HistoricCoinage

I've only gone and bought myself a slabbed coin. I must admit I was intrigued by how a hammered coin would appear slabbed, as I've never seen one in person. But I did buy it for the coin and so I'm now contemplating the best method of breaking the coin out, especially as the NNC do not seem to be as respected as other TPGs. I'm thinking of using a small hacksaw to open the slab but would welcome any suggestions.

Great news! You must be glad to have a definitive answer.

Much like this, the Gairsoppa gimmick.

I don't think the legend would support SWEIN ON SNOTIG judging by what letters I can see. If I had to say, I'd go with Paien on Nico, although this spelling of the moneyer is more often associated with Northampton rather than Lincoln.

An obvious replica, described as maybe a replica yet people still bid high on it...

1933 Penny, anyone?

As an archaeologist he'll appreciate that too.

فيصل الأول ملك العراق المملكه العراقه 1394 -1931(50فلس

I entirely agree. It's worth the BNS membership just for the BNJ alone. When I needed scans of some of Parsons' Aethelred II examples with extra symbols from the BNJ the online copies were useless.

Is it not a scarce date? The fine price in Spink is £750 compared to £175 for others.

Were you not tempted to use the digital version and scan in your own tickets to print off a new database of tickets? http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/2001.shtml

It does. Chris' text reflects that, the issue was the 1439 instead of 1349.

You never know! Best of luck and a nice coin!

In English or Arabic? I'll ask.

He wrote this for you:

I've just had an Egyptian friend look these over and confirm, along with the date.

Well spotted, Scott!

Right, initial reports suggest that there's some misspelling on your page: Faisal should be spelt فيصل and not فصيالل as that would be transliterated as Fasaiall, and kingdom should be المملكة.

Ah, I was thinking this was another of Rob's eBay-bashing posts and expecting Dave to join soon.

I personally don't but know plenty who can. If you want I can ask around if I have the image.

The seller. This could have happened with any dealer/auction house whether on or off eBay.

If I win a lot from eBay and the seller (apparently) accidentally sends it to the wrong person it's not unreasonable to assume that I'd receive the coins after the seller and incorrect recipient work it out, right? Turns out I am being unreasonable. The seller received the coins (apparently) from the incorrect recipient, refunds me the money and then relists... Nothing to do with eBay this time but I'm astonished at the actions of the seller - it seems somewhat dishonest and unprofessional. If I accidentally sent a coin to the wrong person but managed to get it returned I'd obviously still honour my original transaction. It just seems bizarre that this seller wouldn't, almost as if they never 'accidentally sent it' in the first place and was hoping for a higher price...

Precisely. But if this were just the steel core I'd doubt there would be any trace of copper on it as there is on this one.