Rare coins!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Hi everyone,

Looks like Dragonbrit is selling some more lovely rare coins!

1905 Half Crown

1905 Shilling

[Geoff T 3]

Part of me wishes you hadn't drawn my attention this (except that eBay will because I have "1905 half crown" bookmarked for alert). I always said I'd bypass all those just about fine 1905s and wait for a really collectable one and then nuke the piggy bank.

Crisis of conscience starts now. The rational part of me says at this level you really want to see the coin in the flesh before you take the plunge. There are fake 1905 half crowns and shillings out there.

Help!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

I looked at his feedback and he bought it about 6 months ago in VF/NEF grade for £1000.

[Master Jmd 80]

Part of me wishes you hadn't drawn my attention this (except that eBay will because I have "1905 half crown" bookmarked for alert). I always said I'd bypass all those just about fine 1905s and wait for a really collectable one and then nuke the piggy bank.

Crisis of conscience starts now. The rational part of me says at this level you really want to see the coin in the flesh before you take the plunge. There are fake 1905 half crowns and shillings out there.

Help!

Email the seller, and ask if he would give a 10 day guarentee...then if you get it, see if it is a fake and then send it back if it is

[Half Penny Jon 0]

He is quite a reputable dealer, I doubt he would sell a fake coin unless he says it is a fake.

[Geoff T 3]

He is quite a reputable dealer, I doubt he would sell a fake coin unless he says it is a fake.

I know - hence the crisis! I won't rest till I have one, but will I sleep soundly knowing I've paid out 4 figures for it?

Useful to know what he paid for it though. Colin sold a BU one a while back for £2,000.

Nessun dorma...

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Are you going to bid for it then Geoff?

[Geoff T 3]

Whether it is nobler in the mind...

[Half Penny Jon 0]

It is a rare coin and seldom seen above VF, you may not get another chance to acquire one in a better grade than VF

[Geoff T 3]

In the end I didn't bid. Had this been sold by a dealer at a fixed price, and I could have gone into the shop and examined it first, then I daresay I might have been willing to part with a substantial amout of money. But eBay, when all is said and done, is a lottery, and I'm not prepared to gamble that sort of money for what might turn out to be a pig in a poke. The fact that I knew what the seller had bought it for also suggested that it was always going to go for something over its current value - which it did. The piggy bank survived.