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mick1271

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    Goubys The British bronze penny .

    I emailed Michael a few days ago .I haven't heard anything back yet , but It did say on the website , that they probably wont post again till the 4th Aug and they will send invoices out a few days prior .
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    Goubys The British bronze penny .

    Of Course I have , But I thought I would take it a bit more literally lol
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    Florin 1849

    I don't like it either . The gown detail just looks mushy and indistinct .Possibly cleaned with something that hasn't done it any favours .
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    Goubys The British bronze penny .

    I believe shooting fish is illegal in the UK . I would need to move to the States to give that a try lol .
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    Goubys The British bronze penny .

    trying to get one direct from Michael . Hopefully get sorted . Thanks for the help Pete .
  6. I had been keeping my eyes open at collectors fairs etc (Central Scotland) for one . See plenty of obscure proof sets , but no 2002 Jamaica yet . .
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    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Having a wee look at upgrading a couple of my Cuni 2 bobs and came across this bargain . https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1956-GREAT-BRITAIN-TWO-2-SHILLINGS-UNC-BEAUTIFUL-BOLD-COLOR-TONED-GEM-BU-SS/184297691968?hash=item2ae8ff9b40:g:3RsAAOSwqnFew0
  8. Just bought one too . Didn't think I needed one , till now .
  9. I believe a lot of the prices are down to the Whitman type folders that RM released for the modern 50p. All easy coins to get ,except the 2009 Kew . I know the feeling of needing to fill a gap , so can understand people wanting to pay over the odds to do it. The 1992/93 EEC 50p only had a circulation of 109,000 ( I remember them in my change when I was in my teens ), but sell for half of what a Kew goes for .
  10. Thanks , that's good to know .I haven't bid on any auctions before ( apart from ebay )
  11. I had a couple of bids on items today .Entered through easybid . Have no idea whether they have won or lost . Is there anywhere that shows what lots have went for ?
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    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    The only piece of that that looks even slightly identifiable is what looks like 2 pellets next to a shadow of someone , which would make it a half groat .
  13. Ebay died a death (for buyers anyway) when they started free listings .Now it is so bloated with worthless crap and common modern coins ,that it is just a pain to use .My collecting started nearly 20 years ago and 95% of my purchases in the first 5-10 years were from there .I am lucky to buy 1 a month from there now .If they started charging for listings and refunded the charge from the sales fees ,it would go a long way to stopping the crap getting listed . The amount of fakes is another story , but with less listings it would be easier to police .Unfortunately ,they don't seem to want to be a serious platform for coin sales .
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    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    did you make a profit?
  15. Bloody lovely ......not sure that's a grade though.
  16. The listing pictures do make the coin more appealing than your photos .
  17. I have been using them for nearly 10 years and I have not noticed anything untoward (toning wise) with them .I store them standing edgeways in cases with sachets of silica in them .
  18. Did you soak it in the verdi-care , and if you did ,how long .I have had noticeable results with it , but nothing great . I normally clean with acetone ,rinse and dab with verdicare .I have been worried about leaving it for any more than a few minutes .
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    sorry state

    How much were they originally from the Mint ?
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    Acetone & Verdi-care

    Just got some acetone in and had ordered some verdi-care . Decided , because of the postage costs to get the bigger bottle (an extra fiver) .Didn't realise that the cost of the bigger bottle took me over the import threshold for tax . Now I have a bill for £13. 55 to pay before I can pick it up .£8 in costs for the Royal Mail , bloody highway robbers.All because I was trying to save a few quid.
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    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Normally I am reaching for a book to work out the obverses ,but out of all the TB obverses ,6 is probably the easiest to recognise (even in washers) with the B almost touching viccys head .
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    Edward penny ID's

    pretty poor condition ,but got them so I could practice trying to Id them .I only havea copy of spink , so I have what I think is an Edward 1st London mint 9a , an Edward III york mint penny (spink 1556), Edward III london mint (spink 1583) and another Edward III London mint penny . How did I do ,am I close ?
  23. I have an old catalogue from 1938 ,with prices for all the wreath crowns . All are only available in FDC , apart from the 1928 which is available in VF, EF and FDC. Which may point towards some of the 1928 being released for circulation . Only 30 bob for a 1933 ,the rest are between 14 and 16 shillings each .
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    Ebay's Worst Offerings

    Grab a bargain lol https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Edward-VI-Silver-Shilling-1550-3-Rare/132774075191?hash=item1ee9f39b37:g:b5kAAOSwpZlbhrrw
  25. I forgot that the Wreath crowns carried on till 1936 .Doesn;t sound as special now .
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