Evasion and Contemporary Counterfeits

[Evasion and Contemporary Counterfeits]

And this:

 

[Evasion and Contemporary Counterfeits]

You might enjoy this Larry.

 

[Ebay's Worst Offerings]

8 minutes ago, DrLarry said:

Well I am off to America to seek my fortune with a big bag of pennies by the end of the week I will be a millionaire.  

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155418827861

I've been told these daft listings can sometimes be money laundering.

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12 minutes ago, Rob said:

What's wrong with people. It's not even as good as the Spink plate coin, and that only cost 34K last time out with a handful of bidders.

Completed listings shows it last closed at £155 so I suspect, whatever the seller ID, she's now so familiar people are happy to have a bit of fun at her expense.

Who here remembers the slightly faulty decimal coin she asked a million for because she wanted to buy a chippy? 

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On 2/19/2023 at 11:55 PM, Coinery said:

Best little fireside story I’ve read in quite some time, that…they should be selling the story, NOT the coins, pure entertainment  

 

Currently at £54 and 24 bids.

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1 hour ago, HistoricCoinage said:

Best example you'll ever find!

 

Assuming the example is fake and damaged...

"The coin does have a small hole on it likely to be from use."

Eh?

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385421080558?hash=item59bce2f7ee:g:SCwAAOSwhtxj7Tf7

I see the lucky chimney find is at £37, with 17 bids, and with 6 days still to run. I suspect it likely a few rascals having a bit of fun?

Poor dear, she's been let down in the past by winning bidders who failed to pay up for her 1933 pennies hasn't she.

Tsk, you just can't depend on people these days.

So, fingers crossed this time eh? Told it may be worth around a quarter of a million, so listed on eBay, without reserve, at a starting price of 99p.🤞

 

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I despair, I really do.

How long would it have taken this div to search eBay for the same coin before listing? It took me as long as it took to type '50 pence 1997 Bailiwick of Guernsey'.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=50+pence+1997+bailiwick+of+guernsey&_sacat=11116

[Is this a mule 1860 Penny?]

Is this the 1860 mule you were grading Uncirculated?

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1 hour ago, Martinminerva said:

Quite a house in Leeds she lives in... One of her earlier 1933's was found inside a clock, I seem to remember, and now one up her chimney... 😉

Wonder where the next one will be discovered... Any guesses?!

The third came in a Whitman folder with a date run of other worn pennies and a crude hole had been cut in the margin of one of the pages for the 1933. The collection had been bought at a charity sale held at The Church of St Cross in Middleton. 

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4 hours ago, Martinminerva said:

Here we go again...

"New" seller in Leeds, but same old guff...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385421080558?hash=item59bce2f7ee:g:SCwAAOSwhtxj7Tf7

 

The seller ID may be fresh but that idiosyncratic voice is familiar.

Is this now a third 1933 penny and accompanying tall tale in as many years?

[1922 penny]

My guess is PMD.

[Penny Acquisition of the week]

53 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:

I'd grade as EF/gVF. Despite the dirt patches, the obverse detail is EF.

Reverse about gVF.

I agree.

[No H 1882 Penny :o]

 

I'm pretty sure I see the remains of an H in that photo.

[Simon Cowell's new face.]

 

Yup.

His latest round of surgery. 

[Simon Cowell's new face.]

 

Don't have nightmares....

 

[If only]

 

Four Feather Falls, Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray.

[Unusual 1873 Penny]

See also between Victoria's neck and ribbons for a mirror image of Britannia's drapery.

[Royal Mail track and trace website down]

Yes, I've just now tried to use their webpage too and after which noticed this thread in Google.

As Mike says: not good.

[More Pennies]

I have many 19th and 20th century sovs, none of which look anything like this.

That's a weirdly yellow/green gold. Solid or plated?

[1863 F47 - die No 4 under date. Did anybody here win this?]

8 minutes ago, Martinminerva said:

Can someone post a picture? Or a link?

'About Fine'? I think not.

 

[James I Double Crown - thoughts?]

Same.

 

[BMC 525 Farthing - looking for a very rough valuation]

Yes, that's the collection coin, and what a beauty it is.

A keeper!

[BMC 525 Farthing - looking for a very rough valuation]

The reverse:

 

[BMC 525 Farthing - looking for a very rough valuation]

To be frank I think £200 would be optimistic and I doubt you'd even get back the £155 you paid eighteen years ago. But you're not looking to sell so value doesn't really matter.

Remember, this one of mine, a little better than yours and sitting in a world wide shop window, didn't sell at £75.