Coinery

anybody bought one? Not yet, but if i do i'll send it to PCGS for grading XXX unclean, with fine details!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ENGLAND-Elizabeth-I-scarce-hammer-struck-1569-silver-6-Pence-VG-/190755987580?pt=US_World_Coins&hash=item2c69f1607c Threepence, surely?

I've only just got that!

I've just received the best news this evening from Chris Comber of BCW fame! I have the kind permission of the three gentlemen to 'use and quote BCW in my [your] published resource.' How fantastic an endorsement is that? I'm totally made up about it! They have also recently submitted updates to Galata in preparation for the 2nd edition of their book, and continue to seek out new discoveries and welcome any new findings. So, one small step for...

Proving something is not authentic is almost as diffficult as proving it is genuine, so the TPGs are not really staking much with that guarentee. Let's face it - you wouldn't have bought the coin in the first place if you thought it was fake! Excellent point! I never EVER managed to convince the owner of the Mary groat that it was not genuine! Every fact I offered, he countered...only Spink's top man, or Tony Robinson live on TV, would have convinced him otherwise!

How did this project work out DaveG38? Both published! To avoid bias, and I couldn't find them for sale on Chris's site, just type 'David Groom Coin' into google and you'll find them!

You're a hard man, Mr Peter, a hard man!

Also, so people can't actually see what you've been selling AFTER the auction's finished! If you had a nice little idea, say polished coins for 110th birthdays, other potential listers, who might want to poach your idea, can't see how successful you are in selling them. If they spotted you'd sold 20 in one week, they might just think 'Blimey, I'll give that a go myself!' A case in point: about 10 year's ago, I started making driftwood crucifixes for a bit of fun. I was genuinely shocked by their popularity and eBay auction success, making between early twenties to thirty quid a throw! I didn't have the market for long! I've done it myself on eBay, seen a good idea, and then trawled the seller's feedback for the stats!

Not sure about the Tom Sellick moustache though!

Not a clue unless it's a deformed bell. That was my first guess, but very odd to say the least! I thought is could be a modern copy, but it's not known by Everson? So, it turns out to be a Maltravers (Type 2) Bell 'Counterfeit' farthing, which is confirmed as another die of CMBe-Be002 (die 2) on Ivan Butterworth's website http://www.hammered-farthings.com (see bottom image for comparisons) - thank-you very much to him for all his help and assistance in this matter.

That's pretty shit, Dave, I'd be furious at ANY auction house that tried to pass that onto a distant-buying client! I agree not every detail can be described, but glaring issues, that they know would make it undesirable, like a bloody great hole through the middle etc, should be noted in bold! Best of luck with turning them over!

Looks like one for TomGoodHeart. And there was me thinking I was about to break TWO predecimal records in one hit...the 0 reply post, and the longest conversation ever held with oneself in the Mary Fake! You've blown it now, peterkin

Just an update! The 'die-match' coin has arrived, it tests positive for high-grade silver, so it'll not be an easy matter of just condeming an entire die type. However, ahead of my little die-study of the Mary pomegranate groats, there is evidence enough to suggest caution when buying a coin of this die match.

Has anyone seen, can link me to, or know anything about, the modern 'POSUI reverse' fakes mentioned in North? Obviously a very different animal to what we are currently looking at here, but would be good to get one up here anyway!

Many happy returns, John!

Can anyone help me in my understanding of this penny? I feel loathed to ID it without understanding the crown. Is it a broken crown punch? Repaired crown on die? Or...? It looks to me as if there is some symetry and intention re the two outer fleurs, so I'm leaning towards a die-repaired-crown, type 10 (maybe)? It's giving me a headache, that's for sure. I'm at a bit of a loss to be honest!

When you say 'blundered,' do you mean stolen? Was this really a common thing, given that the dies would still be capable of producing 'legal' tender right up to the recoinage in W3? I'm also just wondering about the production of dies, using a currency coin. I'm guessing that devices on a newly created fake die would be, if anything, exact or larger? Whereas a stolen set of dies (maybe even a 100 year's old by then) could potentially have corroded (and the rust would've swollen) and create devices that are frailer and smaller in appearance? Any thoughts? And just for the record, the reverse dies are also a perfect match!

£220 + comm. on the groat. I THOUGHT I'd won 5! Just checked and it's 4! I thought the bid was mine! So, if I repeatedly clicked the bid button at the time of the auction, just to make sure it was mine (which I thought it was), would it up my own bid, or does it just ignore it? The first 2 lots on saturday that I won, never put any of the red writing up to say I was bidding/winning etc, but fortunately I was. Not sure what happened to the 1 in 3 from today?

5 but nothing for me, where were the quality C1 farthings and E1 coins? I had a little go at the Mary Groat and some of the E7 pieces, but that just wasn't happening.

Postage is listed on the invoice. Brilliant, thanks Nick!

Thanks, chaps! Just another question, do they suggest a shipping cost in the invoice, or do you have to ring them for this anyway?

I'll just empty the sawdust out of me wellies and I'll be right there! Better make the showdown in Stroud then, cowboy, we can fight it out over their dozen or so coin lots! 50ml of petrol each...may the best man win! I'm only comin' with 18" and rawhide so make it a clean fight! No scratchin' or pullin' hair, Declan, or I'll tell Peck!

Lockdales will invoice you Stuart and the 3% admin will be included. Theyu are usually pretty sharp. Thanks, John! Is that by post or email? You know why I ask!

So, is it a telephone call to lockdales to make payment and arrange postage, or do they email you? Do lockdales take The Saleroom fee, or is that done separately? What do you guys do?

Something I especially like about this transparency software, is the rather pleasing effect of combining the strong points of two coins - merged together they produce an eye-appealling coin, if only the bottom coin existed! The bottom overlaid image has, for example, all the beading across the front of the dress, a chain is now present on the necklace, the ear's complete, a top bar now exists on the A in Maria, etc, etc, etc!