mick1271
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3 hours ago, 1949threepence said:
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To quote from, and courtesy of Paddy's post from Friday at 11:17am, there are three types of EasyLive auctions:-
LCA have chosen option 3, which merely shows the items. It's actually no different to just looking at the same coins on their website.
Don't even know what they've fetched.
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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2 hours ago, hibernianscribe said:
The seller of this is optimistic....
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 .
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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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12 minutes ago, rpeddie said:
i purchased one of her coins and put it up for sale again, she proceed to message me and gave me abuse about it for some reason? never dealt with such a nutter on ebay
did you make a profit?
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Bloody lovely ......not sure that's a grade though.
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The listing pictures do make the coin more appealing than your photos .
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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 .
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11 hours ago, Ukstu said:
Verdi care....before & after. Sorry about the picture quality it was just to record the results.
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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How much were they originally from the Mint ?
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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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8 hours ago, Bronze & Copper Collector said:
Another NON-STARTER , NON- WINNER from our friend in Manchester....
It's a 6 & G not a 5 & G
F-33 NOT F-28
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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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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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 ?
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48 minutes ago, Rob said:
I assume that was just a normal 1936 crown. George V died on 20th January, so the vast majority of coins dated 1936 will technically be Ed.8 even though they used the G5 effigy. If a 1932 crown in FDC is £1/10/-, then 5 shillings more for a 1936 is neither here nor there.
I forgot that the Wreath crowns carried on till 1936 .Doesn;t sound as special now .
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9 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:
That really is going back a hell of a long way, Mick. Virtually outside of living memory.
It was just a thought .Didn't know whether they where in business for a long time ,or were taken over by someone else . Still interesting to know that you could pick up a 1932 crown in FDC for 30 shillings .Some things for sale that I didn't even know existed , like a 1936 Edward VIII crown with George V head on it for £1/15/-
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2 minutes ago, declanwmagee said:
My pleasure Mick. I do something similar with Newly listed Buy-it Nows as well, and find a surprising number of bargains. I used to treat it as an "if I get time" kind of job until quite recently, when I found a 1904 halfcrown very close to VF for £15. Sold a couple of weeks later for £150. Worth doing.
I have had a few bargains myself , but I tend to do it to try and pick up any penny variations I dont have .Still waiting on my Gouby x for less than a tenner lol. As with most of my collecting , if I am patient ,I will get it eventually at the right price .
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18 minutes ago, declanwmagee said:
Ah now, careful with that, Mick. eBay, in their wisdom, do not recognise the pound sign, so if you exclude £1 and £2, you are also excluding anything with the numeral 1 or 2 in the title. "2 bun pennies", thus will be excluded because you have put "£2" in your exclusion list.
That I did not know . thanks for the heads up on that .
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I picked up a couple of old dealers price lists in a book shop recently . one is from Seaby's ,but the other is from Jacobs' numismatic store in Brondesbury road, london . The dealer is Charles E Jacobs , does anybody know what became of them .The price list is from 1938 , so I don't even know if they outlasted the war .
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I do something the same, except I check "auction, ending soonest", after removing 50p, 20p, £1, £2 ,pound ,pence, beatrix ,£5 etc. It takes it down to about 18,000. I then check " buy it nows" from the newly listed direction .The way I look at it , after being listed "buy it now" ,after 24 hours ,anything thats worth buying or is a bargain is already sold .
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6 hours ago, PWA 1967 said:
Has anyone ever seen a collection or even one coin that has been damaged or toned unaturally by the cabinet please ?
I have seen coins kept in a modern oak display case that have had black blotches and unattractive toning after a few months (was on a FB page I am on ,and the were modern decimals ,so there was no harm done lol). It was probably the fact that it was new , modern wood is kiln dried and not seasoned properly .The tannins also leach out through time , so an antique case will probably have been made safe a long time ago .
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5 hours ago, Paddy said:
Mine - all Mine!
I see you also do cider - I am making my own on a regular basis, though brought up to a more traditional wine strength. Very refreshing on a hot day.
I prefer a vintage Cider , something with a bit of bite . Currently in Northumberland for a week , so I will need to stock up before I head up the road . The minimum pricing laws in Scotland has made the better ciders a lot more expensive .
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30 minutes ago, Paddy said:
Sorry - I don't share my Talisker...
I am partial to a wee (large) Talisker . In fact , any peaty malt will do .
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1 hour ago, Paddy said:
looking at his other items , quite a few seem to be very clean and shiny .
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Anybody know how LCA plan to handle their June auction?
in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
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Thanks , that's good to know .I haven't bid on any auctions before ( apart from ebay )