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Another thing to bear in mind : it's a strange quirk of the beaded border that until it's all but a featureless disc, a few beads will survive intact. It's extremely rare for a coin to be in your grade and not show a complete bead or few. That's another (not very scientific) way to tell them.

Boo... Phew. I'm relieved. The last thing I'd want to do is get rid of someone else's dandruff off a coin!

That works fine until the day your snipe just beats another using the same strategy. Then you find yourself having to pay the "stupidly high price" It's never happened yet, so it's a chance I'll continue to take. Good luck!

That works fine until the day your snipe just beats another using the same strategy. Then you find yourself having to pay the "stupidly high price"

But that's what I said!!! (Re-read...)

Your logic, unlike your coin, is flawless

Yes you need to keep an eye out for fakes and over-grading but showing a high grade coin then sending a dud is just plain fraud in my opinion. I also hate stock photos, it's just lazyness. I expect to receive what is in the picture because that is what I have used to appraise the condition and used as the basis to make the decision on what I'm willing to pay. Gary D dead right. Even for E-II cupronickel. Too right! I remember someone selling an E2 florin not so long ago. They captioned it "coin in picture is not the actual coin". Considering the coin for sale was 1965 and the picture was 1966 ... caveat emptor is about right!!!

Hi Gary. I can't see it in hand, obviously, but the 44 on the left LOOKS like a pale but toned example (the range of Mint toning coloration is quite wide). Is there actual lustre on it? As for 1946, I believe they come evenly spread between lustred and toned? Having said that, I only have a toned specimen, but I saw a lot years ago at Warwick & Warwick which I scoured for the mint flaw (without luck) and all 15 or so were lustred.

Hm. I hate to sound a sour note here, but have you thought it might be dandruff from the seller? Just sayin' ...

I notice he hasn't adjusted the starting bid price!!! Still, as he says, there are plenty of idiots out there.

I don't know whether this is a breach of protocol, but I thought I would say that I have a couple of Unc 1944s for sale and one GEF that avoided the toning process. How much lustre on the 44 escapee? And how much are you asking? (You can DM me if you'd rather not discuss it in open forum).

Me too. So far so good, but I haven't bought an enormous number of items.

Not very often you get a Mag helping a Mackem Bl00dy Mackems! Filched a draw at Anfield on Saturday. Still, the look on their faces when our first "goal" went in made up for all the beachballs of last season.

That would appear to be the halfpenny (it's nearly the size of an old penny, but much thicker, right?). Yours would grade - edge knocks aside - as a clear VF, maybe a bit better. Value around £25, give or take. It was the first official halfpenny for over 20 years, and the first to be minted using Boulton's new machinery. The price of copper saw it reduced in size in 1806, which was a very large issue and much commoner than the 1799. I personally love the design, it's a very handsome coin especially in top grades.

I STILL have my AUnc 1944 bought from Peter Ireland in Blackpool in 1979. That's how few I see. (It would grade Unc these days - and it has lovely dark chocolate toning). They aren't easy, nor are truly BU 1940s. 1946s can be surprisingly tricky too, especially when you look at their catalogue value.

Thanks az! Nice little group of buns. The 1870 is possibly not quite as good as mine, so that's nice to see it went for £127 - I thought the 1869 was a bit overbid though. It was nice but it wasn't THAT nice. The reverse looked quite dirty.

Nice! You got one without Mint darkening. That adds to its value (you won't retire on it, but 1944s go for about £25, as a guide).

You have! That's about exactly what is needed. Um ... is there a particular reason you haven't mentioned Edward VII florins?

One extreme to another LOL. Well, although a bit small, those are easier to see. It looks like a Middle Eastern or N African coin? The script looks Arabic possibly, or Urdu? Apart from that, I can't offer much help I'm afraid.

I'll give those a miss. I can't click a dead number. Yes I know it's an item number in eBay but most times there's a link to click.

I don't know how you've done that picture, but it's horrible. Ultra large (only a bit at a time is visible on my screen) and pixellated to kingdom come. I suggest you re-do it at a smaller resolution but higher quality.

Those both look like average coins that have been cleaned Az. I you bought 'em, I'd return 'em saying ' not satisfied'. T wear is considerable on both. 1945s can be any colour from gorgeous dark choccie colour to indeed quite pale. The point being, they were all darkened, but as we all know, it was an uneven process for those pennies. There may be a few with mint lustre, in which case, nab 'em!

Is it only me that got the Azda / Asda reference, or are you all wisely ignoring it? (Reference to supermarkets : it was a mild insult playing on Azda's name ...)

Further information : That date was minted for several years, up until the next official issue which was not for another 20 years. So there's rather a lot of them (same with the 1758 shilling which was minted on and on and on too). It's not worth a great deal for this reason, you'd need one in the top two grades to have any significant value.

I think he meant Asda az - a poor joke at any level Oh wait - you mentioned asda in your reply, you just didn't rise to the bait