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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.

You disagree because you don’t know how it’s done and not going to put it on a public forum. As a seller you can see the maximum bid just as they can put a bid on from another account.

Sorry to disagree, but no, as an eBay seller, you cannot see a buyer's maximum bid amount. eBay's Automatic Bidding keeps the maximum limit hidden from everyone except the buyer and the system itself. Also a seller can't bid on their own auction......but easy enough to ask a friend or relative.

I understand if it’s a cheap coin but something of any value it’s easy for the seller to see how much you have bid. As an example if you place a bid for £350 when the coins listed then if the sellers happy with that amount they just put a bid on for £340 on the day it finishes.

Sorry to have missed it as I had an engagement. I really missed that one. Regrets.

I like that there are variations with the 1799. I have 3 - 5 incuse gunports (which seems to be the most common), 7 relief gunports and plain hull. The best is probably this 5 incuse:

True! It has a beautiful style and I prefer it to the 1806 type

Yes, that's an attractive halfpenny, and a unique type (the first regal halfpenny since 1775, as there wasn't a cartwheel halfpenny in 1797 sadly; then there was a gap until 1806 when a new smaller design was issued). I've always liked that single year type too.

Thank you for your comment, I like it as well, I also find the reliefs and the colour particularly attractive.

Thanks, yes.....I'll take a look.

By the way , its a nice coin well struck and atractive

Many thanks for your answer, Rob. I really appreciate it I'm just getting into this coinage, so I could ask for your help again.

Probably some action in the last minute. Or seconds...

Depends on the age of the collar, and how intact the links are. Eventually it will burst with a resulting mistrike, likely quite spectacular. A small ring of raised excess metal is a good diagnostic tool for working out how much circulation the coin has seen. If still visible and obviously worn down, it ain't unc, despite offering some added protection to the die relief.

Looks more like a faulty flan than die. Lamination along fault layers due to trapped impurities in the mix are reasonably common, even today. Lumps on the surface are predominantly due to poor storage and resulting rust on the die which then flakes off when used, leaving an area of raised spots. This area can be any size up to an including the whole die face. If you search for rust spots or lamination on the forum, you can see many examples of these features.

Im not sure if you are on Facebook Chris but there is a couple of groups which you maybe be able to sell items at fixed prices if thats of interest to you. One advantage being no fees. You can search for these groups; British pre-decimal milled coin collectors(1649-1970) British Coins, Hammered, Milled & More.

I would add a footnote! All the action will be in the last 24 hours and ebay will promote the listing and for sure some people that see the listing will have not read this discussion.

I also noticed the 1967 penny struck in cupro nickel the size and weight of the coin possibly matches a Florin. The CUNI penny is pretty much same weight as a Florin with the penny being slighter larger.Looking at the CUNI penny you can see about 1.5/2mm of the rim missing. And the Florin coin is roughly that much smaller than a penny.

Given coins are being checked on conveyors Im assuming this quality control step is looking at coin blanks only? If it was checking struck coins alot of room for error only looking at one face of a coin? They must be checking for incomplete/damage blanks? This image is from 1966 right in the middle of 1965, 1966, 1967 coins.

The 1967 heavy flan coin @secret santa purchased from LCA also appears to show this feature. Although not as pronounced. You would of thought Given the 1967 coin was the heaviest out of the 65 and the 66 at 13.43 grams this should of shown the most amount of excess metal around the edge..? If this detail is infact caused by excess metal being forced/Flowing up the side of the dies, is this even possible? Thanks

Sorry not Peter 😊 and yes, good point, I should have made that clear but hopefully it will be known to most bidders now by this discussion. I can't change the description now but could add a footnote so thanks for the advice.

Can I ask please; Does anyone know whether its common to see a small raised rim around the edge of pennies. The 1965 penny @RChris has listed on ebay and the 1966 heavy flan coin sold through LCA both coins have what appears to thin raised lips on the edge of the rims? Is this because of excess metal? Because the flan is thicker the excess metal is forced up around the sides of the dies? The reason I ask is because I found a coin online which I purchased which has the raised rim/lip identical to the 1966 heavy flan coin. The raised lip is in exactly the same location on the obverse and reverse sam start and end locations to the coin shown on LCA. I have started at looking at 1966 Pennies and have not see another yet with this raised detail around the edge of the coin. Is it a coincidence the two heavy flan pennies sold through LCA show this feature? Is it also a coincidence the 1966 I found matches exactly that of the LCA coin? And to be clear by matches exactly the raised lip starts and ends in the same location on the obverse and reverse. Thanks

Good morning, and thank you for your opinions! After doing some research, I was also leaning towards classifying it as a currency issue, but I wanted to get some authoritative views before "closing the matter." What about the break on the reverse rim and the die flaw on the drapery at the front of the shoulder? Are both due to die wear, or does the reverse break have a different origin? I haven't found any other specimens showing a similar feature. Thank you very much for your input; I am fascinated by these coins—which I find very beautiful—and I am trying to learn more about them.