Michael-Roo
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30 minutes ago, Rob said:
They aren't that difficult to find, though specific varieties are usually rare. James II halfpennies are a lot scarcer.
Agreed. William & Mary tin halfpence are always available and I have five or six which I've bought along the way simply because I like them. I don't have any James halfpence though, just three of his tin farthings.
My 'Wow' comment was with regard to it being a 91/92, which is very rare indeed, and how lucky DP was to find one while mettle detecting (Sorry Rob, couldn't resist
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11 minutes ago, Rob said:
I don't, though this is not restricted to the person above. It's the incessant listing of (badly or deliberately misdescribed) crap on eBay that has killed off the fun. 12 or 14 years ago the British coins listed ran to about 3000 items at most. When I last looked it was well into 6 figures, most of which were 'very rare' coins from change struck in the last year or two, or washers that were hard to identify.
eBay could do the world a great service by charging an up front fee with no charge for relisting and no final value fee. It would kill off much of the speculative s***e
I too gave up looking sometime ago. So much tat. My only visits these days are via the links provided here.
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6 hours ago, Rob said:
No he doesn't. He has it listed as a mettle detecting find. I would suggest he is wanting in that department. Crap English, with all the full stops saved up for the end to save having to scratch his head wondering where to put them in the unintelligible mess he so carelessly constructed.
This country is seriously going to the dog's (sic)
I do find his listings quite entertaining….
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Wow. What are the odds. Lucky find!
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I see he sold the 1562 sixpence for £54. Four bids, what is wrong with people?
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And me.
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Although our reports may have resulted in the original listing for this tat being pulled I see it has now been relisted with a revised, though non-committal, description.
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Listing ended. Three cheers for us.
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...Though the liberal application of Brasso may have helped keep out the moisture.
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My condolences. We all will be thinking of you at this sad time.
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18 hours ago, declan03 said:
London coins has been a company which I've never sold anything through. I did look at there sale prices the other week, and thought to myself that they seem to get top dollar for their coins. I may send some coins off to them sometime and see what results I get.
The same seller i purchased the date run of halfcrowns from also has a 1902-10 date run of florins. But there's not a lot of value there, unless he will take a lowhttp://www.ebay.com/itm/1902-1910-Edward-V11-collection-of-florins-inc-RARE-VF-1905-/162603574886?hash=item25dbeda666:g:mfIAAOSwvVFZdkz~ offer.
No saIe at the BIN price so the set has now been listed for auction. Declan, if you're considering them do note, as already mentioned by Peck, this set is not VF.
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7 hours ago, Danelaw said:
Could have been minted yesterday!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263119103938?pb=14&&autorefresh=true
Yes, same seller who has the replica sixpence listed. I've reported both.
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Yes, Dave, exactly. I've submitted the report too.
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1 hour ago, Peckris said:
Yes, that London Coins 1905 sold for £800 - and another (which they described as Good Fine, but which to my eyes is minimum VF) sold for £1400 ! As Michael says, collectors are more savvy than to take auction grades at face value.
Agreed. The £1400 coin only Good Fine? Nah.
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1 hour ago, mick1271 said:
His description:
'coin exactly as it is in the picture - willing to take offers'
Clearly, he knows it is a replica but has avoided saying so. Replica isn't mentioned in the listing either but 'SILVER coin' is. I suppose the daft bugger who has bid £28 could legitimately return it being 'not as described' when he sees it isn't silver after all.
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2 hours ago, declan03 said:
Nice coin...how much did it sell for Michael?
Hi Declan,
Its about half way down this page:
http://www.londoncoins.co.uk/?page=Pastresults&searchterm=Halfcrown+1905+Fine&searchtype=1
Peck is right IMHO, their grading can be over cautious at times. Comparing book value with hammer price realised for some of these half crowns suggests bidders also considered grades assigned were lower than they should have been.
I think your 1905 is hovering around the near fine mark. Considering you bought the full set for £660 you did well.
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If compared with the attached, which was graded as Fine by LCA, I would suggest your 1905 is nearer VG?
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Had the damage been concealed in the seller's photos?
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On 26 July 2017 at 1:29 PM, Liam said:
Here are some of my latest token buys. They're only low grades but they were cheap and I like them!
A couple of things I've noticed with these:
On the Hull Halfpenny, the horizontal line in the H of Hull continues through to the letter U, does anyone know why this is? I've noticed it is in Dalton and Hamers image of this reverse (this token is a DH20 I believe), yet they make no reference to it which I find odd as it stands out quite a bit!
On the Manchester Halfpenny, it seems that the bottom of all three letter E's on the obverse is broken. Again, does anybody know why?
On 26 July 2017 at 3:49 PM, Paulus said:My Hull token (it's D&H 21 I believe, as opposed to your D&H 20) - no flaw on the H
And on mine the die crack is just beginning to develop….
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As well as the Anne I see lot 174 also includes a fake Cromwell.
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I've looked at the larger images on the site, and though I'm always happy to be proven wrong etc. etc…..
It could be that its a badly polished coin badly photographed, but the surfaces don't look right to me.
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10 hours ago, mrbadexample said:
"Totally unique and possibly the only one of its kind? "
The entire item description is worth reading, highly entertaining.
I'm particularly keen on: 'Extremely rare and SORT after'.
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37 minutes ago, Guest bumble said:
is the 1971 one penny worth anything? i thought it was
Why? The mint struck 1521,666250 pennies dated 1971.
(Yes, that's more than one thousand, five hundred and twenty one MILLION.)
William & Mary 1691 / 1692
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Why 'sadly'?