Ebay's Worst Offerings

[HistoricCoinage 146]

Well he's honest

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Uncleaned-1900-Queen-Victoria-Penny-See-pic-B11-See-listing-/181112902686?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D6612391402003154535%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D181112902686%26

Glad to see he's followed the rule we try to abide by: "This coin has not been cleaned."

[Peter 615]

Scott wins it with a bid of 7p

I don't understand why people bother.

[scott 144]

7p? wouldn't pay 2p for it

[Rob 3,152]

7p? wouldn't pay 2p for it

Bad call. With the scrap man paying £4/kg for copper and at roughly 100 pennies to the kg, that's 4p value in scrap. Buying 4p's for 2p's is a no-brainer. Even with the exact figures it works.

[scott 144]

yes but i wont pay that, 1p i might stretch to

[Red Riley 2]

Well he's honest

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Uncleaned-1900-Queen-Victoria-Penny-See-pic-B11-See-listing-/181112902686?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D6612391402003154535%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D181112902686%26

Well up to a point... He has however fallen foul of one of my pet hates i.e. saying something is 'rare' when he hasn't a clue whether it is or not.

[HistoricCoinage 146]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-old-iron-bolt-detector-find-/370788493758?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5654b769be

[Coinery 1,153]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-old-iron-bolt-detector-find-/370788493758?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5654b769be

DNA recovered from blood traces contaminating the artefact have led archaelogists to believe that this is indeed the long-lost nail thought to have passed through the left wrist of Jesus at the crucifixion.

Engineers are now assisting archaeologist as the Angel of the North is lowered to the ground, as the search continues in the foundations for the casket, which is believed to hold two other nails and a man's skeleton.

This is Jack Frost, BBC News, Washington!

[HistoricCoinage 146]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-old-iron-bolt-detector-find-/370788493758?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5654b769be

DNA recovered from blood traces contaminating the artefact have led archaelogists to believe that this is indeed the long-lost nail thought to have passed through the left wrist of Jesus at the crucifixion.

Engineers are now assisting archaeologist as the Angel of the North is lowered to the ground, as the search continues in the foundations for the casket, which is believed to hold two other nails and a man's skeleton.

This is Jack Frost, BBC News, Washington!

:lol:

[Rob 3,152]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Large-old-iron-bolt-detector-find-/370788493758?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5654b769be

I hope you weren't doing an ebay search for rusty nails? If you were, I suggest you get a life. Actually, there may be a position vacant for you in the bronze penny washer dept.

Edited April 6, 2013 by Rob

[DaveG38 405]

Not a laugh, by any means, but for the well-heeled shilling collector, there's a 1798 Dorien and Magens shilling on eBay - a snip at £39,500!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1798-SHILLING-DORRIEN-AND-MAGENS-R5-EXCESSIVELY-RARE-/380610527813?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item589e27c245

Edited April 6, 2013 by DaveG38

[Coppers 58]

Is there a doctor in the house?

link

[Paulus 1,975]

Not a laugh, by any means, but for the well-heeled shilling collector, there's a 1798 Dorien and Magens shilling on eBay - a snip at £39,500!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1798-SHILLING-DORRIEN-AND-MAGENS-R5-EXCESSIVELY-RARE-/380610527813?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item589e27c245

Far too worn for my liking!

[DaveG38 405]

Not a laugh, by any means, but for the well-heeled shilling collector, there's a 1798 Dorien and Magens shilling on eBay - a snip at £39,500!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1798-SHILLING-DORRIEN-AND-MAGENS-R5-EXCESSIVELY-RARE-/380610527813?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item589e27c245

Far too worn for my liking!

Yes, it certainly has some minor wear across the letters and bust, so EF. Tony Clayton's site shows a price guide of £19,000 in UNC, so £39,500 in EF, even GEF looks OTT, even if it is a difficult and rare coin to find. However, if you are a shilling collector with very deep pockets then I guess you'll pay this price for a coin date you otherwise might never own.

[TomGoodheart 400]

Yes, it certainly has some minor wear across the letters and bust, so EF. Tony Clayton's site shows a price guide of £19,000 in UNC, so £39,500 in EF, even GEF looks OTT, even if it is a difficult and rare coin to find. However, if you are a shilling collector with very deep pockets then I guess you'll pay this price for a coin date you otherwise might never own.

Mmm .. not sure how useful TC's site is for the price of a coin that comes up so rarely. That said, if I wanted one (which I did once) I'd be inclined to wait and see if it goes down a bit, or at least became open to offers.

[Peter 615]

Yes, it certainly has some minor wear across the letters and bust, so EF. Tony Clayton's site shows a price guide of £19,000 in UNC, so £39,500 in EF, even GEF looks OTT, even if it is a difficult and rare coin to find. However, if you are a shilling collector with very deep pockets then I guess you'll pay this price for a coin date you otherwise might never own.

Mmm .. not sure how useful TC's site is for the price of a coin that comes up so rarely. That said, if I wanted one (which I did once) I'd be inclined to wait and see if it goes down a bit, or at least became open to offers.

It looks too much alike the 1787.

I know it sits nicely between the 87 Kings shilling and 1816 but it hasn't got the WOW factor...even at £20K.

[HistoricCoinage 146]

I hope you weren't doing an ebay search for rusty nails? If you were, I suggest you get a life.

What do you take me for? Of course not!

[Rob 3,152]

I hope you weren't doing an ebay search for rusty nails? If you were, I suggest you get a life.

What do you take me for? Of course not!

I thought you might have been one of those people who subscribe to 'Barbed Wire Weekly' or similar as mentioned on 'Have I Got News For You'.

[HistoricCoinage 146]

I thought you might have been one of those people who subscribe to 'Barbed Wire Weekly' or similar as mentioned on 'Have I Got News For You'.

Nope. Only Drawing Pin Daily and The Sellotape Standard.

[azda 979]

Not a laugh, by any means, but for the well-heeled shilling collector, there's a 1798 Dorien and Magens shilling on eBay - a snip at £39,500!!!

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item589e27c245

Glendinings sale on Wed October 30th 1974 sold one, lot 356 graded as "practically mint state" and sold for 1500 quid hammer

[DaveG38 405]

Not a laugh, by any means, but for the well-heeled shilling collector, there's a 1798 Dorien and Magens shilling on eBay - a snip at £39,500!!!

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item589e27c245

Glendinings sale on Wed October 30th 1974 sold one, lot 356 graded as "practically mint state" and sold for 1500 quid hammer

Mmm, sounds good now, but back then I bought my first house for £6000, so £1500 was quite a price.

Edited April 8, 2013 by DaveG38

[Gary D 76]

Not a laugh, by any means, but for the well-heeled shilling collector, there's a 1798 Dorien and Magens shilling on eBay - a snip at £39,500!!!

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item589e27c245

Glendinings sale on Wed October 30th 1974 sold one, lot 356 graded as "practically mint state" and sold for 1500 quid hammer

Mmm, sounds good now, but back then I bought my first house for £6000, so £1500 was quite a price.

£1500 in 1974, that's probably around £40,000 now so it wasn't much of an investment

[Paulus 1,975]

Not a laugh, by any means, but for the well-heeled shilling collector, there's a 1798 Dorien and Magens shilling on eBay - a snip at £39,500!!!

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item589e27c245

Glendinings sale on Wed October 30th 1974 sold one, lot 356 graded as "practically mint state" and sold for 1500 quid hammer

Mmm, sounds good now, but back then I bought my first house for £6000, so £1500 was quite a price.

£1500 in 1974, that's probably around £40,000 now so it wasn't much of an investment

According to an inflation calculator website, it's actually just over £15k in today's terms!

[TomGoodheart 400]

BLOODY USELESS EBAY! With the new look I now have text from my search terms across the results and the price range for searches is stuck between £52 and £618. WTF?

Honestly if it's not fixed by tomorrow (today now) morning it's really not worth using any more. A site as big as ebay without a working search function is pointless.

[declanwmagee 122]

BLOODY USELESS EBAY! With the new look I now have text from my search terms across the results and the price range for searches is stuck between £52 and £618. WTF?

Honestly if it's not fixed by tomorrow (today now) morning it's really not worth using any more. A site as big as ebay without a working search function is pointless.

You can fix the price range thing, Tom. Left hand side of the search page, look down for the Price bar, and hit customise. Then you'll get a little dialog with a box in it where you can type your range. The old boxes are just one layer further in.

Yes, the search terms do mash up with the top of the results - not sure what we can do about that!