HistoricCoinage

Bid on one, won one. I'm happy now until DNW.

I'm out and about today so have had to get someone else to do my bidding. Let's see how that turns out.

I go to as many fairs as I can but tend to frequent the London and York ones more than others. I haven't had a table...yet.

I feel they show the coin from all angles. Nicely done!

And at other fairs. I spoke to him a few weeks ago in London.

The item location of this penny implies that he has not yet dug it up.

Fair enough. It is worth noting that eBay has become a buyer's world to the extent that you are guaranteed a full refund if the item is not as described. I bought a penny for a sizeable sum on eBay recently whereby the seller had 'conveniently' forgot to describe a chip that the photographs 'conveniently' also didn't show due to some 'convenient' positioning of the camera. As such I was able to obtain a refund fairly easily against the seller's wishes. The same could be said for this coin if it did turn out to be fake upon further inspection in hand. There has been talk elsewhere online of this Burgred's patina being typical of a fake, but I'd like to illustrate one of mine which I feel exhibits a similar 'patina' and is genuine.

I'm confused. When you say the like, do you mean the coinage/type or the appearance of the coin giving a certain impression?

I'd need to see it in the hand, or at least images of the edge, to convince me that it isn't genuine.

What's the laugh? Dave suggests it might be a copy, not sure I agree with him though...

£2 coin for £1.98...

I definitely agree here. The amount of hours spent by Customer Service sorting out problems like this must cost far more than any potential commission they would earn on fakes in any given year.

With the new feedback system it'll be nigh on impossible to email the buyer.

Not me. But wasn't that issue due to sending the buyer an email rather than the seller?

Spink found wine and are already setting world records, albeit in HK rather than the UK.

Hence the post in eBay laughs.

At least he's got a lovely overdate for Stuart.

£29.95 for a mousemat?!

I find they're not all that hard to obtain, and they're usually quite cheap. Here's an example that's just finished.

Send me an email, Lee. I'll take a look when time allows. You can find my address in my signature.

Entirely normal. Quite possibly a worn die, but you do see some anomalies on the dies, especially on the nose and chin. Nothing abnormal from what I can see.

I would say so, yes. Closed C and E with a normal-tailed R, as opposed to wedge-tailed.