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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.

I'm thinking the same as you, Garrett! I'm definitely thinking cleaned, though! The tone of all his bronze coins is unnatural and too consistent, which suggests dipping. I may be wrong though.I'll bet you're not.Well we all know who it is and what he does. I'll agree with AC though, all his copper/Bronze has had a dip, the colour is almost always the same. I'll also dip my toe in and say overgraded as this is also consistent with this seller, usually by 1 whole grade

Lol. Trying to Double his money plus Adding the "free" postage cost on top

Never eat yellow snow

Can we guess who this might be 231108549997

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It is the sign of the ruination of the British nation. My first encounter with the new British coinage was a chance find on the floor at Kyiv Borispol airport a few years ago - and my thought was wow- what a downer! An 82 year old monarch and a smidgen of a shield on the reverse. No proud Britannia looking out to the seas she ruled, no pride and no powerful statement. Your last sentence Sums it up exactly, no pride what so ever. There is just no Statement in any of our designs in recent years

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I agree Dave, trouble is they would f*ck it up! Look what the French have done to Roty's beautiful Sower Geez that looks like a Lowry. The only recent Design i like was the 1997 £2 Britannia REV design, they must of sacked that engraver because nothing has come up to scratch since and i can't remember what was great previous to that, i think we're talking decades. They don't seem to have any artistic flair at the mint anymore.

I think we have some of the ugliest coinage in the World. Bring back standing/seated britannia anyday

I think most Men can also relate to this

Is'nt that 4 choices? Lol

I'm curious how CGS are going to grade hammered coins. Striking splits, irregular flans etc would Lead to the, all being less than Fine surely

Well that is what is I hoped someone would say, otherwise what is the point of a 1-100 scale if only the top grades can be achieved by proof coins, while proof is not a grade? Does anyone have an example of a non-proof CGS 'fdc' coin? Still feels like a bit of an oxymoron ... Edit: our posts crossed Nick, do you have a take as to how an fdc description can apply to a non-proof coin?If you look at CGS UIN 2043. It is an 1816 shilling and has been graded as a 91. However, if you're expecting to be dazzled by the quality of the photograph, you may be disappointed.CGS UIN 8978 is an interesting one. It's an 1884 shilling that is ex-Cheshire collection, previously NGS MS-64. CGS has graded it as 90.Interesting, MS64 would be an 80 on the CGS scale and then taking into account that American TPGs generally overgrade British coins i wonder how they then came up with a 91. is it because its a Cheshire coin i wonder

Is there the red wax often associated with impressions on this example, or is the single red patch on each side associated with an old repair? Could also be from sitting in a tray Clive

I assume that the more variety denominations was Party to do with a larger population and for those who did'nt have anything to Barter with. Not all peasants had land or animals to exchange and had to work for the local boss. Is this a fair assumption?

International buyers can search .co.uk and bid. I've had this recently with a proof set i sold, a Chinese buyer won it yet i had'nt listed it on.com which would give it international visibility. It was taken to the PO where my friend was informed that currency was not permitted to be shipped to China. My guess is that of the ebayer has 2 or 3 postal addresses and 1 might be based in the UK but they live elsewhere then they will be permitted to bid and have the item delivered to the UK address. Just as a heads up, you cannot edit an auction that has been bidded on, you can add details about the item but not a full on edit, its just Basic info you can change, but not things like where you post to, start price etc, for this, you'll need to end the auction, change the Details and then relist, but then of course, ebay get another listing fee from you.