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I have an RBS card reader but never used it yet. PayPal, ebay and other sales don't require it. The only thing I get asked for when sending payments on-line is 3 letters from my password. I've also transferred money to others including dealers on-line but I've just that through on-line banking.

I recently purchased some coloured postcards picturing the coin minting process at the Royal Mint during 1905 and uploaded them to my site. If your interested in seeing them link below http://www.coinsgb.com/Royal_Mint_At_Work_1905.html

Posted on 1 November and left this country the following day. The guy I sold it to tells me that this is the third item posted from the UK about that time which has failed to arrive in Oz. Thats not a long time. I too have had to wait longer at times. Sometimes coins get held up in customs. I would check with Royal Mail though to see if theres a cut off period for making a claim.

Good luck with your new venture Red. I'll be taking a luck at you site from time to time.

I don't normally like to point out what I have for sale but its not everyday you get a chance to sell a 1964 Proof Halfpenny. R19 (2-5 known) according to Freeman. I thought some members might be interested in seeing it: http://www.prestigenumismatics.com/1964-proof-halfpenny-ngc-pf66-exceedingly-rare-36-p.asp edited to add if anyone it interested in purchasing any coins on my site, please ignore "price excludes VAT" message. Its a software problem and we don't charge VAT.

Welcome Rob. I'm sure you will enjoy it here.

For those that are interested this is worth a read to learn about different types of errors: http://www.money.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=1656

Yes odd that the 1 shape is almost alligned to the imprint where the Y imprint appears on reverse could someone have been trying to correct an error die with the 1 in Georgius thus the coin was supposed to be wasted??? Or maybe in removing the coin that was stuck down??? I can't explain what looks like a 1. The area is a bit flattened, could be post mint damage. I still stick by my opinion that its not a brockage or even a partial brockage. Here are what full brockage coins look like: http://www.coinsgb.com/Error_Coins/Brockage.html and pictures of partial brockage coins: http://images.google.com/images?q=partial%20brockage%20coin&biw=1024&bih=590 Partial brockage have an indent where the incuse design is. Often many sellers mistakenly list any type of error on ebay as a brockage. I've collected errors in the past so do speak from some experience. Actually the more I look at it the more I believe its post mint damage and not an error. The fact that it is week on the opposite side of the incue Y and the circular line above the incuse Y makes it look like someone perhaps placed a penny on top and hit it with a hammer, leaving a partially incuse Y, edge and flattening on the opposite side. If an error like a partial brockage happens during minting, the opposite side remains perfect (no weakness) as the planchet is still sitting in the dies when struck.

Although its incuse I woudn't call it a brockage. I believe its a dropped letter error. If you google this type of error you will probably find more on them but essentialy after grease and grime builds up in a letter and eventually falls out and lands on a planchet during striking it will leave an incuse letter or detail in the design. In this case the Y. If this is the case it is unique as the chances of the Y filling up again and dropping on the same place on another planchet are very slim. However, because it isn't considered to be a major error and there isn't a huge interest in these types I don't think it will make huge money but I agree with ebay being your best bet.

I've seen some in a lot better condition but the one I have is in good condition for its type.

Errr pass. I did fancy trying to collect these by variety at one point. It would make quite a neat theme. To be honest considering their scarcity I think they are under valued.

Its a Nelson 12 type listed as scarce: http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/voce_populi/voce_populi_n12.htm Here's other types: http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/voce_populi/voce_populi_coins.htm I've got a Nelson 7 for sale at the moment (rare variety): http://www.prestigenumismatics.com/1760-12p-voce-populi-nelson-7-pcgs-vf35-11-p.asp Unfortunately he hole in yours knocks a big chunk of the value off. I would say worth £20 to the right buyer but you may get more or less on ebay. Its always hard to value a damaged coin.

Goetz's medals are quite collectable. There's a member of another forum that has quite a collection (even bought Goetz's personnel cabinet etc,) and most can be seen at this website: http://www.karlgoetz.com/

Don't try it at home folks. I know its a bit of fun but you can see the colour of parts of the coins that have been cleaned are way off. Silver and gold can be dipped but I don't think I've ever see a dip that works on copper or bronze. Whatever is used seems to ruin the colour of the coin.

I try and snipe myself if I'm around as its more fun but for auctions ending silly o'clcok at night or when I'm out I use: http://www.esnipe.com/ You have to buy points (cheap, Payable via Paypal) to use it but I've been using it for years and its never failed me. I'd be a bit apprehensive to give lesser known snipping programs my ebay id and password.

I wish it was. I've made a couple of good buys/ flips in the past but nothing on that scale. I meant my hunch was correct about it being the same coin.

Your welcome. Heres an article about it someone posted on another forum after I posted the same topic: http://www.coinlink.com/News/world-coins/unique-1928-south-africa-6-pence-graded-by-ngc/ Now I just need to keep my eyes peeled for one of these locally. Edited to add: According to this article "The coin was first spotted in an English country auction where it was cataloged with an unusual notation: the coin’s date was not listed in the standard series reference. It was purchased by a dealer who had a strong suspicion about the its origin." So it looks like my hunch was right.

The London coins one sold 09/06/2009 so thats some time before the Heritage coin. Don't focus to much on the copper coloured spots. Heritage's extra lighting brings them out more. I have picked out and circled features in the toning that match up which makes me believe its the same coin: Heritage Coin ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, London Coins auction coin

I was looking through my latest edition of Coin News magazine and noticed some auction highlights. London Coins auction had a picture and description of South Africa Sixpence 1928 with a price realised of £5000. Then I flipped back two pages as I thought I saw another similar coin on Heritage's South Africa Specimen Sixpence 1928 (looked to be slabbed by NGC) price realised US$155,250!!! Looked at their websites: London Coins (lot 126) http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?searchterm=1...age=Pastresults and NGC: Heritage: http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?S...mp;Lot_No=21849 Although the Heritage picture has been taken with more lighting, I'm pretty sure its the same coin. Especially if you look at the toning and breaks in the toning.

I think everyone is in Agreement that its over something, what we, or i should find out is, if the V under is in correct alignment, then Why overstamp it? But V isn't the only letter that has been over stamped. In the first picture VIC all look over stamped. Perhaps they were over stamping the letters due to the die wear and the V was stamped slightly squint the second time?

Thankfully the seller has agreed to a full refund inc. postage. So it'll be on its way back tomorrow.

I've been quite disappointed with the final sale price of some coins I have been selling on ebay lately. I never over hype or over grade my coins, sometimes I just let the buyers decide on the grades and try and post good pictures. I guess thats where I am going wrong but I would rather call a coin AU the UNC BU ++++ etc... which seems to be the norm. About paying for pictures, you can upload pictures somewhere else and post them on ebay using HTML for FREE! and put as many pictures as you want up for free. If anyone wants the HTML code for pictures. I'm happy to post it here.

Only up to a point. It might try to explain the Sheldon system in terms of US coins, but if you click on the link to the equivalent grades in other countries it gives AU50 as extremely fine or unc whilst EF40 is extremely fine. This is ebay grading standards. You might find someone on ebay willing to accept the comparison, but anyone with any grading ability who has held an EF40 in the hand wouldn't agree. You have usually got to go to a 64 minimum to get an UNC and even then it isn't guaranteed. I thought it would be useful for the occasional slabbed coin from the US, with an MS grading on it. At any rate I wasn't familiar with the different MS definitions. I'm not quite sure what you're getting at to be honest EF40 by UK standards doesn't come close to EF. Most people would give your typical EF40 a decent VF and not extremely fine, subject to the usual caveat that the numbers on the slab are not always consistent with what you see in the hand. AU50 is typically gVF or maybe a weak EF(UK) - no way will it be close to an UNC. It's the concordance that is the problem. More modern coins tend to be slightly closer graded to British but older coins are way off. The US grading companies are more lenient with early milled and hammered coins. I purchased a nice 1696 6 pence from Spink graded GEF. Sent it to NGC it came back MS63. The reason I did this was not to get it in a higher grade slab but because I was going to sell it on my website and due to it being colourful I though it might appeal to the US market. If someone in the UK were to buy it they could always crack it out and have it raw or send it to CGS. I've a section on coin grading and US Sheldon grading on my new site if anyone's interested. link below: http://www.prestigenumismatics.com/coin-grading-4-w.asp:

I should add. I had to get the lighting right to show up the tiny scratches. It actually looks quite nice and not as obvious from a slight distance in hand.

Oh well just sending the seller a message now to ask for a refund. Most probably know about this but for those that don't the definition of whizzed (coin) In the early 1970's, a technique was developed among dishonest dealers of burnishing their coins on a wire brush wheel. The surface of a coin is buffed to give it the appearance of having natural cartwheel lustre. This practice simulated mint lustre to the ignorant. A whizzed coin usually is easily detected with the use of a good magnifying glass, but some whizzed coins can be very deceptive. Under high magnification the surface of a whizzed coin will show many tiny scratches from contact with the wire brush.