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I would be very surprised if he does not have his eye on repealing the law that says you cannot be presedent more than twice

I’ve had a 1597 sixpence saved in my watch list for a couple months, now, but thought I’d do a little check to see whether there are any others out there. I used the term ‘Elizabeth I 1597 sixpence,’ and then simply ‘1597 Sixpence,’ unable to find the sixpence I know is listed on eBay. Why is this? And why, when I search for, say, ‘Elizabeth I shilling anchor,’ would it give me William III coins, Elizabeth sixpences, tun shillings, etc., and then, if I can be bothered to keep scrolling through, find an Elizabeth I anchor shilling about 15 coins down the list? It baffles me!

Call it the Trump effect. Very few people in this world can move markets like a US president, and very few US presidents have had ambitions to tank their own economy like Trump, due to his Stable coin collateral, which will inflate the debt away. The pound isn't stronger because of the left wing government in this country, rather because the tea leaf readings of the wannabe dictator across the pond aren't good for the US economy. Trump is of course happy with events because his personal wealth is keeping up with the collapse in the dollar, and he is always right. Methinks American Revolution 2.0 might be closer than you might imagine.

Yes, it's the little envelope icon at the top, next to Notifications.

So six years ago the pound was near parity with the dollar an extreme right wing conservative government had taken over and the queen had just died Now we have a much more left leaning government the pound is getting on for $1.50 to the dollar and everyone is predicting doom and disaster prob because america is the only country that can guarantee its oil supply. A strange world we live in indeed

super pics !

Here are some close ups of the ships I took sometime ago. First is a 5 Incuse, although an older version than my current, then plain then 7 rellief.

If you have the time I'd appreciate being educated on this. Never too old to learn from others. Can we private message on this forum?

Sadly not! Just a lot of magnifying glasses! No way you could see it from the photo I agree.

Yes in my opinion 100% correct 👍🤦‍♂️ On my phone a caught the 🤦‍♂️picture 😃

If I'm understanding things correctly, to do this you need to use underhand methods - it's not a feature. The presence of such manoeuvres helps cement my belief that the only rational bidding strategy is to decide how much you're really willing to pay (a more complex mental process than many give it credit for) and bid once only, as late as you dare. The only proviso I can think of is that buy it now and make offer options are removed by the first bid, so it may be desirable to place a minimum bid early if someone hasn't done so already.

Sorry to keep repeating myself but yes you can if you know how to do it. You maybe don’t believe me but I use eBay probably a lot more than most people and don’t just make things up 😃👍.

In retrospect it was daft listing it to finish during the WCF.......but when I set it up for a 10 day run I wasn't think about football 😉 It was a rubbish game anyway and if anyone REALLY wanted that coin I'm sure it would have been priority over the footie. That's the advantage of sniping and proxy bidding. You don't have to remember to bid in the last minutes or seconds. Maybe I was correct in my OP.......there isn't the the interest and demand there was 10 years ago.

Sure you can see the current maximum bid during the auction. But you cannot see the amount someone may have placed as their maximum bid as automatic or proxy bidding.

you must have great eyesight paddy

There are very few rules in play, only generalities due to the number of variables involved. Most will conform to type, but there is always the exception, hence the need to keep an open mind regarding potential alternative explanations. If an unc coin is determined by wear to the struck relief detail, then it could stay 'unc' for a while until sufficient protection has worn away to affect the die struck detail. That is why practically as struck could be considered aposite, but then, there will never be a consensus, only your own viewpoint.

Ah, maybe I didn't refresh the screen a short time after it had finished. I turned the phone over almost straight away and went back to the final.

So its pretty common on uncirculated coins ok thank you. Im guessing the penny I purchased won't be overweight then.

To all members who have sold coins through Ebay, LCA and similar auctions and also through something like facebook at fixed prices; What type and or value bracket coins are best sold where and why ? Thanks

That's strange I watched it live aswell and a single bid appeared in the closing seconds I think at 3 seconds, went up by a few quid. Ending at 22.37 Im sure didn't help.

It’s very easy to see a buyers maximum bid especially if left an hour or days before the end.

The coin was purchased by a friend who I sent the link to he did leave a bid and then a really high one with a few seconds left. He obviously paid what collectors thought it was worth, although he has been asking me for one since a similar one sold in the workman sale and would have been happy to pay more. Maybe what one collector wants others don’t.

Really? That's very interesting. Another case for using a sniping service.

You are quite correct on your first point - only the bidder knows their maximum. And whilst of course a seller cannot bid on their own item, asking a friend or relative is also what's known as shill bidding and is, rightly, utterly against ebay rules and is highly illegal.

I followed the bidding right up to the end on my phone. There was little activity in the last hour and none at all in the closing seconds, so no one had put a snipe bid in, at least not a higher one. One other piece of eBay advice I have for sellers is to time it so that the auction ends at a sensible time, say afternoon or early evening at the weekend or early evening midweek. Bidders not using a sniping service are likely to be in bed or watching something on TV at 22:37 and less likely to be following the bidding. Especially when there's a World Cup final on... Maybe it's small margins, but it could mean two bidding against each other vs a lone bidder.