Nicholas

There was a lavrillier pattern 1933 Penny sold in Australia thru Noble. Strangely though the image has been removed since I looked at it last time... I was hoping to locate an image of a bona fide example to compare with the eBay example.. http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/lot?id=136691

Only an out n out full scale global nuclear war will lower the prices of coins. And if that event occurs buy gold.

The rare coin company not only exaggerated the value increase in their coins, but grossly over graded the condition of their coins. Their market of 'investors' were most likely retirees self managing their superannuation fund and so getting caught up in the coin market hype would purchase a coin with no idea about the coin market and how to grade a coin. Blind faith. I would receive their well produced brochures but laugh at the prices and the grades of the coins. Make a Baldwin winter/summer list look like bargain city. ..!!..

Woah. There's a 50 shilling Cromwell..

Some nice pieces, but no bargains as I see it.

See spink current catalogue for images and values of most her coinage and look up any articles on her coinage in British numismatic journal http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ.shtml

BTW, had a look at AMR coins. I don't buy milled much now, but that Northumberland Shilling looks particularly nice....

These are all good reputable dealers. One caveat. Rare bargains won't last long in the online shops. Coin auctions is where you have a better opportunity to buy well because you know exactly when that coin is for sale and you have time to do your homework prior auction day.

Stay away from ebay. Do some online shopping at credited coin dealers: http://www.cngcoins.com http://www.baldwin.co.uk http://www.rascoins.com There's a wide variety of coins here. You'll have a dint in your credit card by dinner time. ..

They'll work it out. All coin auction houses have taken time to adjust to the new way of working ie online as the main commercial stream. CNG embraced the internet pretty well, others like London Coins and Noble are behind Spink!

Sorry, they don't look old to me.

Yep. Else you might have thought I work for heritage then...

$69,000 USD 1893 5 Pound $47,000 USD 1887 5 Pound If you don't mind.

Agreed. In a larger market Ie USA the equivalent coin in say age/rarity/condition would fetch considerably more. And there are countless examples of this. Occasionally a GB coin "crosses over" when sold slabbed in the US bringing the equivalent US coin price into reality. For example- http://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/world-coins/great-britain-victoria-gold-proof-5-1887-/a/3030-24355.s and http://coins.ha.com/itm/great-britain/world-coins/great-britain-victoria-gold-proof-5-1893-/a/3015-25037.s and of course they're big gold and very shiny...

BTW What's going on with the 1882 London? 21K. Wow. Spink cat doesn't even list > VF price (in the version I looked at last night)

Do you mean silver electroplating? ie connecting the coin to an electrode and placing in a silver (chloride?) bath ?

You think the 1818 is dipped?

1818. Reverse slightly better struck, less cleaning and hairlines.

This is what I'm asking. If someone knows the industrial process, then perhaps can explain the likely sequence of events that led to an undated coin and it's relationship to a worn out Obverse die.. Certainly the length of time it was being produced would be interesting to me as well.

Interesting!

Thanks. But surely the Mint is watching for substantially wearing dies like this obverse AND incorrect Twining? How did both things occur together or are they related in some way?

This is a close up of my 20P Mule. Surprisingly, It's graded CGS 82 and virtually as struck. The reverse looks perfect, but the Obverse shows die cracks. I've noticed the same thing on some other 20P mules. I'm still trying to piece together the set of events at the Mint that led to this astonishing Mule. Clearly this Die was ready for replacement when the phenomenon occurred. Does anyone know the details of how it occurred?

Authentication, long term storage but most importantly if you're selling in the US you must first slab it else the number of buyers is dramatically reduced.

Since you live in the the US and it's seems to be something you keep for investment only then why not slab it. I would recommend NGC that has a bigger population of UK coins. They will authenticate the coin as well. Certainly I'd need to see it in person, but there's a couple of small things about it that look a touch suspicious - (but my likely assessment is that it's OK)