Richard III coin up for grabs

[Paulus 1,942]

An hour and a half to go for any hammered collectors with a yawning Richard III-sized gap in their collection

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Apparently the coin was mined, so buyer beware ...

[Coinery 926]

Feedback of 1, so not a bid for the faint-hearted I guess!

Anyone checked it out on NGC to see whether it's a genuine 'picture' at least?

I'd want to have it agreed that I could pay cash and pick it up from his house I think?

[Paulus 1,942]

"My great grand father left me this coin as part of his will" - so it's got provenance, and obviously fine.

[Coinery 926]

Just had a thought! For someone who doesn't even mention NGC, where did he get his image from? It doesn't look like your average 'prop it up against the sauce-pot and snap it with your phone' kind of image?

[Paulus 1,942]

Just had a thought! For someone who doesn't even mention NGC, where did he get his image from? It doesn't look like your average 'prop it up against the sauce-pot and snap it with your phone' kind of image?

Good point. It's not the same pic as on the NGC verification site though (although it does look like the same coin), and he could have easily nicked the pic of the reverse as well had he gone there ...

Spink £2250 in VF

Edited May 27, 2015 by Paulus

[azda 973]

His 1 feedback is from a d***k with a 1 feedback and the winning bidder so far is e***k with a 1 feedback. Names seem far too coincidental plus the 1 feedback for all 3, i'd say its a small red warning light the Size of the Taj mahal.

A Stolen picture and a sell and run raid on an unsuspecting bidder, and whilst watching the end of auction he just Received a cherry for being a con artist, something Else that made me wonder, what would his great grandfather know about slabbing companies.

Edited May 28, 2015 by azda

[Rob 2,998]

Interesting sale of Bitcoins. A virtual currency that can apparently be collected in person.

[Coinery 926]

Good point about slabbing and grandfathers, Dave! Missed that one!

[Peter 615]

Looks nicely shilled.

[azda 973]

Well it looks like someone else spotted this conman.

Another cherry received, this time for the Richard III coin itself

[Sword 1,330]

The coin is currently being offered on Ebay for $4495 and the item is in the US.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1483-85-England-Silver-Groat-4P-Coin-S-2156-Richard-III-NGC-VF-20-Scarce-AKR-/201075752106

His cheap trick would surely fool no one.

[Nordle11 564]

Funnily enough the picture of the coin is also in the buying guide under "How To Evaluate Your Richard III Coins".

Sorry but I can't paste links for some reason..

[Paulus 1,942]

Funnily enough the picture of the coin is also in the buying guide under "How To Evaluate Your Richard III Coins".

Sorry but I can't paste links for some reason..

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Could be where the 'seller' got their pic from ...

Edited May 28, 2015 by Paulus

[Nordle11 564]

Exactamundo, probably why he only has the obv. image.

The fact the reverse image search only brought up hits related to the guide (among ebay crawling websites) makes me think he didn't know it was actually being offered on eBay..

Edit: and thanks for the link Paulus you should start getting paid per link haha

Edited May 28, 2015 by Nordle11

[Rob 2,998]

An article on eBay on how to evaluate Richard III coins, published by eBay. Presumably this is where Saxbys learned his trade. Maybe if they published an article on Edward I, or Henry III coins, he would be able to list under these rulers too. Nah, maybe not.

[Coinery 926]

An article on eBay on how to evaluate Richard III coins, published by eBay. Presumably this is where Saxbys learned his trade. Maybe if they published an article on Edward I, or Henry III coins, he would be able to list under these rulers too. Nah, maybe not.

Saxby is just the most hilarious trader out there!