TomGoodheart

Sent to the US. Not fully insured.

Not Charles I shillings. There is a distinct Lack of quality of those around. They are out there but people are holding onto them. Richard is now trying to buy up quality, but in doing so may need to rethink pricing for said qualityNot sure about 'buying up' (I should be so lucky!) but I have got much fussier about what I find attractive! Unfortunately that often means higher prices.

No problem. As you've evidently found it again I'll delete the duplicate. And if you haven't found them yet, if you look at the blue bar near the top of the page you should see a "View New Content" link which might help. Alternatively if you click on your name at the very top of a page you should get a drop-down where the option to go to 'My Content' appears. T

Not much out there to my eyes. Certainly nothing that I want to add to my collection. Average eBay quality, even from larger auction houses. So where are they, all those nice coins I have spaces in my trays for? With prices for quality material eye-wateringly high, nobody is selling? Everyone waiting until the Autumn?

:(ANACS (which people on CoinCommunity mention as a 'good deal') is $19 each for a 5 (minimum) coin package (non-US, pre-1950). Plus postage and insurance (about $50 International) making it around £17 per coin. That drops to about £14 if you were in the US so really not much difference. I can imagine those costs soon adding up to the price of a really nice coin. Or a year's purchases for Scott! Maybe it's just what you're used to. As an aside someone posted on CoinCommunity about sending $1300 worth of coins from the UK to PCGS including two UNC 1902 Crowns. Envelope arrived at PCGS empty of coins .. I didn't have the heart to ask, "but why did you want to slab them in the first place?"

I've added a couple more photos. And of course as mentioned above, I'm happy to receive offers here. 151291713149 151291722044

Americans seem to slab everything. Perhaps it's much cheaper in the US than here?

All eBay sites are part of Ebay.com - so the same account name & password works for all of them - exception is their S.American associates that are variants of Mercadolibre.com , again one time registration works across the different national sites Trouble is, the world is an increasingly small place. And often without our being aware of it. A while back I wanted to buy something from Target to be posted to a friend in the US. I'd barely heard of Target, let alone bought anything from them. As I was pondering how to pay for it I was told I could sign in using my Amazon account. Despite it being Amazon.co.uk. it worked too. Very handy at the time but ...

Aw, be fair Peck! eBay have only had since February or maybe March to tell everyone, so they have done their best to let us know asap! You can hardly criticise them for the fact that we'd have had time not only to bolt the stable door, but to knock down the stable and rebuild it six miles down the road by now ...can you? .

But do we? Even eBay (and I believe the current policy, which apples only to the US eBay.com site, is that you can only quote a grade for a coin you wish to sell if it is backed up by a recognised TPGS) surely can't fail to recognise that people will continue to want to sell 'raw' coins for the indefinite future. Many coins simply don't justify the cost of slabbing/grading, many people have no experience of such things and simply want to sell off coins they have been given, inherited or found without any further hassle. And outside the US and possibly Canada and Australia, there's little desire for grading services as far as I can see. I'd say what we need is to encourage the idea of people learning to assess coins themselves! A novel idea I admit and perhaps a bit off the wall, but .. And for why? Because, even on CoinCommunity, a largely US based and geared forum and in a market which has increasingly accepted the practice of Third Part grading since the 1970s, there are constant "1883 Morgan. You vs NGC" "What would this grade" and "Mistakes in labelling by TPG" type threads. Surely after all these years TPGS have had ample time to establish a reputation for consistency and providing buyers with the confidence they want to make a purchase? But the frequent questioning and squabbling about the grades coins receive suggests otherwise. Do we need even more of it? I'd suggest not. . Oops. Nearly forgot:

Though oddly, I haven't had a demand to change from eBay yet, even though it was suggested this would be rolled out worldwide yesterday. But I changed it anyway. Why wait I figured. Probably a good idea for anyone else who hasn't seen the news yet, too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27503290

Eaglen certainly suggested that museums might not be as good as collectors when it comes to coin records. Re-ticketing leading to loss, or even disposal, of earlier tickets. Less than brilliant record keeping ... and of course, as Nick alludes, museum staff are not necessarily numismatists. Or even interested in the coins in their care at all. .

Well, if anyone particularly wants to be known as the owner of the most expensive British coin I'll happily add a few noughts to one of the coins I have listed on eBay? Just pm me how ridiculously high you'd like to go and I'll do my best to accommodate you.

I'm never sure. There are so many on ebay I do wonder if Ashmore isn't still making the things! I find it odd that people seem to collect them. I have bought contemporary (ie 17th century) counterfeits before, but modern copies? I guess if there was a decent-enough-to-fool-Joe-public shilling of Charles I, I might buy it for my 'black' collection. Providing it wasn't expensive of course!

I don't mind the true rarities as much. You just don't see them until one turns up. It's the 'conditional' ones that I find frustrating! The coins that you can find by the dozen on eBay, but that might take years (and many coins checked and dismissed) to actually find a really nice example. And of course, when you see something a little better .. you wonder whether to get it in case you regret it later, or to hold out in the hope that perfect coin is out there! Oh, well. As I tell my wife, it keeps me off the streets. If I didn't collect coins I might have turned to a life of crime and we could be retired in luxury somewhere sunny by now.

Hi and welcome p1lyp. Many people join just to ask a question. It's fine! Though you might have to wait a bit for a reply as there are fewer members with knowledge of such issues than for milled coins. I dare say someone will be on this evening who might be able to help. .. Meantime, I've tweaked your image. Are you sure the moneyer is there? If I had to guess (on the basis that I think I can see two 'N's at 3 o'clock and 5 o'clock of the image) I'd say it says [..] LINCON before the : I'm wondering if the moneyer's name is in the missing bit of legend? Not that I know anything about such things! Edit: ..PAEN:ON ?? (again Lincoln) http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEoQFjAF&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britnumsoc.org%2Fpublications%2FDigital%20BNJ%2Fpdfs%2F1966_BNJ_35_9.pdf&ei=GeRwU52hKai57Aa1yIDwAQ&usg=AFQjCNF1dT0-C9v956XLebFskLPYGqH_Rw Yeah, really scraping the guess barrel now!

The London Coin Company does not have anything to do with The London Mint Office. Rather like Steven Mitchell does (studiocoins.net, but not studiocoins.com or studiocoins.co.uk!), had you thought of a disclaimer on your website, just to emphasise that you have no association with them? Just an idea.

I've not done the sums (though perhaps Rob has?), but get the impression that throughout the earlier part of the last century, probably to the late 1960s, most coins were comfortably affordable by your average professional. If you look through the descriptions of collectors it's not just landed gentry but teachers, solicitors, doctors, plumbers and electrical contractors. Some of whom amassed impressive collections. I'm starting to think that if prices for better pieces continue to rise then in another few years that may no longer be the case. Certainly my budget is feeling the strain, though it was pretty small to start with! Perhaps I should just collect tickets? Might be a bit cheaper! And I've gaps already. I've sadly no Brooker ticket with my coin. None for Roger Shuttlewood (do any exist?) No Lockett or Francis. Though I did confirm one of Alan Rayner's from the article and on old Format one too. Such fun!

Welcome Justin. I hope you don't mind but I've deleted your duplicate post as all the answers seem to be coming here!

LOL Sadly, having now bought three BNJs in their original form, I've realised that very handy though they are, the digital scans aren't terribly good for showing detail in illustrations. So no, I went for the paper copy. Which I am very happy to confirm is much better for my purposes. .

I recently bought the 2001 BNJ for the Eaglen article. ("Coin Tickets in the British Hammered Series Robin J. Eaglen, Peter D. Mitchell and Hugh E. Pagan") And I've now spent an enjoyable evening photocopying my coin tickets and cutting them out to replace, or supplement, those illustrated in the article. What can I say!

The seller. This could have happened with any dealer/auction house whether on or off eBay. Um, yeah. I think Rob was suggesting a 'name and shame' Clive!

Clive Dennett's website has just gone. Not sure how long they last until they need to be renewed, but I'm guessing it (and therefore he) has not been active for a couple of years now. I only know a few of these guys by name. I started (comparatively) late. Some of my first purchases were from Bob Ilsley at Dolphin Coins (in the 'Double Sovereign') days. I'd quite like to pay some of those prices now ...

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