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Well yes, but given that the die flaws on mine are also identical (this time to the third of the coins in Ian's 2015 posting), that stretches probability even further. Unless it's actually the same coin.

Indeed. Assuming RM pursue the now void compensation claim amount, I assume their stance would be to ask Richard for it, and whether Richard is, in turn, paid by the original buyer, would be a private matter between the two of them, which RM would have no legal interest in. To be honest, it's a bit of a slightly unfair loophole as it confers advantage to the person who now possesses the item in question. Be that a coin or anything else. Maybe in such cases, the item should be automatically returned to the sender.

Interesting. Keep us posted Richard.

Will RM even be aware that they've delivered an item previously reported as missing? If they've just pushed it through the buyer's door, probably not. ETA: what does track and trace say?

Hmmmm, tough. You certainly can't say it quickly, unlike:- "She sells sea shells, by the sea shore" or "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper", which seem very easy by comparison.

What happens about the compo now?

It is that. I thought the same as Bernie, that these must have been struck only 10's apart to retain such identical die flaws. Well, I thought that fleetingly before Bernie said it, but then dismissed it as the odds being overwhelmingly against such a coincidence. But logically, how else do you explain it? The longer the gap between strikes on two separate coins from the same die, the more any die flaws will have changed such that it becomes obvious under magnification. Surely? unless I'm missing something blindingly obvious.

The best one is "I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son, and I'm sitting plucking pheasants till the pheasant pluckers come".

I just got lucky, chaps. Also, I've been waiting a very long time. It was expensive, but still a very fair price for something as good. They are astoundingly difficult to locate in high grade, especially as high grade as this specimen. Don't think I'll need to upgrade anytime soon.

Finally managed to obtain a choice specimen F148 1897 high tide, after many years of one just eluding me. Private sale arranged with Cooper's Coins before it went on their website. Special nod to Pete for the heads up.

I had one a few years ago in a transport cafe on the A5, which was like rubber. If I hadn't been so starving at the time, I might have sent it back. Another one of my Gran's old weather sayings: "if it thunders at all, it will thunder at Thurrock". No idea where she go that from, but I don't think it had any validity.

Yes, that's conclusive Ian. Bernie's coins seem to fit the first of your three 2015 pics, with regard to die crack positioning, and mine fits the third, exactly. Different coins.

Presumably the carbon spot now clearly visible between the E & G of REG wasn't there when you had the coin? Conversely the vertical smudge under the D of DG seems to have gone, as do one or two other minor blemishes. Just looked at my F14, which has some die cracks, but not all in the same place - and certainly not that rather unique looking line which runs Eastward from the tip of the helmet feathers, which appears on both coins in your example pics. All the die cracks are in the same place. Mine does have the one between the F & D, but not identical to the two examples of yours, which are identical. It doesn't have a die crack at all under the O of VICTORIA, whereas again, yours are identical. Not 100% sure.

I'll wholeheartedly second that. Let's hope that 2021 will be an improvement on this year.

Indeed, from the potential buyer's point of view, that's just plain weird. I mean, you could have then just decided to run with the original BIN price. Maybe it was a genuine error, and he got one of the digits wrong. I think I might have sent a message querying the counter offer. I wouldn't have thought £25 in response to an advertised "make offer" option, against £34.99 was unrealistic.

Hadn't there used to be an organisation called "Toc H", or am I dreaming it? If there was you certainly never hear of them nowadays. I remember some of my Gran's old sayings. One was "As the days begin to lengthen, the cold begins to strengthen". Then conversely for Summer "As the days begin to shorten, the heat begins to scorch 'em". Another was "if the ice in November is thick enough to hold a duck, there'll be very little else but sludge and muck" Many other sayings as well, but all commonly used ones.

Nice example of an F32. Pity he's got his thumb overshadowing part of it.

Yes, I wondered that. Good Point.

Absolutely a F148, and worth at least 20 times that amount. KB Coins has one in the same grade for £1450. I've noticed before that Cambridgeshire Coins seem a bit careless on varieties. Worth keeping a watchful eye on.

Damn, last time I scanned through Cambridgeshire Coins website, I'm pretty sure this one wasn't there. Now it is and has already gone !!! What a bargain.

But not one called Larry.............

He's got several of that type hasn't he Bob? On another note, I understand that offers in the region of £160k are being looked for as far as the Edward VIII is concerned.

Reassuring that the coins remained in UK hands.

Most of us would have to re-mortgage our houses to raise the kind of cash needed. I wonder if it originally went to a foreign buyer, and whether it will again. Same with the 1933 penny sold by Heritage in 2016.

Received my copy today. Very useful, well laid out and informative. Two observations:- 1/ Is it possible that the designer actually did intend the face to be that of a lion, rather than Medusa or Athena, but so comprehensively ballsed it up that the design was never used in 1841, and only accidentally used for a very short run in 1847? 2/ In the list of names at the back, Jack of Coopers Coins, is actually (I believe) Jack Relph, not Jack Cooper. I have his business card in front of me confirming that.