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Not sure, Dave, I don’t think it’s very much?

I don’t think it’s started, yet, because eBay also have to inform the seller that the figures are being released to HMRC, as I understand it. Also, multiple accounts won’t work, unless you register at different addresses, phone numbers, emails, IP addresses, etc. etc…they can already link accounts and family accounts for shilling practices. PS I don’t mean hiding as a private seller from HMRC, I mean will eBay be successful in pursuing those who are revealed as ‘traders’ by HMRC for avoiding their fees by masquerading under a private seller account?

Yes, I agree that yours example is not Lockett, his hand is very different…a convenient example of Lockett’s hand in my Elizabeth ticket at the start of this page. I do however agree your ticket is the same hand as the OP ticket, the top loop on a couple letters and the 164- of the date an absolute double.

OR it was cleaned both sides but stored for a long time with the obverse facing down? I feel it could be the lid made for a little box present. If it were mine I’d be tempted to drill 4 holes in it and make a cool button

Hit the nail right on the head, and potentially into eBay’s coffin!

‘BUYING fees?’ PS and thanks for clearing up some of the points!

Yes, I feel it will only take 1 or 2 bad seller experiences to kill it all off entirely! I receive Signed-For AND Special Delivery items all the time, which haven’t progressed through the system properly…namely, I haven’t officially received them! Essentially, eBay’s new approach will require a hugely transformed Royal Mail for it to succeed!

‘Beautiful ruby toning,’ though 🥴

No this is very helpful, thank you for all your time, really appreciated. So, Lockett and Abbott both were Australians, and my coin owned by a Victorian collector, that feels good, and another detail for the record. Thank again, Rob!

Thanks, Rob! I have an Elizabeth 1562/1 threepence that has a Lockett ticket with it - on the back it says in his hand ex Abbott ‘Collection’ (so probably George, then?) and I was wondering about the timeline of that collection?

I can’t find anything for Abbott and Clonterbrook in the ticket document, do we have dates for their collection dispersals and possibly birth/deaths?

A few enjoyable hours passed. You can’t not love a little bit o’ history like that!

We were having this summer/winter conversation the other night…it was my initial view that, if you grew up in Australia, you’d know no different, Christmas would always have been in the middle of summer, which I can’t get my head around at all. The reciprocal view was that the massive movie influence always has Christmas alongside snow and, I guess, Father Christmas comes from Lapland, so is mostly featured in scenes of wintery weather. So, where does that leave the experience of an Australian? Are they as weirded out by the idea of Christmas being a winter celebration, as we are by you all having a bbq in your shorts on the same day? Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, whichever continent you happen to be having it on 🎄🎄

Sometimes with the crowns of the Edward pennies it’s often easier to look at what’s not there, namely the shapes of the spaces inbetween the fleurs. In this example, looking at the space enclosed by the upper section of the 7 makes it much easier to see. Nice coin!

Is that the Midland?

You’re US based aren’t you? Yes, it must be difficult to steal a bargain from overseas. I get the impression, though, that all the best pieces are slowly but surely being hoovered up by the American market…it will soon be too expensive for us all I fear.

Couldn’t even watch. Too far off the numbers for me, no point in unnecessarily bleeding out the soul…I’d rather sneak something from the lowland markets whilst the Royal Court are distracted by the king

Anyone know what happened to the realised price for lot 1652 in the recent London Coins sale?

Thank you and, agreed, their archive is excellent, but the search facility on their live auction catalogue, and just about everything else, is a real ball ache imho…maybe iOS is the issue? Couldn’t possibly be me

No, it’s just that I happened to buy one last month in a significantly better grade, so was really interested to see what this one came in at, given the LCA description of it. Thank you, though…is that what normally happens at LCA, they don’t simply mark it as passed or unsold? I find their website such a pain to navigate that I barely even bother to look at their lots nowadays…they need to get up to speed, and fast, it’s getting to be so much easier on all the other platforms.

Two big fat Rs for Restrike…or is that Replica? Terrible show!

I’ve been through the BNJ list and can’t seem to fully ID this ticket? I think the stand-out details are capitals throughout, and the loop of the R generally reaching the bottom of the upright and then heading off horizontally? Any ideas what the reverse info pertains to? Not your hand in nib, rather than biro, is it @Rob?

Anyone else having issues with the forum uploading?

All appears to be well on iOS - hope you get it sorted, so frustrating!

The mint mark looks to be a P in brackets (P) which makes it a Tower Mint shilling under Parliament, dated1643-44