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I imagine they will just refund the amount you asked for. It's not good business to lose a customer over £15.60

Pay attention. 😀 Danelaw gave that joke already (just one page back)!

U.S. News & World Report https://www.usnews.com/cartoons/donald-trump

Sounds like some sort of dodgy attempt to claim accidental damage on your insurance. 🙂

The slab is in MS condition though. No scratches visible.

There is a photo with the coin on a scale. Weight is 18.49g and so it is definitely not on a heavy flan.

Did that really happen? 😀 Hardly fair to get annoyed when a joke backfires!

It's one of those in-jokes that someone with A level Maths might find funny. Square root of -1 is given the symbol i. (If square root of -1 = i, then i2 = -1. When you square a positive number like +3, you get +9. When you square a negative number like -3, you also get a positive number 9. Hence, it appears to be impossible to have i2 = -1. Hence i is called an imaginary number.) 23 = 2x2x2 = 8 which sounds like ate. The symbol Sigma in Maths means the SUM of The pi symbol is well-known. Hence "I ate some pie"

Just to put you out of your misery: One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race. Two-two won one too.

Goggle "1 1 was a racehorse 2 2 was 1 2" and you will have the "answer"

I didn't get it at first but I was prepared to laugh just to fit in. 😄

Wouldn't it be great if it were a real story. There has never been an US Senator named Rudolf Schmidt though.

This is the item in question: If it is up to me, I will put a "pressing engagement" into its diary.

I think they have made far too many pointless commemorates with the Queen on the observe. Eventually, you would associate the Queen's later portraits with these less than tasteful items. I rather like the earlier portraits myself.

Good images of famous characters require a lot of time and skill. Images of a car or a bow tie and tuxedo require much less effort. I am not impressed with most of the modern RM designs. The Brexit 50p was really bad.

Information from Google. "George III brass 'spade' guinea card counter. 1790. Rev. C.W.B. & Co. Birm. Neilson 6910. The standard 'spade' design along with a spurious date is given. The legend reads: .C.W.B.ET.CO.DG./I.REX.F.D.B.I.R.M.1790. This garbled legend actually gives the maker's name, C.W.B & Co. (Charles William Bagnall) and the place of manufacture, 16, Hockley Street, Birmingham."

This was sold by Baldwin's in 2018. PF65 at £700 hammer.

In addition to the grade, only buy a coin you like the look of unless it is very cheap. (It will be somewhat different if you ever graduate to collecting rare pennies). A VF penny is collectible, but I won't get one with that gunge on the head. If it is a common penny, then you will see a better specimen soon enough.

The NGC photos are below.

Yes, I think it is a bag seal. You can find images of mint bags with seals on the web. The seal do show a crown like yours.

No, it is not fine. Couldn't resist the pun. 😀 I agree with Peck that it is Fair. I think you are starting the hobby in the correct way. Getting some inexpensive coins in low grades is a good way to learn grading.

A little better than Fine I think.