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Coys55

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  1. 1 hour ago, copper123 said:

    Many folks just pic the rarest coin in a series and claim there's is that .

    It's pointless emailing and telling them they are wrong , they are not interested

    Almost worth setting up a dummy account and bidding it up to win.

    Then not paying because it's wrongly described.

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  2. 6 hours ago, Ukstu said:

    Yeah don't bother. Exercise in futility i feel. 

    With any luck the buyer will return it under "item not as described" once they realise it's not Rhuddlan.

    If the bidders can't tell that's not a Rhuddlan from those images I suspect that they will just label it and stick it in their collection.

    Oh and I also note that this is his first auction. Under that name anyway...


  3. 14 hours ago, Ukstu said:

    Nothing odd jumps out about it. Looks genuine to me. Class IVa with the extra I after the R of Rex. 

    Sellers got feedback for a few sold Norman  coins one registered with PAS.

    Stu.

     

    Thanks. Another short cross expert said it looked fine too so I did bid, but lost out at £312.99. Didn’t surprise me that it went for that much though. 
     

    I’ll just have to be content with my cut half from the same dies for now.

     


  4. I picked this one up as an unidentified hammered a couple of weeks ago.

    Obverse: HEИRICVS.R/EX

    Reverse: +HALLI.OИ.RVLA

    Same dies as Brand1020. It was very cheap for a full Rhuddlan in any condition (judging by recent auction prices where I've missed out on a couple) so I don't think anyone else spotted it.

     

    Rhuddlan Penny 1 Obv.jpg

    Rhuddlan Penny 1 Rev.jpg

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  5. 9 hours ago, Ukstu said:

    For comparison. Found this on dix noonan website.

    https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3272&lot=445

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    Ooh, that's nice, although I'm not sure what DNW are talking about with the Mass number of the obverse or class; the only OSBEI in Mass is 116 and it's a 1a5, unless it's a mule and/or Mass was wrong on the 1a5.

    Whatever, I sttill think that there are a number of differences with the eBay example: e.g. on the obverse the hand on the septre looks a bit weird (long fingers) as does the R of REX and the cross on the crown looks different. There are also what look like a couple of die flaws at 9 o'clock and 3 o'clock and another above (his) left eye. Could all that be down to die wear? Or a poor photo? I don't know.


  6. On 1/2/2020 at 10:36 PM, Peckris 2 said:

    I can say that I never saw ANY crown in change, not even a Churchill which were extremely common.

    I had a Saturday job in the local pet shop for about three years in the late 60's and 70's and used to save anything interesting to exchange for cash at the end of the day. I remember finding one Churchill crown. I don't remember if I kept it, but I think probably not.


  7. On 1/1/2020 at 1:38 PM, copper123 said:

    I do believe that the 1954 penny is the rarest coin to have ever circulated ,it along with the 1952 halfcrown both were found in circulation  both are one of a kind and the kew gardens coin while pretty scarce I must admit 210, 000  is quite a lot , its just the media love making things up

     

    On 1/1/2020 at 6:13 PM, 1949threepence said:

    Plus, of course, those very few Edward VIII threepences. 

    The 1954 penny, 1952 halfcrown and Edward VIII threepences entered circulation accidentally though. 210k is a pretty low mintage for an intended circulation coin. The only one with a lower mintage that I can think of off the top of my head is the 1951 penny and even that was not (at least intentionally) released for circulation in the UK.


  8. As Jerry said in the post above, the two coins you've posted are both of such low quality they would be of zero interest to any auction house and if you listed them on eBay with a starting price of 99p I doubt you'd get any bids.

    One other thing; neither of your coins are hammered so they are in the wrong area. Try posting them and any other of your non-hammered (milled) coins here instead and I'm sure that you'll get plenty of help. But with much better photos or scans please.


  9. I think that these two cabinets may be the Mascle (standard) by Peter Nichols. The (rough) size and number of trays (14) look right as do the hinges (sometimes he uses long piano hinges and other times two normal small hinges per door), lock and brass door edge.  Or could they be cheap copies? Does anyone have an opinion?

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