1902 LT Half penny UNC Good Lustre

[Half Penny Jon]

I bet that gives you a sense of satisfaction when you make someone pay more for a coin on ebay!

[Sylvester]

I bet that gives you a sense of satisfaction when you make someone pay more for a coin on ebay!

It does, but on occasions it can backfire, sometimes instead of stopping just over a realistic price, or going way over your bid, sometimes they just stop short of your bid, like £24.50 now that is annoying.

I once saw a slightly creased William III 1701 (I think) half guinea in F, with a slight dint right near the edge, go for an amazing price, i was fighting them for it right up to £250 (which is above book price, but the book price on these things is never precise, they always sell for more, cos you don't see them anywhere, not in grades lower than EF those coins that go for thousands), after £250, and upto £300 i just kept putting bids on to make the price go up.

I'm not kidding, before i clicked the button to type in the bid it was £220, after i'd submitted the bid it was already outbid and the price was now £275, i never actually made it to top bidder. There must have been at least four of us fighting over it.

It went for about £375-£410 in the end which is way way over the catalogue price, i definately wouldn't have paid a penny over £250 for it (unless i'd won it by accident).

Infact it was probably only worth about £110-150, but when i get going on ebay i can't sop myself, it's the thrill of the bid.

No wonder i don't go on ebay anymore.

[william]

But what if you put a really silly bid on and accidentally win it when you're trying to make other people pay more for it, then you'd be sorry!

[Sylvester]

But what if you put a really silly bid on and accidentally win it when you're trying to make other people pay more for it, then you'd be sorry!

did i not just say that in my previous post?

[william]

But what if you put a really silly bid on and accidentally win it when you're trying to make other people pay more for it, then you'd be sorry!

did i not just say that in my previous post?

Oh yes, I see it now...sorry!

[Half Penny Jon]

Are you sure it is acutally uncirculated? The hair below-right the ear looks slightly flat, as does the majority of his beard but maybe it's just me!

You may be right in saying that it is AUNC, however, it may have been struck from a worn die, or it may have been a soft strike.

[Emperor Oli]

Hmm the legend looks clear, I think it's just a normal strike which has been in circulation or been thrown about a bit!

[Half Penny Jon]

You are probably right. I didn't win the item in the end because I said that I wouldn't bid over £100 and the bid finished at £104.52! Someone paid two much!