zookeeperz

yes it's raised but very subtle be too much of a coincidence to have a flaw that looks like a finger in exactly the same place the book reports it to be. It doesn't show any pictures it just said a few specimens have been found to exhibit bladi bladi . I was looking at the plumes thinking one of those was a finger. It might well be still until we know where its situated.lol I re read it again that is not the finger flaw it comes of the 9th helmet plume back from the front there is a protrusion that is Finger like shaped

ok come on fess up who stole my bloody sixpence. I came here read the threads and missed the auction lols. 1887 sixpence wreath in about g/f possible overdate on 2nd 8 £2.90 how rude

same for their take on die cracks and broken letters. They pay huge amounts things like that. Where we just disregard it

yes mate J.E.B> on truncation they always sell well in any grade

That is the other side of the coin right there. Why do people think because someone in a building gave an opinion on his/her coins grade and then put it in a nice plastic coffin it somehow magically soared in value to 500 x book price?. TPG if anything only confirms what you already know yourself. That fool and I have to say fool becuase surely to god he knew that as soon as he posted the parcel he was losing money?

Love this one. I could make a fortune https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-ANACS-1967-MS-66-RED-GREAT-BRITAIN-HALF-PENNY-1-2P-TOP-POP-POP-OF-2/362123214362?epid=102090324

This has to be contender for worse coin description ever https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NGC-PF64-RB-1937-GREAT-BRITAIN-PENNY-UK-1P-PROOF/142546672115

yup totally agree the scammers have scared off buyers from ebay. Nobody knows where they stand causing the effect of everyone wanting something for nothing. I think as a trade coin selling is going to be a real hard area for anyone new entering the fray . I would say almost impossible to survive. All I can think is apart from the few good guys the rest are bashing old ladies over the head and giving them pittance for what their old hubby's collection is worth. I remember once just for the crack to show how greedy some are I priced up all my coins that I knew were UNC in VF and said to the guy can you give me half the listed book price for VF and i'll be happy. Now really and truthfully he should of bit my arm off there and then. But no he did what the majority do. Spin some BS story about the coins being polished or some nonsense he read on the back of a toilet door and said they was basically scrap value but out of the goodness of his heart he would give me 5x the silver price. As if I was going to champion his generosity. Of course I said politely shove it I know for a fact if I went to most dealers with my coins only a handful would fair trade me. The rest I would end up leaving before I punched(not a violent man in any extreme but I rise to the call if need be ) the blaggards lol.

Should of gone to specsavers lol http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1885-Great-Britain-Farthing-UNC-uncirculated-CC6749/202068677117

Must be a relative http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1914-GEORGE-V-SILVER-FLORIN-UNC-SPINK-S4012-ESC-933-NICE-COIN-AND-RARE/352174951686

Yes I am probably suffering due to not enough light . That picture was in my room with the lights off and one small clip on spotlight on my pc desk shining down on my knees lol . So it probably struggled for detail. Normally light isn't so much a problem its the pics with more than one coin and all the reflections and shooting through plastic pages. I just hate to list coins I know are 10x better than the pics show. But sometimes the coins behave and still still for a few seconds

That'll be the ole lady moving it to dust the dust that isn't there again lol. How do I attach a larger lens? I see people talking F22 numbers mine only has F3.0 or F7.7 Which at the moment is on F7.7 and 0.3" . What about the picture size If I set it @ min setting the pictures are tiny. I normally set it on 3m it all looks fine until cropping then the detail just isn't what I want. See this what I get. and for coin pics it aint good enough. Pulling my hair out lol

Its a 2001 Somali republic $500 Coin which I don't have any record of ever existing weather its real or not I wouldn't have a clue. I would ask the seller

I wanted to comment on a coin I saw on there but I might be way off base and don't want to upset anyone. But there is a guy who has a 1930 wreath crown no provenance but everyone is as you would remarking on how lovely it is. But here's the thing these wreaths are proof coins and every detail is perfection. I wouldn't expect a genuine wreath to have design elements not struck up or parts of the design missing. It looks from the picture suspect to me. but then again I suspect everything anyway lol. Like one side of the rim is twice as wide with rim line running around it and excess metal splodges. I hope for his sake it's just a poor picture.

No No not so mon amis I re-joined my old group "Pre-decimal British coins buy and trade only" (no decimal coins allowed ) . Admin is Peter MCclelland he has his own website Britannia coins

No its last 10 seconds no counts after that then they just type end . lol you couldnt type quick enough with the slight delay in internet timing . Actually they could put no more bids once it gets to ten seconds a kind of cool down would stop all snipers those who type before would be fastest finger first same as all auctions unless it is still within your price range. But I doubt anything goes that cheap and probably close to it's real value in all honesty.

That's because canadian customs are OTT rather like Australia. they open every package and do not handle goods with any care.

There is a 1906 Shilling on there £120 CGS 70 Gouby 2A. Now does he mean obv 2 rev A or 2A rev A? because if he means the former that coin has been wrongly attributed. That coin is the rarer type obverse 2A with the split foot on R short arm of E and the straight legs away from the adjacent legend letters. How can CGS make such an oversight. Unless it was slabbed pre 2009?

I think the seller gives a start time and a finish time. a start price and bid incr of a £1. He then counts down the sale like 90 mins ,hour left, 30 mins down 10 secs left then end . Not private bids

I was in a few groups on facebook prob the ones you guys were in pre-decimal group and another but the toxicity of folk just puts me right off. I guess whoever the guy is Darren had the right idea he auctioned off tickets @ w/e price per ticket So he knew when all were sold his cost or call it reserve price was auto fixed e.g 50 tickets @ £2 for a kew 50 p. . He always had punters falling over themselves to get tickets and he never over did things like 1000 tickets or ridiculous amounts. One of the good guys. It serves well as reputation builds quickly and if you flout it and try and hoodwink folk your name will spread across the channel quicker than verdigris on an old penny. Lost touch a little as I couldn't sit and watch decent folk get taken advantage of. 1966 Half Penny in a coin capsule £5 "posted" If it came by securicor I wouldn't give £5 maybe for 10 lol

Hi folks need a little assistance in the photography world if we were to compare it to an IQ rating mine's about 5 Question is I think half my problem is if I am thinking on the right lines my 35 mm x optical zoom Praktica camera isn't man enough for close up work even on the copy-stand it still has blur and that is with a timer and super macro setting. I am starting to understand little by little about shutter speeds and F settings. So if I by a macro lens 70-210 mm will that be a better set up and if so how do i fix it to the front of the camera do I need a conversion ring? I want to use the camera so as to show coins in the true state and not from a x200 microscope that really is meant for variety identification. The tinies mark looks like a bolder has been dropped but in reality under a graders loupe you would be lucky to see it. I mean it is probably 99% pilot error but I have tried over the last 2 years with all settings and I cannot replicate the nice clear pictures you see online and even zoomed in the quality never changes. Zoom in on mine and you go wonky eyed . any help would be most appreciated thanks Rich

You only have to type in rare error and it is frightening how many there are . Or I should say are not errors at all just scammer bait. Perhaps they should change the name to Ebait lol

look how much the prices have changed this post was 3 years ago and he was hoping to get an edinburgh in a few years i.e. today for £20. and Kew's in 3014 were £30 if only

The blaggards.

RM price hike? that's the price on their web page