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Perhaps an abbreviation of shiny bright? Something like ... SHIGHT would do, no? .

Not wishing to offend any user of or the owners of CGS but i simply cant understand why people are using them for grading .... I know this has been said again and again but there isnt a HUGE market yet for slabbed coins in the Uk and those few that do want graded coins (that i know of anyway) insist on PCGS or NGC only. Yes CGS may be cheaper and possibly more accurate but if your looking to maximise the coins potential value pay the litte extra and send them abroad.

I know, you might scratch them - the tweezers that is.

Here 'tis: Uploaded at Snapagogo.com This sells the coin a very long way short, the colour should be a beautiful lustrous red, but the lighting knocked that straight out. I don't think I've taken more shots of a single coin in years and I still can't get this one right. But it's a real cracker.

It needs to look like this one.

The wife was going to see someone and her journey was not too far out of the way, so she dropped it off as she was sort of passing. Better than waiting until Wednesday to receive it.

Hello I'm a serious collector and I've got loads of money and I wanted to put together a set of 1893 proofs that all came from different sets and would happily spend an extra 6% on top to house them in a lovely if somewhat disheveled and actually honestly unimpressive but probably authentic case that the coins don't belong to. It's not the fault of the "penniless" that no one's interested in spending 3 figures on his plugged and dented pennies and the guy is deluded into thinking that his market is the "serious collector"! As frustrating as time wasters are this guy has brought it on himself entirely. No justification or sympathy

Whilst I think the obverse looks ok, the wear on the reverse doesn't look right. Wear should occur evenly across equivalent points of the design, but the thistles look to have differing levels of wear. The thistles also look more worn than they should given the general appearance of the rest of the coin. All in all, where's that bargepole.

I do see your point, although I think you'd have to be very gullible to believe that these were genuine. What I have never understood is the 'happy bidding' comment, something I've seen on many ebay auctions and never really figured out. It's winning, as cheaply as possible, that makes me happy, not bidding.

I've used them but would only use them again IF the coin in question was a Northumberland shilling or a Viccy Gothic crown. Their £30 90 day turnaround is their problem. I can send coins to NGC in America and get them back quicker. Last year they raised their prices amd also their turnaround, not a very good business model if its going to cost more for a lengthier wait. The other problem i have with them is their conflict of interest with Londoncoins, these 2 should'nt be hand in hand