Rob Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 £320 for THIS lot??? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-guineas-pre-1920-s...#ht_1095wt_1007Someone must have a lot more money than sense. £5.25 face value of pre-1920 silver would fetch ... what ... £100, £110, tops? As coins, rather than silver, they are just poor (well, VG+ which amounts to much the same thing for what are likely to be pretty common dates).Spot price for silver today is about £200 for £5.25 face. Quote
Flash Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 Scrap silver has been selling well above melt price for 2 weeks or so now - odd, but I'm not complaining! Quote
Peckris Posted October 12, 2009 Posted October 12, 2009 £320 for THIS lot??? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-guineas-pre-1920-s...#ht_1095wt_1007Someone must have a lot more money than sense. £5.25 face value of pre-1920 silver would fetch ... what ... £100, £110, tops? As coins, rather than silver, they are just poor (well, VG+ which amounts to much the same thing for what are likely to be pretty common dates).Spot price for silver today is about £200 for £5.25 face.As high as that? Well, someone still paid £120 over the odds! Crazy. Quote
Coppers Posted October 17, 2009 Posted October 17, 2009 (edited) Another penny for our consideration....One in a million?Looks like this seller has set his sites a tad lower...Try Try Again Edited October 17, 2009 by Coppers Quote
Coppers Posted October 17, 2009 Posted October 17, 2009 A 33 penny which the seller indicates has been examined and found to be altered...Link Quote
Gary D Posted October 17, 2009 Posted October 17, 2009 A 33 penny which the seller indicates has been examined and found to be altered...LinkLooks to be a very good example, I was thinking of having a punt myself if it does go too far. It could make £100 which is not too outrageous for a very well done altered date. Quote
Peter Posted October 18, 2009 Posted October 18, 2009 Looks like a nice bit of shill bidding going on here. Quote
Red Riley Posted October 18, 2009 Posted October 18, 2009 Looks like a nice bit of shill bidding going on here.I don't know so much. Looks like quite a good forgery and I would expect it to realise a decent price. Quote
Peter Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 Looks like a nice bit of shill bidding going on here.I don't know so much. Looks like quite a good forgery and I would expect it to realise a decent price.Bidder 2 4 & 7 are Shilling....smell the coffee Quote
Coppers Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 Looks like a nice bit of shill bidding going on here.I don't know so much. Looks like quite a good forgery and I would expect it to realise a decent price.Bidder 2 4 & 7 are Shilling....smell the coffeeNow at £102.00 Quote
Gary D Posted October 19, 2009 Posted October 19, 2009 Looks like a nice bit of shill bidding going on here.I don't know so much. Looks like quite a good forgery and I would expect it to realise a decent price.Bidder 2 4 & 7 are Shilling....smell the coffeeNow at £102.00Went for £240, a bit more than I expected but it did look a good one to Bidder 2, Still think it was shilling? I've got a load of coins on there at the moment if anyone wants to shill them up a bit Quote
Peckris Posted October 20, 2009 Posted October 20, 2009 Went for £240, a bit more than I expected but it did look a good one to Bidder 2, Still think it was shilling? I've got a load of coins on there at the moment if anyone wants to shill them up a bit Doesn't surprise me it went for so much. It's such a good forgery it's almost like having the real thing Bargain. Quote
Gary D Posted October 21, 2009 Posted October 21, 2009 This one realy did make me laugh A what!!! Quote
Coppers Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 Now here's a coin that likely missing from most collection...The only one online Quote
Rob Posted October 24, 2009 Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) Now here's a coin that likely missing from most collection...The only one onlineThis quote from his sales pitch seems a bit cheeky. Although many businesses make additional profits on shipping & handling, I find it distasteful and therefore refuse to do so. For individual raw coins it will always be 60¢ to anywhere in the U.S. and $1 to anywhere outside the U.S. . The opening price of $5000 is clearly not OTT. I was going to say that it probably is the only 1670 farthing listed, but if you look hard you should be able to find another - incorrectly described as a 1672, 1673 etc. and in a suitably dire grade Edited October 24, 2009 by Rob Quote
Peter Posted October 27, 2009 Posted October 27, 2009 (edited) This could have also gone into the slabbing debate.What a joke.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/20p-NO-DATE-MULE-CGS...=item1c0bc23310 Edited October 27, 2009 by Peter Quote
Peter Posted October 27, 2009 Posted October 27, 2009 and another.....what a complete farce.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...em=120456365825 Quote
Peckris Posted October 27, 2009 Posted October 27, 2009 This could have also gone into the slabbing debate.What a joke.http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/20p-NO-DATE-MULE-CGS...=item1c0bc23310Apparently only 7 certified. No, make that 8, there's the winning bidder to add to the total... Quote
davidrj Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 What do folk here think of this one 1869 penny?the date looks very odd to me Quote
Flash Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 Lol a replacement "6" and not a particularly good one!!!Don't think much his grading either. A fine reverse and an approaching VF reverse doesn't = VF Quote
RLC35 Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 None of my 1869's have a date like that one. I was a little doubtful about the coin when I first saw it. Quote
Red Riley Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 Lol a replacement "6" and not a particularly good one!!!Don't think much his grading either. A fine reverse and an approaching VF reverse doesn't = VFI'm trying to work out what has been done. 1869 dates are generally well alligned (unlike say 1860s) and the obverse is generally correct for 1860-74. The normal trick is to lower the entire exergue and the 'fuzz' around the 1 and the 8 seem to bear this out. The only logical numeral to change is the 9 but this actually looks better than the 6. I'm at a loss. Quote
davidrj Posted November 24, 2009 Posted November 24, 2009 1869 dates are generally well alligned (unlike say 1860s) and the obverse is generally correct for 1860-74. The normal trick is to lower the entire exergue and the 'fuzz' around the 1 and the 8 seem to bear this out. The only logical numeral to change is the 9 but this actually looks better than the 6. I'm at a loss.both my 1869 have normal well aligned dates - this one jumped at me when I first saw it - a very odd coin - the 6 is strange to say the least and the 9 appeears to have lost its tail - I think both numerals have been replaced.now at £16 with 9 days to go, too expensive for me to satisfy my curiosity Quote
Coppers Posted November 27, 2009 Posted November 27, 2009 (edited) Another penny for our consideration....One in a million?Same approach, but a lower price...One in fifty thousand Edited November 27, 2009 by Coppers Quote
davidrj Posted November 30, 2009 Posted November 30, 2009 1869 dates are generally well alligned (unlike say 1860s) and the obverse is generally correct for 1860-74. The normal trick is to lower the entire exergue and the 'fuzz' around the 1 and the 8 seem to bear this out. The only logical numeral to change is the 9 but this actually looks better than the 6. I'm at a loss.both my 1869 have normal well aligned dates - this one jumped at me when I first saw it - a very odd coin - the 6 is strange to say the least and the 9 appeears to have lost its tail - I think both numerals have been replaced.now at £16 with 9 days to go, too expensive for me to satisfy my curiosity "On 24-Nov-09 at 16:42:44 GMT, seller added the following information:I have been informed that this coin could be a fogery as the 9 is to high in the date. Any bids may be retracted if you think this is the case. see close up photo of the date"went up tp £104 but now £77 interesting to see where it ends up Quote
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