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 Oct 2 2009, 10:24 PM
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 Nearly part of the furniture  Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 463 Joined: 1-July 09 Member No.: 4,737  |
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Two-shillings-coin-1...4#ht_500wt_1022
"two shillings coin 1966. Picture above is not of actual coin but is identical other than mine is dirtier and the date is different"  What next, a picture of a 1933 penny to illustrate a 1936 penny?? |
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Oct 2 2009, 10:29 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 463 Joined: 1-July 09 Member No.: 4,737 |
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/rare-1p-silver-look-...#ht_2535wt_1007
Isn't that some copper showing through on the bigger picture, lower down? Hm, how do we know this isn't a 1p that's just been silvered? Let's face it, a normal 1p doesn't go through some "mysterious coppering process", and is never silver at any stage of its life! |
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Oct 2 2009, 11:02 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 414 Joined: 15-January 09 Member No.: 4,503 |
did they not make some silver pennies...
it could miss the copper plate over the steel.. but thats all it is unless its been modified |
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Oct 3 2009, 02:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: 26-September 09 Member No.: 4,896 |
I actually contacted this seller saying that it's probably been mercury plated. Even if it hasn't it's still worth nothing as it's chemically altered. Got a rather bizarre reply but I see the price has been dropped by about £20,000.00
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Oct 5 2009, 03:28 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 44 Joined: 8-August 09 From: Cheadle, Cheshire Member No.: 4,824 |
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Oct 5 2009, 10:24 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 463 Joined: 1-July 09 Member No.: 4,737 |
QUOTE (davidrj @ Oct 5 2009, 04:28 PM)  Spooky! He looks SO different facing the other way... 
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Oct 10 2009, 06:49 PM
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 Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 310 Joined: 19-May 04 Member No.: 169 |
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Oct 10 2009, 07:23 PM
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 Comes and goes a lot Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 975 Joined: 7-May 05 Member No.: 381 |
QUOTE (Coppers @ Oct 10 2009, 07:49 PM) It's actually more interesting than even he realises. Not only is it 1952, but it is combined with the later obverse used from 1954. You can see an unbarred H of Elizabeth at about the same level as the chin and the II below it. The earlier obverse has both H and II at about chin level to allow space for the BRITT OMN.Somebody put him out of his misery.....please. This post has been edited by Rob: Oct 10 2009, 07:26 PM |
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Oct 10 2009, 10:25 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 463 Joined: 1-July 09 Member No.: 4,737 |
QUOTE (Rob @ Oct 10 2009, 08:23 PM) QUOTE (Coppers @ Oct 10 2009, 07:49 PM) It's actually more interesting than even he realises. Not only is it 1952, but it is combined with the later obverse used from 1954. You can see an unbarred H of Elizabeth at about the same level as the chin and the II below it. The earlier obverse has both H and II at about chin level to allow space for the BRITT OMN.Somebody put him out of his misery.....please. Ah, but what we fools fail to realise is that 1952 is only 4 years after aliens landed at Roswell - clearly they had a tachyon inverter beam used as a phase inverter, stray particles from which were reflected from a strange weather formation over Tower Hill, giving one of the Mint employees a weird timeslip vision of the future, two years' hence. This employee, working on proto-brass 3d patterns, subconsciously realised that BRITT OMN was to be soon removed from the legend, and omitted it from the pattern, this being an FDC example of the final result.
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Oct 12 2009, 05:04 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 463 Joined: 1-July 09 Member No.: 4,737 |
£320 for THIS lot???
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-guineas-pre-1920-s...#ht_1095wt_1007 Someone must have a lot more money than sense. £5.25 face value of pre-1920 silver would fetch ... what ... £100, £110, tops? As coins, rather than silver, they are just poor (well, VG+ which amounts to much the same thing for what are likely to be pretty common dates). This post has been edited by Peckris: Oct 12 2009, 05:08 PM |
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Oct 12 2009, 05:43 PM
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Comes and goes a lot Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 975 Joined: 7-May 05 Member No.: 381 |
QUOTE (Peckris @ Oct 12 2009, 06:04 PM) £320 for THIS lot??? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-guineas-pre-1920-s...#ht_1095wt_1007 Someone must have a lot more money than sense. £5.25 face value of pre-1920 silver would fetch ... what ... £100, £110, tops? As coins, rather than silver, they are just poor (well, VG+ which amounts to much the same thing for what are likely to be pretty common dates). Spot price for silver today is about £200 for £5.25 face. |
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Oct 12 2009, 09:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: 26-September 09 Member No.: 4,896 |
Scrap silver has been selling well above melt price for 2 weeks or so now - odd, but I'm not complaining!
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Oct 12 2009, 10:19 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 463 Joined: 1-July 09 Member No.: 4,737 |
QUOTE (Rob @ Oct 12 2009, 06:43 PM) QUOTE (Peckris @ Oct 12 2009, 06:04 PM) £320 for THIS lot??? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-guineas-pre-1920-s...#ht_1095wt_1007 Someone must have a lot more money than sense. £5.25 face value of pre-1920 silver would fetch ... what ... £100, £110, tops? As coins, rather than silver, they are just poor (well, VG+ which amounts to much the same thing for what are likely to be pretty common dates). Spot price for silver today is about £200 for £5.25 face. As high as that? Well, someone still paid £120 over the odds! Crazy. |
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Oct 17 2009, 03:58 AM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 310 Joined: 19-May 04 Member No.: 169 |
QUOTE (Coppers @ Sep 10 2009, 03:53 AM) Looks like this seller has set his sites a tad lower... Try Try Again This post has been edited by Coppers: Oct 17 2009, 04:10 AM |
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Oct 17 2009, 07:49 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 310 Joined: 19-May 04 Member No.: 169 |
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Oct 17 2009, 09:29 PM
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 Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 430 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Suffolk UK Member No.: 462 |
QUOTE (Coppers @ Oct 17 2009, 08:49 PM) Looks to be a very good example, I was thinking of having a punt myself if it does go too far. It could make £100 which is not too outrageous for a very well done altered date. |
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Oct 18 2009, 06:17 PM
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 Forum God Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 1,033 Joined: 23-December 04 Member No.: 305 |
Looks like a nice bit of shill bidding going on here.
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Oct 18 2009, 07:05 PM
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QUOTE (Peter @ Oct 18 2009, 07:17 PM) Looks like a nice bit of shill bidding going on here. I don't know so much. Looks like quite a good forgery and I would expect it to realise a decent price. |
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Oct 19 2009, 12:28 AM
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Forum God Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 1,033 Joined: 23-December 04 Member No.: 305 |
QUOTE (Red Riley @ Oct 18 2009, 08:05 PM) QUOTE (Peter @ Oct 18 2009, 07:17 PM) Looks like a nice bit of shill bidding going on here. I don't know so much. Looks like quite a good forgery and I would expect it to realise a decent price. Bidder 2 4 & 7 are Shilling....smell the coffee |
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Oct 19 2009, 08:31 AM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 310 Joined: 19-May 04 Member No.: 169 |
QUOTE (Peter @ Oct 19 2009, 01:28 AM) QUOTE (Red Riley @ Oct 18 2009, 08:05 PM) QUOTE (Peter @ Oct 18 2009, 07:17 PM) Looks like a nice bit of shill bidding going on here. I don't know so much. Looks like quite a good forgery and I would expect it to realise a decent price. Bidder 2 4 & 7 are Shilling....smell the coffee Now at £102.00 |
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Oct 19 2009, 03:49 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 430 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Suffolk UK Member No.: 462 |
QUOTE (Coppers @ Oct 19 2009, 09:31 AM) QUOTE (Peter @ Oct 19 2009, 01:28 AM) QUOTE (Red Riley @ Oct 18 2009, 08:05 PM) QUOTE (Peter @ Oct 18 2009, 07:17 PM) Looks like a nice bit of shill bidding going on here. I don't know so much. Looks like quite a good forgery and I would expect it to realise a decent price. Bidder 2 4 & 7 are Shilling....smell the coffee Now at £102.00 Went for £240, a bit more than I expected but it did look a good one to Bidder 2, Still think it was shilling? I've got a load of coins on there at the moment if anyone wants to shill them up a bit 
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Oct 20 2009, 10:02 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 463 Joined: 1-July 09 Member No.: 4,737 |
QUOTE (Gary D @ Oct 19 2009, 04:49 PM) Went for £240, a bit more than I expected but it did look a good one to Bidder 2, Still think it was shilling? I've got a load of coins on there at the moment if anyone wants to shill them up a bit Doesn't surprise me it went for so much. It's such a good forgery it's almost like having the real thing Bargain.
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Oct 21 2009, 04:53 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 430 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Suffolk UK Member No.: 462 |
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Oct 24 2009, 01:57 AM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 310 Joined: 19-May 04 Member No.: 169 |
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Oct 24 2009, 09:05 AM
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Comes and goes a lot Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 975 Joined: 7-May 05 Member No.: 381 |
QUOTE (Coppers @ Oct 24 2009, 02:57 AM) This quote from his sales pitch seems a bit cheeky. Although many businesses make additional profits on shipping & handling, I find it distasteful and therefore refuse to do so. For individual raw coins it will always be 60¢ to anywhere in the U.S. and $1 to anywhere outside the U.S. . The opening price of $5000 is clearly not OTT. I was going to say that it probably is the only 1670 farthing listed, but if you look hard you should be able to find another - incorrectly described as a 1672, 1673 etc. and in a suitably dire grade
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Oct 27 2009, 09:07 PM
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Forum God Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 1,033 Joined: 23-December 04 Member No.: 305 |
This could have also gone into the slabbing debate.
What a joke. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/20p-NO-DATE-MULE-CGS...=item1c0bc23310 This post has been edited by Peter: Oct 27 2009, 09:07 PM |
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Oct 27 2009, 09:12 PM
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Forum God Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 1,033 Joined: 23-December 04 Member No.: 305 |
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Oct 27 2009, 11:51 PM
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Nearly part of the furniture Group: Numismatic Research Group Posts: 463 Joined: 1-July 09 Member No.: 4,737 |
QUOTE (Peter @ Oct 27 2009, 09:07 PM) This could have also gone into the slabbing debate. What a joke. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/20p-NO-DATE-MULE-CGS...=item1c0bc23310 Apparently only 7 certified. No, make that 8, there's the winning bidder to add to the total...
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