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Pete- I was going to 'like' your post, but I thought it looked good for you to have a reputation of '666' a little longer....:) Nice of Mark Florida to show the other side of slabbing......hmmm...maybe, just maybe, I'd use a certification body, if i was a dealer, but for now I'm really happy with Allen's excellent grading book......

It needs a hole in it to be a washer. Mind you, a washer is only a very very short pipe......

I had this fall out of a tin of coins today- is it a coin or a button? it's 26mm diameter, but under 2mm thick. The crown looks vaguely scandinavian... B

Or those alphabet letters in the sweet shop......:)

Slabbed as VF40? Miaow!!

What I had was a text clipping- a highlighted section from an email....

and again-how do I attach something so it is on the page, not zooming into a 'downloaded' file?

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Got a reply from Pitney Bowes, the US agent who deal with some Ebay sales, after I pointed out the 5% import tax on coins, and the near on 25% I'd been charged. The seller's shipping charge was on top, and appears from this that it's the charge to ship the item to the shipping agent???? • The first ch.textClipping

I took apart an old disc drive, and got the curved neodymium magnet out. Sliding a coin down it at about 45˚ really shows up sterling silver from other alloys. Only pure copper comes close.

I just paid $30 import on a $125 coin. I've written to Pitney Bowes, who PayPal paid, asking for information on the calculation, and I'll let you know what happens....

Oh thank you so much for that. Best laugh at Bay for ages. Genuinely surreal......

Ah maybe this is how: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1869-Penny-In-Descent-Grade/263444882950?hash=item3d5689e606:g:XvgAAOSwvflZR~~n

Hope this attachment has worked- first time.... Descent grade? That means go down a grade- perhaps by being held in fingers.....! 1869 Penny In Descent Grade | eBay.webloc

I went to a good school- it was approved..... It was rough, though- the only one in our area with it's own Coroner...

They told me to get out more. I did that, and they told me to stay in more. My teacher says I'm special- that's a good thing, right?

Ok- you buy a coin you like. When you want to look at it, you look at it. It may be worth more than you paid for it, maybe not. Maybe you just like having it. Sometimes, of course, the finding was more fun than the owning..... Maybe you'll sell it one day. The new owner can see it, and decide what to pay for it. Like you did....... Now, will anyone please tell me why you want someone else to look at it for a ridiculous fee? And charge you to look at a picture of it on line???????? Emperor's new clothes. A ridiculous system preying on people's insecurities. I will NEVER have something slabbed. Ever. If the system was PERFECT, it would still be pointless.....

Oh I'm jealous- the F76 is the one I crave. My F69 was off ebay- gambling on a bad picture -a £16 pile of pennies. A bit better condition than the £255 one on Bay last week.

That makes sense, except original mintage figures are for coins minted that year, not dated with that year, surely, so they smudge into the dates either side- hence my point. Thus the pool of coins in circulation never reflected the original mintage figures exactly. I can see how the selective removal or collecting of nice or rare examples has influenced things, much more than the chance finds stuck in an old piece of furniture, for example, but often, like me seeing way more 1875h in F condition than the equivalent 1875 F79....? I agree with the 1874h F76- in fact Michael upped it to R9.

Is it just me, but are the standard accepted rarity ratings sometimes surprising? I feel the 1860 F17 is more common than Gouby R6, the 1867 F53 is way more rare than N3, the 1874H F76 is more common than R8 ( Michael used to say R7, but uprated it ) the 1875 F79 is way rarer than R5, and the 1875H is more common than R5. What do you guys think? B

Ohhhh....chest straps on St.George!!!!! And there was me thinking you meant Victoria.....

Field walker's 'Pontefract' ( made of liquorice) is also moving. I can see the rare 50p's and pound coins being discussed in many pubs, so people blindly bid on crap, but this?? " 'Ere Dave- you sold your motor?" "Yeah, I decided to move into Royalist Siege Money, wot the blokes in the gym was going' on abaat" Can't see it, myself.....

A subtle but excellent distinction! i was in a pub, last year I think, and all the beer was unfamiliar to me. The barman asked what I liked in a beer, and chose me one, and described it perfectly. I told him that I'd bought many pints in my life, but I'd never been sold one before......!

oops- this one 1897 Great Britain Penny Ultra Rare High Sea Level KM #790 NGC MS 62 BN | eBay.webloc

I know they usually only have Krause, but really?? I repeatedly reported the Premier coin one, and when I contacted their 'expert' all I got was abuse. They just hope that no-one knows enough and will spend hundreds on a ten pound coin..... 1897 Penny Great Britain - High Sea Level Variety - KM# 790 | eBay-2.webloc 1897 Penny Great Britain - High Sea Level Variety - KM# 790 | eBay.webloc