Spink 2012

[Nick]

I am pleased to see that there is now an illustration of what cinquefoils and stars look like. Can't tell you how many 1845 star stops crowns I've looked at only to find that they are cinquefoils.

I can save you the bother and tell you that the 1845 Star Stops does not exist Nick.

Thanks, that's good news - one more to cross off the list. I did wonder, but thought it unlikely that Spink and ESC would both be wrong. Do you know who referenced it first?

[azda]

What is the1886 Maundy Set in UNC now Nick?

[Nick]

What is the1886 Maundy Set in UNC now Nick?

£300

[azda]

Nö change from Last year then.

[Nick]

Nö change from Last year then.

No. Not many of the Victoria young head maundy sets have shown any increase.

[Peckris]

Nö change from Last year then.

Yö Dävë - yöü ä fän öf Mötörhëäd, then?

[azda]

Nö change from Last year then.

No. Not many of the Victoria young head maundy sets have shown any increase.

Strange considering the prices they've been selling for this year.

[azda]

Nö change from Last year then.

Yö Dävë - yöü ä fän öf Mötörhëäd, then?

No Peck, i have a German keyboard while residing in Deutschland, it uses the umlauts, when it pleases that is

[Red Riley]

Should be getting mine for Christmas but these days it's like giving a rat to a rat catcher...

[Rob]

I had my box of them delivered first thing last Monday.

[Coinery]

I had my box of them delivered first thing last Monday.

What are you selling them for, including postage, Rob?

[Rob]

Is it out soon ? , I asked locally and they thought it would be during January 2012

I won't bother,

They constantly fail to meet deadlines and don't even get it printed in the UK.

It took them years to even attempt to catch up with Peck/Freeman..far better info is out there.

If Rotographic sorted the milled series prior to 1797 job done.

The perennial problem is always going to be trying to be all things to all men. The more focussed the material covered, the more accurate it is likely to be. If you only cover a limited range you had better be good at it otherwise there's no point doing anything. By definition, many of the rarities don't come round very often, so any price quoted is bound to be a stab in the dark. People moan when a coin is listed as extremely rare because there is no price given, yet moan if there is a figure quoted because it is too high or too low. Every single price guide is just that.

e.g. I notice the groats have had an upward revision following the Brady sale. On the only coin where I had any input, the S2989, it has gone up just under 50%, but given no example has been on the market since the same coin was sold by Spink for £450 in 1995 and the previous price in the tome was £850, a revision up to its new value of £1250 seems reasonable. Neither me nor the person responsible for revaluing this section know of another example other than the BM piece, so should the price be what is quoted in the latest book or what I paid which was £500 higher? Arguably it could be what I paid, but we both know another example could come to light tomorrow and in any case I had to pay more than I would have liked because I had to see off the underbidder in what was a strongly priced sale overall. However, if that bidder was also aware that the coin may well be the only example available, who knows where the price could have gone to? If two people refuse to stop bidding, that doesn't make the same coin worth as much the next time it comes round. I think people are too set in their thinking when it comes to price guide accuracy. All of them have prices listed that are all over the place and should be treated with a pinch of salt.

[coin watch]

Merry Christmas to all you forum coin people.

I hope Santa has brought you the coin you've always wanted and just maybe one without chocolate in the middle

Keep up the good work in 2012, this is a great forum!

Best wishes from coin watch