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Rob, I have, very politely, asked the seller for the tracking number, so that I can take the 'loss' up with Royal Mail. Answer came there none. I'm not holding my breath. My initial point wasn't so much the methods for chasing up the seller, but more that for reasons I can't quite fathom, I 'knew' this was going to happen. All sorted now with ebay refunding my payment, all within an hour or so of raising the complaint. Negative left for the seller, who is now at 87.5% positive. Lordy, that's a VERY low feedback rating!

Rob, I have not sent the excellent Charles I lightweight shilling I acquired from you for grading (or any of my hammered) ... it is cherished and (carefully) handled without a single coffin in sight! But I do agree with your point about relative scarcity affecting whether CGS will grade a coin with defects, and with Prax's point about their standards having changed over the few years they have been offering the service ...

I'd love to know if those fields,in-hand, are as proof-like as the photo makes out? He's a bit clever with the camera!I confess I've never bought a coin from Buck that I'm unhappy with, and his delivery service is very prompt! However, his communication is generally rude, when he finally bothers to respond at all! Notwithstanding the fact, the coins never arrive with that ethereal 'light-toned-lustre' look that his 'golden-hued' photos always portray. I do believe he could make a soil-found 1967 penny look like it's just come out of the purse of the Virgin Mary! I don't know if you are viewing on your aye-Phone Stu, but I don't think the coin looks proof-like at all, or BU, in the fields or the detail! I too have been happy with the coins I have bought from Buck in the past, but only after allowing for some routine over-grading and the fact that his photos always have that golden hue, as you point out ... This is the reverse pic of the coin he describes as BU, and sold tonight for £541 ... my observation is simply one of surprise that that coin sold for that price, presumably based only on the pics and description!

That's just plain silly!

Not an example of a worst offering, but some of the realised eBay auction prices realised this evening are quite surprising! The reverse in particular is nowhere near BU (not unusual for an eBay listing or final price I know), but this seems extreme? For example: link

Happy new year to all

Couldn't agree more, regardless of denomination or year ...

Luckily those wouldn't fool too many as they are so light, but their silver versions would

Happy Christmas one and all

Seconded!!

I have found no problem with eBay visibility, it always seems to list items as selling soonest by default, and if I change the criteria that always seems to work too ... items matching my criteria selling on other international eBay sites are always at the bottom of the page, however

Certainly doesn't even get to light someone else's cigar for that effort at attribution! Zero feedback so new seller (?), although name sounds very similar to eBay regular 'sellingmyentirecollection'! Maybe he did a 'sell similar' and forgot to change anything ... or he things Liz had a beard! link

At least it's not possible to shill BINs .... is it????

Oh joy, this topic again ... Chris (Peckris) is the authority on TPGs' assessments of coin colours I think

He won the first series of ITV's reality show 'Britain's Got Talent'

You should share your pics more often Peter! Did you find those farthings yourself?

A photo from Peter!!!!!!!! How many poop decks have you got Peter? (stands by for a response laced with double entendre)

I am an English milled silver type collector in the main, but dabble in other stuff ... very broad 'types' of gold, copper and bronze for example. Out of interest, what is meant by the various varieties for this type, to do with gun ports?? Spink seem to randomly choose a type to list varieties for! Is it all about that small ship at 8 o'clock?! This is my example of a George III 1799 halfpenny, and does not need upgrading for the foreseeable ... apparently it has 6 raised gunports, can anyone explain what that means exactly?

Not the Royal Mint! There are many excellent dealers, some of whom are on here, and some that are not so good. It will depend on the coins you are looking for as to which dealer to go to. What is your collecting focus?

You can already get most of them on eBay

So have I.

No, x 1,000,000 This is a pre-decimal forum after all, so I can diss them all I wish!

On the left is the example they used to show of a Fine early milled large silver coin (courtesy of Tony Clayton's Coins-of-the-UK site, where it is credited to Spink) On the right is the corresponding image from Spink 2015 (taken with my aye phone pointed at the page, so apologies) Both pics are pretty ropey, but there is a clear difference in grade, don't you think?

And from me too, thanks Pete!

Indeed so, but I don't believe they have done anything so radical as move the goalposts on grade (their description of Fine condition remains the same as 2 years ago), just that the James II Crown in fine pic looks better than Fine (to me) (and Pokal02)