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They seem to like this site, and I thought we were just geeks

Seems to be back to normality

Douna, the reason it probably did'nt sell was perhaps it was too expensive, just a thought

glitchy as in no graphics

can get on using IP Board but its glitchy, although no more Russians.

itf it is the same coin it just goes to show what the Americans are doing. buying high grade british, slabbing amd hoping some mug will part with huge amounts to buy it, thus making massive profits to do the same again. funny thing is though, its mainly Americans that are buying into it all. douna, we're not bashing you, its just thatw e see this and discuss this maybe once a month. american buyers have bought into a huge marketing scheme and those biyers are buying into a slab number and not whats in the slab. Do your homework before buying, sellers like the one you've pointed put are ripping you guys off because you're believing the hype, it really is all BS as Rob says. check out previous auctions for a similar coin amd see if it sold for $2000+ my gues is you won't find any unless you look at heritage which is another outrageous marketing ploy.

sorry, i don't but it looks expensive however you look at it. british collectors don't go much for what a label says or the razzmatazz of which pop number it might be. its a nice coin but very expensive

I went to your main webpage and it also seems different, the subcontent is all opened. Clicking on the forum link from your website just brings up the same problem. I did try Huss' forum from the IPB board app and i got to that without any problem

When the option to zoom came up I was like a kid in a sweetshop. Nearly poked my eyes oot

Chris i tried another forum from the IPB board and it never had the problem

Logging into the forum from my ipad and got some weird russian shit. I use the IPB app for forums and when i logged into it, it started downloading something in Russian. So i tried with safari and same thing again. I'm logged in now from the laptop using firefox without any problems. The Russian URL seems to be www.moblua.com. Anyone else with apple products having this problem? Another URL that seems to be popping up is goltraff.com.

They have no choice but to accept paypal as a method of payment. If reported ebay would pull all their listings

Living in Germany, i've only seen 3 cheques and those were for refunds from the Krankenkasse for being a healthy specimen of a human being. I don't think the Banks use cheque books here, i was never issued one when i opened my account. We also don't get charged £30 a time to send money to EU accounts, strange that eh

Whatever it is, he wants a whole Lotta Geld for a half Sovereign

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His name is Allen Stockton, and he lives in Monticello, KY...near the Eastern Mountains of KY. He advertises in the ANA Magazine. He does very good work, but you would not want to send a coin to him in better than VF condition, as the repair and resurfacing does take its toll. Another thing, it takes 6 months to a year to get your coin back. The cost is reasonable however. Yes, he fixed my holed 1905 shilling, it did take a while though.I remember the coin, it did look good but you'll always know in the back of your mind that it was holed. I wonder if CGS would Spot it through grading

So it looks like someone is buying up coins which have slight flaws, tidying them up and then submittier to the TPGs and hoping to make a killing, seems on this Occasion the theory did'nt work. Might be one to look out for. I remember you mentioned a Geo III Gold penny? You have which you sold that also had a few scratches and was "cleaned up"

Even worse Rob. Its a half Guinea.

And here is what i mean by the American TPGs not knowing their British coins. This coin is slabbed by PCGS but make no reference of it being 1798/7 mind you, at near $7500 i doubt it will sell to quickly

At those stupid Prices we mere mortals are left fighting over the scraps. If the UK auctions start this trend i'll definately be out of this elitest Hobby. The middle classes cannot afford those Prices and i very much doubt These coins are for flipping, who's going to buy them with their added percentage on? They're overpriced as it is.

The problem being is that many bidders will bid on the grade stated on the slab regardless of what you or i think, and in doing so pushing the price beyond what normal collectors will pay. Jaggy mentioned he's Willling to push the boat out on one coin, but if its bi á holder and graded as MS65 or more then it will get ugly. The whole bidding on the slab number irritates me along with American TPGs grading British coins, they just have nothing to benchmark them with and it seems if the grader had a good night before then you'll have a cracking grade. Sorry, but their whole System is wrong and is pushing coin collecting towards the elite buyers. (My opinion, so keep the hair on peeps, not wanting a grade or colony debate)

The Heritage prices are Crazy every sale AC

Strange.

A wise man once said, man with hole in pocket feel cocky all day.

He routinely dips, but not in the belief he's doing the right thing, but in the belief that if he dips it, it will up the grade and he'll be able to rip another unsuspecting punter off. Bear in mind this is Martin Platt Stuart, he knows what he's doing and we know why.