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.

zookeeperz

Accomplished Collector
  • Content Count

    1,272
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    25

Everything posted by zookeeperz

  1. zookeeperz

    1890 Penny Obverse Legend Difference

    I have lots of Pennies with differences. I did at one time send them to certain places (picture form) to point out the differences and some are just so noticeable you would need to be blind not to see them. Just seems if your name isn't bla bla bla you just get shot down with some stupid counter argument like they are from two different coins. I mean really its all most just short of an insult lol. Like this 1864 penny normal and narrow date. I don't think the narrow date is even listed.
  2. zookeeperz

    1890 Penny Obverse Legend Difference

    yup appears there is a repair that would go along with your explanation
  3. zookeeperz

    1890 Penny Obverse Legend Difference

    Apart from the leg doesn't narrow at all on coin A and starts to halfway down on coin B. I guess coin A could have a repair?i'll look closer to see if there is a join . Thanks for reply Michael
  4. zookeeperz

    more FAKES

    I used ebay quite a lot about 10 years ago and I have to admit it was much better then than it is now. The quality of the coins was exceptional. Even the unsearched lots were simply that and there were many with expensive bling amongst them. I just feel the rogue trader has set up in Ebay rather like the wandering travellers they invade pitch up , stay for a while, leave and then return again. Surely Ebay can IP ban these accounts esp the chinese fakers. But I forgot it means less revenue for ebay. They have a line they always say when you tell them something is fake. "prove it or call the police" Basically saying GFY we aint interested. I don't like being a nosey busy body but I don't like seeing innocent decent folk get stitched up for their hard earned. Every single seller of fake coins drives another nail in the coffin for reputable sellers which decrease with every passing day. Or even the half decent seller who use the terms "see pictures for details you decide" Well yes that is all well and good but they know if the coin has problems. I even bought a half crown and I think it is still on Ebay now that has 2 bullet holes on the head. The original picture with the sale had been photoshopped to brush the damage out. Then follows the excuse oh sorry I sent the wrong coin. And if your doing things like that knowing ebay has your back as a premium seller then I lay the blame at ebay's feet. tbh it is only because the auction houses drove their % of commision from 5% to 20% and then the vat on top that I turned to ebay to sell off some goods and not lose out . Very difficult to buy when your already facing 40% on top of the hammer price and even more if you have it delivered with the outrageous delivery prices they slap on.A lot of my bookmarks for online coin shops I had to delete as they have all closed. Sign of the times I guess
  5. zookeeperz

    1890 Penny Obverse Legend Difference

    Here is a close up
  6. zookeeperz

    More Pennies

    Don't I feel such a fool now I actually saw the size of the cannon ball on the normal coin. Perhaps they were mini cannons lols
  7. zookeeperz

    More Pennies

    Could there be more than 1 type though?
  8. zookeeperz

    More Pennies

    What do guys think cannon ball ? It's on the 1875 wide date Penny
  9. zookeeperz

    more FAKES

    Perfect feedback is bogus. Ebay protect premium sellers. They allow them so many negative feedbacks per month and still keep 100% record. Whilst they rake in the commissions
  10. zookeeperz

    frosted proof

    I bet any of today's crop of TPG's would probably details grade it for excessive hairlines lol.
  11. zookeeperz

    frosted proof

    I think the VIP proof's are heavily frosted to the point that there is no mistake. Something like our modern commemoratives Or Canadian 1980's and 1990's. Apparently the mirror effect on VIP proofs is much more intense and all the lettering is frosted as well. Although not always the case as you can see by this 1943 VIP proof half crown. Amazingly PCGS graded it PF66. I call foul on that..
  12. zookeeperz

    Rarest Silver Proof issued by the Royal Mint?

    The old chestnut Mintage figures V balance book figures. Royal mint allocates a figure on all proof coins on how many coins will be minted for any given proof and it is usually down to order book size as to how many they will knock off in each run. Like benjamin britten 50 pence piedfort now I know they set aside 5000 should they be needed. But public interest was hardly enthusiastic. 1000 customers bought them and that was it job done and that is the figure entered in the book. Now when you get a news bulletin on the TV about rare coins. One of the first to be mentioned is the Benjamin Britten Piedfort and the bugle boy blow 50p's. They were never rare. Nobody wanted them so only what was ordered were struck. Amazing how something unpopular suddenly becomes a rarity because of fake news. Plus there will be others of that coin type in sets. They are doing it with the Kew 50 pence. You and I know the circulation kew is considered a scarcity as probably all of them have been lifted from circulation. But where is the justification for proof kew's and blister kews and piedfort kews to be the ridiculous prices they are selling at? Not one of them against their fellow coin counterparts are even remotely scarce. Joe public is pretty much dumb and sheeplike. One kew is rare then they all must be lol
  13. zookeeperz

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Not exactly Ebay and whilst I think charities do a lot of good work. It concerns me somewhat when I see this. Is there anywhere we can be safe from this kind of misrepresentation. I call it that because with the vast amount of information available it takes seconds to check fact from fiction. I did politely suggest that the coin in question if you ask the 1.5 billion siblings of the coin would they deem it rare :). Oh and to put straight the fact NEW PENNY is on all 1p coins until the change to ONE PENNY in 1982. http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/stamps-and-coins/coins-and-banknotes/rare-1971-one-new-penny-hd_101017567
  14. Hi folks was looking at some pennies online as you do and I also know photographs can be so deceiving So air with a little caution. But some things really stood out to me and I wondered if my explanation could be a valid reason for what I am seeing. Both F10 Pennies but with some noticeable differences. The shape of the head at the top coin on left a gentle meander to the bun. In stark contrast to the very sharp curved style on coin on the right. Also the hair at the nape looks to be increase in depth more full overall. the rose in the middle of the shawl decoration is larger on the left coin as is the leaves to the left and the center rose at the bottom of the bust. Also notice a large section of the lower mantle is missing. Also there seems to be a flaw on the neck on the left coin which doesn't appear on the right hand coin. The bridge of the nose where the curve starts. On coin 2 it starts slightly lower to give the nose a more demure appearance. So after looking over both I came to an assumption that someone wasn't happy with the state of the die make up and reworked it or touched it up to make Victoria look less bulky and fill the mantle and remove the flaw on the neck. What do you think ? Thanks as always
  15. zookeeperz

    F10 Penny retouched?

    Thanks Jerry In my original post I said with caution . I know only too well that pictures can look so different if taken at an angle. But sadly and I am as big a culprit but I do try to just take top down pics but my picture taking skill is novice at best. Sometimes I cannot believe what results I get from a Gem BU coin esp with scope pics. They show what isn't even visible to a loupe. Same can be said when viewing on forums some pics are pretty poor to say the least. Yet the so called experts seem to see through all the lens glare and over exposure and say they can see all manor of things on your coin and if they have never see a variety type before it's a fake and they spot glue residue lols. I asked on Aussie forum about 1922 threepence double die reverse. If it was a known variety type. In 2 days one person answered "looks like one". Whilst grateful that he confirmed what I already knew it didn't really answer my question. Well actually it did lol. It's obviously unknow and they all went to their hideaways to check all their 1922 threepences
  16. zookeeperz

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Sorry I cannot fathom what I was doing when I wrote that. I blame the meds. lol
  17. zookeeperz

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    162689599678 If it is UNC then the RM has a real problem on their hands. They hired Stevie Wonder as the engraver
  18. zookeeperz

    Help needed capital cities £1 coins

    Don't tell me they are going to be the new kew lols BU £299 5 out of 6 sold amazing.
  19. zookeeperz

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Looks like MARII to me the first A is barred from your picture but the last A is exactly the same as the I unless you can see remnants of the A . Drawing on the conclusion that the right leg would be the same as the first and it isn't its thinner so I assume it's an I . I sit all day doing this lol. It is so very difficult with pics unless they are so clear and that hardly ever is the case. Sometimes what I think i see isn't the case but what I see when I get it in my hand something that never showed on the original pic. So sometimes I'll throw caution to the wind as there is bound to be an error somewhere Just noticed the small S on obverse and irregular font sizes on reverse. A variety?
  20. zookeeperz

    F10 Penny retouched?

    302412636286 thats the item number and will link you to the seller on ebay
  21. zookeeperz

    F10 Penny retouched?

    Well this seller also has an 1860 penny advertised as having obv 3 rev D F13 . I think its wrong and it's obverse 4 but it's £75 even in Near fair its £70 overvalued lol. So I take his descriptions with a pinch of salt.
  22. zookeeperz

    F10 Penny retouched?

    Yes I know the cropping isn't completely rounded as it was taken from online so I had to deal with what I could see. Even if I had put a square box around it . It would still look the same and the minute pixel difference which prob equates to less than 2 mm wouldn't Change the shape of Her head. And as you note the 2nd looks wider so her head should be the one that is different and should be wider?. But it's online pics so I know they can lie at times depending on angles the shot is taken at. But I wasn't prepared to pay £300+ to confirm my suspicions lol. I lightened the pics just to show detail. But the seller seems to think they are UNC. I think not GVF at best to me . Thanks for the input though Terry
  23. zookeeperz

    Recent aquisitions

    Not my photo thankfully.. Bought this for peanuts awaiting its arrival. Scarce Variety Obverse 1 1884 Cent.
  24. zookeeperz

    1846 sixpence. 6/0?

    Reverse 4? sideways 8? the fourpence has one so not a long stretch to there being one on a shilling?
×