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Strong words. And besides, I was trying to help the fellow - I notice everyone who's posted so far has totally ignored him, not even acknowledged his presence. Where are we without new entrants to the hobby ? There were in fact 2 answers to his post 400 lol.

But as you say John, a VAT number and 2 pals, and that person could be a forger, or even his pals. Sounds like it needs policing a lot better obviously

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The 2nd looks like a gaming token, it has the inscription "in memory of the good old days" seen that many times on gaming tokens, so i'd assume thats what the 2nd one is. The 1st one looks like it's trying to pass itself off as a spade Guinea

Just looks like an exceptionally good strike. Pictures are always a pain in the proverbial to judge from, but, there is nothing that looks prooflike to me. The proofs are crisp but not in any greater detail or depth than a currency strike and are quite often a leap of faith. There were so few struck that the dies were often used on the currency issues following a die failure, so an early currency strike from a proof die or dies is sometimes found, but again I wouldn't think yours is one of those either. Looking at the rims they look quite rounded and worn, more so than the definition of the design. Be interesting to get it under a scope and see if there are any tooling marks, although from the pictures it appears an honest coin. Not much help I know! Well i suppose i'm just going to have to wait until it arrives i suppose boo hoo. Might send this one to NGC afterwards Before you ask, NO I AM NOT ON COMMISION, if you want a GB coin slabbed it will have to go to CGS (Steve Lockett of London Coins). The US companies have not got the first idea about UK coins and frequently get the grade miles wrong, never mind whether or not it's a proof. I bought 3 1902 proof coins this year from one US auction and all had been cleaned, ie the matt finish was finished!!! CGS will get it right (if it has been tooled or played with they will just return it as unable to be slabbed). Yes thats who i actually meant CGS, my mistake. I hope you asked for a refund on the 3 you bought John

Just looks like an exceptionally good strike. Pictures are always a pain in the proverbial to judge from, but, there is nothing that looks prooflike to me. The proofs are crisp but not in any greater detail or depth than a currency strike and are quite often a leap of faith. There were so few struck that the dies were often used on the currency issues following a die failure, so an early currency strike from a proof die or dies is sometimes found, but again I wouldn't think yours is one of those either. Looking at the rims they look quite rounded and worn, more so than the definition of the design. Be interesting to get it under a scope and see if there are any tooling marks, although from the pictures it appears an honest coin. Not much help I know! Well i suppose i'm just going to have to wait until it arrives i suppose boo hoo. Might send this one to NGC afterwards

There were various patterns for the bank dollars (first dated 1798) and although the obverse is "right" the reverse and the date (no 1808 patterns) are a total fantasy. If it was genuine it would be mega bucks (especially if I was selling it). Ok, so what do you make of this Viccy Penny John?

Seller never mentioned this. %&s$a)d. John take a look at the 1901 Penny i have uploaded today in the topic 3d Vicky, see what you make of it.

Its Bronze, and not quite sure

Just wondering if this is genuine, can't find much out about it. It actually looks like an 1804 Bank Dollar on the OBV. Anyone tell me what i should expect to pay for a genuine one? Forgot to mention, its Bronze

Have you read Don Quixote by the way ? I think you'd like it. I'm rooting for you and looking forward to seeing the in hand pictures. x Lol, i'm rooting for me to. This might be one to send to NGC.....Check out my new post. Any clues?

I'm not so sure that shine on a coin could make a bust that big

Yes me to 400, its definately something different, whatever it is we'll soon know. I already have a 1901 but i just had to get it.

Got this on Ebay, but was wondering why the bust of Victotia and Britannia stand out so much, so much so, i was like a moth to a lightbulb. The bust is like 3D. Anyone tell me why? I've added a pic of an 1899 OBV that Palves uploaded in his thread as a comparission, hope he does'nt mind

Agreed. Although £1000 would have been a reasonable starting point, it isn't going to attract too many bidders, who would normally get on the bandwagon in the hope of netting a bargain. Maybe he should have started at £100 ~ £0.99 would surely have been ridiculous in this case. Always a fine balancing act between cost price, what it's worth and what you're willing to take. They normally find their own level when they are rarer coins, so he might have got away with a 0.99p start. I predicted not much more than his start as I thought £1000-£1350 would have been a reasonable price, of course I don't know what it stood him at But he could have started it at 99p but put his reserve price on it, that way he would have got many more potential bidders. Otherwise, into a coin sale like Baldwins etc

Ok own up, who bought it? :-)

Ok own up, who bought it? :-)

Its also good to arm yourself with some books if your going to get into the coin collecting. Spink is probably the biggest seller, but for specifics such as Pennies you would probably want either Freemans or Michael Gouby's Penny book, they list varieties of Pennies

Geez, you got all that info from that coin John lol

The Victoria has some bronze disease on the REV

What about your own head on a coin

Looks a normal 1853 to me

I paid 41 pounds for a 1st edition Michael Marsh Gold Sov Book from fleabay

So much so in fact, and with such a funky address, that someone must know who he is ? He also has a 1902 Low tide stating its UNC, but the fingers and helmet on Britannia are worn and Britannia has a spot of Verd under her armpit. I was gonna make a bid, but won't bother now on that basis, although a great strike on the OBV

I've noticed onewebby on ebay sometimes has 2 coins, the same grade, but cos 1 has a little more lusture he charges 10-20 quid more, why? The grade is the same, confusing