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No, that's an interesting one, Ian. Looks like a bit has been added on. Metal flaw of some description?

When you upload to photobucket, as Nick says, there should be a "direct link" - highlight and then right click and copy. Then when postin on here, click on the symbol above, to the right of the "underline" - it looks a bit like a chain link. Right click in the box where it says URL (disregard the greyed out text) and paste your direct link from photobucket into it, then click "insert into post". That has got to do it.

Most decent websites have "backwards compatability", meaning they cater for all users. So that when the design is modernised, users with older systems are still able to access as usual.

Unsure of why Tom is experiencing so many obstacles. Perhaps, as Nick says, it is indeed a page coding issue. Maybe @Nordle11 can help. With regard to Stuart's scrolling, I had the same problem on my phone, until I started using the forum in landscape instead of portrait. Now it's a lot easier. Make sure auto rotate is enabled first, though.

I had issues with posting pics a few months ago, and for a time used image shack or tiny pic, posting the link to that. What I do now, and I know it's a bit convoluted, but it works for me, is to photograph the coin with my tablet, then e mail the photo to my PC and save it to pictures. I then import it onto here using the "choose files" clicky below. Doing that, I never need to re-size.

No, I just got the one invoice for 4 items, 2 coins and 2 books. But I did get all 4 lot tickets, with full item description and original bidding parameters added.

In addition to the members we have on here, who are very reputable dealers, I'm going to put a plug in for Colin Cooke who in my opinion is right up amongst the very top few in the country. Over the years I've bought a lot of stock from Colin Cooke, most of it at a very reasonable price, and I've never been disappointed. They've also held exclusively on line auctions, all of which were highly successful, the last of which was for one of our members here, who decided to auction off his outstandingly good penny collection last year. The original Colin Cooke sadly passed away in April 2005, but the business was carried on, and most recently, its manager Neil Paisley landed the plum post of managing director of Baldwins. Also well worth looking through the collections Colin Cooke has auctioned over the years, if you're a fan of the denominations involved.

Great to read about something so decent.

Almost beggars belief that people are so brain bendingly idiotic as to fall for this crap. The valuable AM32's were confined to just four consecutively numbered notes, two of which have already been found. It's not even like a lottery ticket, as we already know what the exact serial numbers are.

Course it is. Cheers Pete. I was a bit slow on the uptake there.

Collected my LCA won lot from the Post Office today. Freeman 106, part of lot 65 from the Michael Freeman Christies sale of 23.10.84, with his ticket. No idea what the P1722 is on the ticket. Only VF, but nevertheless very pleased to have won an ex Freeman at the relatively low hammer price of £90.

It won't be a bank mark. Somebody has just hammered a number punch onto the coin at some point, probably to try it out.

Indeed. I've never had any complaints either. My coin arrived today, but unfortunately I was out so will have to collect from the Post Office on Monday.

Got a nice e mail from LCA today, informing me that my lot was on its way. Together with the tracking number. Never had that before from them.

I think so. Some scratches on the first pic are consistent with the second. But the Heritage pic makes the coin look worse with far more blemishes, especially on the reverse.

Indeed. I should say PCGS photo used by Atlas. Anyway, the first thread I got these pics from is here and the second is here

There is absolutely no doubt that the camera does lie. One of the best examples i've seen of this was in the last few months. Compare and contrast the first picture taken by Atlas Numismatics, with the second taken by the buyer a few weeks later:-

Actually, on that 1867 you mention, Pete, quite apart from the obvious tonnage inscription, there is also an odd feature on the reverse. It's a straight bar, rising at a 45 degree angle between the base of the lighthouse and Britannia's shield. link

Indeed so, Pete.

Yes. On its own, a crosslet in that condition might be expected to get £2500, +/- £300. So £9k for one with the tonnage inscriptions, does seem a bit high at first glance. However, thinking about it, I can kind of relate to what the buyer was thinking, given the rarity of commercially available specimens of this type. With specific regard to pennies, Gouby records 20 in existence. Of those,12 are in the British Museum, leaving 8 theoretically available, including all three 1864's. The current whereabouts of these 8 - apart from the one just sold - is vague to say the least. One, the 1867 (582/369), originally attributed to Henry Garside about 1925, has not been traced, leaving 7. So when this 1864 specimen (239/136) became available, it was always going to go for a big price. Consider the rarity, and the almost "once in a blue Moon" nature of one being offered for auction, and you can see why there would be intense competition, or at any rate, someone willing to pay a substantial price tag.

Thanks Terry. Pleased to have been of some help

Doesn't inspire much confidence does it?

Strange colouring on the reverse, Cliff. Any idea what happened?

I'd got for EF/NEF. But a very nice coin and a neat capture, given the rarity of 1849.

I can imagine a scenario during the times that the VIGTORIA's were circulating where the overwhelming majority of people would barely glance at them, much as with today's circulating coins. Maybe the odd person, idly musing, noticed it, thought it was an error, and then thought no more about it. It's only since demonetisation (sp), mass melting down of the worn out residue, and increased collector awareness, that we've started to look out for these things. I agree with you, Matt, that quite a few more will emerge in the near future - just as happened with 1863 die No under date.