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I am stunned... I don't think I am alone in saying that I certainly don't want to buy anything from anyone with this type of philosophy. Sure. I too will now leave this tread.

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I occasionally contradict myself all of the time but I can assure you it's deliberate.

He sold the coin originally at a price listed at £2,850.00. Now a month later he is happy to sell it for £475.......Still listed as VIP. Surely you would get a second opinion and if he was sure why not put in a LCGS holder rather than sell it for £2K less ,would only cost £30/40 or so. Makes me think he did not have a clue what it was or trying to have someone over either way he is best leaving them alone and should IMO of made a big apology to the buyer. Maybe he did and the biggest lesson learned is leave them well alone if not in a designated slab or you have the knowledge to be sure seeing the coin in hand. Nothing to do with me or any of my business just wouldnt like anyone else to pay way over trusting a dealer.

Indeed, and by virtue of that, there is hope that some of them will go on to realise the beauty of older coinage.

Seller should stick to what he knows. Hammered and early milled and leave these so called VIP things alone

I made the mistake of thinking my daughters wouldn't want theirs, given their disapproval of my other numismatic interests ..... silly me, the current generation seem to believe that new + shiny = better than old stuff.

Briot is reported to have had a lot of problems with his weights, with a significant percentage of pieces rejected for being out of spec. For some reason you don't often see marks which could be adjudged to be adjustment marks being applied to the hammered tower issues, so it begs the question whether politics came into play here as there is ample evidence of a wide range of weights occurring. Half a century later, the recoinage during William III's reign produced a serious number of coins with these marks, though the obverses were often filed through the hair or drapery and the reverses at the crowns and not across the centres. This difference may have been due to individual worker preference. e.g see 16(9/6)6 shilling below. I don't think there is any consistency in where the marks are applied, as I have also seen Briot pieces with the rims filed. Again, see below.