1949threepence

Yeah, I got the e mail as well today. Some very nice items on offer.

As a buyer that is my strongly preferred method of delivery. Certainly for anything over £50. That way, both parties are protected.

I'll go for the following, music wise Trance/techno at its brilliant best

Hmmm, it doesn't look tooled as far as I can see. Looks like a typical, about fine, 1905. But I can't think of any other reason for John saying what he has

POIDH Pidh? i mean't cleaning You'll be too young to remember "Allo Allo". It was set in wartime France but featured the French, the Germans, and the English. As everyone spoke English (it was a British sitcom) they had to convey everything via accent. So the Brits spoke "Jolly good wheeze, top hole!", the French with French accents and the Germans with German accents. The stroke of genius was when a British undercover agent was introduced who played a gendarme but whose French was very bad. How to get round that one? Stroke of genius! They got him to play the part in English with a French accent, but to set him apart from the "true" French all his vowel sounds were wrong. So every episode he would come in and say "Good moaning". Hence the big giggle at your "froning" On a serious note, PLEASE don't take too much notice of Spink catalogue values. They're really just a guide. If you go to a coin fair you would get a more realistic idea of real values of coins. You would also be surprised at what you could pick up cheap from dealers loose trays, e.g. the £1 tray, or £5 tray, or whatever. And also remember that whatever you see a coin SOLD for, a dealer would pay you half that (if it's typical non-rare fairly modern stuff). "It is I, Le Clerc" Listen carefully, I shall say this only once. I totally agree about book prices and selling prices. If you look at book prices, you can take at least 50% off that when you sell to a dealer. Plus the fact they might try and knock you down on grade. They have to make their profits on stock, which might, once bought from you, be sitting on their shelves unshifted, for months, if not years, depending on demand.

That's weird. I genuinely thought she was Jeremy Clarkson's daughter. Didn't she also try her hand as a pop singer??? What was her name again? If she were, that would be enough to put me off her immediately.

I think he was deliberately playing the village idiot at his tax trial. But he was never going to be picked as England manager after that anyway. And when you compare the record of Harry with Hodgie, there's no comparison. What did Harry ever win, apart from one FA Cup? Agreed. Roy has a proven track record of success, even if not the most charismatic guy in the world.

Can't abide the look of polished coins. I'm of the old school of thought that polishing a coin, even more than cleaning it with a brillo pad, totally annihilates the coin.

Grade looks to be about GF/NVF. Value is supposedly around £110 for a fine, and £400 for Very fine (although I'm no expert on this era). So £215, to me anyway, looks fairly reasonable.

I subscribe to the view that any law which falls short of popular consent, as in the case of this tripe, should be ignored.

The big problem for me is with lower value International sales, where the minimum that the Royal Money Machine charge for tracked is now £8. who in their right mind would pay that for a £2-£4 coin? Ebay is my way of shifting dross that is not good enough for my site or coins that need a worldwide audience to achieve the best results. In relation to blocked bidders, yes, they do know they are blocked when they attempt to bid. I have blocked countries on my listings and nobody in those countries can bid on my items now (unless they email me and I add them to a pre-approved bidders list). Those countries are Spain, Italy, Romania, CHINA, India, Ukraine and Russia. Todays pain in the posterior was a Russian gentleman who won a halfpenny token for less than £3, his total with airmail was about £4.40. I was messaged by him last month "me not got my item when you post?" I gave him the date of dispatch (from the ebay site) and told him to open a dispute and I would refund him immediately. Todays message; I will be forced to leave negative feedback..( Is opening a dispute such an arduous task? That is the only way ebay can keep tabs on scammers and how I manged to get the last one kicked off the site. I had another "lady" of Eastern European nationality now residing in Belgium rape me for a £22 Netherlands 10 Cent. She is an ebay seller and will only sell with registered postage as an option. She has obviously been the subject of claims but is more than happy to rip somebody else off? I'm surprised Spain and Italy are on your list of blocked countries, John. I would have thought they might be OK. The rest I can understand though.

I don't blame you at all. That said, as a buyer, I have had recorded delivery items just shoved through the letter box, with all the tabs still intact, and even after several days, the Royal Mail website still showing the item at Plymouth Post office, or wherever. If I had been dishonest I could have claimed non delivery. Some sellers don't offer special next day delivery insured post, and you have to ask. Interestingly enough, the 1881 I've just bought was only offered as £1.50 recorded delivery, but sent special delivery. Saved about £4.00 there.

e***n should be getting an email in a couple of day saying how the purchaser has been messing about and how would you like it for your top bid. Very probably. Just as a matter of interest, would the details on the relevant e bay page change if that were the case ? If so, it might be worth keeping an eye on it.

f***n won it ~ £720.56 ~ weird or what ?

....and a slight reverse edge knock at about 8:30, but a super looking coin, with really nice toning. Nice acquisition. Woo hoo - good to see you again 1949! Long time no see... Cheers Peck ~ good to be back after what has been an intensely busy time work wise. Hope you are keeping OK

I think he was deliberately playing the village idiot at his tax trial. But he was never going to be picked as England manager after that anyway.

aka Chav Central

Don't sell your best pieces. In years to come, you'll have two lots of satisfaction for the unsold coins. The one about the coin's actual history, and the nostalgia of the time you actually obtained it. I've still got some coins assembled at the time I first became interested in coins back in 1990, when I was 12, and before you were even born !!! Even though they're pretty much worthless compared to the stuff I've bought since, there's no way I'd ever get rid of them.

....and a slight reverse edge knock at about 8:30, but a super looking coin, with really nice toning. Nice acquisition.

You could easily have got much more than £400 for that one, Dave. Didn't realise that was you when I saw the seller, as I thought you were in Germany. A lustrous one went for £900 at London Auctions in September 2010. r one, as it was running well ahead on "bids" even before yours had sold, despite the fact that yours is a demonstrably superior grade, with lustre. Yep, something wrong there. It's patently obvious. Your coin shows up the problem in stark relief. I'm amazed they didn't pull the other one immediately, and wait. I started a small shop Mike with my buddy, it seemed more logical for me to send the coins to him other than from Germany as i believe that buyers when they see where a coin comes from they tend not to bid or buy as well as if it were in the UK So now i send all the coins to him, i do the listings etc and he ships the coins out, usually within 24hrs of payment.........I ask for paymnet within 3 days, keeps things turning over quicker, so i hope this buyer does also or else i relist. Nice one I've reported that coin as well, Dave, under the relevant category. Just a pity they don't let you leave any free text. You were right all along, and this has convinced me.

You could easily have got much more than £400 for that one, Dave. Didn't realise that was you when I saw the seller, as I thought you were in Germany. A lustrous one went for £900 at London Auctions in September 2010. The other one was running well ahead on "bids" even before yours had sold, despite the fact that yours is a demonstrably superior grade, with lustre. Yep, something wrong there. It's patently obvious. Your coin shows up the problem in stark relief. I'm amazed they didn't pull the other one immediately, and wait.

Given the huge number of varieities, plus the potential for new varieties to be discovered, I'd say it was pretty much impossible to obtain a generic storage facility which already had every known variety marked on it. You'd surely be best buying a cabinet and defining the limits of your own bun penny collection, much as I have done. With unmarked tray recesses, you can at least alter those definitions over time, if you wish. I've concentrated on obtaining the well known types in high grade wherever possible. I agree with those who have said, don't tell 'em. The government have shafted us enough already.

My opinion is that as long as the USA keeps the cent, we should keep the penny. Although I think we could easily getaway without minting any for a good few years. So not dissimilar to your opinion, but keeping the door open for further issues in the future, potentially at least. I don't like the idea of the 1 & 2p's being demonetised.

Utter crap ~ you're talking about a country that not only started the worst war in history, but also suffered extreme hyperinflation back in 1923. I wouldn't have any confidence in them to run anything which was in any way related to our national interests. I suspect that the only interests they ultimately have, are their own.

The problem is that the EU in its present form has strayed way too far from its original Common Market principles. That was a trade association only with no impingement on national sovereignty. It's now become huge and unwieldy. Too many members, many of the recent inductees not of the right calibre, and a single currency which has not been a success. We joined in 1973, and the referendum campaign in 1975 did not, to the best of my knowledge, include any mention of how the (then) Common Market might develop into an all powerful meddling bureaucracy, many years down the line. Had it done so, I doubt there would have been a majority in favour of stopping in. Since the financial crash of 2008, the EU has been like a car crash in slow motion, and we may be seeing a slow disintegration of its constituent parts. Without the central players of France and Germany, I think this would already have happened. David Cameron was left with no alternative but to not sign the recent agreement, if he wanted to preserve our independence. Moroever, I hope he will listen to the increasingly clarion calls for a further referendum on our continued membership.