Coinery Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 Oh, please, give me a break...I was watching this as a possible purchase for myself, as it looks highly suspicious, particularly when looking at the obverse and obverse edge.All of £60 with postage? C'mon, WTF is going on out there? 301337754998 Quote
Paulus Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) link to Stuey's eBay coinhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301337754998?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D301337754998%26_rdc%3D1 Edited October 10, 2014 by Paulus Quote
Paulus Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 You're more than welcomeWhat's your thinking?if genuine, that coin went for a song if fake, yet another buyer got stung and may never know the jury's out all of the above Quote
Coinery Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 You're more than welcomeWhat's your thinking?if genuine, that coin went for a songif fake, yet another buyer got stung and may never knowthe jury's outall of the aboveIf genuine a lot of money for a horrible, Woolley-looking, lack-lustre, coin.If a forgery, which it looks to be ( the reason I wanted it), and I would've paid a 'genuine' price for it (but it soared above that), then someone's got a useless piece of unattractive old rubbish. Quote
Coinery Posted October 10, 2014 Posted October 10, 2014 There are so many suspicious looking, but unconfirmed, hammereds out there, that I wish I could afford to win them all and investigate them in hand, and by scale, and by acid, and by god! By god I do! Quote
Paulus Posted October 12, 2014 Posted October 12, 2014 Amazing the lengths some buyers will go to. I just sold a coin for the princely sum of £1.91 and received an eBay email from the buyer stating that he miss-typed and meant to bid £1.01. The bidding history clearly shows a number of bids for the coin, including 4 from the successful buyer, only 1 of which could (but probably wasn't) have been £1.91.Good grief. Quote
Rob Posted October 12, 2014 Posted October 12, 2014 I think many ebay buyers think it is now a right that all things should cost 99p (with free P&P). Quote
Gary1000 Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 I had a disgruntled buyer who couldn't understand why his bid had jumped so much when he bid above the reserve I'd set. He was going to complain to ebay about it. Quote
azda Posted October 13, 2014 Posted October 13, 2014 Enay at its best. Chancing every little nook and cranny they can to get something as cheaply as possible. Ebay has made it impossible to sell anything on there withouz BS in some shape or form Quote
bagerap Posted October 22, 2014 Posted October 22, 2014 Maybe not one of the worst, but would you buy it?http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221562674576 Quote
Paulus Posted October 22, 2014 Posted October 22, 2014 Id buy it at 99p as I could sell it on at a profit (probably) Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 (edited) looks TB/TB to me :/I'm on my cell phone.. small screen, however I concur...I see nothing to indicate a beaded border on either side... The reverse is toothed and the obverse appears to be the same...I can't determine the Freeman number from the images though... If I was forced to hazard a guess though, I would lean towards an F-13....Poor quality coin and small screen conspire against me... Edited October 23, 2014 by Bronze & Copper Collector Quote
Peckris Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 looks TB/TB to me :/I'm on my cell phone.. small screen, however I concur...I see nothing to indicate a beaded border on either side... The reverse is toothed and the obverse appears to be the same...I can't determine the Freeman number from the images though... If I was forced to hazard a guess though, I would lean towards an F-13....Poor quality coin and small screen conspire against me...Interesting views. The reverse definitely looks beaded to me. Quote
Peter Posted October 23, 2014 Posted October 23, 2014 I've had a couple of looks but doubt has been put in my mind(it is awful and i wouldn't every like it) Quote
Bronze & Copper Collector Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) looks TB/TB to me :/I'm on my cell phone.. small screen, however I concur...I see nothing to indicate a beaded border on either side... The reverse is toothed and the obverse appears to be the same...I can't determine the Freeman number from the images though... If I was forced to hazard a guess though, I would lean towards an F-13....Poor quality coin and small screen conspire against me...I've just taken a closer look on a larger screen and indeed the obverse does appear to be a round bead border making the coin an F-8 although I can not be 100% sure from the images.......A VERY POOR and undersireable specimen though.... if indeed it is that variety after all.... Edited October 24, 2014 by Bronze & Copper Collector Quote
scott Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 it is the reverse I have more issue with, cant tell if they are beads or teeth. Quote
Michael-Roo Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) Either way, a truly horrible specimen. Wouldn't give it house room….. Edited October 24, 2014 by Michael-Roo Quote
damian1986 Posted October 25, 2014 Posted October 25, 2014 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181475765706Nothing new to see here, but there are a few of these types of sellers who occasionally list the odd item of numismatic interest / some decimal so I have never blacklisted them but I am now going to. Regarding this one specifically, it's out of order to use Percy Metcalfe to market such a horrible piece of shit. I only recently came across this which he designed: http://brentmuseumandarchives.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/metcalfe-lion-1924.jpg so for all my time wasted hunting through crap on eBay at least I stumbled across something useful. Quote
Michael-Roo Posted October 25, 2014 Posted October 25, 2014 Nice Metcalfe photo.Regarding this recent splurge of fantasy and repro coins produced and offered in editions of 18/20 or whatever: 3D printers are now capable of executing these from a powdered precious metal base. Something to consider?…... Quote
damian1986 Posted October 26, 2014 Posted October 26, 2014 Nice Metcalfe photo.Regarding this recent splurge of fantasy and repro coins produced and offered in editions of 18/20 or whatever: 3D printers are now capable of executing these from a powdered precious metal base. Something to consider?…...Interesting. There'll be a market for it. I've got a few things off eBay this week but otherwise a frustrating experience. Quote
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