Peckris

To check it out you will need better images than a phone. Try getting something in the order of 600dpi and use a hosting site such as photobucket and a link. 600 dpi is a complete waste of time on a computer monitor that won't display more than approx 100 at best.

Nice bit of golden tone - you can't beat it

God yeah - there's few fouler oil smells than gearbox oil.

It's not highest quality image to start with, but here is a blow up of the date: The upper portion of the 7 could easily have been the top of a 5 too.

Especially when you consider the minutiae they use to reject coins for slabbing, after giving them the ultimate thorough going over. "Oh wait guys, I'm wearing my LC hat today, not my CGS hat. They are different sizes, you know."

Sad day I remember walking on the wild side (well, perhaps not as much as Holly from Miami FLA ) in 1973. Also how much of an impact the Transformer album had - before that, we thought Bowie was a maverick, a one-off, then along came Lou.... Bowie Produced the transformer album. He died in Southampton of all placesBowie's dead???

EAR muffs? Oops no, I was thinking of Linda Lovelace...

Both 7s point to a tooth, unless my eyesight is WAY out. And don't ignore that dink in the edge right next to it.

Oh, B'Jesus, they come in varieties and die-pairs?Edit: Oh, Gary, no, not you AND Peck? I just don't see what purpose they serve overseas (or here, for that matter), why would somebody want a fantasy piece, when they can get something genuine?Is it a gift for relatives scenario abroad, on account of "what else do you buy them", or is it ignorance to the fact that 'genuine' coins are still in existence? I find it odd! Even stranger than the immeasurable "thunk" that is the coin collector! Well there are several factors here: 1. It's an attractive piece in anyone's language, so worth having 2. There's no 'original' as such, it's a kind of 'fantasy mule' if you can get your head round that 3. The closest thing to it is an 'original pattern', which in that condition would cost hundreds if not into 4 figures. 4. It uses Kuchler's actual obverse, and apart from the raised cartwheel rim, a very close approximation to an actual pattern reverse. So there! It's the only fantasy piece I own, and I'd sooner have it than the ridiculous 1933 fantasy penny (I would rather have a 'genuine fake'!!)

Sad day I remember walking on the wild side (well, perhaps not as much as Holly from Miami FLA ) in 1973. Also how much of an impact the Transformer album had - before that, we thought Bowie was a maverick, a one-off, then along came Lou....

Yes, it's a modern Mint-produced fantasy piece reproducing an actual obverse of Geo III and a pattern penny reverse closely resembling that in Peck 1084. However, I think it's one of the better ones, and the 'darkened proof' appearance is attractive. I got one from eBay for £10 which I considered was worth the outlay.

Don't you mean Royal Mail plc (sold-to-the-highest-bidder)? Last I heard, the Mint had nothing to do with the postal service! There again, both services produce tacky commemoratives for profit, make frequent errors, and ain't wot they used to be, so an understandable mistake.

"Consignment" is total submission per auction. Presumably your two coins would have been fine with others making weight? Yes, I would say so...but that's a remarkably privileged position they find themselves in, that they can turn their nose up at a grand's worth of coins or, putting it a different way, around £300 of profit (buyers & sellers prem.) from handling 2 coins! I was genuinely surprised! Yes, I agree. Unless their clientele is mainly oil sheikhs and Russian oligarchs with $$$ to burn, I can't see how their position is strengthened by refusing perfectly good lots.

Im confused now. The reason i use capsules is because they give more protection than 2x2 flips. In 2x2s coins are protected only by very thin plastic layer. My main concern is coin rubbing capsule walls. Even if capsule is only 1mm bigger, coin still have some play inside. Will plasctic rub/wear/mark a coin? Flips aren't "very thin plastic" - they are robust enough to protect a coin's surface from anything except sharp sudden violent attacks with a metal implement. iHowever,f you insist on capsules, don't get ones you have to force the coin into - that will cause more damage. As for 'looseness' damage, that won't occur if 1) you don't shake the capsule and 2) you put some protection such as felt into the bottom of the capsule.

I order one as well, perhap it will be possible to defuse the leds somehow. Well Gary there may well be a couple of these being sold on the Suffolk car boot scene in the near future. I think with other peoples input these could be a winner. Diffusers,background,lighting position etc Copper coins maybe suitable,especially light chocolate coloured beauties. Unfortunately the software is only written for Windoze

"Consignment" is total submission per auction. Presumably your two coins would have been fine with others making weight?

It was a fascinating item. Moreover, for those who have it, there is a great article on the subject in the 2014 coin yearbook at page 17. Gorgeous design for the 50p reverse, which in my opinion would have been better than the one they did use. It was - I'm glad we got the link. Thanks ski. And for once, we get a decent 50p design in place of recent commem abominations. Faraway is close at hand in images of elsewhere......

You'll be train spotting next.

Obviously your coin as you have added to the description. Its maybe better to get the correct Info first before assuming its a Major error On the other hand, kudos to the seller for coming to the leading experts , getting some facts, and then promptly updating the listing. Would that all sellers were so enterprising!

absolutely sand where you thrown out black, in something infinity. I am as you say. not that is, not there in something. up the down sea.

Hmm. It's less than Fine but from what I can see of it, it looks like a contemporary forgery. The position of Britannia's olive branch in relation to the legend is wrong and so are the ribbons behind George's bust. If you're interested in N American "evasion" issues, this may be one of them, with the error legend being deliberate. By the way, contemporary forgeries and evasions are amongst the most common 18th Century coppers. They were mass produced.

I'd agree 100% with what Declan said. Doubling is extremely common on the Victorian copper series. But if it was double STRUCK, you'd see it also on Victoria's portrait. It's a handsome series, so your interest in it will be well rewarded I'm sure. If you haven't already, try and get a GEF example or better, with lustre. 1853/54/55/58 are the most affordable.

I've got the LMS Stanier 4-0-2 'Duke' series number 0397 - I believe 0398 was as high as they went? I must get up to Crewe sometime and check it out. It would be good to get the full series.

That's the one David! Though I just checked, and mine doesn't have that rainbow AT on the reverse These must be from the same series : http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dads-Army-Novelty-Bank-Notes-/281191985982?pt=UK_Coins_Banknotes_GL&hash=item417859333e Mine also comprise a £5 'Bank of Fulham' Arthur Daley, a £10 'Bank of Torquay' Basil Fawlty, and a £50 'Bank of Wales' Charles and Di.

Only £30 markup on a £20 item - a veritable bargain - not. I wonder if they would take a George Best Fiver for it? I can outbid you - a Basil Fawlty tenner "Si"-plus one Siberian Hamster. Strangely, nothing comes up on Google Images, nor the Arthur Daley variant, nor the Charles & Di, nor the "Nine Bob Note" ... yet I have an example of each, sold to me by Windsor Coins at a fair about 12 years ago. I know I'm not imagining it because I sold several of them at my antiques centre display!