Leaderboard

As Rob says the company manufacturing them is not setting out to deceive. That little stamp or a symbol signifying its a replica has to be placed on it by law. I am trying to find out which company it is that makes them so i can get access to their stock catalogue. That should help us identify all of these replicas in the future.

I wouldn't mind the eyes following me round the room. It's the teeth that spook me...

That's an excellent idea Stu.

The original manufacturer of the copies wasn't trying to pass them off as genuine. Things should be marked as copies or some otherwise identifiable mark to prevent precisely what is happening on eBay. It doesn't matter what the mark is as long as you can identify the real from the copy. There are clearly unscrupulous people who are also serious collectors. The last LC auction had one of the Charles I shillings of which I have the original (lot 1735). This was withdrawn because I picked up on it. Having pointed out the identifiying characteristics in a Spink Circular article eight or nine years ago, this last example was conveniently 'chipped' below the bust at the place where the join can be seen.

Nothing for you Eric. John Hulett's collection. Mostly not high grade, but some wonderful rarities to be had. They say the collection will be in 6 parts, but I would have thought it should be more like 12 because of the large numbers of coins. He will be sorely missed. Someone who had all the time in the world for you if you wanted to discuss coins. It was a standing joke between me and another that he not only knew the name of the bloke who carried a set of dies from one place to another, but also knew the name of his horse. He had a huge amount of knowledge which he freely shared. He was also happy for you to take pictures of anything you needed for research. I used to call in regularly when passing because there was always so much to learn.

I reported it yesterday when it relisted. It ended normally. Its a cast copy. One of those dodgy little heart ones we've all seen lots of. Usually lizzie sixpences or charles II half groats. If i get chance tommorow I'll ring pennywise and let him know. He may ring eBay to complain. He's not verified that.

Thanks for the heads up on this auction. I did mange to bid on two lots and won both so please you posted this. Although that's me spent up now for a few months now.

AVON CALLING?