THAT penny

[Emperor Oli 0]

£230,000! A new record for British coin at auction!

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Now that dosen't surprise me..........it is one of the most high-profile and sought-after coins in British numismatics.

[Master Jmd 88]

AE DEVIL O LVNDON

Bloody lovely!

Edited October 7, 2004 by Master Jmd

[Chris Perkins 228]

Went to a Museum did it? I read the other 7 were all in museums.

[Sylvester 15]

I believe it was bought by an American.

[Emperor Oli 0]

Let's see how long it is until it ends up slabbed I was looking on an American site at British coins and opened up a picture of an Edward VII Maundy set - every coin was individually slabbed. I just stared and thought that slabbing them individually is the antithesis to what the maundy coins are - a set. It splits them up and makes them look plain odd - plus, what use does the box have for them now?!!

[Master Jmd 88]

Let's see how long it is until it ends up slabbed I was looking on an American site at British coins and opened up a picture of an Edward VII Maundy set - every coin was individually slabbed. I just stared and thought that slabbing them individually is the antithesis to what the maundy coins are - a set. It splits them up and makes them look plain odd - plus, what use does the box have for them now?!!

Slabing ruins the coin(s), i hope that this penny stays unslabbed for a while...

[Half Penny Jon 0]

It frustrates me when I see a maundy set or a proof sets slabbed because the coins are meant to be kept together and the box just lays idle. Anyway, they look much better as a set! Too bad the american's cannot see that.

[Coppers 58]

Unfortunately, we Americans have no monopoly on bad taste. I recently came across a British coin site where every single coin offered for sale is slabbed.

[Master Jmd 88]

I take it that your coins are not slabbed then Coppers?

Edit: Well done on your 1300th post HPJ...i'm nearly there

Edited October 7, 2004 by Master Jmd

[Emperor Oli 0]

But surely they were American companies slabbing? Probably bought off a Yank, I don't know any other nationality that pursues slabbing with such a fervent zest.

[Coppers 58]

But surely they were American companies slabbing?  Probably bought off a Yank, I don't know any other nationality that pursues slabbing with such a fervent zest.

JMD...I have only one slabbed coin in my collection, a penny of George III. I bought it that way and have never bothered to remove it. Oli... It looks like a home grown British firm to me. Provided Chris has no qualms about it, I can post the website address so that you can see for yourselves.

[Chris Perkins 228]

I think Oli meant that the coins are slabbed by American companies (ie PCGS etc etc), which if your thinking of the same website that I have recently noticed then yes they are. I don't know of any British slabbing companies (I've heard of US, Canadian and Aussie).

You can mention the website by all means, but as not to improve their search engine rankings, don't make the URL clickable! (wicked aren't I).

If it's the same one I'm thinking of, I'm actually going to be buying a few of their coins for an investor customer soon. He may as well keep them slabbed, as even if they do look naff, it does help sell them to some people if the coins are 'Guaranteed'. Unfortunately for high grade expensive coins that may well be an increasing thing on the British coin scene. Perhaps the days of true collectors keeping hugely valuable collections in delightful wooden cabinets are waining.

[Coppers 58]

Chris...yes I did indeed misinterpret Oli's post thinking he meant that the firm had been bought off by one of my countrymen. The website can be found at www.certifiedgbcoins.com/CCI/Investment.htm

[Coppers 58]

Chris, my aplogies as I thought that by typing the website address directly into the text of my message it would make it "non-clickable". Apparently, I was wrong.

[Chris Perkins 228]

No problem Coppers, I've removed the HTTP:// bit to make it non clickable.

And that was the one I was thinking of.

[Sylvester 15]

Perhaps the days of true collectors keeping hugely valuable collections in delightful wooden cabinets are waining.

Well they always said i was old fashioned so in 60 years when i'm a decrepid old man, the coins will still be in the cabinet! Maybe different coins and a different cabinet, but it'll still be the same old story.

[william 0]

Wow, thats a REALLY nice coin. And i don't collect hammered coins. I've been thinking about it actually, but it's expensive for me at the moment...

[Half Penny Jon 0]

Perhaps the days of true collectors keeping hugely valuable collections in delightful wooden cabinets are waining.

Well they always said i was old fashioned so in 60 years when i'm a decrepid old man, the coins will still be in the cabinet! Maybe different coins and a different cabinet, but it'll still be the same old story.

I would never keep my coins in anything but a cabinet again. A cabinet is the ideal way to store coins, it also adds a bit of style to a collection!

[Master Jmd 88]

Perhaps the days of true collectors keeping hugely valuable collections in delightful wooden cabinets are waining.

Well they always said i was old fashioned so in 60 years when i'm a decrepid old man, the coins will still be in the cabinet! Maybe different coins and a different cabinet, but it'll still be the same old story.

Agreed...a cabinet is one's esential accessory for a coin collector...

[Sylvester 15]

Wow, thats a REALLY nice coin. And i don't collect hammered coins. I've been thinking about it actually, but it's expensive for me at the moment...

Don't even go there! It's very addictive if the bug gets you. I'm practically fully converted, it was thinking about scaling down the EM Sixpence set into a type set (just need a pre-union Anne upgrade and a James II and it'd be done). I guss i could release a few of the lower grade ones for sale, or just keep them.

Hammered coins are far more interesting, every time i go into a coin shop now i go straight for the hammered, i just can't fight it!

[Sylvester 15]

Edward I and Henry III pennies are fairly cheap, decent ones for £20-£40, most are about £30, it's rare you see them going over the £3X range, unless they are of exceptional strike or a rare mint/die combination etc.

I saw a gorgeous Henry II Short Cross penny today... the reverse only had a very slight flat patch, most of it was very very sharp, i'd say the coin was at least GVF/AEF.

Hell it could have even been AU, there was no real wear most of the slight usual flatpatches (much less so on this one) are from the strike/dies anyhow.