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  2. Posted

    18 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:

    Will be online soon with Sovereign Rarities if you google it and a collection of rare pennies 👍.

    Medal catalogue is online now. Some superb and rare examples, and in overall the estimates are very strong for all medals especially those more common ones.

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    4 hours ago, Joe said:

    Hi I would like to start to invest in gold coins, I was thinking of sovereigns or maple leaf but would like some feedback if ok please. ie best place to buy from best gold coins to buy, thanks. 

    If you are in UK, better to invest in sovereign or britannia or other uk bullion, in view of taxation concern.  For the pricing, the lower premium is always a better choice, however if go for private sales or dealer, have to ensure those are not counterfeit ones.

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    28 minutes ago, Sword said:

    I have long admired the very high quality of late Victorian coinage. I agree that the Jubilee Head and also the Old Head coins have such wonderfully reflective fields. Even standard currency sometimes have frosting on designs. The highly reflective surfaces also promote beautiful toning too. 

    I love Gothic Florin, however those high quality ones are very pricey.  In addition, I love to find varieties of Victorian Florin, especially those Jubilee and Old Head.

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    1 hour ago, Peckris 2 said:

    It's a good point. I have double florins and two JH crowns where the fields look highly reflective, but not polished, and the designs and legends aren’t (not cameo but definitely not very reflective like the fields). It does make you wonder how they have maintained that state.

    Same here, Florin and Shilling are also with reflective field.

  10. Posted

    Yes, white metal version is the most common version, followed by bronze, but cooperscoins have one silver selling, so cannot rule out yours.  It's sometimes hard to 100% assure alloy from picture, may need to ping the sound or going through machine test to confirm it.

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    7 hours ago, ozjohn said:

     Can anyone provide any info on the medal in the attached file that was part of my late sister's effects.. I've tried  to find out more information regarding this medal. However although there were several medals struck commemorating the diamond jubilee  of Victoria I have not been able to locate this medallion. It is crown size and appears to be struck in silver and the effigy of the queen resembles  the Jubilee head rather than the old head that is depicted in the medals I found on line.Any suggestions wold be appreciated.

    Thanks.

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    This is Heaton mint 38mm medal, check if there is a letter H at bottom of reverse side of medal.  It's more often to see white metal version of this medal, so uncertain whether yours is a silver one.

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    20 hours ago, DaveG38 said:

    Talking about LCA, is anybody on here waiting rather long for their purchases from the last auction to arrive? Usually they turn up within a day or so of payment. This time it is over a week, and no signs yet.

    This month is quite quick for me from Semra, comparing with quarters ago, maybe they are a bit inconsistence about postage.

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    7 hours ago, secret santa said:

    Yes, none of the fake copper coins have that wider tooth under the date. Their teeth are incredibly uniform.

     

    9 hours ago, terrysoldpennies said:

    The one thing I have noticed that seems to be present on all genuine Victorian copper pennies, is the wider tooth under the 4 in the date , which shows up very nicely on your Picture  Jerry oops make that Ian 😁

    Lucky that we can still have something to easily differentiate the fake at this moment.

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    9 hours ago, Rob said:

    Easylive isn't extortionate. A flat fee of £3 is a pint - not going to break the bank. Spend over £100 and you are winning compared to the %age route.

    I also use £80-100 as benchmark to bid through easylive.  if i guess my winning lots exceed that sum, i will pay for the £3.  

    Back to Coinery case, i remember there is no flat £3 option, and bidding through coinery website is less expensive than easylive portal.  However, i am not sure about this now, coz i changed to bid through Coinery website since 2nd auction held by them because of the auction premium issue.

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    4 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

    Spot on Bruce. I actually found this out when I called The Coinery late yesterday and spoke to Guy. I'd forgotten, but last year I went through easy live auction because of technical issues (couldn't get sound) - hence the extra surcharge. This time I went throughThe Coinery's website so there will be no surcharge. 

    Nice, so that you saved few percentage off👍.

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    4 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

    Thought it was too good to be true. Just received a revised invoice with the buyer's premium added, and had to pay a further £232.00.

    Apparently there is no seller's fee on items over £1000, and on this occasion the no fee was applied in the wrong place.

    I'll await with baited breath to see if an internet surcharge is also added.

    You bid through easylive, so that there's internet surcharge?

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