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I’ll take this please.

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The “Belvoir” Sterling Cigarette Case by Dudley Russel Howitt, Birmingham 1943, 214.3g

Excellent condition no knocks or major bruises.
£135 plus post of your choice and risk. No offers please, price is the price.

Uk only, payment by bank transfer or PayPal f&f.

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Final reduction £100 + post of choice. 
 

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A non scrap excellent used condition Sterling cigarette case, Charles S Green & Co Birmingham 1916. 149.9g. 

Suede leather insert and elastic perfectly intact. 

Approx Dimensions: 

11cm x 7.5cm. Depth 1cm.

£115 + post of buyers risk and choice. U.K. only, payment by bank transfer or PayPal F&F.

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4 minutes ago, Aldebaran said:

Would you accept £2000 for the five, posted. Thanks.

PMd

Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes upon this monstrosity found this evening on Facebook marketplace.

Anyone fancy adding this beauty to their collection? 

First come first served and don’t all PM me at once flooding my inbox asking for the sellers details!

I imagine some clown has probably done this by ripping it out of a mount - Nice one, 100+ years of history down the toilet 👌🏼

#33

Whichever has the lowest premium above spot when you are buying.

Although sovereigns are a little easier to sell if you want to offload peer to peer down the line.

1 hour ago, Simonz said:

Many thanks for your email regarding lot 4060. Yes, the coin has been removed from the NGC holder.

The decision to do this was made because it was felt that the grade AU Details was an unfair assessment of a rather honest coin. We therefore felt that leaving the coin in the slab was not beneficial to it.

In terms of our general approach to slabbing, we tend not to remove coins from slabs once they have been encapsulated. However, when a grade is far from the condition we deem the coin to be in we believe it is beneficial to do so. I should also note that unlike other auction houses we always provide our own assessment of the coin alongside the grade provided by the grading company.

“Therefore we felt that leaving the coin in the slab was not beneficial to us.”

Thanks for sharing, that really is eye opening.

I think this is excellent. It smacks of nothing but a money grabbing move. NGC have had collectors by the stones for far too long and with this move have likely undermined their reputation and kneecapped their credibility.

Hopefully we can get back to enjoying coins and see a bit of a market reset and move away from the pump and dump of graded modern collectibles.

2 hours ago, doctorgolden said:

I've had a dealer on the phone saying how they deliver higher returns compared to bullion grade coins.

Oh yes they certainly do…..for the dealer that is.

Airtites

https://air-tites.com

By and large these are the most superior capsules. However, they can be difficult to source in the U.K. 

Sometimes members have them available for sale on the forum.

51 minutes ago, fmadmarq said:

In 2016 I bought two The Last Round Pound UK £1 Brilliant Uncirculated coins in the presentation pack (images attached). 

 

While inspecting them carefully I saw that the inscription at the rim of the coins (DECUS ET TUTAMEN) had been minted in two directions (also images attached). 

In the 2022 Spink - Coins of England book (J38 page 65) and I cannot see any reference to those variants minted and potential rarity/valuation?

Does the inscription on the side constitute an error/rarity? Is it possible to know how many of those coins were minted with the inscription in two directions?

I also have a £2 Shakespeare - Tragedy coin with the side inscription also in both directions...

It would be great to hear the feedback from more expert collectors in the forum...!

 

When I went on the Royal Mint VIP tour they actually addressed this very thing. 

While I’m no authority on this and don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, the tour guide stated that there is no prescribed right or wrong orientation for the inscription on the rim of the £2, and previously the £1 coins. 

I will add they didn’t specify whether that applied solely to circulation coin, or whether it is also true for BU and proofs.

https://lois-bullion.com
 

I’ve used Lois Bullion in Birmingham a couple of times previously as I found they paid the best price at the time. Worth getting a quote. 

….Soon to be found in the bargain bin alongside Elton and The Who.

Dead duck series.

-You don’t have to divulge the contents to anyone although you have to sign an agreement not to keep certain items in them. The only time you would have to divulge the contents is to an insurer if you wanted the contents insured.

-Which brings me on to the next point:  The  contents often arnt insured automatically - this can be rather expensive if you choose to buy it.

-Deposit boxes have no bearing on CGT as that would only arise when selling your metal.

-It’s worth the outlay in the respect you don’t have a pile of PMs hidden at home waiting to get robbed. I’ve had one for years and would never go back to not having one just for the peace of mind it gives me.

-Is it safe from HMRC? Probably not as you have to prove your identity/ address/ inside leg measurements to open one.