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Tough luck Brian, but well spotted, far better condition than most. I totally missed it, otherwise it would have gone even higher! I always check the 1911's that pop up on my search, gonna have to work out what happened, as it looks clear in the pics. ☹️ Jerry

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Better luck next time Brian

Well spotted Brian and unlucky. Unfortunately you can be pretty much gauranteed someone else will spot them

Thats what I use for all my silver coins. Here is a link to Andy Jack where I buy all my quadrums from also the aluminium cases http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141039214434?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&var=440161639080&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/S6-Cargo-Coin-Case-With-6-12-x-50-mm-Blue-Felt-Quadrum-Coin-Trays-/142016467972?hash=item2110d75404:g:14wAAOSw6n5Xvriz hope this helps.

I actually think the DNW auction pics are pretty good. On my PC, using Chrome, if I click on the image to zoom, and then double-click, I get this:

You could always try flushing the cache to make sure your browser has to download a fresh copy.

It's difficult to see how blurred that image is. What does it look like when you click the magnify button?

Thanks for your reply Matt. It did fleetingly cross my mind that defective puncheons may have been used when the plain tail dies were first made, but I guess I may have mistakenly dismissed that idea thinking that the die makers would not knowingly want to make faulty new dies which had 4’s with the main part of their tails missing. I’m now thinking that may be exactly what happened, and it would certainly explain why I have never seen a piece which exhibits both a plain tail and tails up. Perhaps it was recognised that the very pointed tail of the 4 was always going to be a weak spot, and if they bothered to make a new puncheon then that would soon get damaged too. My findings over the years are that the type with complete tails is far rarer that the plain type.

With Heritage and London Coins where I can almost always use their photo for my catalogue, I always have to re-photo coins won at DNW. Not a big problem but definitely an area for improvement. Still not as bad as Spink, however. My cabinet saves also disappeared. I think it happened when they moved the auction catalogue out of preview.

Yes that annoyed me too, losing all the coins in my cabinet. The blown up pics work well for me though, bigger and not blurred - can you give a lot number by way of example?

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