Peter

I would love Britannia to be put back on our coins.(just posting my thoughts )

Wear patterns are often surprising. Look at the device between the ribbon and SHILLING - one side of it is worn right away. I think it's probably ok. Honestly would you want it? Maybe I have seen the light on crap coins. I am sitting here eating lobster and supping up some fine wines (10 am start tomorrow) Mrs Peter has just advised I have to be up early for the school run and there is no more wine left.(just a couple of crates of French larger). Good night

Wear patterns are often surprising. Look at the device between the ribbon and SHILLING - one side of it is worn right away. I think it's probably ok. Honestly would you want it? Maybe I have seen the light on crap coins. I am sitting here eating lobster and supping up some fine wines (10 am start tomorrow)

Wear patterns are often surprising. Look at the device between the ribbon and SHILLING - one side of it is worn right away. I think it's probably ok. Honestly would you want it? Maybe I have seen the light on crap coins.

Awful simply awful as I include the majority of modern issues.Croker et all must be turning in their graves.

Not a male appendage though

When the artificial 'rainbow toning' bubble bursts, there's going to be a lot of unhappy owners left with negative equity. I won't mourn... The toning scene is fully established in the US...can't see it bursting.

I love it Hus.

You've got a sharp eye for spotting the eBay irregularities! Presumeably he outbid the genuine top bidder, and then cancelled the transaction with himself, all ready to live another day in paradise! The 2 were running side by side, the auction one ended Friday, but it's definately the same coin He did the same trick with an 1887 gold and silver set earlier this year. I knew what he paid for it as he bought it from a customer of mine, who had bought it from me prior to the hike in bullion prices. Needless to say the auction end price showed him a loss after fees so it went back on as a buy it now. Private listings...........shilling sales! The auctioned coin was Private, but for a 1927 Florin it's obvious why, he was wanting 195 quid for it, but when you take into account, fees, relisting fees etc then it must all mount up, hence the reasom i never really understood our favourite ebay shiller That obverse is not nice.

Not me, no. I spotted it but I'm saving my pennies! And I'm never sure what ebay thinks of listings ending if there are bids on a item. Not that they can do anything, but a bid is supposed to be a contract ... It's happened to me dozens of times! I put an opening bid on something, just to keep an eye on it sometimes, and I can forget about it for weeks, until one day I spot it in my ended listings! Nothing worse than finding a decent too cheap coin in my ended listings.The old memory is not as sharp as it should be.

I was never convicted of my swimming with Norfolk seals..I'm not a pervey. Must go now to wax my dolphin....it is a bit too early for all this

I enjoy the chase and research (maybe not to Robs levels)but I have a few lists (hand written) and when I can tick another off I'm happy. This is on Copper (not the bronze issues). I also like to pick up a few out of my comfort zone.If it appeals I buy.

Enjoy the evening.

I did all right last week. I picked up the either/or coin I wanted in the Eginton trial pattern sixpence (lot 721), so left the second one alone. Plus I acquired a couple of others at reasonable prices. My bids were all in the milled section Rob, oh and a few lots in the literature. I only wanted one lot of books and came second. I'm no pervy Rob I do have spare copy of Mayfair volume 2 issue 20 if you are interested. It has been kept under the mattress with the white fivers.

My mouth watered on several. In the end I sniped 4 from ebay...nothing spectacular (3 1/4d's & a 6d). At least I can put some Tesco value bread & beans on the table tonight washed down with Blue Nun. The farthings are just on a need to compare with mine...and maybe fill some variety gaps on 1825 & 1834. The 6d will be back on the bay in a few months The 1827 1d was very nice.When you see pitted green crap going for silly money I realise that some penny boy out there said sod that.If a few of William 111 farthings came out in EF....my boat is going to be pushed out...don't tell Mrs Peter Trouble is most of our £ is in her name...or under the mattress.

I searched through 1000's of pennies and plucked out reasonable grades back to 1901.Trouble is the key dated coins had already been plucked out of circulation 10 years earlier.Well done on the 1922 penny.I never found pre 1920 silver or pre 1860 copper.I did get a few ME 1926 1d's and even 2mm trident 1895 1d's.I blame Rotographics check your change 4 little booklets.My albums came from WH Smiths with glorious PVC pages.Most of my post 1947 cupro coins have that slick green tinge.Sometimes I wish I was born 30 years earlier...but then I would probably be dead.It is amazing when I look at some of my old catalogues when 1959 Scottish shillings were going for £10 when it was possible to buy quality 18C 1/4d's for half that.I think I have a good idea on what is rare now and can't resist them.

It is Hus and his fat thumbs Single Malt and working in the small hours, that's my guess! Leave me out of this Stuart! Oh, sorry, you meant Hus I have my coin back thanks John I can till get out of my pit at 4am and fish for Chub.I have a bottle of port a couple of decent cigars and watch the sunrise.Then I stagger back home have a decent brekkie.Mrs Peter wakes me up at 1pm so I can witness us slaughter the canary scum

It is Hus and his fat thumbs

I had everyone collecting bun and vickies when I was a lad. Mum and Dad had a card tin which I was allowed to sort on a regular basis plus my grandads saved all the pre 47 silver for me. I had a Saturday job at 14 next to a jewellers/dealer.Dad had all ready subscribed me to Coin monthly in lieu of Whizzer and chips. I picked up quality stuff by being in the know. I continued through my youth with a proportion of my available income spent on Birds,booze,motorbikes etc. Star coins to me don't exist.When you grab a £5 coin you have been after for yonks it beats the £2k purchase every time. Mrs Peter trusts me to let loose after having my nose in books from late 60's...I occasionally do

Here you go http://coincircuit.com/coin_Auctions/munten-en-postzegel-organisatie-numismatic-auction-may-23-may-26-2012-3312-world-coins One sold at Londoncoins auction in 2007 for £280

As an alternative I have used recommended US dealers on the Coinpeople site.

At the Midland fair there are a few dealers who stock US coins.Most of them use non negotiable fixed prices. My Red book is 7 years old so I try and buy a few US coins at these rates.I avoid US slabbed coins. I do like the large cents and 19C small cents.

The problem is that it has not formally been done yet!! There have been catalogues that have detailed known varieties, but to my knowledge no detailed study of the series has been undertaken other than the information released by Colin Cooke in his farthing lists. As a result the best chance we had of a detailed study was the work being undertaken by Colin Cooke, but whether it will now ever become a publication is not known. I think with Colin Cookes collection and Peck(maybe Bramah)it could become quite definitive. You will have to draw a line on varieties somewhere.Early copper is so hit and miss.Quality William 111 is so thin on the ground I have just tried to get reasonable examples. Before Colin died he had covered several series and published his catalogues with notes.Peck missed stuff Bramah had picked up before.Colin swept it all up.Aboutfarthings have taken the post 1771 coins another step forward

Snap I would of had the 1915TT for that price. It goes to show maybe rare/expensive varieties should go into proper auctions.

Certainly different. pity it isn't gold or platinum