not in the same condition. They know how to word around everything these scammers. Pure scum. I'd shoot the lot if it was legal to do so lol

As with nearly all the coins I have sold for a decent return they were all in lots originally purchased for something else and a lot less valuable. Whilst it is true to some degree most mixed lots have been trawled though but many hands and filtered down to basic scap coins . Not everyone has knowledge of everything . Most collectors are niche collectors so zone in on that area and along with know varieties of famous coin types. So most of the mixed lots are for the most part excluded esp the more diverse countries where the native language is alien to the collector or a minefield even to find the correct dates or even country sometimes. As I am not a niche collector or a collector I am the in betweener that will look just a little longer or research areas that are less common and weed out the coin that should be in a worthy collection and not rotting away in a rusty tin for eternity. Most of the time it is a fruitless persuit but every now and then something will pop up and will be worth all the searches that came before it. "Thar's treasure in them thar hills" (or mixed lots)

Hi good people. Here are two farthings the dark one is the beaded border farthing but supposedly so is the light one on the left but it doesn't have that same rock formation to the left of the lighthouse and the broach is lower set is it the mule? some of the teeth resemble teeth but most look like beaded dots. Kind of confusing?

Forgot I had this lying around I wasn't aware it was a rare coin. well if I done my homework correctly. British India Bengal Presidency 1795 Copper pice. NGC list 4 types all rare. With mint state @ $2200. Whoda thunk eh

I want my 1864 Half Penny dot not just mentioned I want it in a museum lols (ok that's my new year wish)

I cannot believe they let that go through even describing the kings likeness lmfao. That trust-pilot rating is soon to plummet mark my words.

A dot is a dot in fact logically thinking this would be a rarer type if the dot is situated elsewhere to the listed version. After all I am sure all variety types started with a known variant before others were discovered I don't see why this should be treated any different . If the 1897 One dot penny was deemed a worthy entry to the reference books then no reason for this coin to be treated any different?

I thought seeing as I still have the pictures from some of my Non English Coinage I thought I would share some of the weird and wonderful coins from other countries. I have far too many lol. Hope you Like them

Anything taken your fancy? As if I couldn't guess lol

It made me smile. Red BU what a gem

Typical I got zilch. Last time I sell on that craphole lol I was going to get this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1940-Lincoln-Wheat-Penny-Cent-BU-Uncirculated-RED-LUSTER/122682846893