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I wonder if Peck has now bought into it lol

Children shouldn't be allowed to play on ebay

I think most of the German stuff was the single headed eagle looking right, it's the Austrian Forint 10 and 20s in Gold that have the double headed Eagles such as this

I think its more of German origin due to the fact it was mainly Germany that made these model tokens and the close affinity that the Royal family had with Germany during that period. So for me (a guess so far) would be a gaming token or a model coin of some sorts, the Austrians also used the double eagle. If you look at the 20 Austrian Hungarian Forint around 1880s-1900s thee use the double headed eagle, those are also gold.

It looks like a clogged die to me

The Shilling is actually a Halfcrown Sion and at a guess (pix are a bit distant) i'm going with VF which in Spink 2011 is 85 quid. If you crop around the pictures Richard you'll get a close up of the coin, and also if you take more pictures, try and get a little nearer so we can see more detail as that is important for grading

John, can i take a wild stab in the dark here, i have'nt looked up your ebay to see who this wan**r is so let me be a little subtle, has he a feedback score of 366 and has cork in the name? I'm hoping you're gonna say yes, but we'll see. Scratch that, i couldn't resist looking, it's not who i thought it might have been

A Bit cheap for that Huss No?

Let me just say this about RM. They are as Safe as for sending packets These days As Afghanny airways. Everything i send is signed for, unfortunately that dora not gaurantee delivery as i'm still waiting on a German postal investigation into a missing coin that i sent in the 14th Dec, i tracked this from the German PO site and it got to the UK on the 16rh DEC only to Be Never heard if again. My daughter sent a few xmas gifts and cards in a Box, 20 quid postage and still had'nt arrived mid Jan, i told her to Claim it, she did. A claims form and last Week it turned up on HER doorstep, box opened, xmas card envelopes slit and things missing, now you tell Mr Who's to blame. I sent a coin to County Cork wednesday last week and ut was received today. RM are crap

the 1889 shilling is the rare one with the Jubilee head on, at 23mm it would be a shilling Only if it's the small head. The larger JH is only worth what the other dates are. Like this one

I must admit, that thought passed through my mind as well. Overall, you're probably right, David. Best to play it safe. Although we have in the "free for all" ebay laughs slated a few ebay sellers, where's the difference?

I went for aF (about fine) a lot of wear unfortunately

Perhaps the workman sale would help on the penny front regarding pricing? Just a thought...

Hi Colin I will take some nice pics in daylight and would be happy for you to use them,your site is excellent by the way.How and where would you like me to send them? Maybe you can post them here also, or at least the OBV picture in hi res, you have 150KB max, so use the limit, its an interesting find

the 1889 shilling is the rare one with the Jubilee head on, at 23mm it would be a shilling

No problem, you can upload 150kb per post so maybe upload 2 seperate pictures and try and get the diameter size if you can, this is when digital verniers come in handy. Its also about a Fine grade, thats aF, a little less than Fine, just my opinion though. I might also be over for a wee visitation in April, just to breath some Scottish air and a swallie

Why does it take 6 weeks to Eire, thats unreal. Generally it takes 10 days before a dispute can start, from date of buying i think, so that seems a very short amount of time to me. Personally i'd block problematic countries, but i have a difficult buyer whom i'm still awaiting response to the 1919KN, still nothing from him and still an open case It shouldn't take more than a week Dave. If it goes to Northern Ireland it's there next day by first class standard, the South takes longer because it's in Europe!!!!!!! Some mainland letters have been delivered years after posting (found behind machines in sorting offices no doubt). The point is that my buyer had his lot posted on 08/02/11 by Signed For airmail and has already opened a dispute. I think it's called taking the p**s, especially as that's £65 of my money nicely locked by paypal in their high interset account where they keep the hundreds of thousands held from other sellers no doubt! Sounds to me like they're jumping in a little quick, and i have some cash i wanted to send you for that coin, i assume i can't send it now?

its either a sixpence or a shilling, if its an 1889 shilling then its quite rare with the jubilee head on, but can't quite make the date out. I see the arabs lost the day

I was thinking 1862 ish

Why does it take 6 weeks to Eire, thats unreal. Generally it takes 10 days before a dispute can start, from date of buying i think, so that seems a very short amount of time to me. Personally i'd block problematic countries, but i have a difficult buyer whom i'm still awaiting response to the 1919KN, still nothing from him and still an open case

Very nice example of the type and quite sought after. Just wondering what year it could be, its a tad expensive at 500 GBP

Just wonder what you all make of this stunning brockage. Never seen one in UNC before, and with a hint of lustre in the legend

The value really makes no difference as i would not sell anyway,i agree with you it is an interesting and unexpected find and makes a nice addition to my collection. Here is a picture of the obverse in full, not a brilliant pic as the daylight has gone. In hand the coin is quite dark and has just a small amount of lustre remaining Even from the OBV picture its quite noticable

A picture paints a 1000 words

Operation Hide-behind-the-Northerners! Hide behind the northerner phah. Picture this, a bunch of burly scots tribesmens all pained blue (Rangers supporters) coverting the south as they had heard what a fair green land it was full of milk and honey. They get as far a Middlesbough and think "what the f..." and all go home again. Job done. Gary D They never went to the Boro Gary, that's why the A1 exists Besides I'm a Durham lad originally so they had to get through us first and even during the Bonnie Prince Charlie "the Forty Five" fiasco they decided to go down the West (Carlisle was a doddle) to miss out the boys Wise choice or he would never have reached Derby! You got mail John