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secret santa

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  1. secret santa

    A comparison of two auction houses

    I have to disagree with this. It is possible to negotiate (sometimes to zero) the seller's premium with some auction houses, in which case the seller gets the hammer price and the auction house covers its costs through the buyer's premium (commission).
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    A comparison of two auction houses

    I got confused - I believe that he is Guy Fornquerne (or Guy Fie) from the Coinery Auction.
  3. secret santa

    A comparison of two auction houses

    I don't think so.
  4. secret santa

    Any garden pics this year?

    I didn't realise that these animals live in Telford - that's gnus to me.
  5. secret santa

    Is this Penny F8B?

    Because F763 is scarce rather than rare, I've just included one example of both A+b and A1+b rather than every example I've seen.
  6. secret santa

    Is this Penny F8B?

    Absolutely (I omitted the ** by mistake). Gouby A where R & E of REG touch at base.
  7. secret santa

    Is this Penny F8B?

    I think it's a F763 (1+B) but I've been staring at it for hours.
  8. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    That's the second time he's taken it down - probably hoping that no-one will notice.
  9. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    I've just tried to report it to Ebay but got switched to a Police Action Fraud site - they're obviously not going to bother with something like this.
  10. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    But, as Jerry says, it's back again.
  11. secret santa

    1862 penny with 6/6

    Yes, I use Arcsoft which is very simple to use to reduce the "density" of the image from 1-100%.
  12. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    I also messaged him yesterday saying that I was going to contact Ebay today. The combination seems to have worked.
  13. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Another Chinese fake. These are appearing much more frequently. I've emailed him but he's ignored me. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394980540821?hash=item5bf6acc195:g:BG4AAOSwhUZlR9TA&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0LToAQl%2Bv5lruS1VjgEBdalvLMF%2BqEkIIY7gbS7fpOGc9YC72%2BSTmpJlLO%2F0hmkF95zWFedv7giPVEq2I60cDDws6qptmTtUcJaSQ6dQ7G%2B5eG4N%2FoWHyQS8FjdTx70b34Cu638eituxW%2Fsp%2FMY0aXUxIEXcJ85YjWVGJvlbv75v4kYxrzJjx5qfFJC5tqKCuBwBjvDa0lPfulufuMiqy5Jqy%2BZabc22Icg8d4uA2ZG763NR7xohWZTb2fv1d4uKwwxofaEhY9qfczZ%2BXyvzpFc%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR67zs5r0Yg
  14. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Mine is very similar - very clever, although there seems to be signs of activity.
  15. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    And he's taken it down again.
  16. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    I looked at it closely in hand but could never be sure how they did it.
  17. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    But he's now relisted it with no mention of an altered date. How does one contact Ebay to tell them it's a forgery ?
  18. secret santa

    More Pennies

    The waves are well above the double line variety.
  19. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    He's now taken it down after I emailed him.
  20. secret santa

    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    I sold this coin to John Spring a few years ago and, when it appeared on Ebay recently I emailed the seller to tell him it was a forgery, a doctored 1853 penny. I believe he must have sold it to Torcoins who are now trying to sell it as genuine. Ebay should be told.
  21. Rob You were too quick off the mark - I amended it immediately to remove your name.
  22. More interestingly, the 1862 with A to left of lighthouse has no rocks. Not true.
  23. secret santa

    Stuff to Make Us Laugh

    I put this little cartoon up as I and my peer group found it amusing. Looks like it's time to leave this forum.
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