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£93 for this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-1823-A-D-King-George-IIII-Gold-Sovereign-Type-Coin-Contemporary-Forgery-/140975633320?pt=UK_Coins_BritishMilled_RL&hash=item20d2cd73a8&autorefresh=true

My mums aunt used to religiously buy all the QEII £5 cupronickel crowns in the hopes that they were a wise investment for the future.

I'm selling one on ebay for anyone thats interested in these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/261218024905?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Very nice indeed. It may be the picture but I wonder what's going on in the obverse field? it looks like either rub or buffed down to get rid of hairlines.

I don't know if ths is the right order, but this is how I reported it:

What a crook. I'll report it too. if enough people report it. It should get pulled. http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/How-To-Deal-With-Sellers-Of-Fake-Items-Effectively?ugid=10000000008772445 Another option would be to win the item so no one else does, raise a dispute through ebay/ paypal for money back and then neg him..

I've already got one but if anyone hasn't, I'd really recommend buying it.

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;)

I bought one of these, not from these seller but it fell apart. The lens is still fine but the screw popped out, it was only held in by the tiniest amount of thread.

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.