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5 sols, but only exchangeable for assignats (practically worthless notes) Wiki entry:- Les Frères Monneron was built up in England by Matthew Boulton, thanks to the steam engine of James Watt, producing 2 and 5 sols coins in great quantities in the Soho factory in Birmingham from the end of 1791. Watt's steam engine.necessity money eased the coinage shortage then current in France and their technical and aesthetic quality was much superiour to mediocre base metal issues produced by official sources. In March 1792, the Monnerons went bankrupt and Pierre fled. His brother Augustin took over the business, but a law of 3 May 1792 forbade the production of money by private concerns. In September a decree forbade the commercialisation of confidence-coins. These necessity coins were in circulation until the end of 1793. A nice example David, well worth your purchase price. These pieces of

Even more shocking is some poor fool actually bid £3 for it. With p&p that's £4.50! Wonder if he'd like to buy some of my scrap at that price? Check his sold items. Some peanut brained chin dribbler actually paid him £10 for a crappy 1912H. I must have over 200 lying around here. Maybe I should contact the seller and offer him my stock at 30% of his retail?????

You're already pushing prices up on Pennies in auctions so go for the Crowns as I don't collect them There is also the added bonus of being able to acquire some good examples from members of the forum

Chris, a Section 18 search is a search authorised by an Inspector or above following the arrest and detention of a person or persons who are resident of or have access to that property. Following entry the Police would use what is known as a rota joiner (basically an approved joiner that is on a Police rotation list to stop nepotism and bungs) to re-secure the premises. It's strange that a joiner had to be used though as all the 18's I ever did I had the scrotes keys with me (and quite often the scrote or his agent, to ensure the search was conducted properly) so I never had to use the whammer? As for eviction of Mr Green and Ms Brown, I suspect Mr Pink may sort the job for you, oops sorry slipped into Hollywood for a second, you need to see a brief innit mate? That is unfortunately a civil matter which is outwith my knowledge/experience. I do know that you do not want the attention of the old Bill every week or two to sort out The Usual Suspects though!

In the watch list....... fingers crossed Oh shucks it isn't a farthing, I was looking forward to bidding as well It isn't 1807 either, the date being on the coin is always a good clue I do like it though, I think it may well be the bronzed proof and well worth the BIN price, sorry I meant well worth throwing in the BIN.

Thought i'd missed something lol...... Nope! They used to sell for about £25 a pop.

A shitty modern silver fantasy "maundy set". You used to see them in droves in the salerooms but they have dried up lately.

A model of a Cromwell halfcrown surely ? How else could it be so much smaller than a bronze penny? That'll be because the bronze penny (as featured on the front cover of the Spink 2012 catalogue) is greater than life size. Ah! As a non-owner of the latest Spink it would explain why I didn't spot it as a picture. Also, it's unusual for Spink to feature more than one coin on the cover. Are there any doubts as to its authenticity from the pic, and if not what's a good price do people think? Twice bitten! Paulus at risk of causing offence to you and many others can I just point out (again) that there is life outside ebay. Try a genuine dealer or an auction house and at least you will have some form of assurance that all is well (and no I don't have a Cromwell halfcrown for sale). I have no reason to doubt that the coin is genuine or that the sale is also genuine but I would just like to draw your attention to the fact that it is on a private listing, which leaves you wide open to shill bidding. Good luck. Absolutely no offence taken and I won't be bidding, it is already too rich for me! As I understand it, shill bidding will only catch you out if you end up paying more than you originally intended, or more than it is really worth, have I got that right? Far from an expert on these matters and value your input as always! Shill bidding (and again I stress that I am not implying that this coin is being shilled up) will catch you out every time you win an item, purely because your "winning bid" is being pushed on by a dishonest seller. It doesn't matter whether you are well below, below or on your maximum when you "win", you have been dishonestly pushed to that point. A genuine underbidder means that at least one other real person thought it was worth a similar price to you. The fact that you are still happy to win at your top bid is irrelevant is it not? If you like spending as much as you can to acquire coins please feel free to phone me and I will increase some of my prices to a level you are still happy at

A model of a Cromwell halfcrown surely ? How else could it be so much smaller than a bronze penny? That'll be because the bronze penny (as featured on the front cover of the Spink 2012 catalogue) is greater than life size. Ah! As a non-owner of the latest Spink it would explain why I didn't spot it as a picture. Also, it's unusual for Spink to feature more than one coin on the cover. Are there any doubts as to its authenticity from the pic, and if not what's a good price do people think? Twice bitten! Paulus at risk of causing offence to you and many others can I just point out (again) that there is life outside ebay. Try a genuine dealer or an auction house and at least you will have some form of assurance that all is well (and no I don't have a Cromwell halfcrown for sale). I have no reason to doubt that the coin is genuine or that the sale is also genuine but I would just like to draw your attention to the fact that it is on a private listing, which leaves you wide open to shill bidding. Good luck.

Just buy your red bull with it......

It doesn't look any better than VF from the pictures. Value would be about £5-10 depending on how you sold it.

I've asked to see the other side. A nice looking face is just as important as a good tail! I take it the 'other side' was stunning, how the smeg did it go for £109?? Did you buy it Debbie?!! I don't know how some people bid, but, I note it "shot off" in the final seconds.....

All the best younger man

My next door neighbour's 18-year old daughter used to hide behind a bush and sunbathe topless in their garden. I discovered this one day when up a ladder painting the window frames; whilst I couldn't see her directly, the reflection in the window altered the angle and revealed all. By the time I had finished there was 1/2" of paint on the sill... When I was about 13 my neighbours 2 late teen daughters sun bathed topless in their secluded garden....there was an 8ft timber fence between the gardens....however the fence was old and at the knots holes had formed.A hot sunny day in the school holidays and my garden became the venue. And the nickname "Pervy Peter the pine knot popper" was born :D

I'm not so much anti-social, kind of more of a sociopath I suppose

H over H and Q over Q in the garter legend, where there are also 2 stops inside the O's. The 2 re-punched letters are neither here nor there but the 2 stops (if they are stops and not die faults are slightly interesting)

She'd been on everything else!!!!

God, I never thought of the Scots, not sure what side they're on? ;-) We're on the right side of Hadrians wall Yer closer to the site o' the Berlin Wall are ye no? Nahhhhh, they tore that doon in the 80s John....... Am still paying for the reintergration of the East, they're doing better than the old west is we all oor coin Just ask Chris Perkins lol I thought I saw something on the news a few years ago about a wall getting knocked down somewhere in Europa

God, I never thought of the Scots, not sure what side they're on? ;-) We're on the right side of Hadrians wall Yer closer to the site o' the Berlin Wall are ye no?

Only 5 for me

As far as I am aware Debbie they are currently using a brass coloured dollar featuring US Presidents in currency. The previous issue was a cupro-nickel type featuring Susan B Anthony. The President series will have dates on the edge, the Anthony Dollars are dated under her portrait.

The picture quality is not good I'm afraid. The first one has an awful angle on it that makes the obverse (front) make you feel light headed when you try to study it!!! The reverse looks like crowned cruciform shields which appeared on GB coinage from 1662 onwards. Being brass it is probably a contemporary forgery of a halfcrown (weight should be around 14gms for a silver one so a worn brass one at 13 would be about right). The second one is a jetton or "counting token". As for value, about 4p in scrap metal I'm afraid.

If you actually read it and try to read between the lines it states that the bronze pennies that were struck in the first instance in connection with the laying of the foundation stone and ends with no bronze pennies dated 1933 have been sold to the public or are available for sale It is also most likely that a 1933 Penny was supplied to the King as he was an avid numismatist (this is only an assumption on my part and may not be correct). At no point is it stated or claimed that only 6 of the 1933 Pennies were struck. Read into that what you will......

I have got to confess on revisiting the images, that it is somewhere near the grade, but there is little to point at the FDC price it achieved, certainly not in my humble opinion! I lost out regardless! A few problems with using ebay as a barometer of market prices; It looks like a proof from the pics although the obverse scuffs knock it down quite a bit in price. A sold price on ebay is not always a true price as we know there are sometimes bids that are not real bids shown on items (I am not alleging that here just stating a fact). Novice bidding can often be frenetic and totally off the wall, pushing prices into stellar proportions. Finally, why not check Chris, Rob, Derek, Bob or my sites for a realistic (ish in my case) price on something you may want to know the price of if you were "in the market" I have a proof on for £150 that I should probably auction on ebay looking at that result!

I think the reasons for the meteoric rise in coin prices are a little bit more complex. One of the main driving factors is the state of the economy/banking system. It has certainly pushed people with money into the collectables market, specifically high end coins. I have made high volume/value sales over the past 2/3 years to people whose main aim was investment. A couple of those buyers have developed an interest in numismatics and have now become collectors or "collector investors" if you like. Some dealers do buy in one sale and try to flip in another. That does work sometimes but more often than not the coin sells for less second time around as anybody with their finger on the pulse will recognise it and think there must be something wrong with it if it appears again so quickly or realise what the ruse is. Dealer to dealer sales are either based on wants eg Chris has a 34 wreath listed and I have a customer desperate for one or are based on one dealer seeing something another is selling way too cheaply. I have noticed an upsurge in another breed of saleroom buyer, the ebay expert! I am often outbid on coins/sets and see them appear on ebay that or the next day at some stupid price. It is obvious that the seller has little or no knowledge of the subject matter and sees coins as an easy way to make money. Among these instant experts are an influx of Antique dealers who all have trade accounts in general salerooms. I have locked horns with a couple who have pushed prices to the max on individual coins (Guineas and Gothic Crowns mainly) and rode roughshod over everybody for the bags of lower grade silver that often contain one or two scarce/high grade pieces. There probably isn't a single main reason for the high prices in salerooms and I have probably missed a couple of reasons from my explanation, but the high saleroom prices will affect us all for quite a while to come yet I think.