Peckris 2 Posted July 10, 2020 Posted July 10, 2020 Serious change of colour here! Which is which, I wonder? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1749-GEORGE-II-FARTHING/123927592569?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D57b9f72e87394f1491590889b30afb06%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D274326733979%26itm%3D123927592569%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV1Filter&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Sold by Tara Potterr of Potters Antiques, Colston Street, Bristol. Uh?? Surely not... I remember a Potters Antiques in Bristol in the late 60s.. Quote
mrbadexample Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 Somewhere between the two I guess. I can't get my head round photography, I just stick 'em on the windowsill on top of a coin box and point and press an old Fuji Finepix F500EXR. It mostly works ok. I tried one of these much-vaunted mats as a different background to the box - completely different colours as a result: Quote
Michael-Roo Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1927-proof-florin/143650095181?hash=item217236804d:g:m4oAAOSwgeFfAceF Quote
Michael-Roo Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 ITMA https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1821-UK-Great-Britain-United-Kingdom-KING-GEORGE-IV-Silver-Shilling-Coin-i77850/352662689681?hash=item521c559791:g:stMAAOSwISZc2KOY Quote
mrbadexample Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 Pobjoy mint have been going longer than I thought. 1 1 Quote
Rob Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 1 hour ago, mrbadexample said: Pobjoy mint have been going longer than I thought. Wow. One of those rare times when a name becomes synonymous with an item or action. Pobjoy have done so many things for the IOM that someone has taken it as the local mint name, though it's probably been helped by Krause listing P(objoy)M(int) as the mint mark. Quote
1949threepence Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 12 hours ago, mrbadexample said: Somewhere between the two I guess. I can't get my head round photography, I just stick 'em on the windowsill on top of a coin box and point and press an old Fuji Finepix F500EXR. It mostly works ok. I tried one of these much-vaunted mats as a different background to the box - completely different colours as a result: Hmm...either way it's an impaired proof. Quote
Rob Posted July 11, 2020 Posted July 11, 2020 58 minutes ago, 1949threepence said: Hmm...either way it's an impaired proof. Bet it's an Isle of Man. Quote
1949threepence Posted July 12, 2020 Posted July 12, 2020 10 hours ago, Rob said: Bet it's an Isle of Man. Probably so, which would explain. Quote
JLS Posted July 15, 2020 Posted July 15, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Masonic-Penny-unpolished/133390637391 I didn't know that the Queen was a freemason ! Or that 1967 pennies get more valuable if you polish them... 1 Quote
craigy Posted July 17, 2020 Posted July 17, 2020 On 7/15/2020 at 9:31 PM, JLS said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Masonic-Penny-unpolished/133390637391 I didn't know that the Queen was a freemason ! Or that 1967 pennies get more valuable if you polish them... what does G stand for ?GOAT ? Quote
JLS Posted July 23, 2020 Posted July 23, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Palau-Big-Pirate-Skull-25-2018-Antique-Finish-Silver-Pirate-Skull/174312522767 The Pirates of...Palau ? It weighs half a kilo of pure silver so I guess it might make a (rather morbid) paper weight... Quote
Paddy Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 7 hours ago, JLS said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Palau-Big-Pirate-Skull-25-2018-Antique-Finish-Silver-Pirate-Skull/174312522767 The Pirates of...Palau ? It weighs half a kilo of pure silver so I guess it might make a (rather morbid) paper weight... I actually quite like that one - not as a coin but as an ornament. However at around 5 times bullion I will not be buying. Quote
blakeyboy Posted July 24, 2020 Posted July 24, 2020 A friend of mine is a jeweller, and buys .925 coins, and casts animal figures from that metal. He has his own sponsors mark and has them assayed and stamped. He put a reasonable profit on them and took them to shows. They hardly sold. People would pick them up, weigh them in their hands, agree with him that it was the weight stated on the label, then not buy them because it was not possible to buy that amount of .925 silver for that price, clearly..... So he doubled the price. They flew off the stall. It's amazing sometimes how valuable people think silver is. "The best silver", that people bring out to impress, is often a hideous set of plated tat, with maybe a fiver's worth of silver on it's surfaces, ready to be zealously polished off.... Quote
Michael-Roo Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 Grab yourself a bargain. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/lfcandroyals4eva/m.html?_trksid=p3692 1 Quote
Rob Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Michael-Roo said: Grab yourself a bargain. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/lfcandroyals4eva/m.html?_trksid=p3692 Hmm. 10% going to Myeloma - something close to his heart. (90% going to his wallet - infinitely closer ). Could do with someone in Henley on Thames to pop round and have a word. 1 Quote
RLC35 Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, Rob said: Hmm. 10% going to Myeloma - something close to his heart. (90% going to his wallet - infinitely closer ). Could do with someone in Henley on Thames to pop round and have a word. The 1898 is a very common year for the US Silver Dollar. The value is between $40 and $100. The seller should be ashamed of himself with the asking price he has on the coin! Quote
rooneydog Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 On 7/24/2020 at 12:39 AM, JLS said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Palau-Big-Pirate-Skull-25-2018-Antique-Finish-Silver-Pirate-Skull/174312522767 The Pirates of...Palau ? It weighs half a kilo of pure silver so I guess it might make a (rather morbid) paper weight... Only 555 "minted" https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces148251.html Must be rare 😀 Quote
Paddy Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Michael-Roo said: Grab yourself a bargain. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/lfcandroyals4eva/m.html?_trksid=p3692 Can I have some of whatever he is smoking? 1 Quote
copper123 Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 On 7/10/2020 at 1:18 AM, JLS said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274326733979 Someone actually thinks a cartwheel penny is a farthing...were the 1790s an age of giants ?! My goodness a coin in that grade must sell for at least £15,000 on ebay its a real bargain >NOT Quote
Rob Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, copper123 said: My goodness a coin in that grade must sell for at least £15,000 on ebay its a real bargain >NOT ? 'it's a real bargain greater than not'? Shurely shome mishtake. 1 Quote
alfnail Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Trying quite hard with this one:- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1845-VICTORIA-COPPER-PENNY/224097567098?hash=item342d41817a:g:D7kAAOSwvgVfIIaY Quote
Peckris 2 Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 14 hours ago, alfnail said: Trying quite hard with this one:- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1845-VICTORIA-COPPER-PENNY/224097567098?hash=item342d41817a:g:D7kAAOSwvgVfIIaY "YOU ARE BIDDING ON ACTUAL COIN IN PICTURES" Not sure of that as a sales pitch... Quote
Michael-Roo Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 (edited) And did you see the other listings? 25 years? Cracked out of a package newly landed from China. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Coins/11116/m.html?item=224097567098&hash=item342d41817a%3Ag%3AD7kAAOSwvgVfIIaY&_ssn=dcb.99 Is that 1845 horror show tooled? Why bother? Polish a turd and what do you have? A shiny turd. Boom boom. I'll get me coat…. Edited July 30, 2020 by Michael-Roo 3 Quote
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