Ukstu

Frustrating ?. I reported that about 3 times. Be thankful we are wise enough to know better. Maybe the buyer will be though i doubt it. It was screaming replica all over even without the heart stamp.

Same here. Reported it again. That description is still misleading. I urge others to do the same we may get it pulled again , hopefully ?

? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/292204572795 Look at his other listings. Almost everything is a metal detecting find. The description on his " mediaeval gaming coin" is hilarious. His feedbacks diabolical also. Why would anyone buy anything from somebody like that. Smh!

I am adding that guy to my favourite sellers list. That way when he lists his junk it will show in my feed and i can post it here ? There's sure to be more crap to follow from him.

Try this website it may be of some use. http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/Long-Cross-Pennies/Long%20Cross%20Pennies%20P1.htm

Well spotted John. Just looked at his feedback. He's sold another 3 equally foul looking things.

Thanks for that. Never thought of that. Makes sense. Thats a more likely scenario for an overdate. ?

Ugly thing ain't it. Never seen one so bad. Reported it! ?

Your welcome.

Overdates and die sinkers errors i think they are called are not terrible unusual. I've a few hammered with letters over letters. Not sure if it adds value to them. I asked a similar question years ago on another forum and was told it happens , sometimes people where working under candle light in low natural light environments so mistakes could be made , add in illiteracy and possibly a few beers to the mix and mistakes are bound to occur. I've a few early milled also with overdates (James II). One of mine. Letter under the A in Cantor.

Precisely the reason why i don't collect modern coins. Thats hideous. Bolts of lightening shooting out her backside while she craps on wales. That small island appears to be a cloud of gas escaping from her backside which is shaped like a childs drawing of a cock and balls. Whats she reaching round for? Toilet paper ?

Nearly as bad as those Andorra coins that one. Reported it also. Appears to be the guy selling one of those dodgy sixpences. Definitely aware of his actions , no mistakes.

I reported that one a few days ago. Thanks hibernianscribe for getting rid of that one. I used to email sellers myself but got threatened so i just report them now. If i spot anymore I'll post them up. Seems to be alot lately of this type , last month it was the Henry VIII groats.

Seeing on average two or three coming up each day now which isn't a bad thing as people will be getting wary now. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hammered-Silver-COIN-1562-Elizabeth-1st-SIXPENCE/302402867730

I did abit in the past. Nothing recently though , my permissions gone. Shame about your shilling. I suppose the further you get from London the more beat up a hammered must be if it was minted at the tower. Your shilling must of passed through alot of hands before it entered the ground. My sixpence was wedged between some cobbles that where buried about 9 inches down, seemed to have preserved it well. Old cobble road i presume it was.

There does indeed. I keep seeing them pop up in my feed. I've never bought an Elizabeth I sixpence before as it was the first hammered i ever found detecting so I've hung on to it for sentimental reasons.

Fed up of reporting those. 3 I've reported in last two days. Well done for ending that one above. Here is another if you'd like to try your luck with ending it. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263116385189

Your welcome. If you need any advice on hammereds just pm me on here. Glad to help out. Stu.

Best bet. It's easier to speak to somebody and get clarification. I've never had any auctioneer from the saleroom.com take money without me instigating the payment, but i haven't used Hansons.

Usually you get an invoice with a link where you can pay the saleroom.com direct or there is instructions with bank details of where to pay or alternatively you ring them and pay over the phone but these usually arrive after the auction by the auctioneer via e-mail. Ring them on Monday before 12pm and settle over the phone you can also enquire about in house postage and packaging and settle that if its needed.

That's why i don't bother with Roman coins. It is a minefield agreed. I haven't encountered any fake hammered as such other than the pewter novelty replicas and they are easy to spot even without the copy or WRL stamps just by the way they look. That soapy look as they call it , i can spot them a mile off. Have a look at some here to familiarise yourself with them. I've even bought a few to get a proper look and feel for them then gave them my kids. http://www.museumreproductions.co.uk/shop/category.php Here is some links that may be of interest too you. Its also useful to look at some of the coins people list as fake on some forums. There is many documented on previous posts on predecimal. If you have your suspicions that a coin may be fake a simple google search using fake 1855 half crown as an example will pull up lots of results from forums showing images of such examples. Its hit and miss but you can search through most and pick out the useful ones. You find the weights and measurements of most coins online using Google. I find the PAS website useful for getting weights and sizes of hammered coins. Hope this helps. http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/fakes/fakeswebsites.htm http://www.psdetecting.com/Forgeries-Page.html

As the saying goes "Good Judgement comes from experience. And experience? Well that comes from bad judgment".

I own an awlful lot of books but none about fakes. It seems to be an area that's not written about much apart from contemporary coins like evasion coins. There is websites listing known fakes and showing you what to look out for. You just pick it up as you handle and view coins. You can instinctively tell if they are pewter or iffy. I rarely buy expensive coins but if i do they are weighed and measured after purchase. I've been stung a few times with Roman coins (duponduis) but i knew as soon as they where in my hand they were bad. At the moment this austerity business is driving normal law abiding people to commit frauds especially on eBay. Its not just coins either , i am seeing lots of fresh flint items being sold as prehistoric some have been soaked in drain unblocker to falsely age them even. Shot putts and mill balls being passed off as Cannonball. Again if you handle stuff like that regularly or find it you get a feel for it and instinctively you know if its not right.

Farmers market. Sounds similar to my local one in Clitheroe but Silverwoods do the evaluations there usually apart from the car boot ones.

All of them look iffy. I would not personally buy any of them. Think I'll swerve them in the future. Whoever's doing valuations there needs sacking.