Paddy

... From Russian Federation... with zero feedback... I think I'll pass thank you!

I messaged him suggesting he had mixed up the pictures and now it has been pulled.

Yes - I just checked that Avast does also include the anti-logger function, so I think I am OK there.

Well I am with @UPINSMOKE - the only use of the term keylogger I have heard of is related to illegal attempts to steal passwords. Keyloggers are most usually Malware of some form. In case I had been wrong all these years I tried Wikipedia and got this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystroke_logging which seems to confirm what I always understood. So either @ozjohn has been hoodwinked into installing malware, or we are talking at cross purposes!

One other thing to watch out for with the safe option: do your research on any company you plan to buy from or do the installation. I fear that many security companies also leak information to the criminal fraternity. 20 years ago or so, when I was married, we decided to get security lighting etc installed on an outside stable block in which we stored horse tack. Within a week of it being installed it was raided and all the tack stolen when we had never had any burglary before. (They also nearly burnt the stable down with the horses still inside by throwing a blanket over the hot lighting.) Since then I have been somewhat distrusting of security companies as I can see no other way that the burglars suddenly decided to target us.

I am up to 11 from change/swaps with other collectors in the market. Got an "M" today as a swap. I hate buying from the RM - I feel immediately that I am being ripped off - but I may have to to complete the set... 😞

To be honest, I can't see that negative feedback is justified there: 1. Is it genuine? Yes, it would seem so. 2. Is what you received the coin pictured on the listing? Yes it is, so no issue there. 3. Is his description misleading or wrong? Not really - he did not assign a formal grade. "Very High Grade" is entirely subjective and not far out. Very Fine also contains the "very" word. I would give a solid GVF to the reverse but only VF to the obverse - which is typical with Victorian silver. His pictures look OK to me - I can't see he was hiding anything there. 4. Was the price fair? Probably a bit high, but you chose to pay it. Negative feedback is a big deal for regular sellers, so I would save it for a really bad listing. If you are really unhappy with it, ask to return it for a refund, don't hit him with a negative out of the blue.

... but Lucido_8 is no newbie - he has been selling coins on Ebay for years. AND someone paid £29 for this! What is going on!

I picked up this rather nice medallion amongst some coins recently. Measures 50mm across and is Copper, whereas all the other examples I can find on the net are 32mm and pewter. This one is engraved to Francis Hamilton Mellor, Recorder of Preston on the edge - he seems to have been a bit of a celebrity in his day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Mellor

That is fair comment. I have sold a few single coins at DNW - the last sold for hammer £150 and I think I received £121.xx. They have a firm 5 week delay before paying off, which is understandable as they need to see the money clear and handle any issues first. With a big (and excellent) collection like this you should be able to negotiate a lower seller's commission. In my view all the top coin auction houses will be falling over themselves to get this one on their books.

... and this after retoning to some extent: Not perfect but a lot better than it was!

... This is what it looked like at the end of cleaning and before retoning:

Yes to some extent. It had not been my plan to make this an experiment so I failed to take full pictures before I started. Here are partial "before" pictures:

I can't say what would be the "right" answer. Obviously it is copper rather than bronze at that age, and that may affect things. I did strip a pre-1860 Victoria Halfpenny with a similar problem. The most effective was Ammonia, but as you would expect it was left looking very bare and "pink". I found treating with mineral oil (I used 3in1) and leaving in direct sunshine for several weeks brought the colour down to something more acceptable. Might be worth experimenting with a junk Vicky copper first.

Does he give lessons? 😁

I tend to use DNW - I have found them very reliable, and their identification and grading is far more robust than LCA. I have not used Lockdales or any other Coin specialist auctioneers yet, so I can't comment on them.

If I am going to be away for a few days I arrange to leave the key parts of the collection with a close friend or relative. The bulk of the valuable stuff will fit in one small crate in the albums - heavy but manageable.

As always it is demand that dictates the price rather than straight rarity. There are many more collectors for the few serious 20th century varieties than the far more numerous 19th century ones. A more modern example is the Kew Gardens 50p - some 200,000 made I believe and much more sought after and expensive than the 2009 Athletics 50p, of which only 17,500 or so were made. Similarly with the 1869 penny - for any date collectors, it is a must have and far more desirable than the endless minor varieties on the 1860.

I suggest locking them in a large warehouse with a good selection of the thousands of people they inconvenienced. I think they would happily take 5 years in gaol instead of that!

My one and only really "old" book is Folkes' Tables of English Coins from 1763. Superb leather bound and gilded with wonderful wood cuts of many interesting hammered coins.

You are safe with Roman - I can read "IMP CONSTAN...." on the obverse. Thereafter it becomes more difficult - Constantine... Constantius... Constans... and which number...? A Roman specialist may be able to nail it down exactly.

The usual reason for sniping is to avoid attracting other bidders to the item you want and so reduce competition. As soon as an item starts shooting up it becomes obvious to others that there is something interesting there. If this happens early on, people have a chance to investigate and also test how high others have bid by putting in bids of their own. All this is impossible if it is all happening in the last few seconds of bidding. That is the only way you save money by sniping - you hope to reduce competitive bidding.

I suspect it means: "What Ebay wants to push the hardest"! It will be things from their favoured sellers - the ones that make them the most money.

Your link is back into the forum - not to any "interesting Maundy Set" ... 🙂

It's when they stop coming that you need to worry! 😁