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    5 hours ago, Paddy said:

    The one time we have had a listing removed recently was the duplicate Gold 1937 coin. When I reported this I used the "fraudulent listing" option rather than the "restricted items" route. When it is clear that the seller knows he is selling a scam I suggest we use that one - it may get more attention from Ebay.

    That's how I always report - fraudulent as in a copy / replica not described as such in the listing.

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  3. Posted

    On 7 March 2018 at 3:23 PM, zookeeperz said:

    Lots of repairs on this coin seems like nearly every letter has been repunched or botched together lol

    There are more varieties of 1858 than possibly all other copper pennies put together. It was all down to the delays involved introducing the bronze with which the Mint had major problems. So they used and reused the 1858s. Then the delays continued so they had the 1859, finally the very rare 1860 just before the bronzes were ready.

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    24 minutes ago, bagerap said:

    Odd one. Because of the crudeness of the script I'm not entirely sure whether it's Sanskrit or Devanāgarī alphabet. I think I can see 25 in Sanskrit in the centre of the first image but that makes little sense in terms of Indian coinage.

    I don't think it's Sanskrit (which alphabetically is virtually identical to Hindi).

  7. Posted

    On 16 April 2018 at 7:41 AM, mather said:

    Ok thanks for your help. Slightly disappointing value however, I thought it may be worth a bit more.

    Good luck with your £450 valuation! (The problem with the commoner varieties of 1860 - 1863 is that many were put aside at the time, as it was such a radical change to the base metal denominations; there's quite a lot of them out there. Nevertheless they are popular, so you might still get a decent offer).

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    27 minutes ago, rpeddie said:

    " CAM and DCAM refer specifically to the degree of contrast between the frosted design and the reflectivity of the proof fields. Proof coins that have both reverse and obverse designs that are highly frosted and contrast strongly with highly reflective fields are described as DCAM. Where the proof fields are highly reflective but the design is not frosted or frosted on only one side of the coin, PCGS assigns a CAM designation to the coin "

    That's ludicrous. If there is no frosting, then the term "cameo" cannot apply without rendering the English language meaningless. I'm not sure what PCGS think they're up to.

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    12 hours ago, copper123 said:

    I think with older collectors like myself seeing so many coins for sale a certain distain for them appears

    What collector of my age does not say to themselves "My god not another churchill crown " things might have been different if the mintage was say 500 000 but theres one on every flea markets stall for sale at a £5

    Bah, humbug, I am turning into scrooge

    1977 crowns too - though at least their saving grace was the good design.

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    2 minutes ago, copper123 said:

    What I really ment was that when offered coins (even in the highest of grades ) many dealers are not really interested , I am not knocking these coins for the sake of it I have a type set of george VI and elizabeth pre decimals as well just to prove I don't hate modern coins .

    You may find that those dealers (or their immediate forebears) got badly burned in the "investment crash" in the values of post-Edward VII coins - especially Geo VI and Liz II - that occurred after decimalisation. That would have put some out of business, and certainly it would have generated an attitude that 'modern is rubbish'. However, young collectors  these days trying to put together a BU set of pennies 1961-67 may find they are less easy to come by and so they will have the effect of pushing prices up, even if (elderly) dealers won't touch them with a bargepole.

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    3 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

    To be honest, I'm not sure that's true. At any rate not for all coins under 100 years old. Certainly a 1954 two shillings in UNC condition will always have a market amongst beginner collectors starting on that denomination. Let's also not forget the rare 1932 florin. Others that come to mind are the 1926 ME and the 1919KN penny in outstanding condition - and who can ever forget the 1934 crown (hardly ever available) and the 1945 silver threepence.    

    And let's not forget that 50 years on, the 'scarcity myths' prevalent at the height of modern coin fever of the late 60s, still prevail to some extent! I offer you the 1923 sixpence, 1946 halfpenny (BU), 1958 brass 3d (BU), all 1926 halfcrowns, 1965S shilling, and many more. The price guide compilers, and the dealers who feed them, still apply a premium even though since the Great Melt many of the 'scarcities' are far less scarce in relation to their peers than they were back then.

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    11 hours ago, Jamie Bergman said:

    So it’s been a few days since I last posted and let’s just say I haven’t stop staring at coins. I have bought a few and I’m trying to gain some knowledge on the whole thing but it’s hard to know where to start i.e. a particular time period. Maybe I’m trying to go to quickly? 

     

    That's far and away the most important thing. Read profusely - books, magazines, specialist tomes - and try to work out what interests you before you jump too quick.

    A good starting point would be Collectors Coins GB and Grading British Coins, both available via that banner ad above. If you think you want to go further back, invest in a copy of Spink's Standard Catalogue, which lists most English types from Celtic and Roman onwards, and which becomes more comprehensive the further forward in time you go.

  23. Posted

    Probably not a specimen - as this was one of the last 2 years of silver content a whole lot were put aside. I have one very like that.

    I remember in 1980 it listed at £2 in BU (and most of that series). Then the Bunker Hunt family tried to corner the world silver market, and these jumped to £12 in BU almost overnight. After a few months of Brits feverishly turning in their ancestral silver for its melt value, the whole enterprise failed and these were back to £2!

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  24. Posted

    19 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:

    PM sent Peck...... i have got a 1956 ,57,58 & 59 and just need your address , just pay me what they are worth to you.

    I did send the message yesterday but you dont appear to have read it.

    If your not happy with them just throw them in the bin :)

    Pete.

    Sorry, I wasn't well yesterday. Have now replied. :)

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