craigy

detecting season has been in full swing, been very very lucky (except for the groat that as a couple of years ago, and thats how it came out the soil) Tealby penny, constantine siliqua Elixabeth I sixpence Edward III London Groat William III Shilling Henry III penny, Nicole on canterbury class 3d

wish i could take a decent picture lol

now the round pounds are almost out of circulation i hope my Piedforts and patterns will go up in value

it was described as what it was, thats the trouble, the rare one is the frosted proof that is found in the plastic set, I of gratia pointing to bead and all that, which i told him, only problem was his massive large mark up and me not knowing, other than that his description was accurate of what coin it was, i placed too much trust, there was issue with a price he offered for my coins i swapped in for credit, it changed to what he was suggesting by a lot once he got hold of them, not due too wear cause he knew what he was getting, he got nearly 400 olympic 50p;s and £2 coins 50p's for about 20 quid in the end, basically 20 quid over face value, we did a deal for 600, chose that and a 1951 proof penny at 50 quid, felt really pressured , so i wanted my 550 back and him to take the coin back, in the end i asked what he paid for it £190 and took that from 550 leaving me £360, there was nothing i could do, so i had to cut my losses and learn a lesson, lucky it was now and not 20 years time eh , well you obviosly dont want angry people banging on your door, didnt know what else to say to him, was getting nothing, they offered to get it slabbed but london coins wouldnt for some reason, so dunno what happened, sorry episode really

was away when it turned up so just under 3 weeks in the end after his not replying for a week or bit more, my own fault, hadnt researched the coin properly, bought one the same frosted even more for 7 quid, and a heavy deep cameo set for 100, all the silvers were deep cameo not so much the bronzes, showed him ones on ebay that had sold for 80p in the states, described exactly what it was siting the books, davies etc, but he based it on one that sold slabbed in 2014 at the london coin thing, na he called the police on me when i said i was coming down to Southampton, not much you can do with people like that, the son also admitted it had a massive mark up, was nothing i could do, buyer beware never more appropriate, just didnt like the attitude they had, tough shit basically

i think i shouted at hem both down the phone at some point after many ignored emails lol the stock they have and they still felt happy with fleecing me out of £190 quid, ok i should have been aware of what i was buying but i trusted them, my fault really, they still keep sending me catalogs and emails when i asked them not too, would never buy from them again, or recommend, always something a little wrong with the coins they sell, little digs, corrosion, unsightly toning, i know a coin cannot be perfect. but you know what i mean

the legend should read something like CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR (CITY OF CANTERBURY) OR CIVI/TAS/LON/DON, VILL/NOVI/CAS/TRI (NEWCASTLE) https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/edwardian-Pennies/Edwardian%20Pennies%20P18.htm#The mints https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/edwardian-Pennies/Edwardian%20Pennies%20P1.htm

got a feeling its a modern copy, some one will be along who knows, just looks too clean and sharp

the pictures have all turned up now lol

have put them here for ya, had to open link in new tab, its not English, they did imitate them in Europe in this period but i've never seen one like that,

no pictures man

dont think i've seen any unc ones, not been lookng much though,

been picking up a few farthings, this one cost me a quid, is this a collectible grade ? or do you lot go for uncirculated ? what grade would you put this into ? heads side looks better than the tails

cheers, get lost with the edwards lol,

a little circle , each segment is classed as a quarter, they also appear on the obverse (heads side) sometimes on various issues

wish i could say the same, little works of art, you have to know what your looking at, gone are the days when you could trust something you was buying,

air tites, the propa ones from the states, any one sell them in the uk ?

had troublw with the lighthouse, slabs and quadrums holding the coin nicely at them sizes, ended up putting them in the capsules with the foam rings

cant seem to edit the titles, amazed how many there are and that was one quick sweep of ebay in about 2 mins

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1707-Retro-Sixpence-Souvenir-Gap-Filler-Same-size-as-original-/282665771767?hash=item41d03162f7:g:J-EAAOSwi2lZi~x0 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1859-1868-retro-Quarter-1-4ds-Exact-same-size-as-original-/282665768160?hash=item41d03154e0:g:P-gAAOSw9R1Zm83i http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Queen-Victoria-1869-UK-Penny-rare-date-Repro-/152728444556?hash=item238f531e8c:g:ryMAAOSwhmBZ08wW http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1804-GEF-George-III-Bank-of-England-Silver-Dollar-Coin-ESC-144-200th-anniversary-/152730964012?hash=item238f79902c:g:0KUAAOSwrlRZvRip http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1860-retro-souvenir-Halfpenny-exact-same-size-weight-as-original-/282665764169?hash=item41d0314549:g:BGYAAOSwqKNZmnCJ http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RESTRIKE-Queen-Victoria-1847-Gothic-Crown-Silver-Plated-With-Capsule-/192284634465?hash=item2cc50ead61:g:7mEAAOSwaBNZj38M lots and lots of repro's on ebay now, even at a glance i wouldnt bee 100 % sure now days

can you show us a pic of the coins you mention ;0)

i believe the 53 vip proofs were struck in .999 silver not cupro nickel ???? and i'm sure i read somewhere the 37 vip's were struck in .999 silver not .500 as the finesse was at that time ??? interesting subject, not fully understood yet maybe, i know you have the i to the dots varieties and stuff but the cameo's interest me the most

as i did with ingrams

this is the problem i had with ingram coins, with the 53 halfcrown, tight git stripped me up for £190 quid in the end, had no choice short of going down to southampton to get money back there was nothing i could do, although he did call the police when i said i was gonna come down and get it back, lol, sent him proof etc about what he had sold me, but wasnt interested, very pushy dealer, not a member of the btna either if that means anything, trusted him as a dealer to price his coins according tot here rarity etc, dont think he has much knowledge in this area, i didn't but i do now, knowledge is power lol