Paddy

Then I can see no reason why they should put "cleaned" on that coin.

I am no expert, but as I suggested before - I would not accuse that one of being cleaned from the pictures. I suspect the grader saw the other two as cleaned and carried his mindset over to the third in the group. Graders are human too - another problem with the whole principle of putting one's faith in grading companies!

My 1915 RE has the chipped tooth, though it is only just noticeable if you know what to look for.

Are people crazy? This is not Ebay but a local auction house. They have been careful to describe it with let out clauses and it is clearly 100% fake, but still people have bid it up to £200 already. (That is a bid - I guess the reserve is 200 as that is the low estimate and 2 days ago the bid showing was £150.) https://www.easyliveauction.com/catalogue/lot/75f0afbd2a2aa18c21f0093057d4e5f6/0af8d24542e81eb9357e7ef448a6646f/march-auction-of-militaria-collectibles-watches-lot-19/

On the "Home" panel just to the left of the Rotate 90 degree arrows is a rectangle with an angled line through it. If you click on this it allows you to rotate by any specified number of degrees. (In the pop up window I think you need to ensure you are in simple "Rotate" and not "Level Off" at the top left corner, otherwise it seems to crop at the same time.)

On Microsoft better than Paint is Photoscape, which is also free if you stick to the basic package. Cropping is much better - even allows circular cropping, and has many Photoshop features for adjusting brightness, balance etc. It's resize function - essential for getting into the 500Kb limit here - is also easy.

I think you have posted the wrong link - it takes me to MY summary page, not your selling list! Also I think the mods will point out that notifications of things for sale on Ebay should go in the For sale section. I will certainly have a look when I get the right link - I have some upgrades to make at the moment.

...and this is another one that concerns me - by the picture the same coin listed twice? Does not mention stock photographs, so you could end up with anything! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GEORGE-IV-COPPER-PENNY-COIN-DATED-1827-SCRUFFY-BUT-SCARCE/372260330937?hash=item56ac71ddb9:g:uhAAAOSwe1xauirl https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GEORGE-IV-COPPER-PENNY-COIN-DATED-1827-SCRUFFY-BUT-SCARCE/372260334601?hash=item56ac71ec09:g:uhAAAOSwe1xauirl I know it is easy to do, but I see a lot more of these than just the occasional accident would explain. I have seen one seller who always seems to list his stuff twice - usually at very different start prices. I suspect he cancels one auction towards the end when he works out which one is going better.

...and this is another one that concerns me - by the picture the same coin listed twice? Does not mention stock photographs, so you could end up with anything! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GEORGE-IV-COPPER-PENNY-COIN-DATED-1827-SCRUFFY-BUT-SCARCE/372260330937?hash=item56ac71ddb9:g:uhAAAOSwe1xauirl https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GEORGE-IV-COPPER-PENNY-COIN-DATED-1827-SCRUFFY-BUT-SCARCE/372260334601?hash=item56ac71ec09:g:uhAAAOSwe1xauirl

Am I going crazy or does this look all wrong to anyone else? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/George-II-Silver-HalfCrown-1739-Young-Head-DVODECIMO-S3693-EF/173203459164?hash=item2853bb0c5c:g:D3cAAOSwJoNZ23Wf

Thanks! That is brilliant - I will label it up as such.

I picked this up amongst a lot of other stuff on Saturday. My head is already spinning with trying to ID everything - can someone tell me exactly which one this is? I know it is pretty worn and it will be moving on, but I like to be able to tell the new owner exactly what they have. Thanks for your help!

Welcome Chris! I am sure someone more knowledgeable will chip in with chapter and verse, but the early Royal Mint proof sets in hard plastic were not frosted. I'm not sure if it was a fixed change over but a quick check back through my sets shows 1979 as un-frosted but 1980 as frosted (though I am not sure all the coins are to the same extent!) Your 1970 is correct at non-frosted and I don't believe there is a frosted version. There are frosted proofs of some earlier pre-decimal coins, but these are generally very pricey. I hope that helps.

Darn it! I hand one or two a few years back and sold them at 50p each! Can't remember which adverts though.

Apologies for the delay - I have been sorting new purchases most of the day. This is the best of the ones I have left. I also have quite a few other dates, 1937 to 1945 if you need any? PM me if you want this one.

Sorry - too late! Mick had it. I have more - nearly as good...

Would this one suit you better? It is in my spares box - PM an offer if you would like it - does not need to be a big one!

What I don't get is why, if they are supposed to be a professional coin dealership, they put up such a lousy photograph - particularly on a coin they want so much money for! They didn't even bother to crop it so they could put up a higher resolution. I have only been photographing (as opposed to scanning) coins for a few months and I can turn out better images than that. ... and if MEs in average condition are really worth that much, I had better go through my box of discarded 1926s. If the grade is low I tip them in there and don't even bother checking for ME...

Stand by for a small nuclear explosion wherever the seller lives!

We get two days of summer this year? Whooooooopieeeee!

By the way he implies "token" I guess it is fairly small, so that or a commemorative medalet from the Great Exhibition sounds likely. I don't know for fact. I think he needs to divide his price by at least 100 to get near to something sensible, unless he can come up with some really interesting historical facts.

OK - I have just explored this and it seems to work like this: 1. In your file manager right click on the folder you want to stop sharing. In the drop down select "More Onedrive sharing Options" 2. It opens Onedrive in your web browser (takes a little time) and presents all your sub folders and a pop-up box which has options such as "Allow Edit" and "Set Expiry date". At the bottom is the word "more" - click that. 3. Pop up expands to show options for Facebook etc and "manage permissions" at the bottom - click that. 4. Now you get a side panel come up. I think there are two ways of doing it: There is an option with "Allow anyone with this link to access" and an X beside it - if you hit the X I think this stops that approach. Or below that there is "Can view" - if you hit that there is an option to "Stop Sharing", which will achieve the same I think, but may mean all sharing of your folders is blocked. (I don't want to do either at the moment as I am happy to carry on sharing!). I hope that helps!

I never slab anything so I am unfamiliar with the issues. The 1877 I can agree their point. The 1911 maybe, but a bit harsh. The 1898 does not look particularly cleaned to me - at least not in an unpleasant way. Confirms my decision against slabbing I'm afraid!

The only MG I ever drove was an MGTC - belonged to a fellow officer when I was in the army. He drove to the pub and after 3 pints insisted I drove home. Most terrifying and exhilarating driving experience of my life!

Is the wobbly "0" in the date a recognised variety or is that an identifier for us?