azda

There's a bit of evidence to be retained. Nobody has properly sorted the 1804 dollar and associated patterns into originals and restrikes. With the obvious underlying features of an 1801 8 reales, this is clearly an original Soho piece. For anybody interested enough to study them, there is a worthwhile project to be undertaken here. looks like its gonna get sore for someones wallet. 1,131 quid with a day and a bit to go

Thanks, Peter! Any ideas where I'd get a list 51? Do similar studies exist for the William III copper? Try the Colin Cooke website

You certainly cast a very wide net, Dave! Where on earth do you start with paper money? I basically got it for its history. Its an operation Bernhard forgery and the serial was'nt noted for this date. It has been now. Just missed an original white isse Tenner in an auction from 1935, bugger!!!!! All totally over my head! Though I did once, a long time ago, decide if Ed7 had any notes, I would collect them! I still don't know to this day whether he did or not? Operation Bernhard was basically the Nazis attempt to destabilise the British Economy by flooding it with counterfit notes during the war. They were apparently some of the best fakes ever produced. Google or wikipedia it, great story. Oh and ED VII era did produce notes.I did pay over the odds for that note, dip the toe lightly. Creases, folds tears are not good to the note fraternity, even pin pricks lol

Told ya, buy a raw one and get a small tin of pertrol/paraffin, and send them back to the USA. In fact, that newbie who was doing that pryamid scheme might actually have his uses

You certainly cast a very wide net, Dave! Where on earth do you start with paper money? I basically got it for its history. Its an operation Bernhard forgery and the serial was'nt noted for this date. It has been now. Just missed an original white isse Tenner in an auction from 1935, bugger!!!!!

Went back to it last night and had gone. Who's bought it?

You seem to be forgetting the fees involved selling on ebay, 13.5% if payment is made with paypal

A nice silver French Jeton just purchased. 30mm

I like this very much. Did you buy this to sell? Just something i found Clive, the price nearly made me spit out my tea €930 or €970 i think it was

Another little something in the hammered range.....A Stephen Penny Type 1 Exeter

You wish lol

You can't price something that is unique, and all of these types are unique. If the subject matter was more appealing it could do £100+, I would guess yours would be in the £20-£50 region though. So are they all one off pieces? Yes, each being engraved by individuals. Its a nice piece and maybe worth hanging onto unless you are really desperate to sell. These engraved coins are finding their way into the market, but not quite popular just yet.

The last one George Gotobed got four months' hard labour for stealing a rabbit and a duck in 1890 lol, cracking name though, wonder if there's any in the phonebook now

And here's a 1791 Proof Pattern Guinea in Pewter. Spoke to this guy several times regarding Platt, he was a frequent buyer from him until he also spotted his shill bidding. He has several more nice coins listed http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330750293204?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D330750293204%26_rdc%3D1

Poorly struck to. D and E of DEI virtually missing, strange for a pattern. I bet the seller is smiling considering he did'nt know what it actually was

20 years for arson hmm? He'd have been released just in time ... to be conscripted for WW1 What about the other guy that got 8 months for stealing flour

Just to add 2 other coins to the list, a Gothic Crown and a Northumberland shilling, loves those myself, but buy from a reputable dealer because there are fakes out there,

I think it would depend on the budget. Many will give their own personal opinions on what YOU should buy, so i'm only going to give mine on the subject. Silver would be a commonwealth Halfcrwon or Shilling, Gold, anything earlier than Victoria, just make sure they are in decent grades, as beaten and worn won't reap rewards later

First picture, William Parsons http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4371649/Victorian-crooks-mugshots-go-on-show.html

Agreed, Tom. I use my hotmail account for serious e mails, as I know I can always rely it to do exactly what it says on the tin. I can also pick them up on my phone. All the crap goes to my outlook express. I use this for online orders/general enquiries and I don't care who gets the address. There's no spam filter on it either. Not sure what BT do, but I would certainly be irritated by any spam filter that was beyond my personal control. My ISP is Virgin Media. Interesting! Hotmail, hmmmm. I am germany and my brother in england has a Hotmail E-mail address. It is impossible to send him an Email from my every day email account due to the fact that Hotmail blocks it full stop. He gets no notification and I get my email returned with the message that Hotmail does not accept emails from my provider! Hows that for filtering? Hotmail blocks a complete provider! I use a popular german provider that has been in exsistance for probably nearly 20 years and hosts millions of email accounts. I use Outlook and Kaspersky together and have very little problem with spam, now and then I get a few spam mails that do make it into my inbox but a quick click and they are banned for ever to the spam folder. I would rather have all mails come through and I decide which is spam than have legit mails blocked by my provider. Not web.de by any chance is it Gary?

They do crop up in high grades

So difficult with images, but my money says it's not good...I can't tell if that's haymarks or underlying base-metal pits! It is horribly tooled however. The hairlines beside the forehead don't even bother to follow what was a curl! Sorry, Dave, hope you didn't spend very much on it! What was making me itch was just above the 2nd V in GVLIELMVS , it looks to be flaking, thats when alarm bells started ringing

Just visible, OCTAVO edge

Hmmmm i don't want to sound suspicious, but is it genuine, something about it looks odd, the legend for instance. What is the weight, and have you a REV picture?Maybe its just me Looks fine to me! Pictures are poor, but the clincher for me is that milled edge (where you can view it)! I've got a couple of coins with a similar type of degeneration/corrosion, that I feel extremely happy are genuine. However, as Azda said, it's always worth checking the weight, I always do this as a matter of course! My own W3 sixpences run at 2.88g/3.00g, with one as heavy as 3.12g, so still relatively variable. Does anyone have any known W3 sixpence counterfeits they could post? Spookey, but just found this for sale on fleabay, quite a nice collectable, really...not a sixpence, but crown! I have one which is pourous on both sides, it did make alarm bells ring, weight is 29.5g give or take on my pish scales, dia is around the 40mm mark as it's not exactly round, see what you think

It has some graffitti under the harp shield and under the opposite shield is an S. Looks to have some corrosion to