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The 1935 Raised Edge Proof crowns are generally frosted (but I have read this is not always the case for the later struck examples). The wreath crowns are generally not frosted but Vicky Silver have posted one with minimal frosting.

He is also trying to sell a circulated 2016 base metal £2 coin for £1500! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shakespeare-Coin-/112516457181?hash=item1a3280e2dd:g:5BwAAOSw9EZZilQT

Glad to hear it. It is always a nice surprise when the coin you get looks better than the seller's photos.

September LCA catalogue now out for those interested.

"Not much more info except these are garden finds. House is old but not pre 1550 I think. Listed these a few weeks back with many comments that they are fake but I also had positive feedback from some that were genuinely interested. The truth is I don't know. Just have had them for 10 years or so just lying there & will take a chance on selling them at whatever price. Not looking for a windfall! Let's see?"

Exactly. Anything not intended for circulation is not quite a "real" coin to me. Hence I am generally much more excited by high grade currency than proofs, specimens or patterns. The 1933 penny, petition crown etc are exceptions of course but a big lottery win is needed.

Truly awful design. Looks like a woman doing a mad dance with a dust bin lid. This was designed by a first year university student. The new £1 coin was designed by a 15 year old boy. Invest in some professional designers please!

The title states "house clearance". He then claims it is a "metal detecting find"....

Every coin collector has dreamt of owing a 1933 penny since his early days. I don't even collect pennies but would love to own a 1933 if I win the lottery. The coin is so famous and would be a great talking point. Since there are only 3 1933 pennies (2 currency and 1 proof) legitimately in private hands, even some the most serious pennies collectors have to live with gaps in their collection.

The description is clearly wrong. That purse is not silver and the "hallmarks" are actually letters "EPNS" or electroplated nickel silver.

I don't collect pennies but I would have no hesitation in choosing the 1933 over the 1954. The 1954 might be unique but the 33 is just so famous to the public at large.

I do like the simple elegance of the cruciform shields design. I am somewhat puzzled why both the Roman I and Arabic 1 were used for 1887 double florin. There is the theory that the Roman I was used by "mistake" and they switched to Arabic 1 once they have released the "error". However, that theory is not convincing since the roman I was used for florins for years afterwards.

Looks like VF to me but the edge knock between 5 and 6 o'clock on the observe is serious. The edge looks a bit dodgy at 8 o'clock too (and there is a dig on the neck too). Personally, I won't buy coins with such edge problems.

"CoinTrackers.com has estimated the 1983 D Lincoln Penny value at an average of 1 cent, one in certified mint state (MS+) could be worth $0" http://cointrackers.com/coins/13700/1983-d-lincoln-penny/ It is probably best to try finding things out for yourself using Google.

I only have a small collection which grows by 2 or 3 coins per year. Quadrum suits me perfectly as there is no movement. I house my quadrums in a three-tray lighthouse wooden box which cost ca £50. I have another which houses slabs rather than quadrums. If I have a larger collection, than a cabinet would be more sensible as having a number of these boxes would take up too much space.

According to Wikipedia "Fourteen complete or nearly complete copies are known, all on paper, plus many fragments and single leaves from vellum copies, which have survived because they were used in the bindings of later books". I think it would be totally unthinkable for anyone wanting to break up a complete version now. Sotheby's sold a leaf of the 36-line bible for $112K in 2016. The 42-line Gutenberg bible was the first major book in Europe printed using movable type 1455. The 36-line bible was printed ca 1458. The movable type was invented in China no later than the 11 century.

I visited Belgium recently and was very pleased to see one of the 14 surviving copies of the 36-line Gutenberg Bible in the Museum Plantin Moretus. Printed in 1461. I was amazed by the quality of the printing and the print is still jet black today. The colours had to be added on by hand.

Hermetically sealed just mean the slab is airtight. But I don't think the coin was sealed in vacuum. So I think in theory, the air (+ contaminants in the air) inside the slab can react with the copper content of the coin and produce verd. VS' 1935 specimen crown in a CGS slab is a good example to look at.

No, the X is on the originals as well. Here is another link: http://www.theresia.name/en/svergleich.html

Sometimes it is quite difficult to tell (for me anyway) if a green spot is actually verd or something else (surface junk, "dirt" etc etc). The coin is 90% silver with presumably 10% copper and so I guess verd is possible but not that likely. I agree with Pete that it is best to leave it in the slab. No point wasting the slabbing fee. And if you want to upgrade in the future and sell it, there are plenty of buyers just interested in PGCS grade numbers anyway.

I think it is worth following this up and ask Ebay for their reason in removing the negative feedback. The seller has wasted too much of your time and you will at least get some satisfaction with a permanent negative feedback.

"usually not to go by photographic evidence"?! Unbelievable! Glad it worked out.

He probably meant brilliant uncirculated. http://www.royalmint.com/discover/coin-collecting/striking-standards There is no frosting and so it can't be a proof coin to begin with.

Good idea. Nice way to get someone started with coins.

It is ironic that the seller used the CGS conversion table and graded it as AUNC and MS60-61. The coin is an ex NGC AU58 and LC itself graded it as GEF when it was "sold" in 2016. (I am inclined to think it might not have made the reserve on that occasion) Few can argue that Paulus' example has much better eye appeal. To be honest, I prefer the example I brought recently (which was also not as good as Paulus')