Rob

I doubt anyone would bid with only one side pictured. Caveat emptor, you never know what the other side looks like - could be a bit of a dog and is probably worse than the reverse.

Yep. There's grade inflation for you over time. They used to give a 78 aunc, and before that EF. A grade is as you say in the eye of the beholder and as consistent as a politician's word. But at least it's consistently inconsistent. Every cloud..........

The feed is screwed up most of the time. Not only people on this forum, but others too. Here's an email sent to me shortly after the sale finished. Hello Rob Thought I would have a look at Scottish James V groats (653/654). The software stalled. Then I thought I would maybe have a bid on the Anne 1702, plumes and VIGO shillings (863/4). Guess what, stalled again. As far as I'm concerned I would never trust Spink Live Bidding if there was anything I really wanted. They're getting worse by the minute. Did you have any luck bidding on anything? Best wishes So you see. There are no plus points but a lot of negs. There wasn't a huge amount of material for me in the sale, but it would have been nice to actually manage to bid on the pieces I was interested in.

You didn't miss anything, trust me. You had a day well spent, whatever you were doing.

They could do better if they would buy in the mounds of large flan 5ps and 10ps, and 1947-67 'silver' as the extra weight means way more value in scrap vs face and more importantly a huge supply with nowhere to go - not collectable and mostly sitting in boxes/bags. Surely the RM as a government offshoot can see that this should be a no-brainer given the alloy has already been made. Or am I missing something? Sorry Rob, you are confusing common sense with policy/decision making...fatal!!! Thanks for clarifying the query John. Silly me. Just think how many Churchill crowns could be lost in this way. :) :) :)

They could do better if they would buy in the mounds of large flan 5ps and 10ps, and 1947-67 'silver' as the extra weight means way more value in scrap vs face and more importantly a huge supply with nowhere to go - not collectable and mostly sitting in boxes/bags. Surely the RM as a government offshoot can see that this should be a no-brainer given the alloy has already been made. Or am I missing something?

And yet yesterday I arrived home to find a glossy copy of Spink Insider magazine(?) on my door mat. Seems like maybe they are spending money on the wrong things ...? You were lucky. Besides the Insider, I also now receive banknote catalogues for some reason but not the stamp ones I used to get. Thankfully the coin catalogues are still coming through.

Like Colin G I had walked away by this point. Despite my best efforts to spend some money, it was not to be, so I engaged in an income producing activity.

What a 'pleasing' elephant - 1666 too - I must get me one of those one day, and a CII plumes of course, bit rich for me at the moment - £2,100 as I expect you know I knew what it was currently at because the sound was ok. The problem was the bid button didn't refresh or allow any action which was worse than useless. I wonder if it froze because I hit the bid button immediately the lot came up. Whatever, it was unusable. It was a decent coin too.

Nor me! I don't have an ever increasing bag of unidentified washers either. Unfortunately I have a bag of unidentified washers and another of identified washers. Thankfully the pile gets large enough to weigh in eventually.

I don't have one.

Bought in bulk from Austria: http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/oldtimermonger/ What? Like found in my letter box?

Clearly Spink est. 1666 stands for e-sales technology from 1666

And the only other lot I was interested in when I tried to bid said I had been outbid and wouldn't accept it or the lot had sold - that despite the bid button asking for what the auctioneer was calling. What a complete shambles. I wouldn't mind if it was above my limit, but I was prepared to go to more than they sold for.

I just tried to go on the elephant shilling. Having worked up to that point - it froze and said passed, which is a load of b*****ks.

I would still buy the right piece from them based on a personal assessment of what was on offer, just don't bid blind.

What? Warwick and Warwick? Aye, judging by what John has mentioned Methinks Rob had tongue firmly planted in cheek Dave Their grading alone is on a par with the majority of ebay graders (that was the reason that the BNTA had their pants down) and they have certainly been known to slip in fail to notice a couple of forgeries of rarish coins in bulk lots to catch out the unwary! Not to mention their refusal to ever list corrections. As a consequence you get things selling as the genuine article even though they have been told it isn't. They had a Cnut penny, allegedly from Hertford except that the legend alluded to a Hastings coin, or at least Haesti used to be Hastings when I was learning. No mention, mainly because the unrecorded penny was always going to make much more than a common type. Or two George III pattern halfpennies that were glaring Peck number gaps in my collection. Not a chance the description was accurate, with one of them being the gold painted currency piece noted a few years back by both Matt and myself. Or VF coins described as uncs. It is impossible to over-emphasise the need to view in person.

Christ! Were they making these back then? In that case the Royal Mint was a few hundred years too late getting its own version to market - but then institutions are always reluctant to change. I hope Seuk is going to reappraise the dates of his forgeries.

What? Warwick and Warwick?

Nope, not me.

Busy man. Now we know where you get it from.

I don't have one.

What wrong with a shilling or sixpence. They are more common than imitation guineas. Bugger, you beat me to it.

That's been horribly polished. Ask them to pay you to accept it.

Not dissimilar to myself, this evening! Cooked red lentils, boiled potatoes, shredded and blanched spring greens, fried onion and garlic, chives, and lots of cheddar, all mixed together and baked in a pastry pie! Served with corn on the cob, coleslaw, and a fresh salad! Got it cold tomorrow with pickled onions and cherry tomatoes (plus some homemade scrumpy, which is being delivered to the door at 12)! So how do you reconcile the living floaters with your vegetarian habits? Beer ought to cause a problem too given the use of finings. I take a rather more pragmatic view of food. Everything goes in and nature decides if it is useful or not.