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  1. Yes Steve still owns it, they are not involved with baldwins since stanley gibbons took them over
  2. In fairness the quality lacked and anything high grade had very high estimates!! I think I bought 6 lots but nothing of note!!
  3. NRP

    1862 Penny? What Do You Think?

    ha it certainly wouldn't be bu full lustre ;-)
  4. NRP

    1862 Penny? What Do You Think?

    I have a couple of 1853s and an 1851 but I couldn't do them for £15 ;-)
  5. To be fair if you quoted hale, Alderley edge, prestbury and bowdon it might increase the house prices slightly!!!
  6. £18,000 to the collector who also bought the ms 64 red 1827 1d out of the same sale.
  7. LC's description doesn't seem to add up, somehow... "Proof ESC 247 UNC" - is that meant to be two grades, or the strike and then a mention that it wasn't circulated? The London coins one was definitely a proof, I viewed it. It was ok but had a few marks and cabinet friction on the high points As a buyer/collector, if I chose to buy a proof, by and large it needs to be FDC or very near so. If I was a date or proof collector I may accept less than that if it was scarce or rare.The wear on the reverse of this proof coin (however it came about, 'cabinet friction' is a euphemism for 'wear' to me) renders it totally undesirable to me, each to his or her own I know! Quite true, that is exactly why I didn't bid!!! At that price it would have to be flawless as a proof should be
  8. LC's description doesn't seem to add up, somehow... "Proof ESC 247 UNC" - is that meant to be two grades, or the strike and then a mention that it wasn't circulated? The London coins one was definitely a proof, I viewed it. It was ok but had a few marks and cabinet friction on the high points
  9. It came out of the last London coins sale I'm sure, it was nice but not a strict FDC, anyone know what it went for?
  10. NRP

    Starting From Zero

    Interestingly I am going through a collection at the moment JH up to 1967 on all the denominations - every date all minty but needless to say the 1903, 1904 and 1905 halfcrowns stand out a mile - they are only fine and do really look out of place, the same with 05 shilling and florin!! Shame!!!
  11. NRP

    Has It Been Cleaned?

    Agreed doesn't look cleaned to me
  12. Well in that case what about the 1952 currency halfcrown? Unique and that certainly wasn't a proof.
  13. I sold an 1860 copper farthing in October last year, it was definitely a currency version compared to the proof version. The late Colin Cooke had owned every 1860 farthing at some point or another I have a reference to each one
  14. NRP

    Hiring A Cabinet

    I believe this is because many dealers think that the obverse side will wear more easily, I will guess that it is dealers that have their coins loose in trays and they can slide around in transit and wear more!!
  15. Very mixed sale!!! Some high prices and quite a few pieces that were estimated too highly that didn't sell. I was the underbidder on the Cromwell broad and the William and Mary 5 guineas I was a few thousand out!!!
  16. Proof and currency versions of the 1860 exist. The currencies being slightly rarer, still only 7 or 8 in existence so yes extremely rare!!
  17. No I spoke too Chris Webb who told me the hotel had been double booked and needless to say they weren't very happy!!
  18. Clearly someone does'nt know a thing about coins. Thats 4000 quid with commission. They'd have to sell each one at 32 pounds clear to just break even Or there was something tasty in there Was there? I did'nt see the lot in questionAfter talking to a dealer who came to see me today he told me he had 3000 to bid on the lot and it seems there were some good coins in there. I wish I had viewed them because this dealer knows his stuff and had he won them he would have probably sold them to me. He said there was an unc 1860 mule a minty George 1st and a few lustrous George's!! I am disappointed I didn't make the effort :-(
  19. Neil, generally speaking it is very difficult to find a raw crown size currency coin which would grade CGS 80, not mentioning grades 82 or 85. This is because the CGS benchmark grading scale assesses a variety of grading components for each coin submitted some of which such as marks (small scratches, surface abrasions, bagmarks and all other contact marks) are likely to score higher (thus reducing the overall grade) on larger coins as they have a large area to be subjected to the marks than smaller coins. I have just check CGS population report and from 364 currency crowns (1887 1902) only 6 achieved grade 82 and only one grade 85. I think this is representative sample, especially as most of the crowns being submitted for grading are being considered to be UNC by their owners. However if you think that there is many more of this common crowns that would reach better grade than 82, please pick up one, send it for grading and if it grades 85 or higher I would happily pay well above the book price you can make easy profit! I agree that estimate is high (and I am not going to bid on this one) but I appreciate that the seller is not keen to let it go cheaply for reasons mentioned above. Especially as quality (rather than rarity) is the buzzword at the moment. Ha I love a challenge!!! I will take you up on that ;-) on my database in the last 10 years I have had many 1902s in practically mint which I know would slab extremely high because one of the cgs graders visits me at least once a week. Don't worry I won't hold you to purchasing it, I just want to see how difficult or easy it may be. I bet there will suddenly be a shortage of 1902 crowns now I am trying to find one ;-)
  20. What I don't get is that it is the best they have graded so far!! They have only graded 20 +, 1902s are so common that I will gurantee there are many more that would reach that grade or better so does it warrant the price to be £600 + !!
  21. NRP

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Still going strong, Peter!17 days since I smoked properly, and 13 since my last puff (which wasn't strictly tobacco, but I'm not risking smoking that either this early on....too risky). Money seems to be behaving very strangely - appears to arrive in my pocket and stay there. It's never done that before... The solution to that is a vaporiser - no smoke involved. I tried an e cig 3 months ago and haven't smoked a cigarette since definitely worth a try!!!
  22. Alan, excellent we are on the upper level!! You should exhibit I always find it a good show!!
  23. Alan, I'll be there as usual!! Are u on the upper or lower tier??
  24. Going back to the slabbing and the debate of whether the American slabbers are qualified to slab English coins - I have spoken to 2 well known dealers who were at heritage and viewed all the coins and they have been in the game for 40 years, they both agreed that on a number of slabbed coins that were slabbed as mounted or polished etc they simply weren't and there was nothing wrong with them. I think because they were high valued coins they errrred on caution and said they were damaged Etc when they weren't actually and that goes for some that have high grades - that actually have problems!!!! Therefore never buy from the number view and make your own mind up!!!
  25. By MP, or the previous owner? Even with the field disturbance behind Ed's head, it's still the best 1905 halfcrown that I've seen.Yes by that said person!!!! Don't get me wrong it is a belter but they are not actually that rare compared to others!! I have had quite a few high grade 1905s over the last 10 years it is just a date that has been over hyped!!! An 1854 2/- is much much rArer in high grade!!
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