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Here's something you don't see everyday. David Beckham selling his Porsche on Ebay, times hard David lol? $168,000.00 with 4 days to go, apparently he bought this for 100k and spent 50k customising it. Its worth the watch though http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-911-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem1c186e9569QQitemZ120668984681QQptZUSQ5fCarsQ5fTrucks

This is why PP is forced Chris, in order that eBay can screw as much money out of people as they can, its criminal.

Think i'll have a look this week

That's unlike you Dave I know where you are coming from, but the couple of farthings I have slabbed are 85's and they are very nice coins, with great eye appeal, so a 90 must be the dogs danglies!!! I dread to think what a 99 must be like......holy grail material 99 must be the holy grail Colin, i wonder if they've slabbed anything predecimal in that grade. Dummy firmly reinstated to said gob

I tend to think, that if you don't mention any grade on ebay these days, you are more likely to sell for a good price because others are then grading themselves, and as Slyvester says (again) people tend to overgrade so thus in their own minds eye they are thinking, wow this is aUNC when its maybe EF, then they take a sniff at Spink and bidding begins. A good object lesson for those making a living from eBay, plus there's no real comeback for grading issues. In answer to 400s question about my CGS outburst. When i see a coin graded by CGS and its the finest known i would tend to think that the grade (especially for a proof) would have been nearer 95-99 ish hence i spat my dummy out

The up/up is the correct axis but a proof of the same year has an inverted axis, perhaps its actually a proof but has obviously been in circulation. Do you have a picture lucky Robj lol

Apparently, if a sellers DSR (detailed seller rating) drops below 4.3 eBay bans you, in these cases that are going to court, the sellers mentioned are taking them to court over Antitrust issues apparently through no fault of their own. They are basically saying that eBay favour the larger sellers (something which i thought many moons ago) over the smaller sellers due to the fact the larger ones bring in much more cash for eBay. Read on...... http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y10/m12/i23/s02 Just as a side note, i also think its against anti Monopoly rights that eBay UK actually force sellers to accept Paypal, in Germany that doesn't happen, we don't have to have a Paypal account in order to list, what does that say for the UK being shafted as is normal

That will go for at least £300. Now has 28 watchers

So basically they're leaving that 10% margin incase something better comes along, very astute, but something no one will ever see or hear of i assume, so taking into consideration of Slyvesters post about the American grading of MS-70, why have 100 if nothing could EVER get near it as it would have to be absolute perfection, which is something you'll never find with old coins. Perhaps they should alter their scale down 1 point to 99?

Declan found this one, posting it here to keep this thread alive as it's helpful for all things coins. The birth of the Three and a Half Pence http://colonialthreehalfpence.com/the_birth

Ok, i know this issue comes up every other month, but i really have to know. CGS grade coins, they are harsh at times, i'm asking, where do they get their grades from? I'm told or have read here on the forum that they have their own yardstick, so do they measure every coin from what they have seen? The reason i ask is this, the Workman sale part 2, lot number 48 described as (Bronze Proof. BMC 1702. F 81. Dies 8+H. Gouby P. Superb As Struck with full original colour. Slabbed by CGS as 90. As such the finest known As you can see above, the words "finest known" so how come still 90, i mean, if they've never seen anything better then their yardstick has been broken, this infuriates me, their grading is surely taking the piss

Bids Watchers 1875 VICTORIA BRONZE "BUN HEAD"PENNY-SUPERB UNC 4 25 3 days 5 hours 18 mins 44 secs 106.00 GBP

Well bones, if you are ever interested in a coin in fleabay and curious if Otters might be also then send me a pm and i'll let you Know ;-)

The sniper just doesn't snipe, it also tells me how many people are watching coins ;-)

Been watching it for 3 days, more out of curiosity. He has 23 watchers so far to

He does sell plimsoles to, maybe get a pair just so i can slap his jaw with them, 20k

return them to the mint, that way you're guaranteed that no one can profit, plus you'll get your money back...........As the meercat says.....simples

I see a lot of the coin worn Scott, but i understand why you'd pick that point to point out

Could be a possibility as the scope i have is limited, as you say, it was just a punt and still to me its far from a obvious H, maybe its the metal flow, but no idea. I think i will submit it, more for clarification than anything else, but as David stated its not the correct die for the 1882 without H, but as we all know, not everything conforms to a written standard or the same dies

Paint 1882

If am being honest Sion i really can't see an H, so what i've done is microscoped another picture at 60x, 200x was useless. I've then went into paint and arrowed what i think you might be seeing. To me it is a shape of some sort, but looks more like a Z than an H to me as what i believe as an angled line and not horizontal as an H should be. So take a look and then you thoughts. Fisrt one is the magnified and the 2nd is what i did through paint with arrows pointing at the shape that i'm seeing

I'll do another magnified picture at 60x or 200x and see what we get then, will be tomorrow tho

Die cracks are pretty common

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