Jump to content
British Coin Forum - Predecimal.com

50 Years of RotographicCoinpublications.com A Rotographic Imprint. Price guide reference book publishers since 1959. Lots of books on coins, banknotes and medals. Please visit and like Coin Publications on Facebook for offers and updates.

Coin Publications on Facebook

   Rotographic    

The current range of books. Click the image above to see them on Amazon (printed and Kindle format). More info on coinpublications.com

predecimal.comPredecimal.com. One of the most popular websites on British pre-decimal coins, with hundreds of coins for sale, advice for beginners and interesting information.

craigy

Sterling Member
  • Content Count

    887
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    23

Everything posted by craigy

  1. they do love a dark picture, maybe thats to hide the dirty great gouges by the ear and back of neck "Good morning. A happy weekend to you all. We have a 1926 Modified Effigy for you today. We get more questions about this variety than any other. The key to spotting the difference is to focus on the initials BM on the kings neckline. On the ME version the BM is smaller, more to the right of the line, and has no stops, between the B and the M. Now if you can't see the BM clearly enough, to work this out, then in our opinion, the coin is not of sufficent grade to make the distinction. We reckong Good fine is about the lowest meaningful grade needed to discriminate. There are other differences, but we think these are the easiest to make the distinction. Our coin has been graded NEF and the price is £1250. For a full list of our Pennies."
  2. craigy

    Toned hammered,

    i am starting to see a lot of toned hammered for sale here and there, anyone else noticed, i think in 15 yeras of detecting and coin collecting i have only ever seen one hammered with a slight tinge untill now
  3. any stamp collectors on here ? I used to collect stamps as a child, a friend and me used to go to the monthly stamp fair at fullwell cross library Barkingside in the late 80's, and got friendly with a local stamp dealer that lived near us in Upney. , so we didn't have the usual fair for a childs collection, was all about phosphor lines and nice cancellation marks, he used to give us 1000's of George v ones to go thru looking for the different colour backgrounds etc, Bernard Stibbard, doubt he is still alive now
  4. craigy

    1953 VIP Proof set

    think my half crown is the bog standard one
  5. some thing like this sold for arounf 400 quid a little while back, looks wrong to me,
  6. craigy

    sceatta

    not often i find any decent coins detecting Series F i believe, cross on steps , its a chunky little thing,
  7. craigy

    sceatta

  8. craigy

    blimey

    i remember buying 3 of these for around £10 each not too long ago , what they are selling for is unreal, blue peter 2009 olympic 50p
  9. craigy

    Edward iv

    having a discussion with someone selling this, to me it looks like a repro, thoughts welcome
  10. craigy

    Edward iv

    no i wasn't interested init, just looks like a repro and he was asking £165 for it
  11. craigy

    Thoughts please

    something nagging about this
  12. craigy

    Bu 2021 sovereign

    a snip at £520 😉 ok it has a matt finish and a special privi mark 2021 sovereign
  13. craigy

    Bu 2021 sovereign

    any excuse for a mint mark now
  14. craigy

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    am i missing something here ? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1966-Half-Penny-Coin-Gold-British-60s-Retro-Old-Vintage-Uncirculated-High-Grade/313244915522?hash=item48eeda1742:g:7JAAAOSwCu5etwIS eDIT, just realised its gold plated
  15. craigy

    thoughts on ebay sale

    this has been posted in other places, went for nearly £400 om the bay, looks odd to me,
  16. craigy

    hoard uncovered

    hoard being removed from the soil
  17. ok I know its ebay but why on earth would you pay around £120 for a kew gardens 50p ??? sold listings ebay funny cause I still think they are listed about 4 quid in spinks you could almost buy a 1981-4 proof half sovereign with that
  18. craigy

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    what does G stand for ?GOAT ?
  19. craigy

    2016 definitive 50p

    surprised to see what they are going for now, ebay sold listings
  20. craigy

    blimey

    i am shocked at the price, am going to unload mine sharpish lol, like the 2016 peter rabbit silver proof went up to a grand then settled around £500 !!!!!
  21. craigy

    rare as hens teeth, Gold mancus

    no not mine, has caused some controversy in the metal detecting world, confirmed as genuine though so it has been said,
  22. Had some kind of Royal Mint reply regarding the 1953 VIP proof set and i'm guessing it could count for all the cameo/VIP proofs, one of my questions was in regards to the 1953 cameo set i have and the cameo crown which i have seen described as VIP proof when they are frosted, , these are the coins in question the Royal Mint Museums reply is as follows Dear Mr Cook Thank you for your patience in awaiting a response regarding the subject of the 1953 proof sets. The frosting on these so-called on these VIP sets is difficult to comment upon, however we do know that the finish varies from set to set. With this in mind, we cannot be sure that the set we have in the Museum’s collection corresponds to the VIP version identified by coin dealers and any photographs we could supply you with would be misleading. I would, however, recommend that you show your set to one of the large London coin dealers to see if they may be able to enlighten you on the finish of your set. The Members page on the British Numismatic Trade Association website has a list of reputable vendors, including those in London, and I would encourage you to contact them with your enquiry. Kind regards Fiona so even the Royal Mint cannot answer this question, so i guess without sound provenience there is no way of separating these, although some people say you can tell by the sharpness etc, i'm sure the mint museum would have commented on this if that was the fact and the comment about varying from set to set says it all really, the enigma continues
  23. stepping up ? was 3 years ago they had me over, they are still having people over today as we have learned, they have obviously been having people over for years and will continue too, making a big deal about liaising with a photographer, honestly, have you seen the shots people get with a basic iphone, more hot air form the ingrams, and if so many people on here have had issues with them imagine what they have done to people in the wider community of coin collecting, google was full of bad reviews that seemed to have been removed, the same old complaints, coins as not described, overpriced, and i am sure anyone on this forum and anyone who joins in future will steer clear of these 2 who are not even members of the BTNA so you have no comebacks, micheal and rendal are ruthless businessmen who act naive when the know exactly what they are doing
×