zookeeperz

Yes 'tis me back again to test the grey matter and eyesight of the forum Guru's . Looks like 2 over 1 to me . I marked relevant points of interest. What do you think folks? thanks as always.

George Formby ? "When I'm cleaning Widow's "perhaps ?

Also I noticed the description of the 1951 Cupro festival V.I.P crown. As opposed to the 1977 which came in red leatherite case with silk inlay that coin didn't and had a ticket from a previous owner and from a 1992 collection stating possible specimen or early strike So is it really a V.I.P or just a nice first strike proof?

All those discussion we have had on vip proof strikings and frosted cameo are here in a Baldwin sale scroll down and you will see them inc 1951 V.I.P crown 1960 V.I.P crown 1977 V.I.P Crown Very interesting and you can see quite clearly the difference. http://www.baldwin.co.uk/media/cms/fixedpricelist/FPLsummer2016/pdfs/06%20BALDWINS%202016%20Summer%20FIXED%20PRICE%20LIST%20-%2004%20-%20BRITISH%20COINS.pdf Apparently the 1977 V.I.P Frosted proof is heavier than the normal silver proof. They surmise although not tested that the crown is made of pure silver. Which would account for the weight difference. Very interesting a little more light now is shed on these elusive coins.

£15 I think I paid for it about a year ago inc postage. I'd snap em all up at that price.

This is my DCAM but its silver so it should look like that. Lovely big hunk of a thing all the cloudy areas are just shadow its immaculate.

If it looks as black as that in the field in the hand and its not a trick of the light then it is a DCAM . But I have seen these look like that in a photo and end up like the half crown top right when you receive them

Jesus I thought that said Bing Crosby

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Choice-Hole-Surrounded-by-Choice-1874-H-Half-Penny-See-Notes-Victoria-British/332617694897 made me smile the hole truth and nothing but the hole truth. Pays to have a good sense of humour when selling stuff on the bay. Great sales pitch too boot lol

wow that is one cool find. were there many of those made?

I reported that last week just goes to show ebay does nothing as usual.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Australia-1-Penny-1934-EF-AU-KM-23-1P-George-V-Melbourne-Rare-Higher-Grade/351134489055 This is what ticks me off . Now you would think by the 15k 99% rating and the professional name these guys would be beyond reproach but again with this grading guide and yes each of us has our own interpretation of grades but I would 100% say we would all be within 1/2 a grade of each other. This bozo thinks this coin is EF/AU . Not even mentioning the scalectrix track running around the surface. That coin should be body bagged I doubt it would make VF details? Twonks like this give the good guys a real bad name and make selling increasingly difficult. Not impressed Richard

Isn't that the very rare molten lava finish?

Agreed all points exactly the same just some more advance in wear but definitely the same dies ty alf nice 1 Richard

No mate sadly just an ordinary-ish date but the first 8 has a stop on the middle and there are various die flaws and stops before and after letters and a strange T with the right serif comes down then has an arm jutting out to the right. Lots of repairs on this coin seems like nearly every letter has been repunched or botched together lol

I only use google and its not just an ad page it is a malicious web page. My malwarebytes pro stops everything dead in it's tracks. best bit of kit there is. the site is www.trendsgal .com since the 16 of this month 2 days malwarebytes has blocked 45 malware pages on ebay. I don't get any of these pages from any other site just ebay so it is their problem if they are not policing who are trying to look legit advertisers when they are just vile crooks prob the ruskies again or Trump lol

Yes I think he's talking about the back of the lower section the J looks like ) and Ja looks like ( . That's how I understand it. but even knowing that I can never see it lol.