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Hi sorry I dont

an issue often is understanding the cross over between the Sheldon scale and English grading standards. A slabbed VF means by English standards fine to good fine

wow amazing is this for sale ?

Look at all that red wax in the legends !

Does anyone have an image of a Martin Hughes Ticket ?

I think thats something that heritage does automatically on the stuff you buy from them unless you opt out

Had a similar issue however luckily I collect our items from their offices. They had been putting sales onto an account with a different address we have used for over 8 years.

just read "So the Civil War hoard count was at 1028 but has increased some what..... still finding them in the ploughsoil."

I think auctioneers like St James's are now trying to hold monthly sales. The Big September ones should go ahead too

Hi We are looking to acquire examples of the Oxford Mint Halfcrown of Charles I for a collector we are working with. Should you have any duplicates that you might consider selling or any single examples please feel free to send us any images. Many thanks

I had asked semra if I could bid by phone but she didn't even reply to the email. Never mind there's always the st James's sale coming up I guess

glad at least someone did, how were there phone bids if there wasn't a live sale ?

they could have at least offered a live stream on FB or Twitter

I emailed them to see if I could arrange a phone bid, no reply. so how is today being conducted ? Is there a live stream of it

I'd be interested for my civil war collection, if you would be willing to sell it on

Interesting piece ! its definitely not one of Thomas Simons examples , its too crude but its very intriguing.

seems very expensive

@azda I'd assume on coins you listed yourself for sale (on ebay) you've put them at a price with a big profit in comparison to what you've paid. You can't call out people for something you do yourself imo

if someone says its AEF or GEF it doesn't mean it is, make your own opinion.

No one is being forced to buy from him nor is anyone being forced to agree with his grades. Perhaps a little caution and caveat emptor could be expressed over the grading but he is entitled to make a profit. If someone chooses to buy it, I'd guess it will be based on its provenance and from the look of the coin in the photo or of it in hand, not from his grade he has listed. Many Slaney coins since the sale have gone on and sold for double the original sale prices. Looks like it was a cheap buy at the recent auction but I'd guess this will remain unsold for a long while at the asking price.

Furthermore this in effect is what TPG does aswell. Grading whether its by Spink, baldwins or even ourselves is our opinion, perhaps the buyer felt it was conservatively graded in auction ??? I remember years ago I had a gothic crown which was listed in auction as almost uncirculated. I sold it accordingly, only to find out at a later date its buyer had it graded and it achieved a 67 grade at PCGS. It went from being a 5,000 coin to a 30,000 + coin over night

In Wessex's coins defence, its his opinion on what its worth, and given the prices some other retailers are offering guineas for, you could argue its not excessive. Furthermore its only an asking price, I assume he hasn't sold it for the quoted price, he still needs to find a buyer. It could be in stock for some time ... who knows.

So it's been reported today that the Government commissioned 10 million Brexit 50 pence pieces to commemorate Brexit, with the date 31st October on them. With this now looking very unlikely to happen on this date, if a few slip the net and find their way into circulation we might have a new 50 pence rarity.

I think it's just a very poor photograph. When any auctioneer is asking so much for a coin, you'd hope their images would be of high quality. A photograph is now often the buyers eyes, therefore you'd hope that they'd get the best images possible for illustration.