Rob

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.

The estimate on the Exeter D30 crown was halved on the day with a saleroom notice because it was plugged at 6 o'clock. It might be done very well, but once known gives the seller an uphill battle to raise the price buyers are prepared to pay. What was the original estimate Rob? £600-800 reduced to £300-350

I'll throw in a full stop for free. £7.75

I'll second that. In the mid 80s, my wife and I were passing through Hong Kong and obviously had to eat. We decided to try pot luck in a back street eatery with no English menus. We pointed at the two trees and the lean-to privy in the menu and waited to see what arrived. My sour pork was all right, but she wasn't amused with her chicken gizzards. I had two meals.

The estimate on the Exeter D30 crown was halved on the day with a saleroom notice because it was plugged at 6 o'clock. It might be done very well, but once known gives the seller an uphill battle to raise the price buyers are prepared to pay.

Your coin has too many tiny blemishes. The grade also looks a bit worse to my mind with the flat hair, though I can see a dig on the cheek of the DNW coin. I wouldn't pay £1800 hammer for it, but then I wouldn't spend nearly £800 on your coin either, preferring to spend that sort of money on a really nice cheaper date when it eventually comes along.

I'd say yes. I was thinking about bidding on that one depending on what happened to the 1800 half, but the former went to £2500 and then the front doorbell rang.

You should have bought the previous lot - much nicer. And more expensive, i did'nt have any intention of buying a Northumberland, it was'nt on the cards at all. I still don't knowi if i got it or not, results say i did but looking at what i won says i did'nt. I also got lot 341 The latter was plugged, so probably not a lot to be made there. Plugged things have to be either super-rare or £1 shop cheap. I got a few things in the Ed.IV-Henry VIII period. 174 was the York groat with the lis over crown on the reverse. I'm hoping that can be shown to be a London die recut. Never seen the overmark before. I also got the Abp Warham groats lot 186 and some small odds and sods. Spink is potentially looking a bit more productive, assuming I haven't spent up at Harrogate this Friday.

You should have bought the previous lot - much nicer.

The so called 'cartwheel' effect is given to the iridescence seen on original surfaces. Cleaned coins will never have this.