numismatist

Cannot find it listed, but always live in hope

Thanks for any input

PhilipC is certainly right about the rarity ratings as most price guides just keep to the same prices for multiple dates whereas some dates always turn up and other dates have not been seen for years. I've never heard to a rarity guide to Guinea Dates but Spinks did one for Five Guineas " The Rarity of Five Guinea Pieces -An Analysis " It was I think in the Samuel King Collection The shows the Rarest Five Guinea to be the 1674 date that even Murdock Duveen and King never found an example of, yet one slipped through the London Sales for £3000.00 in 2004 I notice Spinks only list it at £3500.00 Fine and £7750.00 VF in their latest Catalogue !!! I wonder what they would want for one

Anyone had this happen ? I've not bid for a while and the Ebay screen has altered in the last few seconds before an item sells , from what it used to show, in that you dont have to write in your bid , but can click on Ebays suggested bid. I had bid £81.00 and was outbid at £85.00 so I bid £188.00 ( my decided max ) then the screen showed something like " dont miss it "and £195.00 was showing so I clicked on that deciding to not miss it for £7.00. This was in the last 4 seconds, and the next thing that showed was the item sold for £541.00 which was great for the seller , but what scared me was that I was the underbidder at £531.00 Someone suggests that what must have happened was that when I clicked £195.00 the Ebay system was about to update the " suggested bid screen " so my bid registered as the figure that was about to appear, rather than what I could clearly see

Ebay 17th Sept 261596243569 £2500.00 sold then relisted 22nd Sept 261598910249 £5199.00 sold and a 2014 Krugerand for £400.00

Thanks Rob and RLC35 , I always live in hope of finding something for nothing but I thought the Top Left Serif looked very large, wheras on any Photos of 1862 pennies I can find they are very small and at 90 degrees but mine has a very sharp angle and looks far more chunky ?

Date Close-up

Cannot think I've seen any Victorian Pennies with Arabic 1, anyone know if any are recorded...thanks..

Ebay / Paypal ( real name mafia ) needs a good alternative, as bleeding sellers dry. Latest user agreement appears to say, if you dont give a long money back guarantee with a full postage refund, Ebay can ( and will ) let the buyer keep the item for free and Ebay will then take the full money from your Paypal Account Then the new Paypal agreement is a SIX MONTHS money back guarantee, so anyone can claim " Item not received or not as described " for up to six months. How can you prove delivery even with items sent Special Delivery after six months because Royal Mail wont have the details and in any case wont allow a claim after that time .

" carla.smythick " asked about Dave Bark , sorry regret not heard about him for perhaps 20 plus years , perhaps someone else knows more , as you are trying to get in touch...

Some crazy bidders on Ebay Item 351053622267 sorry dont know how to paste link

In the BNJ interesting article on COIN TICKETS with photos... Google " Coin Tickets BNJ "

Been a lot of rumours that Windows " 8 " will soon be ditched by Microsoft. A friend recently bought " 8 " for his wife and he says its so bad he cannot use it. A large company owning friend had to update to " 8 " for just the one recent computer and he says the operator using that works at about 50% of his other staff . He's been trying to down grade it to Windows " 7 " but has failed so far.......I should go for Windows " 7 " if you can find one.

" Guttering " can be very dangerous !!...A friend tried it and the Magpies took all the items he had left there to get to tone.....oh oh oh ...ouch !!

and a far superior 1821 sold as EF by Spinks recently for £700 To me it looks far more " Proof-like " than the £4.5K Coin though its just a currency coin according to Spinks

This was sold by DNW as a Proof , and though the photo is not too good I think this is how a real Proof ought to look. I feel that the £4.5K so called about FDC Proof is not a Proof at all . ( Thats going by the Photo )

Perhaps I'm missing something, but what's the differance between this at £4.5k and an EF one at a tenth of the price. Or is there some desiding feature that the actual Proof of this year has ? I see many described as Prooflike ... thanks

Excellent prices, much as I hate slabs , they seem to push prices upwards , and the 99p starts ( for the brave ) also help . I bet fixed prices at a good bit below the realised prices would not have been so successful .

My E.M.C. says .. First Edition 1975 with foreword dated Summer 1974, so seems 1975 was when it appeared. Mine has a loose December 1978 Price List . I had not seen a copy until about 6 months ago and it was being retailed at £6.00 , a bargain !! and a great reference book to have.

PCGS " Certificate Verification " says " The Cert is not available for display " if you try those 3 numbers Chris gives

Ebay 99p Start can go incredibly high or scary low my guess's are ----but hope they go for more---- 1817 £60 to £80 1821 £80 to £100 1823 £50 to £70

Seems to look like a " wiped on " appearance, another couple here, must be a dozen similar, and very unusual to see so many.

and another couple

Are these genuine old toning or recently applied. They look attractive but one seller has so many of these for sale lately it makes no wonder ?

Thanks Peckris and Peter, I can see what you mean by the Gap very distinctive , if you know what to look for .Must say the Obv 6 coin is superb with a wonderful colour.