Hussulo

What do you put on a Tesco's burger? .... .. . £10 each way.

Merry Christmas & happy New Year. I hope you all have a great coin collecting year!

Heres a couple that are going to sting somebody when they find out they're cast: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNKNOWN-UN-CLEANED-HAMMERED-COIN-DATED-1653-/261136134859?pt=UK_Coins_OtherBritish_RL&hash=item3ccced32cb http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UNKNOWN-UN-CLEANED-HAMMERED-1646-DATED-COIN-OR-MEDAL-UNKNOWN-/261136136195?pt=UK_Coins_OtherBritish_RL&hash=item3ccced3803

"Sorry, I do not allow returns" Well unfortunately for you PayPal says you do . If paying by PayPal you will be covered if the item is not as described or counterfiet. They will just deduct the payment from the sellers account whether he likes it or not. I agree though it doesn't look legit and I wouldn't touch it with any pole.

The forum? I seem to be having technical difficulties with it again! I'm trying to find out the problem, for some reason its taking ages to load. These sites aren't easy to manage, a real pain in the b*tt sometimes. I'll hopefully have it working again shortly. Thanks Peter.

Are the Chinese faking these now They'll fake anything that can be sold for a profit. Did anyone read about the fake Apple store? that was a belter. Even the staff thought they were working for Apple.

Ive always thought die polishing lines were kind of cool. A lot of novice collectors assume the coins have been cleaned. I guess it helps to use a magnifying glass if unsure.

Thats a shame. Someone's ruined a rare coin. Even if it does town over the tooling will still be noticeable. \hope you get your money back azda,

Thats a nice coin azda, When ever you see the word "details" on a NGC slab it means there is a problem with the coin eg cleaning, scratch, edge damage, mounting etc... What they mean is, it would grade EF without the problem. PCGS dont give problem coins a grade, they just call them all "genuine" on the slab but they do have a code number on the slab, for example 98 which stands for cleaning.

Happy birthday John. I hope you had a great day.

Its an usual for a bot to go as far as uploading an avatar pic so I think shes real . Maria my mobile number is 07******** lets chat;)

Always love looking at and admiring your latest additions Geoff. I have your site bookmarked and its one of my favourites.

And what the hell does VF Details mean? I think it means it grades VF but because it is a problem coin they wont give it a specific grade, ie VF30 or VF35. The only good thing about it for the buyer is, NGC should offer a full market value of a coin that has been slabbed that turns out to be non genuine. I think although TGP (grading companies) play there part, any coin should be bought with prior diligence. I have some nice coins in both NGC and PCGS slabs but I know they are over graded by UK standards. I bought them knowing this and paid accordingly, or the price for there UK grade. What gets up my nose is when someone tries to sell an MS coin that may only grade as EF at Spink Unc prices. Out of all the slabbing companies I have seen, for British coins and grading, I think CGS are the best bet.

Nice idea but it immediately raises a few questions for me: If it was run like a company, would taxes need to be paid and annual paperwork filled? would a solicitor need to be hired? If no one has the greatest share who makes the decisions? I suppose you could vote on which coin to buy next but there will always be some that aren't happy with the decisions. Also what happens if members want to keep buying coins and other members can't afford to? When do you sell? what happens if a member loses his/her job, retires or wants to sell up and cash out? Who is going to run the operation? if someone runs it will they be paid or do it for free? If they get paid do all the members chip in to pay them (this will be an additional ongoing cost). I would imagine there would be a fair amount of work eg. emailing, meetings, phone calls etc.. especially if there were many members to correspond with before any decision was made. Where would the coins be stored? Is there a max budget buying coins (for example if you asked around some members could maybe afford to chip in £100 others only £1000) There are probably more but those were just off the bat.

Yup I'd say 5/5 as well. Nice one.

I'm still on the hunt for a mule in my change but yet to find one

I was always under the impression that the sample slabs were pre-release slabs. As you say a cheap coin would be put into them and then they were handed out to dealers and collectors at coin shows etc. to show everyone what the new slabs will look like. Therefore you can look at the sample slabs as an indication and a reference to the reel slabs.

Thats definitely the same coin. Good detective work!

Great finds Colin. I'd love to find a hammered.

I'd still love to know how it could happen. The only possibility is having two reverse dies in place, but how that could be done on a one-off basis seems far-fetched? I think the misleading part is that these are often referred to as errors, when in fact there is no way they could have been struck in error. Someone at the mint has decided for whatever reason to insert two obverse or reverse dies. I guess they should be classed as trial pieces.

Always amazes me that such ancient quality coins can be acquired at affordable prices, those are great Hus! Good Romans are plentiful. Not surprising when you consider the size and sophistication of that economy and culture. But yes, it's good that so many are available at such reasonable prices. Ironically, when you look at the late Republic and early Empire, the silver coins are much more affordable than the bronzes. That's true, especially in better condition. I guess a lot of bronzes have been damaged after being in the ground for so long. Some of the silver became quite debased as well.

From the images it looks legit. A little more worn then others I've seen but still a very nice find.

Heres one for sale by Northeast numismatics: http://www.northeastcoin.com/popupcontainer.jsp?include=/popup/viewimage.jsp&itemkey=zi29_127177608

Wow what a box, did you buy it? I would be interested to see what else was in it. Are you planning on selling any?

Legitimate Mules do exist and I have seen a couple slabbed by NGC before. I also used to own a Euro cent that was struck by 2 reverse dies and a Thai Baht struck by two obverse dies. So genuine ones are struck by mints for whatever reason, possibly testing.. 99% of the coins you see have been man made and are post mint damaged, some are refered to as Magicians coins and used for tricks. in you image, on the image to the right I can see a line at the bottom below the beading. I think that is the side that has been machined out and added. If you are confident it is genuine, you could send it to CGS Uk and get their opinion, or send it to Robert Matthews http://www.coinauthentication.co.uk/ for authentication. Both will cost you a smal fee.