zookeeperz

Sorry smoke missed this post. See pic above in original post the colons I just picked The F: D: for simplicity left hand picture the colons are circular in formation whilst the colons on the second picture are oval in their formation or design. Both pictures were taken by myself from 2 coins from 1967 bank rolls at the same time one after the other all the distances are exactly the same

Yes its called the R over Almost a B in BRITT

Notice alibababa coin they use a C for a G lols

Really he only had to look at the B in Britt and see how long the bottom serif is the upward curve would start much later nearly where the right leg of the R starts to curve?

Corrupt coin counterfeiting society?

Surely this is bonkers Who are CCCS? I thought CGS were strict on grading but this outfit tops the lot lol F-12 I think not https://www.ebay.com/itm/UK-Great-Britain-1862-Half-Penny-England/321968111252

I was always of the understanding that cameo proofs were those which had polished fields but the subjects remained un touched to give that effect of a cameo look. Frosted cameo is another thing entirely .I believe a special coating is a applied to give that finish. In contrast to Proof-like which both the subject and the field are struck on highly polished dies. I have 2 coins with one side with blazing mirror fields and the reverse just normal. A 1953 canadian dollar and a 1940 rupee. Impossible to picture post cannot get the mirror effect to show How I want it. Very frustrating. So are the normal answers "probably just an early strike" errm no the obverse and reverse are chalk and cheese. I am certain they are struck from proof dies weather by accident or otherwise. Natural lustre is completely different to a mirrored finish. One looks like your looking at a reflection of a hazy sun shining on the coin giving it that cartwheel effect when spinning the coin. Mirror is like looking through a pool of water it reflects everything even my ugly mug when tying to photograph it lol

Here is my original one from pic above and my other 1 both pics I took today 1 after the other. like against like kind of bolsters that argument. as one is more prooflike cameo than the other

You would know the difference immediately as the V.I.P proof is Frosted and the mirror surface is almost black like looking into an abyss. LCA VIP V my sad offering normal one

Not my pics Jerry its from a coin I saw and blew it up but it didn't have the desired effect. Might be better with just original pic but then again you still might not see it

Evening gang take a squiz at this shilling and tell me what could be printed here. I am not sure which way it was written but turning the truncation 90 degrees clockwise it looks like it says F.15 y,V or X 8 SB. there could be other symbols above the truncation but I cannot make them out so I have left them for now It's either a B. of one of those old fashioned £ signs but it's clear as day. Anyone ?

It just looks really chunky rather than defined the jewels should be diamond shaped not dots unless its the result of silver dipping?

was it a before the watershed message ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/QV-Queen-Victoria-1883-Silver-Half-Crown-High-Grade-Lovely-Coin/272907766477 again this doesn't sit right with me anyone? If its real it's worth a fortune.

That was produced last week in Dagenham Essex

I found this really crude blender program but I think it shows enough to pretty much confirm that this 1826 is 6/0 Obviously not exactly identical different wears and such I just wanted to put an 0 and 6 together to get a read on how they looked and the 2 parts of the coin where the gaps appear are pretty much spot on. thoughts?

As we have seen in the news over recent months with all the can't touch me actors and film producers we live in a time of name and shame. Ebay are breaking the law they are breaking trade practice definitions they are certainly not holding to any ethics mandates. Known fraudsters are allowed to continue to ply their trade unhindered and worse than that ebay covers their scams with 100% feedback protection. Should ebay be brought before an ethics committee? too bloody right they should.! Should ebay be brought before the trades and commerce ombudsman too bloody right they should.! . The thing about staying silent the problem only compounds itself. Ebay have a high profile on British TV yet they have the practices of a bootsale outfit. They have had a good run and if they are not willing to protect the people that for the most part pay their wages then they must go. It will fire a shot across the bows of any similar organisations who think they can do the same. If Ebay can be taken down then anyone can. I feel that this action will restore the faith in online purchasing as a whole and kick this industries butt into line. But it needs a heavy player(s) to carry it off. Where do you start?

This guy's even selling it with a C.O.A (NO TIMEWASTERS) or does he mean wise people telling him he's a crook £1000 guess which one is his Struck to proof standard Really? Strange the C..O.A doesn't have RM on it . Looks like a cutting from a news article? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-Q-V-SILVER-GOTHIC-CROWN-1847-No-Time-Wasters-Please/263316076040

Surely not? really resurrecting 200 year old dies from the vaults to restrike anniversary coins? Damn these are pretty impressive. I can see these fooling many esp the reverse. If the wish desired https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1797-Cartwheel-George-III-KGIII-Two-Penny-2d-nice-coin-200th-anniversary/152779062205

same 6 on the 1886 and they all look fake. Report the fraudster. that other guy made 7.5k on fake kew's. This is some serious wonga going missing from innocent folk. Surely there is some kind of fraud watch for crying out loud. It is clearly apparent to me now if it wasn't before Ebay is a scam site and should carry a 3/10 trustworthy rating. Might kick them in the backside to police the site. They quote all these subsection rules and conditions but don't do anything about it. I want to report ebay for soliciting criminal entity's to run rife through their site. Where do I go?

I wouldn't buy it. Can't put my finger on it but it don't look right. Might just be the awful picture

It's in that safe place

Looks ok just bad lighting by the widow sun out and curtains giving it a weird look.? Again I learned the hard way like most of us . Things that are just out of focus or just not sure are cleverly designed that way for a reason normally. Not all but most

This is just random from a selection of near unc coins that had decent pics well nearly all There are more variants to the 1897 than first glance tells. Hopefully you can see what I am trying to explain on the pictures The Number 7 has different font styles Some are straight legged and have a shallow angle with the outside edge of the leg finishing before the the hook part serif at the top . Some are tapered legged with a gentle curve down and away to the right Also finishing if drawing a straight vertical line somewhere in the middle of the top bar of the 7. Also a much wider angle curved leg with the LH edge of the leg vertical line reaches the very edge of the top bar. All the 1's favour pointing to the tooth or a nats left but 1 is decidedly favouring almost the gap . three style 9's in regard head size and the inner circular gap Small medium and large a 1898 style 8 with the cross sections out of line various pointings of the 7 . Obviously needs further investigation . Throws up a few different styles . What say you Ladies and gentlemen?

You called it Coins as rare as that I would stake my life come with some form of provenance side apart from it looking like a complete fake . I was going to add perhaps it has come to the stage where only slabbed authenticated coins will be saleable and raw coins not even if they came with C.O.A the C.O.A would probably be fake as well