Nonmortuus

Yes please

I use quadrums just because they look nice, standardise the size, are easy to open for pictures and can be reused.

I would imagine just have a thread specifically for fakes something like: Brief description: 1905 Half Crown Picture: Info about fake e.g. where you saw it, do you own one, how can you tell its a fake, distinguishing features, if it was on ebay did it sell etc. Saw it on: Ebay, it sold for £225.00 Distinguishing features: It is a bloody awful copy that looks nothing like the real thing! (obviously more detail in a real post etc) Leave the thread open so people can post pics and info, one coin/info per post and any post not specifically listing a new fake that get made are just deleted so that the thread is purely pictures with information in every post. I don't know what tools you guys have behind the scenes but I can imagine as long as people know the thread is purely for a picture reference and that there is another associated thread for discussion where they can link pics from the 'picture thread' for want of a better description if they actively want to discuss certain features.

I was chatting with @Paulus the other day about there being a dedicated fakes post in the members only section where we post a photo of the fake and the reasons for it being deemed so in a single post. Each post would then be a new/known fake. Then we could have an associated thread for discussion of the these fakes. I know there are numerous posts about fakes already but you have to scroll through 20 comments to find the pictures of the next fake and the associated discussion. The reason for two threads would be to keep the first thread clear of numoerous comments and for it to just be a gallery of known fakes and what to look out for in order to spot them. Maybe number the photos/posts in the picture thread to allow easier discussion in the other thread? I don't know but for a newbie like me, with no fakes in hand, it would be a useful tool. @Nordle11@Chris Perkins is this something worth doing?

If I include the postage the Farthing was £2 ish off the top of my head. I think using a different way to light your coin (day light LED lamp) for the photo may throw up more detail

Glad to know I have not over paid on the penny with £1.99! The farthing was 99p plus postage. Again, more about starting to get a few in hand to compare grades etc until my funds allow some higher grade purchases

Yes it is a bit OTT. The sellers photos were awful (out of focus, far away etc) when I bought it so it was a punt based on the date and the toning the seemed to be there. If I decide to flip it I have already had a few people who are normally decimal collectors/silver stackers take an interest on Facebook and offer me more than I paid. For now it will just stay in my collection

So I have started to add some low cost Bronze coins to my collection, by low cost I mean sub £5. Here are two of my newbies, both of these were sub £2. I am sure they would not qualify as acquisition of the week so forgive me for posting them here and not there.

It's not even close to being a decent copy.... god knows who is bidding on it!

This is at £46 plus shipping with a day to go! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/British-1905-Half-Crown-Coin-/161995770377?hash=item25b7b34a09:g:j0kAAOSwDuJW2Dcm

I agree, but are there not number of elements that specifically apply to members of the European Union? Article 16? I am really interested to learn more about how our relationship with the EU will impact the humans rights act that stops us deporting people purely becuase they were lucky enough to breed before they were caught and convicted. The right to have a family should not out weigh the right of the rest of us to not live in fear of some nutter. If leaving the EU would have no impact on the Human rights rulings from Europe that our courts have to follow then I would like to know more please

I am still undecided but at the moment I am leaning towards out. I would much prefer us to have control of our own laws, our own borders and be able to implement a points style system for economic migrants. I am not saying stop migration at all, just have better control over who we want in and who we want out. Also the fact we cannot deal with certain people due to the the Human Rights act, a direct result of our relationship with Europe, really does annoy me. I plan to read up some more before I decide either way but I am finding the scare mongering from the 'In' campaign is pushing me the other way.

Well it did not meet the reserve with an end price of £2751.11 so someone had a lucky escape. They have, however, relisted it: item number 121913651673.

Thanks Mynki I understand the principal but is it not though, for all intents and purposes, still paper gold? You dont physically have it in hand do you or can you buy off them and have it shipped to you for you to decide where and how you store it?

I usually go each month but I am 50/50 this time around due to a severe lack of funds

Surely Physical Bullion would be better? Have not a fair few of these paper gold dealers gone bump in the States over the last couple of years? Also in the event of the Zombie apocalypse I would like to be able to get to any bullion I had relatively easily so I can pay for me food, weapons etc with a precious metal rather than some 'other' form of payment

Well, for all the good it will do I just reported it as a fraudulent listing.

For comparison here is mine:

That is a nice example. Much better than mine ☺

Oh for sure Paul, I should have said I agree with ozjohn As we discussed around that 1925 Halfcrown NGC grading seems to be off at times!

To be fair to the seller I just had an upgrade off him graded as NGC MS63 for an extremely good price:

I have only been going since July last year and its been £2 each time. Out of curiosity what did it used to be then? I go even when I have no funds as its good to see some familiar faces and to see so many coins.

I hope to be there but due to it being on the 14th I may struggle this month!

Cheers Pete, Paul

Sigh posted in wring thread