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Its actually 1 + B. So its doubled its book price already

Buhead prices going crazy especially for top Grades. If you check spink there is 16 beaded varieties listed out of those, half Run into 4 figures in unc and only 3 are less than 500 in unc, so its Safe to assume its the die pairing of the coin

I can't see anything on either the Aldi or Lidl websites, did find this though on Amazon is this the same one? David Yup, thats very similar to the one i paid 30 euros for

And to you David and everyone else on the forum. Another virtual drink all round We'll be getting drunk at this rate

The one i bought was only 30 euros from Aldi, it does what it has to, which is looking for that overstrike, i use it for nothing else, also the capture button is a mouse click away. I mentioned to ski yesterday that Lidl in the UK were selling one (don't know what its like) as a friend of mine was telling me just the other day. I don't know if you haveone of the cheap German supermarkets near you Colin, but if you have, it might be worth popping in on the off chance.

It looks AUNC to me, though the pictures are rather small. As to value, if it's not Chinese then you're looking at a minimum of about £3000 but possibly quite a bit more at auction. Thank you for your prompt reply,I did manage to upgrade the photographs eventually. I don't know if you looked at these when giving your opinion or my first photographs which were of poor quality. The 4 crowns I considered of good quality were all purchased from a very reliable source and hopefully are not chinese. Can you or someone else please explain how one can tell if the coin is of chinese origin , having just joined the forum i'm not up to speed on these issues yet. The 1st step would be weight (not sure what this should be) but if its within tolerance then 2nd step for me personally would be a reputable dealer for more authentication. I'd go along with Peckris on the grade though, so if you do take it to a dealers you at least know its value and if he makes you an offer it should be a couple of 100 short of book price as these are quite rare and do sell.

A Nice Pair! (To quote a certain 1970s record company...). Would it be rude to ask how much they cost? (I'm in the market for similar bun penny items providing not too expensive). I pm'd you Peckris

And your thoughts?

Yes peckris i did, obviously a coin aquisition to :-)

and the REV

and the next is the 1862

REV of this 1874 is quite stunning

Ok, so here are the in hand pix of these 2 coins, thoughts please and Freemans numbers. Left in hi res so 4 posts

Wow, thats quite a few coins and notes there cartwheel, you'll be on a par with scott who collects everything, he should actually change his name to hoover Welcome to the forum

Ski, if you go onto Colin Cookes website and look at part 2 of the Workman sale there was a 26 ME in that sale, in fact, here it is. Now you can see the difference between an ebay sellers AU and a real AU

Can't see an H personally, it might Be lurking under the ceap tho

Genuine? Why the ??? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190481745455&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp4712.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D%2B190481745455%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

Well, here was my 1st Penny, i thought was BU but now UNC, unless someone says AUNC lol

Both images are what i have actually bought....... I bought both for future sale, when both are in hand, i'll offer hi res images as usual as i have no fear of what i buy, i buy because i hope that they go home eventually

But yet they cannot be called BU, i wonder if at certain times we're being harsh towards grading. As coins get older is it possible to keep them in mint preserved states. As a coin gets older should the preserved states of certain periods of grades go upwards? I hope you undestand what i mean. Sometimes Spink don't list a coin above VF or EF grades, what happens if something comes along in a higher grade outwith what Spink has listed, how do we value that?

So the 74 is nowhere near BU, personally i thought it wasn't far short black stain apart, so what is the criteria for BU and has anyone got anything of this age in BU?

And here's another, 1862 this time

Just wondering, because if they're not, then how far off are they. Personally the 1874 i would have said was BUNC, but just my opinion

I would have said VF+ myself, certainly no AUNC. Does this man ever get embaressed by his overgrading and what does the people that buy from him think when it arrives, clearly his feedback is pushing him along

I think the coin case is just screwed into place so it could possibly be easily removable, maybe take it to a jeweller if you are really wanting it out to check the weight