Ebay's Worst Offerings

[Peckris 579]

"Hammered Coin Very Very Old" ... on one side is "bushes with things flying about".

Yup, those are really going to tempt me into a Starting Bid of £500

[azda 979]

"Hammered Coin Very Very Old" ... on one side is "bushes with things flying about".

Yup, those are really going to tempt me into a Starting Bid of £500

Children shouldn't be allowed to play on ebay

[Accumulator 52]

Hmmm... 1926 ME. Somebody is going to be disappointed!

[Rob 3,152]

Can anyone else see anything

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120682046117&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp5197.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D120682046117%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

Insert the phrase 'it's been in' at the correct point to clarify the description.

[Rob 3,152]

Hmmm... 1926 ME. Somebody is going to be disappointed!

Being somewhat flattened, the effigy has been modified - just not in the accepted manner.

[ski 1]

this seller said he handle the coin in cotton gloves as he didnt want to degrade the coin in any way.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1865-Victoria-Bronze-Penny-Spink-3954-KM-755-/360343714859?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item53e628bc2b

BIT LATE MATE

[ski 1]

okay the gloves were latex

[ski 1]

this guy could have made it as a wedding photographer .........check out his items.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/silver-threepence-1931-good-coin-bad-pic-/150563085442?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item230e425c82

[ski 1]

some more from the rolf harris collection of can you guess what it is yet mate.

i love the quote "these four pennies are not in perfect condition"

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/coins-/220739471533?pt=UK_Coins_OtherBritish_RL&hash=item33651908ad

[1949threepence 3,367]

Hmmm... 1926 ME. Somebody is going to be disappointed!

Either he doesn't know what an ME looks like, or he's mistaken in his beliefs.

[Peckris 579]

Hmmm... 1926 ME. Somebody is going to be disappointed!

Either he doesn't know what an ME looks like, or he's mistaken in his beliefs.

Listing's been changed now ... "...I've now been told it may not be..."

[1949threepence 3,367]

Hmmm... 1926 ME. Somebody is going to be disappointed!

Either he doesn't know what an ME looks like, or he's mistaken in his beliefs.

Listing's been changed now ... "...I've now been told it may not be..."

Do I hear the sound of furious backpeddling lol ?

[Peckris 579]

Do I hear the sound of furious backpeddling lol ?

Either that's a typo or you just made a brilliant pun! (I'd claim the pun if I were you )

[scott 144]

now i only see reverse of the pennys

[Accumulator 52]

Do I hear the sound of furious backpeddling lol ?

Either that's a typo or you just made a brilliant pun! (I'd claim the pun if I were you )

Indeed, a complete about-face

[Peckris 579]

Do I hear the sound of furious backpeddling lol ?

Either that's a typo or you just made a brilliant pun! (I'd claim the pun if I were you )

Indeed, a complete about-face

[TomGoodheart 400]

Gilded sh*t anyone? I ask you, why on earth gild a CuNi coin nobody wants in the first place? My mind is well and truly boggled.

1981 24K gold plated Charles & Diana wedding crown

[davidrj 194]

Bored mint worker? 1974 penny

Odd colour

Edited February 23, 2011 by davidrj

[declanwmagee 122]

Bored mint worker? 1974 penny

Odd colour

As its unlikely that a Mint worker would happen to have a 1939 sixpence in his pocket, that suggests there might be tubs of old stock lying around in dark corners in the Mint - fascinating! I wonder what other treasures lurk in there...?

[Accumulator 52]

As its unlikely that a Mint worker would happen to have a 1939 sixpence in his pocket, that suggests there might be tubs of old stock lying around in dark corners in the Mint - fascinating! I wonder what other treasures lurk in there...?

You mean, like the tub of 1933 pennies, or the bucket of 1954's sitting on top of the box of 1955's, on the pile of 1956's...?

[declanwmagee 122]

As its unlikely that a Mint worker would happen to have a 1939 sixpence in his pocket, that suggests there might be tubs of old stock lying around in dark corners in the Mint - fascinating! I wonder what other treasures lurk in there...?

You mean, like the tub of 1933 pennies, or the bucket of 1954's sitting on top of the box of 1955's, on the pile of 1956's...?

Well, these minting machines are pretty fast, and were in those days too, relatively speaking. I've always wondered if only 1 1954 penny was made, or only one was nicked. I just can't imagine setting the machine up and getting it to make One Coin.

More likely that it made a run, the chap was told to put them all in the melting pot and slipped a few out on his way there.

There must be tubs of stuff that never made it to the melting pot - we've all done that at work: "I'll just put that there, and come back for it later", then someone stops you in the corridor and you never quite get back to where you were...

[Red Riley 2]

As its unlikely that a Mint worker would happen to have a 1939 sixpence in his pocket, that suggests there might be tubs of old stock lying around in dark corners in the Mint - fascinating! I wonder what other treasures lurk in there...?

They were still legal tender at the time, so I'm sticking with my 'pissed mint worker lobs old sixpence into blank hopper' hypothesis. People tell me I have a deeply unromantic nature...

[VickySilver 830]

I have a 1981 pence struck over a 1953 6d slabbed but identified by me first (MS65). Another with, I think, 1956 date was up on ebay a year or two ago. These are more curiosities than anything else. 500 is probably the limit I should think.

I say intentionally done but then can not prove that hypothesis.

[ski 1]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNDATED-BOTH-SIDES-20P-COIN-/260741884626?pt=UK_Coins_BritishDecimal_RL&hash=item3cb56d6ad2

[Peckris 579]

Gilded sh*t anyone? I ask you, why on earth gild a CuNi coin nobody wants in the first place? My mind is well and truly boggled.

1981 24K gold plated Charles & Diana wedding crown

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/UNDATED-BOTH-SIDES-20P-COIN-/260741884626?pt=UK_Coins_BritishDecimal_RL&hash=item3cb56d6ad2

Perhaps, to link those two posts, the photographer of the second is to be the official photographer of William and Kate's bash?

By the way, I own a gilded 1977 crown, even LESS desirable!