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What about the poor old threepence a reverse design that lasted how many monarchs? William IV through to george V . Now that is iconic Definitely cartwheel tuppence Just always makes my mind wander to the time and who would be carrying these around Same can be said for any of the gothic florins. I believe our most iconic and probably the greatest coin design we have had St george sovereign just as classy and what better icon to be used than the great St george our flag bearer Also I believe the old penny again it matters not from what era of milled coins from George III onwards despite it's weight changes and slightly smaller diameters the Penny was huge. Any overseas visitor right up to decimalisation would associate blighty with the big penny I am going to sneak in the sixpence that funny old 2 1/2 pence anything that was given 2 nicknames "The Bender" and most recognised as "The tanner" deserves iconic status and this little description for one so small clearly was held with the highest regard by the british public Bender – A sixpence was known as a bender because due to its silver content it could be bent in the hands. This was commonly done to create ‘love tokens’, many of which survive in collections to this day. The value of a sixpence was also enough to get thoroughly inebriated as taverns would often allow you to drink all day for tuppence. This gave rise to the expression ‘Going on a bender’. Says it all lol Tanner – this alternative name for the sixpence probably dates from the early 1800s and seems to have its root in the Romany gypsy ‘tawno’ which means ‘small one’. I am less convinced about the latter's. Description more likely something to do with the tannery where the leather goods were sourced. Perhaps it cost a sixpence for a pair of shoes or a leather belt . I just can't get the leap of faith from tawno to tanner . Chalk and cheese imo And a tradition still used to this day even though the coins have long since gone was to put a sixpence in the xmas pudding . Finders keepers. The high society actually use gold ones. Nice little side earner again for the RM

But it must work as I saw this 1935 rocking horse crown listed on there £150 1 left 1 sold. Seriously you cannot give them away for £20 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1935-Great-Britain-Crown-Jubilee-Incuse-Edge-Lettering-NGC-MS64-/322501153304

I feel the price must be in error . Why on earth would you send that to be slabbed.? Surely money already lost on that deal. I said How much? $12 deal $154 no deal I'll keep my box thanks http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1889-GREAT-BRITAIN-SILVER-CROWN-VG-DETAILS-NGC-GRAFFITI-VICTORIA-GEORGE-DRAGON-/201832712464

Actually I am even toying with the idea of slabbed coins for the simple reason NGC and PCGS have a habit of mis-identifying English coins or put it more simply they don't care. They are very old school and if it is a well known variety it will go on the ticket if it isn't or is a new variety your 50/50 weather they will record it. Which is a massive plus for UK slab buyers. I just bought an MS64 BN 1916 Penny NGC slabbed. It turns out the didn't identify it as a recessed ear even though it has the broken tooth after BRITT identifier. So you could call it a win win :). I am not against TPG's when I am buying just when submitting and I think that is probably the case for most

Hi folks. I have had this interest for as long as I can remember to locate both varieties of 1937 Two shillings Rev A and B. Now I look at nearly all the listings and one thing has become blatantly obvious even if you disregard some dodgy photo angles. it cannot account for the consistency of what I see on the coins. You know when you look for the variety that either points to the tooth or to a gap between. My question when we are told tooth and gap are they strictly that. I know I hear controversial comments when some read from descriptions gap and another says slightly RoT or LoT . So which do we deem the correct description. I am saying this because I see 100's of 1937 florin's That I can see 100% point to a tooth. Yet there are a few that I can say 100% do not but neither do they point fully to a gap and the one thing that goes with both pointings the true tooth pointing I of IND the cross on the crown is dead center. The off tooth pointing I of IND the cross points slightly LoT. Is this the I points to gap or is it an in betweeny?

Maybe it once was but I fear a long long long time ago http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/George-1921-Penny-UNC/192335028125

Which was my initial take on him calling it white metal. which was and has been used in many auctions not so much for coins but items of old silver without hallmarks or white gold etc . Termed white metal as opposed to base metal. But Again if I had seen the coin at the auction I never would of bid for it. As soon as i opened the package I saw straight away it was a jeckle. Auctioneers if they are going to go down this road of online sales then they must make it as transparent as they do for their land based auctions. My only safeguard is the auction house supplying me with a decent set of pictures rather like heritage does and a clear description of the coin or coins. At the moment catalogues are far too stacked with far away images and usually just one side. They cannot use the argument they don't have time to take pics for all of them because if they do not have the time they have no business selling them. After all they for the most part are our eyes and ears in online auctions. What was the most annoying aspect was his answers Rob. "I never said it was authentic I merely stated it was white metal. " Which clearly stated he knew full well it wasn't. Again I bought a lot unseen purely by the description of the auctioneer "Ex collection lot of Victorian pennies very useful lot " £100-£200 Box arrives with about 50 victorian pennies none graded higher than fair no key dates no varieties. £300 for a £10 box of toot. Unless someone had taken all the good coins out before posting them as I was an absentee bidder and there was no picture associated with the sale. London coin auctions consigned my coins to them twice. Recommended not to put a reserve on them . There was 6 years worth of collecting in there Irish coins including 2 mules . unlisted coins and over dates. 87kg yes I know a bit of a hoarder lol . Nothing was mentioned in the catalogue apart from mainly base metal types some irish and 20 1912-H pennies varies grades to EF. No silver mentioned nor the silver crowns. There was easily £6000 without attributing the unlisted coins. I didn't even get scrap value back. Excuse was "sometimes niche buyers are looking for certain items and don't like large lots" BS then split the bloody lots up. it only went as one lot on their recommendation 2nd time was exactly the same . I should of learned from the first time but I used to be far more trusting. I have my own idea as to why but that is only speculation on my part. But for the most part I don't trust any of them. To them it is one item in a sale. To me or any vendor it is a lifes work and should be treated as such and not sold short with most of the best items left out of descriptions.

Unless you send them to CGS then that book gets thrown out of the window. Which personally I find kind of over authoritarian in the fact that if there has been a recognised grading practice per say which has a common agreement . Well loosely within 1/2 a grade for many many years. What right does a said entity have to completely rewrite the whole grading formula. The gap between UNC-VF in CGS is miniscule. You can look at coins a pretty much put them in a grade bracket. but if you try with CGS coins you would be a mile off. Too me they are over reaching. Is it a good or bad thing . Commercially for them I guess it is. Less top end coins graded better price to sell. Already this morning I have seen CGS coin with wrong variety attributed to it. Now weather that is CGS itself or a misquote by the seller Jury is out. But once again there should be a point of reference to look up these coins before purchase and make sure esp in this case as it is a lot of £ difference

No not necessarily Medals can be struck in many metals and many are from lead,pewter,gun metal,silver,bronze,copper,gold. Just about anything. Seller has high reputation(not that that says much these days). I would research a little and find what these were struck in. The description is non deceptive as in the seller isn't calling it something it isn't. Best thing you have done is ask the question I am sure one of the experts will point you in the right direction. That's above my pay grade

Polite way of saying its a fake lol. especially if you know something was only ever struck in one metal type I.E Silver . But if an auctioneer were to call it such he would have less chance of selling it . Been on the other end of that white metal description for a russian rouble . No mention of base metal. £350 arrived and it was magnetic. Did the auctioneer know this? You bet your life he did and this was from an online auctioneers through salerooms. With an est of £40-£60 . He put the price to tempt bids. refused to refund the money. never again . lol

Base metal is simply put, any metal other than a precious or noble metal, as copper, lead, zinc, or tin. usually the base metal white metal for plated items probably copper-nickel. Sometimes the descriptions can vary. but as this case says base metal it infers not silver,white gold or platinum. Some auctions list items as white metal which can be precious metals without hallmarks but they usually counter with that very description but not always

I think his attributing skills are spot on as one is F and the other VF i'll leave you guess what the letters really stand for lols

Not in quite the same grade but a scarcer type for the year 1873 rev C die 117

I went down this road a few months back with the scammers and the error 2017 £1 misprinted date 2016. Misprinted 1.5 billion of them lols. But the sellers I reported but only after I politely contacted them and explained the real story and was ignored or slated lol. But they are all still selling. Ebay doesn't care. This is a quote " if you feel a coin is fake call the police to verify this". Like when did the police become coin appraisers . Long and short of it is. Pass the buck to someone else they are only interested in their % from sales matters not what the item is or how it is sourced ,fake or genuine.

I would very much doubt it. like our mints they allocate a certain amount but they sometimes make far less than they expected because of lack of interest. Which is mildly amusing. Fake news made Benjamin Britten Silver Proof A rarity from obscurity. 5000 were allocated but interest was so low only 1000 ended up being struck. Fake news then made a story up as they do about the "RARE" Modern coins and made a song and dance that the BB 50p was almost like gold dust to find Take your pick £500-£5000 for a coin nobody wanted lol

My one and only Jamaican Silver Proof

Sorry I didn't think to check the validity of the site or if it was still active. I have seen lots of sets but not for those 2 years. 1982 FM 1983 FM Even the all nations 1984 FM sets . But those specimen sets and proof sets unless you collect them most get split up and sold off as singles. The mintages are so small as well which doesn't help. Even the 1982+83 with 1200 or so sets each you can see them being snapped up like gold dust

The ones I find hard to call are the Wreath Crowns. They look exactly the same as normal ones tome. I couldn't with confidence buy one without it being in a slab. Just because it would be a whim purchase and an area I have never entered in to

Not sure if this is what your looking for but this site lists a MS-20 BU-Specimen set 1984 FM. is that the one? Seems a steal at that price Herse the link http://www.coinsinternational.com/foreign/OtherForeignCoins.htm

Isn't that the excessively rare Tsunami high tide with halloween pumpkin essay mark?

This will be a thorn in CGS side no doubt https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/6193/heritage-london-ccg/?utm_source=Mx%20Group&utm_medium=Email%20Blast&utm_campaign=17-NG-2276%20Heritage%20London%20eBlast&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTVRJd00yRmpNV1ZpTTJJNSIsInQiOiJLQVo0S3lvaUh3SFBSNTgydUVaVXRTZzdNN1ljVFVEY2I4YmZLczJsVkh4VjBPZVdwKzFcL1I0UGsxQXFMamJPZVN1UFlwNzdaK254NVVTYmJTNW5QTDZiTUFHYnBoMlhEWFhcL0pudUJtYnRZQVRKNnMwM1NYNXgySVNpV3B6NDJaIn0%3D

Would or could that be the case for the 1920 Penny ? or was that made differently to align the colons to the border teeth?

Is it my eyesight or do the other two examples have the ribbon end cut centrally and yours is cut over to the left end?

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Jeez its tough to see them lol