Nonmortuus Posted October 31, 2016 Posted October 31, 2016 A new addition bought to fill a gap but primarily for the toning.... 3 Quote
PWA 1967 Posted November 5, 2016 Posted November 5, 2016 Sorry to ask but not my thing Why was the counterstamp put on please ?. Pete. Quote
azda Posted November 5, 2016 Posted November 5, 2016 3 minutes ago, PWA 1967 said: Sorry to ask but not my thing Why was the counterstamp put on please ?. Pete. Its a BoE issue Pete, these were emergency issues due to the lack of silver at the time and was counter stamped on Spanish 8 and 4 reales, the counter stamp was to denote that it was issued from the Bank of England Quote
PWA 1967 Posted November 5, 2016 Posted November 5, 2016 7 minutes ago, azda said: Its a BoE issue Pete, these were emergency issues due to the lack of silver at the time and was counter stamped on Spanish 8 and 4 reales, the counter stamp was to denote that it was issued from the Bank of England Thanks Dave........although thats gone over my head ,probably one of the reasons i never passed any exams Quote
azda Posted November 5, 2016 Posted November 5, 2016 1 minute ago, PWA 1967 said: Thanks Dave........although thats gone over my head ,probably one of the reasons i never passed any exams Not sure you need to pass exams to make money Pete Quote
Leo Posted November 5, 2016 Posted November 5, 2016 A recent upgrade - very common crown, but the colourful toning caught my eye and I overpayed on it. I'm happy with it but find a bit odd that some of the fields are proof-like with wonderful colour but, at the same time, some areas in the reverse particularly (i.e. St. George's torso and halmet) would struggle to cut EF. 5 Quote
IanB Posted November 8, 2016 Posted November 8, 2016 Mick I don't know a lot about Four Pence's but that looks like a good one, I particularly like the obverse. Did you do the photography? Quote
UPINSMOKE Posted November 8, 2016 Posted November 8, 2016 16 minutes ago, IanB said: Did you do the photography? No I must confess not my photo's LCGS i'm afraid. Nice addition to replace my other 1888 Groat. Cannot believe I only just bought the other then this one comes along, just had to buy it Quote
Paulus Posted November 8, 2016 Author Posted November 8, 2016 What grade did they give it Mick? Quote
Nonmortuus Posted November 8, 2016 Posted November 8, 2016 8 minutes ago, Paulus said: What grade did they give it Mick? I think it was an 82 Paul. I was watching it but it went for far more than I was prepared to pay Quote
UPINSMOKE Posted November 9, 2016 Posted November 9, 2016 1 hour ago, Paulus said: What grade did they give it Mick? It was actually graded at 85 so do you think I paid too much for it.?? Quote
Paulus Posted November 9, 2016 Author Posted November 9, 2016 1 minute ago, UPINSMOKE said: It was actually graded at 85 so do you think I paid too much for it.?? It's a lovely coin Mick but I don't know what you paid (unless you have said that elsewhere!) Quote
UPINSMOKE Posted November 9, 2016 Posted November 9, 2016 (edited) Hi Paul it cost me £99 plus postage so worked out and around £106 it's a bit more than I wanted to pay but then again it's a nice coin and it ticks the boxes for my 1888 set. I bought another groat a few days earlier. But in hindsight I didn't realise this one would come up as well, just hope I can get my money back on the other coin which I think I paid a little bit too much for again. Oh well I suppose it's on learning curve but I think it's become a little bit expensive. Edited November 9, 2016 by UPINSMOKE Quote
Paulus Posted November 9, 2016 Author Posted November 9, 2016 3 minutes ago, UPINSMOKE said: Hi Paul it cost me £99 plus postage so worked out and around £106 it's a bit more than I wanted to pay but then again it's a nice coin and it ticks the boxes for my 1888 set. I bought another groat a few days earlier. But in hindsight I didn't realise this one would come up as well, just hope I can get my money back on the other coin which I think I paid a little bit too much for again. Oh well I suppose it's on learning curve but I think it's become a little bit expensive. It happens all the time, London busses syndrome! Ideally upgrades cost not too much because you bought well in the first place! Can you share the example you upgraded from and presumably want to sell? Quote
UPINSMOKE Posted November 9, 2016 Posted November 9, 2016 12 minutes ago, Paulus said: It happens all the time, London busses syndrome! Ideally upgrades cost not too much because you bought well in the first place! Can you share the example you upgraded from and presumably want to sell? Quote
Nonmortuus Posted November 9, 2016 Posted November 9, 2016 1 hour ago, UPINSMOKE said: It was actually graded at 85 so do you think I paid too much for it.?? Not at all but it was more than I was prepared to go. It's a lovely example. Quote
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