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I've never used a scanner to image coins, always a camera. You'll find my plate sized results dotted about the coin aquisition of the week thread. The Martin Platt images on Tony Claytons site are i'm sure camera work

Yup, thats the same auction Mike

No problem! PM me your details and I will pop it in the post tomorrow for you, be sure to let me know what it is Put it on ebay USA and maybe get a few pennies for another coin that you'd like...

There is also ugly toned and artifically toned coins, so do beware. Generic Lads link seems to be an artifically toned coin

Yes, forward it onto me.............Ta

You forgot the other 3 zeros on that £50 sum Peter

Why you think the Grade is Fine is beyond me. I'd go better than Paulis and say NEF, maybe even EF iny humble opinion. A nice coin indeed if you got it for Fine money. Well done.

Idiots with lots of cash obviously. Coming from Beverly hills i'd say both

P.s, if buying from America or from a historic overgrader seller on eBay, ALWAYS take their grading with a large pinch of salt

Aye, that one has been doing the rounds on Facebook

Same here with Mcafee

Yes and yes

1863 open 3 Penny and 1871 penny also jump out, 1865 over 3 is another 1862 small date numerals 1860 N over Z in ONE 1861 8 over 6 1864 Crosslet 4 1863 die number below

Spink don't go lower than Fine but Coins do

Should maybe ask if he's going to relist it as i missed such a bargain

Love the Health & Safety bit at the end Huss lol

REV has a nice big ding on the lions shoulder, i think you can get a little better, they are not uncommon. I'd personally say it was more VF/GVF ish

Without pictures its impossible to tell a grade

Been using Debbie's grading scale...Very F**ked to Extremely F**ked! 5mithyg clearly has choice crap. However, one cannot fault his description that it would stand out very well in the purchaser's collection. Maybe he's a reincarnation of the guy in Cornwall who used to have this sort of material by the bucketload. Can't remember his id though (cdsteve(?) or something like that. *classic*british*coins*? now known as *country*cottage*interiors* whilst awaiting his ebay suspension being lifted or he's doing his tax returns

Well, that depends. There are 2 kinds of detector finds, the genuine ones and those that are actually fake coins and people implying they were detector finds so as to fool a buyer into buying the fake coin, so yes, do be wary of these.and if in doubt, ask first before you potentially lose money

Just bought a couple meself. Krause has a bit of a sale on, so got the 1801-1900 Book on coins, plus a provincial bank note book, both cost with postage $114 and also got the Australian version of Spink (McDonalds) at around AU $40

Robbie, by the look of it yours is less than Fine and Spinks price Guide is just that, a price guide. The next is a cut and paste from Toy Claytons website listing realistic prices for Half Sovereigns Victoria Note that bullion values have a marked effect on the value of half sovereigns,and recent changes have rendered the listings below obsolete.In January 2012 the minimum value of a half sovereign was about £124. Young Head 1845 140 450 1500 275010s Yours i'd say was Poor, and listed here in Fine the pice is 140, it's probably only bullion value, maybe 140 quids worth depending on the bullion price today You can go here and take a look http://www.coins-of-...s/halfs.html#QV

Thanks! I like farthings too, and pennnies, and halfpennies, and sixpences etc. etc.! I think that I will just buy any coins that I really like the look of at the moment, then down the line a bit see how I feel about specializing in certain denominations. I might go for a nice grade coin of every denomination (that I can afford) and see them in the flesh, im sure there will be one that really catches my imagination Or you might try an example from every monarch. Then an example of every denomination from every monarch. Then every variety. And every year. Then upgrade the Fs to VF+. Help me someone, PLEASE help me!! You've dug your hole Paul

I'd expect it on ailver, but gold? A Gold proof would be reflective, still not entirely convinced

I think you'll find (joke grading apart) that the gold is not losing its colour. It's the effect of photo'ing through the slab, and if you look at the second pair of pictures taken from a greater distance, the gold shows its true colour. To be honest Peck, the 2nd pair of pictures, and i'm now talking about the OBV one, does'nt look as shite as it is close up, so it must be the EF stated on the coin. No seriously, i was joking there. I don't personally believe that it's the slab, why would the REV slabbed picture show some greying around 2 parts of the coin and not the complete coin? Why would'nt the same greying or discolouring not show on the OBV if it were just the slab?