Wow i've never seen one of these for sale before

[Sylvester 57]

man ain't this gorgeous? from my fave Queen too.

http://www.colincooke.com/graphic/images/g...88vfgvf7950.jpg

[william 0]

man ain't this gorgeous? from my fave Queen too.

http://www.colincooke.com/graphic/images/g...88vfgvf7950.jpg

Wow, I don't collect hammered, but I would love to have that in my collection! Are you going to buy it Sylvester?

[Sylvester 57]

Wow, I don't collect hammered, but I would love to have that in my collection! Are you going to buy it Sylvester?

My feelings entirely i would love that.

Nope it's been sold, and even if it hadn't at about £7,000 or whatever it would have been priced up at it's way out of my league, even £700 is out of my league.

Most i've ever paid was £450, and i had to part exchange a £110 coin to be able to afford that one, i'm still scraping the rest together.

[Geoff T 3]

I saw Colin's latest acquisitions in the flesh yesterday. Not sure of this was the piece of hammered gold he was displaying (I don't do hammered either), but he had an 1826 proof set to die for. That's where my sudden fortune might have gone.

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Do you get the catalogue then Geoff, or do you recieve the e-mail catalogue? How much is the 1826 proof set priced at and what grade is it?

Thanks.

Penny Master.

[Emperor Oli 0]

I think he gets the email because it ain't on the site yet. And "to die for" I'm guessing means FDC?

[Half Penny Jon 0]

If it is FDC, then it must be one of the few surviving examples in FDC.

[william 0]

Maybe even the only one...

[Emperor Oli 0]

Mintage (or is that manufacture?) numbers for the 1826 proof set is very limited compared to today's standards - only 150 made!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

William maybe indeed right in saying that it may be the only surviving example in FDC if it is FDC that is.

[Emperor Oli 0]

It's doubtful. The people who bought them probably kept them in their cases - if they had any sense

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Even so, After 178 years, someone must have taken the coins out at some point, even to just look at them. So I imagine that there are very few untouched examples.

[Emperor Oli 0]

What I'm wondering is did they have the technology then top actually put them in the cases without being touched? I think they are probably AFDC (if that's a grade!)

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I would have to agree with you there, they probably didn't have the technology to actually put the coins in their cases of issue without touching them. So, in theory, the early proof sets can never be FDC? Chris, we need your opinion here!

[mint_mark 10]

I would have to agree with you there, they probably didn't have the technology to actually put the coins in their cases of issue without touching them. So, in theory, the early proof sets can never be FDC? Chris, we need your opinion here!

Chris will say that in those days they used a set of his white gloves... three pairs, one for each metal

[Sylvester 57]

Aye but Chris isn't here, or rather maybe he is here as in this country, isn't it about the right time for his radio interview?

[william 0]

Aye but Chris isn't here, or rather maybe he is here as in this country, isn't it about the right time for his radio interview?

Yes, it's tommorow!