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A fair number had an infection back in January, supposedly before Covid was in the UK. It wasn't very severe, but I did have a sore throat and a cough. Problem is, we'll never know. Also, given that the symptoms are so variable from person to person, it's quite plausible we did have it. Or it could have just been an ordinary cold.

Great news today about the MHRA approving rollout of the Pfizer BionTech vaccine. Just fed up with hearing conspiracy theories from various people, including some I know, like "it's a mind control measure", "all part of the Great reset" (whatever that is when it's at home) and "same company that issued thalidomide, and look what happened with that". Just a constant depressing joyless moan. Personally I'll be glad to get the vaccine, whichever one it is. Although I'll probably be well down in the queue.

I've had similar with DNW in the past where it's passed from "still with me and against you online" to "and it's now online", where I know damn well I was the last bidder before the hammer, but I've not got the coin. So now I always advance bid high and video the proceedings of the relevant coin, in case there's any subsequent shenanigans. That's absolute hard proof of winning (especially if the last bid has not reached my advance bid), from which there is no possible way out once they've hammered and moved onto the next coin - plus it shows on screen.

Will you be querying the situation with them?

Indeed. His first recourse when challenged should have been to examine the evidence and report back having done so, to either counter with a rational disagreement, or admit he made an error and apologise. Instead he chose to fly off the handle, which is offputting as far as possible future transactions are concerned, as it looks defensive. Which might lead a potential buyer to believe he has something to hide, even if that is untrue.

All part of the modern trend towards negation or denial of hard facts, perhaps.

The mystery deepens still further..... According to that Lockdales list above, lots 228, 229 & 232 were unsold, whereas when you look on Lockdales website, they all have a hammer price - link

Or unsold lot 232? The 1854 he is supposedly selling is a PT, and 232 is an unsold, also a PT. Whereas the unsold lot 229 is an OT.

I've got a reply - see screenshot. It's self explanatory, but is factually incorrect as the coin in the pic is owned by, and resides with Richard. Judging by the aggressive tone in the replies you received, Jerry, he's very much on the defensive, having been well and truly caught out.

Yes, not having a freetext box, or having one that cuts you off before you've finished, is truly irritating. Maybe it's because their agents are too thick to understand what's written, or more likely, English isn't their first language in many cases, or possibly it's due to many illiterate offerings from the public, or a combination of both. Either way it means that much of the time you can't get your message across, and/or that "none of the above" applies to the preset options. I did have the misfortune to speak to one of their agents in a rare successfully made call a few years back. I couldn't work out whether the individual was frighteningly stupid, or deliberately taking the wotsit.

Just out of interest what's your association with the coin? Seems a bit of a random thing to suddenly pick up on and recognise the previous provenance from such relatively hidden clues. DNW gave no indication in the write up to Lot No 184. But yes, an act of vandalism by a complete idiot is no exaggeration.

Thanks Jerry.

Very pleased with this 1857 small date penny which has just arrived from the US. Worked out to about £276 which I reckon is a pretty good deal for such a nice item. Not easy to get so good. NGC MS 63, now busted out of its slab.

@blakeyboy sent you a PM.

The number of times I've just missed out on getting a decent F148 is getting ridiculous. I've also got an 1856 OT, but only in fine. £975, which for an UNC with 70% lustre isn't at all bad. You won't find anything on line for Dave Craddock. He's a bit old school and doesn't have a website - e mails out his lists about once every 4 or so months. I'm at work at the moment, but when I get home I will send you his e mail address and phone No so you can get added on. Unless somebody does it in the meantime.

Scroll up the thread, Richard. It's further up. Posted by @mick1271

Consistently over £3k. Shame about the verd as otherwise not in bad shape. Be good to see the obverse.

Looks distinctly like a F192A, 1922, reverse of 1927.

The ones I wanted (although I was about to cash in my £2k's worth of premium bonds to get them) were the 1856 OT in A UNC/GEF, and the 1897 F148 high tide UNC with 70% lustre.

The irony being that in that condition...what, GVF, maybe NEF? it would be by far the best known if it were really a die No 3 under date, and worth probably about £6k, I'd say. On a different note you have to be lightning quick off the mark these days to get what you want. Dave Craddock's new list was e mailed out on Wednesday evening, but I never noticed it until Friday evening. There were two coins on it that I was seriously interested in. But when I rang Dave on Saturday morning, they'd both already gone. An object lesson in keeping a very close eye on your e mails.

So that may explain why I've been stung twice for customs duty on successive slabbed coins from the USA. Whereas the raw coins I've received from there (co-incidentally or otherwise) have arrived free of duty. Although how they would know whether the coin was slabbed or not, without opening the envelope, I don't know. The packages have simply said "numismatic item".

If so, the buyer will be in for a severe disappointment. Always best to compare with a verified example of the real thing before you commit yourself to buy anything with a degree of uncertainty attached to it.

Can't see one, unfortunately. Incidentally, the one above says its designed for the i pad, but it works just as well on an android device. Just installed it on my phone.