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I saw this on the BBC website and thought this was quite interesting. Apologies if you've already seen it. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-65401761

Much obliged to you. Thanks

Lovely. Ta

Afternoon all, Just acquired this little piece and wondered if there was an 8 over 8 variety, or whether this was just an overstrike? I've looked in Freeman but can't see anything, but I know there are a couple of 5 over types. Unfortunately I can't zoom in clearly on it, but hope it can be seen.

Thanks Vicky, that's interesting to know. It's not as valuable as that, probably about a grand, but may be worth the ask as you say. Much obliged.

Morning all. I'm just having a look at Baldwins (now The Strand) auction fees as I'm looking to put up a coin that I recently got. Reading their terms, it looks like their vendor's fee is the same as the buyer's fee at 20% plus VAT. Is this normal? It seems excessively high to me, as they'll be making around 48% in total for any lot they sell. Or is this just the way of the world right now?

Baffles me when I see this type of thing on ebay. I saw one listing the other day where the bloke's fingers looked like he'd been doing an oil change on his lawnmower. Can't remember what the coin was, but I do know it was silver, so Christ knows what that'll turn up like.

I saw this on another forum earlier, and wondered if anyone else had seen this? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11886091/British-auction-house-boss-arrested-NYC-fraudulent-sale-worlds-expensive-coin.html https://www.coinworld.com/news/world-coins/authorities-arrest-dealer-repatriate-record-setting-coin 😮

Much obliged to you. Ta.

Morning, Seeing as I've put my back out and can't work, I'm going through some coins trying to get to grips with the 1860 - 1861 bronze pennies and halfpennies. The wordpress links that someone very kindly gave me have been really useful. I just wanted to check this coin out to make sure I'm in the right ball park as it seems to be a hell of a lot of die parings with these. I'm fairly confident in it being Reverse G, but would I be right with Obverse 6? Does this make it an F277? I may be completely wrong, so any help would be most welcome. Cheers.

Perfect. Thanks very much for the reply. Looking at your link, that looks perfect for what I need. Looking at the bits on his website, he has some stellar looking stuff. Appreciate it.

Morning all, I'm looking to get myself a small cabinet to move my bits out of flips into, so could anyone recommend anywhere to get one from please? I've had a look online for new ones, and can only find Peter Nichols or Rob Davis. Now then, after emailing the Peter Nichols website, I think there is a scam going on there. After doing a bit of research after a couple of email exchanges, it looks like Peter Nichols et al retired over 10 years ago. The phone diverts to a weird call answering service, and the bank details for payment were in what sounded like an African name, and from a weird bank that I had never heard of. Nothing went further at my end than that. Is Rob Davis still around and manufacturing does anyone know? I just rang and no answer. I only wanted a small sized one that would fit inside a safe (like Peter Nichols annulet), so failing that, I suppose it'll have to be keeping an eye out on ebay. Cheers.

Indeed. It was only when you mentioned the different F number that I looked and remembered they had it as F118. There doesn't seem to be a great deal of difference between the two, but then my eyes aren't what they used to be. To be honest, there were quite a few that I was after, but bank balance dictated where I went. I did manage to pick up the 1880 farthing as well though. All being said, I thought it was quite a reasonable sale actually.

This is the one I was after at the Baldwins auction if I didn't get the Sixpence. Lovely specimen.

I believe gold is treated differently, as I asked the same question to the auction house when I was bidding on something over there. They have a branch here in the UK, and this was their reply: "...There is also an import duty of 5% on coins that are not bullion. If they are bullion, there is no import applicable." That said, maybe it's because they have a branch here that they are able to do this by getting the coins shipped office to office. I wouldn't like to categorically say no. Sorry if that's vague.

Thanks for confirming that. I think that a near 30% add-on is excessive and as you say, I'd *really* want the coin to justify parting with that kind of excess. All seems a bit much really.

Evening all, Just browsing through some upcoming auctions and having a look at some interesting coins. However, I've just been looking at the buyers fees for a particular auction, and it's 24% PLUS VAT, making it nearly 30%! That sounds exorbitant to me, seeing as they also seem to be charging a consignors fee of 15% as well. I know London Coins charges around 17% and Baldwins was 20% + VAT, so what's the average BP these days? Around 20% plus vat? Cheers

Are you doing this on the app, or on the desktop?

Lack of experience on my part, perhaps a little wet behind the ears about something looking quite sharp but not looking at other factors. Trawling through the pages of interweb as I do, I do a bit of digging when provenance is mentioned. There's a coin up for sale I looked at recently and details of the previous coins auction history etc, but comparing the pics, it looks like some of the deposits/marks have been removed subsequently. May be the light, but it put me off. I need to get out and handle more coins, broaden the eye.

This is all very interesting. I'd seen something bandied around about toning coins on one of the other forums, but thought it related to silver coins rather than copper/bronze. Looking at that 1975H, I'd have a job spotting the difference between natural toning and artificial from the pics, but may have a better idea in hand. Something else to watch out for. Every day's a school day. 👍

Thanks both. Probably the reason why. Much obliged.

It set me on Columbo mode and trawled through god knows how many pages of the interweb looking for it. Funnily enough, I did find mention of it briefly on a page somewhere in the universe but like an idiot I didn't favourite the page to have a proper look at. Maybe you're right, maybe Spink have got it wrong, seeing as Peck doesn't seem to mention it (unless I skimmed it).

Unfortunately not, no. I'm trying to work out where an inverted A would fit into the legend. I assume it would be the U in GEORGIUS?

Afternoon all, Quick question please. Looking through the Spink at the listings of George IV farthings, and it seems there's an "1822 -inv. A's legend." I've looked online and can't seem to find any reference to this, so any ideas please? I've had a look in Peck and can't see anything, and as the Freeman doesn't go back that early, any pointers gratefully received. Ta.

Thank you all, most grateful for your wlecomes.