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There was a small announcement I saw quite by accident at the bottom of my ebay ( my wife's) that ebay belgium no longer offers any buyers protection unless you pay with paypal ??? ??? ??? So they withdrew their lousy 200 euro on which you had to pay 20 euro of file cost

My ebay (germany) did not have that announcement but had an announcement that sellers using an unknown computer from friend or library or whatever ; better have a working telephonenumber cause they will be telephoned to confirm they are the seller of the item
This will work by way of a flashcookie whatever that may be  ??? ??? ???

So are they going for paypal insurance only and more protection ? Anything like this happening in the US or Australia ?

Actually, over here in the U.S., the PayPal insurance as you called it is FREE. PayPal will automatically give you the protection up to $2,000 (if I remember correctly) for using their service. And, quite honestly I know it works as I have turned to them on 2 different occassions to get my winning auction delivered or money refunded. Seems most sellers find out very quickly PayPal means business and the protection is very valid. Both times the problem was settled in my favor, once with a refund and the other with product being shipped. It would seem to me that Ebay and PayPal are making the move to include other nations under this blanket coverage and I have NO complainst with PayPal or Ebay for doing so as it will protect buyers and sellers world wide from worthless sellers. If they don't pay up they will get the boot from Ebay for good!

yes but there are two things
First in Europe any seller is allowed to ask 5% extra if paypal is used (or outright forbids it ) and everybody is paying interbank at no cost
So the cost goes up a 5% for a possible coverage of 1000 Euro for which you have to read the fine print on ebay and at 5 % extra cost
and god only knows what they deduct in expenses
If you are carefull it is not worth 5% in the EU only outside the EU since they accept paypal without extra especially the pound people and I never seen they ask 5% So it is probably illigal there

Right now as we speak I have a pending paypal complaint with a seller that has been non-responsive etc. after I paid right after winning the auction.  A at least one time reputable Canadian paper money dealer.  I will see what rolls on Monday.  I definitely want my funds back, and really no longer want the item as it has been too much hassle with no response.

Both times I had to file a complaint I won but it took a few days as PayPal takes a few steps to encourage the seller. First they give them the opportunity to respond, once it reaches the official complaint stage, and then they lock up the sellers account for up to 60 days or until things get settled. This can really hurt a seller who does have funds remaining in his/her account at the time. My first dispute took a couple of weeks to settle but the last one only a few days. One thing is for certain Scottishmoney you will get the refund or the product after that complaint is filed! Keep us posted!

I would not be too sure

A few years back I bought sixty silver eagles from an american with like 300 positive feedbacks
He sold like 2000 of them and did not have them and could not buy them when silver shot up and he was broke anyway
I wrote ebay and the governor and the board of fair trade and the subbranch of the FBI and everybody I could think off
A certain disgracefull policeofficer called COCO asked me I got what I want and in passing let it be known this was not
the first time this greek legal alien pulled of this stunt on ebay
After that COCO was no longer responding to emails ; so much for the american police system ; and ebay requested a copy of all correspondance like 1 pound of fotocopies to be sent to an address in Germany . After like 4 months I got 200 minus 20 is 180 euro for what was a 500 euro loss
And about 200 emails and tons of hassle
Never ever again will I buy were I cannot go to the local police and be legal plaintif which is all of the EU now
A guy from Texas who went to small claims court got double awarded and the crooked greek paid him once and  probably dared him to go to court again
One by one the big swindled parties were paid off but me and the single tube buyers were left dangling cause the thief knew well enough we would not or could not go to small claims court .
I gave his name to Belgian airport people so that if he ever goes back to greece by way of Belgium they will know him

I even tried to report him to the IRS but as a non american that was impossible

I better forget about Spiros  ??? ??? ???

Lately it seems like many of my eBay experiences are swimming with the Tidy Bowl man in Sir Thomas's Crapper. :-[  Non responsive sellers, slow shipments(currently waiting on one from England that has been over a month) etc.

This is the lowest 31 days period I ever had on ebay
Either I see junk, or I see zero feedback sellers, or I see pros with a minimum price too high above melt
So I bought outside ebay from an internet shop a few tubes of Wiener Philharmoniker 1.5 Euro with a 2 weeks delivery delay
I bought in that shop before and price is confirmed
Also I stopped asking anybody saying germany and austria and switzerland only if they would consider belgium
50 or so said yes in the past
One insulted me by asking what part of germany only I did not understand and i could only qualify if I had relatives in germany
It was very hard for me to refrain from answering my last relative left in 1945 after eating grass and worms for 5 years on a workfarm as POW

Worse. Australia is being forced to use Paypal as the only payment option when using feebay. For some reason Paypal Australia has extra fees for just about everything and is troublesome, glitchy and painfully slow clearing e-checks. The result being many sellers and buyers have quit feebay and use the alternate Australian auction site Oztion.

I collect banknotes also, it seems like lately I have had nothing but marginal to lousy experiences with buying stuff.  Then I bought a 17th century Irish token, back in early March, still do not have it, seller claiming had to wait for an export permit!  What?  I buy an Irish token from a seller in England and they have to get an export permit?  On a £30 item?  In January I bought the Scottish gold coin, from a well known and establish London dealer(no eBay), nothing about an export permit etc. and the item is significantly more consequential to British history.

I buy stuff from rather high priced paper money sellers, and you wonder why you pay the firm price, but then you get friendly communication through the whole process, and request for want lists etc.  I already have tracking numbers for a purchase made on Thursday, and hopefully should have those goods by Wednesday or so.  With regards the Irish token, I am losing hope of ever getting it, and think my second paypoo claim in a week will be in order in a few days.  With the one Canadian dealer I bought much stuff from him in the past, but it appears as though he turned the business over to his daughter and son in law and they are crapping it up for him.  I maybe leaving a negative for them very soon.

If someone made some comment to me about my relatives in Germany, I can honestly say, they were bombed out in 1943 during the raid on Hamburg.  How would that be for a comeback? :o

Hmm, will have to look into that, I troll eBay Oz from time to time looking for booty from downunder.

I am sure the European democracy is fighting back
Ebay had to leave Switzerland as headquarters and choose the next best thing Luxembourg
Now they are vulnarable to legal attack by anybody with enough initiative or money
On the continent their best market is germany and germans don't take it lying down I am sure
So they started with little belgium I guess to see what reactions are on not insuring anything anymore if you do not pay for paypal
It probably is illigal to force paypal since we got a new European law forcing banks to accept international payments
at no extra cost within the union . The banks would ask up to 20 euro for transfor to another euro country before this law
This law and protection of the people saving money is seen as key protection
( The savings law is supposed to protect people from being sold products like the bank that sold liveinsurance to my 91 year old mother for 10 years so that everytime she asked money before the age of 101 she had to pay a big penalty ) She died broke

My mother was bombed out by the UK allies no less
Luckily she was not home
The RAF had this nasty habit of missing the railway repair depot by as much as 10 miles especially on foggy days when they did not want to go back with
full bomb bays I suppose

Given the alleged collaboration of the Belgian King with the fascists, they should have stuck to pummelling royal palaces only, that way collateral damage would be minimized.

Yeah you got that with foreign imports no quality
If I remember correctly we got independant in 1830 and only found a king in 1831 cause the job was not intresting or maybe not well paid

I forgot under which king this was but i remember from school i think that at one time there was the first flemish activist who had been killed and he got like a decent burial until a marechaussee ( that is police on horse ) shot into his casket to make sure he staid dead

At another time somebody talking to the king made a true observation I think
Sire , les Belges ça n'existe pas ( Belgians do no exist meaning there are walloons and flemish )

Well actually the monarchy back then was being able to get away with whatever you wanted, wild sex romps etc.  Look at the 19th century male British monarchs before Victoria, they were all involved with many many women, and probably a few other men as well.  Belgium being a small and newly independent country did not offer much in the way of aristocratic sex romp apparently.  In fact the Belgian and Netherlands monarchies by and by are some of the more boring and apparently androgynous in all of Europe.

I read somewhere the Dutch Queen is one of the richest of Europe
Could it be the simple life ?  ::)

Why do you think they call that company with the yellow sea shell logo - "Royal Dutch Shell"? ;D

I never thought about that since I think Belgium is Petro-Fina-Elf territory and some BP and Shell
I think Kuwait selling under the name of Q8 left
But at 9.45 dollars a gallon for 98 octane for the car I can understand the distribution is living on the vapours what in
french is called La part des anges  ;D
( It is presumed by taxpeople that a certain promille is lost during all those transfers and if you do better that is pocket money or the part for the angels)

I saw Shell stations all over whilst I was in Europa, we have a lot of them here too, the company has been in America since the 1910's.  Back during WWI not a very popular company here, because the Dutch were trading with the Germans and supplying them with petroleum product.

Not surprisingly it was just announced on the news that bicycle sales are sharply up and repairs are in the stratosphere
One guy said he got out of bed at 5 am and repaired till 8 pm and was not even keeping up with repairs
For a country that is not so fond of bikes this is remarkable .
I just stay in my garden with the laptop
But since yesterday and for the following days it is cold and rain and some more rain  ???

This notorious Swisse ebaygirl has singlehandedly moved the panama canal into italy  ;D 8) ;D

Normally she calls everything uncirculated and lustrous bankfresh but even she did not dare to do that here

The coin is Maria Luiga di Parma ex wife of Napoleon and looks like somebody used sanding paper on it



http://cgi.ebay.de/Panama-40Lire-1815-Original-Gold_W0QQitemZ140228871069QQcmdZViewItem

Parma, Panama, same thing after a hard night of Schnapple. ;D

Ebay is becoming a sinking ship of fools to me.  Lately I have had one positive experience with an eBay seller, another would be positive if the thing showed up - but I believe seller in Venezuela sent it, it just never came, and another situation that I could defecate on.  I have with only two exceptions had to contact sellers of high priced items and extract information from them on whether item sent, tracking number etc.  I am about ready to KMA eBay as a buying venue.

ebay france probably is 50% goldplated coins old and new coins and golddust or paper in bottlets
ebay germany is into bottlets of goldpaper and little nuggets etc
Also a lot of "new" sellers mygrating to selling a foreign goldcoin with a germany only warning which was allright for selling old jeans and old t-shirts and then committing the ultimate folly of using DHL at double the price of German post

I just succumbed to asking a guy in a wheelchair if I would be allowed to bid .
He was surprisingly nice , probably never even considered a foreigner might want to buy a foreing coin  ::)

I think once gold takes off in september that my buying days are over . I do not want to risk another 1980 . I figure that if I stop buying around
650 euro I will never suffer a loss in this lifetime ( that was the high at 1000 dollars )

And this looks like nickel being sold for silver by a 6000 plusser

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290226336023&ssPageName=STRK:MEBI:IT&ih=019

Superb picture by a professional seller  ;D ;D ;D
At more then double gold price after all you cannot want a good picture can you  :P


http://cgi.ebay.de/FRANKREICH-GOLD-20-EURO-2007-DEGAS-nur-500-Stueck_W0QQitemZ310046722272QQcmdZViewItem

I love sellers that sell stuff with teeny tiny pictures on large priced items. 

But occasionally you come across sellers with good images, that you can also use:


All I had to do with the image was crop the black background.  BTW a very very nice original exceptional paper quality and well centered note at a very low bid.

My nephew of whom I am the godfather did celebrate his 12 years holy communion and confirmation today
I gave him a 500 Euro brandnew note

First thing he did was fold it in four ( ouch )

Since nobody accepts these notes in a shop I wanted to scan it for myself because I probably will never see one like that again .
The bank gives me a stack of 50 Euro used notes

Canon driver said error error you may have wrongly placed the object whatever I tried
Silverfast driver was a lot more explicit , it said I was trying to scan a banknote and would be allowed but that it would attach a refuse to print and gave a website for all of the world with the legislation in vigor for scanning , printing or sharing electronically banknotes .

72 dpi max and specimen printed over 70% of the surface is the Belgian requirement . I was downright amazed cause I thought that that only writing on it or tearing it in two was forbidden .  ???

Yep.  You might just as well as given him 100 €5 notes in a munched up wad.  I often take my offspring to coin shows with me, where they often rack up the assortment of free and near free goodies.  Cannot tell you how many times I have heard the unfortunate comment that my children were the first that the dealers had seen in all of the day that actually were polite and appreciate in the form of thanking for the goodies.  One time my then 10 year old daughter(has a serious eye for expensive and rare coins) were talking to a Russian dealer, she wanted to look through his $10(junk, okay $10! is junk?) box, and she picked out a Moldavia Wallachia 2 Kopek from 1772 and he sold it to her at that price, even though it is worth far more.  I asked her what she liked about the coin, she said she just wanted it, and couldn't explain why.  Curiously maybe there was some secret connection to the coin, nobody thought of.  She was born right near where it was minted.  She even picked out my Athenian Tetradrachm a few years ago.   

I wanted to give him a goldcoin and my wife asked whether I was mad to give a kid a goldcoin .
I am glad I did not because he probably would have bounced it of the ceiling a few times and then be
mad when the buyer told him it was damaged the day after when my brother went to exchange it for cash .
My brother prefers satelite connections and hothouses and garden ponds etc

You're an awfully nice relative to hand out a €500 note to a kid.  Once I gave my daughter a $100 bill for her birthday, I think it was her 12th.  She didn't believe it was real(she knows I like to play practical jokes), I had to convince her it really was real.

My family is fairly old which can be deduced from the spelling of my family name
They also seem to produce a lot of girls
There are about 12 people with my name in the 11 million people phone book ; my father assured me that it was all family.

I told my brother and my nephew that allthough I was his godfather the next gift would be at his wedding  :P

Noblesse oblige
But not too much  :)

My sister in laws husband is one of five boys, no girls.  Each of those five boys has only had girls so far, my sister in law has three girls.  I think sometimes people keep having children because they want either a boy or a girl finally, but mother nature has last laugh.  I have one boy and two girls.  I am glad I have a son, because if I had only daughters I would be in funny farm on serious meds.

I had an engineer working for me who gave up after four girls
He was surely sorry to be bossed around by five women in the house  :'(

That would be the EURion detector. Most banknotes designed this millennium contain a distinctive, repeating pattern, dubbed the Eurion constellation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation). Manufacturers of printers, cameras and scanners and image editing software companies have now written into their software the ability to detect the EURion pattern, and take preventive action. I'd heard about it, but never heard a personal testimony of a note collector actually being blocked by it before.

Definitely a case where "old technology is better". I've got an old scanner with old drivers and use and old graphics program, and don't plan on upgrading any of them anytime soon.

I recall a witty observation about the EURion; I think it was made in NewScientist magazine when the system was first rolled out:

If EURion recognition software becomes entrenched in all digital imaging system software, then all a criminal would have to do to become invisible would be to wear the EURion prominently on a T-shirt; any security camera systems would blank out whenever it spotted them. ::)

Well back in the day, say the 1930's, the Dutch company Joh. Enschede & Co was printing notes with graphical patterns which today even on my older HP scanner cause it to rotate the image:

(http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/banknotes/netherlands/netherlands101942.jpg)

To finally get this image I had to tweak the settings down on the dpi and contrast, otherwise everytime I scanned it it would automatically rotate the image by about 15 degrees or so.  Practically anytime you have a very dense and fine engraving with alternating patterns like on this note, it will likely wreak havoc with the scanned image.  So see, by example, it doesn't have to be a modern banknote to create such anomalies, just a very technically advanced old design.

My old scanner was win95-98
I used a paralel to usb cable and then I tried two dozen drivers on xp but xp just refused even to see the scanner
I tried experimental software and photoshop told me I had no scanner
So after two months I bought a new scanner and put the win 98 SE computer in the cellar cause the fan was like an airoplane taking of
and I retired the old scanner

I can only say the new scanner will focus perfectly through capsules which the old one could not

This coin is said to be rescued from a housefire
Has anybody ever seen some ligit burned coins ?
Did they look like this ?
To me it looks like soothe and I really  wonder what the coin woul look like after a distilled water bath
allthough at that price I am not tempted  ;D


http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Rare-1885-20-AU-Liberty-gold-authentic-double-eagle_W0QQitemZ260243235856QQihZ016QQcategoryZ39472QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Given the rarity of the 1885 $20, I wouldn't even give that coin a second glance.  Perhaps the fire is a ruse to lead you away from your money?

I had the exact same feeling
If this coin is really an original why not restore it .I see a fingerpint at 10 o'clock on the obverse
Well I am curious if anyone will make an offer  ;D

How can you ask 2000 euro for a coin and offer two shitty fotos ; one looking like it is silver instead of gold
Any 75 dollar scanner would do better

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/25-BF-in-goud-van-1848-L-Wiener-in-staat-PRACHTIG-FDC_W0QQitemZ250256279391QQihZ015QQcategoryZ45344QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What are you talking about?  I regularly see €20K coins with crappy photos, don't you know, you buy what the seller says, not what the farging coin looks like? :D  It is amazing these losers sell anything, but then consider the average population, IQ well... :'(

Well I spend three years learning photograding from an American coindealer .
I used to ask for better pics and they would pm me the same crap thinking it would look better then on ebay cause it was a direct pm
I am willing to buy a MDP coin in box with certificate and trust it was an investment by somebody who could not care to open the box  ::)
but not an old Belgian from somebody who would probably describe the coin as nice

I just got a 1982 Monegask essai and the certificate is not even folded . I have never ever seen an unfolded certificate in my life . This investor thinks gold is going to plunge and he is liquidating all his essais he bought . Coin is welded in plastic of course  ??? My luck to catch him liquidating .

I have learned to read the theeleaves
Attached coin eg you cannot see it but the opaque ring on the capsule means this coin is  damaged beyond AU
Monnaie de Paris was stupid enough to put a warped coin in a straight capsule so that it rotated all the way to its destination inside the
capsule creating the opaque ring on the capsule and friction damage on both sides of the coin
This coin was owned in silver by many dudes on the old forum

http://cgi.ebay.de/FRANKREICH-1-Ultimative-Ultime-Franc-Gold-2001_W0QQitemZ150247745869QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150247745869&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C65%3A10&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Which would explain why the seller is using a stock image lifted probably from some marketers site.

The right picture is probably from the campaign of Monnaie de Paris
Up till now I have seen nobody who could photograph the warp
I ordered 4 more full spectrum lights and I am going to try and photograph the warp on my coin

The left picture with the damaged capsule is probably his own

A Belarus coin with diamonds at an exhorbitant price


http://cgi.ebay.de/Munzen_Munzen-Medaillen__BELARUS-WEIssRUSSLAND-50-R-FUCHS-Gold-mit-Diamanten_W0QQitemZ250257087961QQddnZMQc3QbcnzenQQadnZMQc3QbcnzenQ20Q26Q20MedaillenQQddiZ3663QQadiZ4704QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250257087961&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C65%3A10&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

This is something new a one tenth gold ounce with platinum application  ::)
at about ten times the price

http://cgi.ebay.de/Wall-Street-Collection-Muenze-American-Eagle-GOLD-PLATIN_W0QQitemZ230215809201QQihZ013QQcategoryZ42726QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

While we're barshing eBay, I wonder why when I go onto the Belgian eBay site, looking for a specific item, it would not let me bid at all?  I had to pull up the item number on the USA site to be able to bid on it.  The seller had no problem selling to a 'Merican, but the dumb site hated my bid until I went in through the back door via the USA site, where the item was not even in the index pages.

I have a log on id I use on Germany and Austria and Italy and Spain and the UK the Netherlands and France etc
My wife uses a differend logon id for Belgium
We are both registered on ebay Belgium

I do not know why but if I want to buy something she saw with her log in id I have to put the item number in search and half the time it does not find the item
So I have to try and log on into ebay Belgium confusing the hell out of my computer who only recognizes her logon into ebay Belgium and once I have logged in
she cannot login anymore cause now the computer only recognizes my id in Belgium

So yes ; my american coindealing friend told me the only way to buy is to put the item number in the American ebay
Another pain is that if I am logged into my ebay germany which I always do that if I want to add an item to my ebay from France or Belgium i have to open again my ebay for that country . So on a busy day I could be logged into 5 different My ebays to add items

On ebay bashing . An ebay manager in Germany was reported not to trust Paypal and refuse its use unless identity was proven . What a joke. This was allover the German net  ::)

And another square coin at double price from Monnaie de Paris

http://cgi.ebay.de/Munzen_Munzen-Medaillen__Frankreich-20-Euro-Manet-2008-GOLD-PP-ab-Lager_W0QQitemZ110261149902QQddnZMQc3QbcnzenQQadnZMQc3QbcnzenQ20Q26Q20MedaillenQQddiZ3663QQadiZ4704QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110261149902&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C65%3A10&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

(http://www.honscha.de/bilder/20fr08.jpg)

You would think they could at least package that coin better.

I was thinking the same
If they want to go to square coins of the same weight buying an injection mould for square capsules would cost like 5000 Euro which would add less then a euro per coin over the production life.
Now you got a square peg in a round hole  ;D

Well, they are French after all, and they do the first part of it nice(the coin) then f*** up the packaging.   Just like a lot of things. ;D

Yes and they will never learn
After their painfull slip up with the last goldfranc by Starck which got delivered damaged they should know better about capsules
At least they put a stop in this capsule so the coin cannot rotate and only bang up and down
I should call it a goldbar with denomination though since a coin is made to roll (spend) we say in Flemish

Did the US mint really issue this ?

http://cgi.ebay.de/Munzen_Munzen-Medaillen__PRINCESS-DIANA-24KT-GOLD-HALB-DOLLAR-MUENZE-WUNDERBAR_W0QQitemZ330243644122QQddnZMQc3QbcnzenQQadnZMQc3QbcnzenQ20Q26Q20MedaillenQQddiZ3663QQadiZ4704QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330243644122&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C65%3A10&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

(http://i17.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/d3/d5/40c4_1.JPG)

They issued the coin, not the paint crap on it.

While we're discussing stupid numismatic fecal matter:

Wowza - Sapphires In A Coin!!! (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-OZ-99-99-PURE-GOLD-AND-1CT-NATURAL-SAPPHIRES-BOX-COA_W0QQitemZ260235565958QQihZ016QQcategoryZ3360QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksiZp1742.m153.l1262)

1 carat is big but they used to make cheap 33rpm recordplayer points out of saphire
Now one carat blue diamond VVS1 that is something else

I don't really care for diamonds.  I do like emeralds though, so my wife will get a new one soon.  I owe her, for letting me purchase all the effluent I have bought.

Likewise
There is three diamond bourses in Antwerp and I got access to the floor of one of them
So my wife finally got her long dream of a 1.02 carat blue diamond ring
And I get all the coins I want lol

We have the equivalent agreement.  Which is starting to cost me. :'(

on offer as a diana coin but no face value indicated
also no weight indicated
these vendors really hope an  idiit will buy their junk

http://cgi.ebay.de/Munzen_Munzen-Medaillen__Diana-Gold-Gedenkmuentze-Queen-Of-Hearts_W0QQitemZ260250818639QQddnZMQc3QbcnzenQQadnZMQc3QbcnzenQ20Q26Q20MedaillenQQddiZ3663QQadiZ4704QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260250818639&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C65%3A10&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

(http://i15.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/f6/df/7e02_1.JPG)

Tacky buys for the tacky buyers.

I saw two real ones in four years and got one of them

(http://www.knightsofthecointable.com/kotctgallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2297&g2_serialNumber=1)

Issued by the real knights of course
the rosecruceans

(http://www.knightsofthecointable.com/kotctgallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2299&g2_serialNumber=1)

That one is from the Knights Wannabees, the real order is the Ordine Sovrano di Malta or something similar.  There is another Knights Wannabee called the Order of Jerusalem or something that stamps out coins too.

Are it not these guys ? Sito ufficiale del Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme di Rodi di Malta in Italia
Because somebody gave them the right to put 5000 Liras on the coin and as far as I can see only the Vatican and the state of Italy can give that authority
And both gave the authority to the Hospital Knights
The text in Krause feels quite insulting ; just my interpretation I am sure

http://www.metacrawler.com/info.metac/clickit/search?r_aid=F04DE5A605114306A090CD4586C7D5E0&r_eop=6&r_sacop=3&r_spf=0&r_cop=main-title&r_snpp=3&r_spp=0&qqn=rU%40fx%2BZQ&r_coid=239138&rawto=http://www.ordinedimaltaitalia.org/

And allready some people are making coin out of the earthquake in China


http://cgi.ebay.de/2008-China-Sichuan-Erdbeben-Limited-Edition_W0QQitemZ260251529676QQihZ016QQcategoryZ34941QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(http://i23.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/f7/45/1733_1.JPG)

And look what they did to Marianne in a bazel and colored

The rooster is going to hang upside down as a chicken ready to be processed for the supermarket

http://cgi.ebay.fr/20-FRANCS-OR-CHAPLAIN-1909-EMAILLE-MAGNIFIQUE-TRAVAIL_W0QQitemZ320263515328QQihZ011QQcategoryZ539QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(http://i19.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/f7/42/388b_12.JPG)

That actually looks rather nice. most coloured coins that I've seen look extremely tacky...  Maybe it's the rich colours that do it.

One does not know just how beautiful these painted items are until they go to sell them! The tears are not for joy! :'(

Hey, maybe I could do a FLOOD of 08 Coin with an outstanding colored photo of a knight in armor and rubber boots?

I did not dare to show this one to my wife
She might have liked it too much

Hey you got an idea there
a colored amazone cause you promissed a knightess this year  ;D

And the Bufalo  ;D

http://cgi.ebay.de/Munzen_Munzen-Medaillen__2006-50-AMERICAN-BUFFALO-BEIDSEITIG-IN-FARBE_W0QQitemZ310059388623QQddnZMQc3QbcnzenQQadnZMQc3QbcnzenQ20Q26Q20MedaillenQQddiZ3663QQadiZ4704QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item310059388623&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C65%3A10&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

(http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/5/4799/colorizedbuffalo50_webformatsm.jpg)

Now I am crushed!!! Taking a thing of beauty and painting it? NO gold deserves to be shown such disrespect with paint, stickers or decals. And to add insult to injury it is a BUFFALO!!!  :'(

Now this is a nice fake made out of hardboard and copper


(http://home.scarlet.be/~adsl0762/12-06-08/fourre_vrai_f.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Fausse-20-Fr-OR-1894-en-laiton-fourre-carton_W0QQitemZ140241689079QQihZ004QQcategoryZ17382QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And another goldplate
I think about 20% of the coins on offer are goldplated now and they show up in the gold category in france

http://cgi.ebay.fr/2-FRANCS-GEORGES-GUYNEMER-1997-DOREE-OR-FIN-24-CARATS_W0QQitemZ370061518888QQihZ024QQcategoryZ17381QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(http://pageperso.aol.fr/Groslouarn/FRANCS+OR/2+francs+commemo+Guynemer+1997+bis.jpg)

This guy has been smoking pot if he thinks I ever in my life am going to use a money order again
Lucky for me it is a damaged proof otherwise I would be in a quandry since I have been looking for this coin
for four years now

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1993-Egypt-50-Pounds-GOLD-Cleopatra-Coin-Proof_W0QQitemZ350070094976QQihZ022QQcategoryZ48024QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD2VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em122

An MS66 with slide ???
It is a bad pic but i can see the slide

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220249206393&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

.....laugh of the day.....have a look at this listing on eBay....look very closely at the coin.....200234842971



 ;D     ;D     ;D     ;D

What a HUNK!!!

Ow c'mon Nancy......eyes right.......to me the obverse and reverse are from 2 different coins?????

Not what you are looking at!

Aw shucks, you mean I gotta get my mind outta the gutter?   ::) :o  ::)  :o

I can see what you mean, but I was more interested in the Hunka Burnin Love.   ;D :D :) ;) :P :-*

The coins are even from two different countries So Curlyknot is knotted over the cook Islands  ;D

(http://bollywaffle.com/curly/cookislan-1214561193-4319.jpg)

PS
He seems to be standing on his right leg only and what you see should be his left foot
So to me it looks like a clever illusion  :D

He got a lot of quaint items  :)

(http://bollywaffle.com/curly/pussycatp-1214485047-4162.jpg)

Hey Paint Your Wagon, thats NOT his left foot! I have, or did have,  Cook Island full frontal view of their fertility God and he does have two legs and is quite well blessed for such a little guy! ;D

Common my friend
Are you telling me they are circumscribed or technically without foreskin
I think the designer is showing a left foot and a big toe and laughing to hell

Well I am not sure who designed the fertility God but do remember the English liked to have a cow when the Queen showed up on the obverse of a full frontal design on the reverse. Don't remember, off the top of my empty head, just what year it was minted but it did cause a stir! You should see some of their currency. Beautiful native woman with bare breast riding a dolphin! Very pleasing design and much more attractive than the coin in question! ;D

Well I also like them combative covered in scars like Marie Jeanne
who is one of my favourites

(http://www.knightsofthecointable.com/kotctgallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2313&g2_serialNumber=1)

She took a blow to the right mammary(ok Howard Hughes), needs a bandage I am afraid.

BTW, the item from my worst ever, in over 11 years of being on eBay experience has finally arrived, and the items are nice.  But the seller, an auction house, are bungheads.  The auction was over a month ago, and the items only arrived today, after a protracted 16+ emails, 5+ calls exchange, whilst they misplaced my charge card, misplaced the items etc.  That coupled with an arrogant, "we are trying to please 500+ customers right now, can't you just be patient?" attitude earned them the marked distinction of my onliest ever negative feedback left for a seller on eBay.

eBay is biting the farm in my opin.  I have tired of selling on there for all the regs, paypoo etc. nonsense.  This otherwise "reputable" live auction house has gotten two negs in the past three days, one does wonders how many more shall be arriving to them thus?

Since a few weeks allover europe you can give a neutral and a negative and the vendor is blocked automatically from giving a retaliatory feedback
And a neutral is counted the same as a negative in the feedback score .
I had several emails from a very angry german I paid 22 Euro  ::)
He sold a silver coin and in a seperate auction the box and the certificate with worldwide delivery and a very complicated text only in german were he said that the pic was uncleaned ( meaning the coin ) So I did not take the rest of his convoluted text literally and got only a naked coin and gave his first in life neutral .
He squeeled like a stuck pig that he got a 1000 sales and this stupid effing belgian who does not understand german effed him and lost him his 100% score ( and he could not even retaliate )
I unloaded enough frustration to be satisfied for a while and gave a nice positive to the bank selling the Infante Marie Marguerite at melt covered in fingerprints  8)

The vendor is blocked from leaving a negative, but they can leave a positive/negative, and seller "aboncon" has left lots and lots of them.  He gets away with it, because he is a "power pooper seller".  To do this you leave a positive, but the comments, like his, are "Girl bid and refused to pay etc."  He calls everybody "girl" he must be one of those repressed types that has problems with females.

Title says one gold dollar

In the very last line only is it mentioned it is goldplated junk

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Piece-1-Dollar-piece-one-dollar-or_W0QQitemZ160258049395QQihZ006QQcategoryZ3440QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I have just been informed by an Austrian ebayer that ebay has a new TRICK
If you choose Europe that includes England and England has to include PAYPALL
So she put only Austria and Switzerland and Germany
I asked I could bid and she said no problem but since she did not want paypal she no longer could put Europe  ???

Some Germans will never learn
Selling foreign coins in this case Spanish coin to germans only brings less money

http://cgi.ebay.de/Spanien-Unabhaengigkeitskrieg-400-Euro-Gold-2008-PP_W0QQitemZ250298078235QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250298078235&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I will offer that given that I venture into eBay Netherlands and eBay Germany, I don't know that all sellers deliberately exclude foreign buyers - since I ask about shipping to the USA, and they will :D  but I do not mind that they deliberately or accidentally exclude much of my competition for bids.  The worst country I find for excluding foreign bidders is England.  Sometimes when I am on eBay.uk I notice something like 40-50% of auctions have only the UK checked as a ship location.  Lately I have had to buy several banknotes from sellers in Germany and Netherlands because they have stuff I cannot seem to find anywhere else.  I have just purchased a couple of rare Danish banknotes this way. 

Normally when I ask them in german and they know I write german they say of course I can bid.
But once I got a snide answer like what part of germany only I did not understand or if I had relatives in germany
I was much newer to ebay then . Now I would answer I had family in Nazi germany but that family was liberated by the americans so
I no longer qualify.

I've basically given up buying a coin there unless I personally know the seller or it's an unattributed rarity: misrepresentation is rife otherwise.
Ebay could improve things, but it seems their business model focuses on volume vs. transaction quality.

Gotta love all the epithets coined for paypal and ebay: feeBay, payfiend, preypal, etc. I just call eBay "coin toilet".  ;)

That's some gold Haiti coin!

If Marie isn't careful, her upper anatomy section is going to pop out of that towel she's wearing! LOL  :o

Hey that's an awesome looking coin, am I right in assuming it is of Gold??
Part of a series? excuse me if I have missed something...

If you are referring to the machete wielding woman
it is gold and Haiti has a different motive every year
So you could call it part of a series like Nuggets could be called part of a series

Last week I took a buy it now for a 25 000 won coin
Professional vendor refuses to deliver saying he made a mistake the coin was allready sold
By happenstance coin was 15% below melt
Gave him a nice negative and saw that was his second of the sort that month
Yesterday I got an email fromebay saying he reclaims the cost and asking me to confirm we agreed
I was very nice I sent a copy of the vendors german message and said NO way José

At least the seller of the 100 Korona emailed yesterday with sending information on the coin.  I was a bit edgy because I bought it at about 80% of melt.

My guess is that the seller is not that far into the coin, probably had for a while, because he has been slowly selling off large sized gold coins on eBay accd to his feedback over the last few months.  He appears to have honoured every sale. 

The last 10 days I bought coins at melt and by the time they arrived they were way below melt
Gold in euro is at an all time high and going higher
Exchange agents pay 4% over melt and sell 8% over melt

A professional seller let a TV crew film his safe
He had a few kilo bars gold left and 100 oz silver but no coins I could see
He said he had 200% of normal volume the last 10 days

Every single time I have bought that yellow stuff in the last 6 months, it has appreciated afterwards.  When my banks are shaky, and the government is buying them up, it is nice to know there is a nice fair weather harbour to park my funds.

The only identical coin I know that has them in yellow and red is the Britannia

I like red better  ;D

ebay France and Germany are being flooded with mini st gaudens
0.5 gram and going by past german analyses between zero and 8 carat gold


http://cgi.ebay.de/Small-Real-GOLD-ST-GAUDEN-Coin-Uncirculated_W0QQitemZ230300431597QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item230300431597&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

1935 gold bullion coin from US  ::)

http://cgi.ebay.de/1935-AMERICAN-COIN-INDIAN-HEAD-AND-BUFFALO-24-ct-GOLD_W0QQitemZ270287679889QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270287679889&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

:D I've noticed other auctions from Germany mistaking our nickels for silver, but a "gold plated edition" is a new one! lol.
I've sometimes taken the time to notify the seller of their mistake, only to be corrected back!  ::)

I don't even waste my time anymore with contacting sellers to correct their auctions.

I search for cheap gold, but have to put in negs in the search string like -mini, -replica etc.  The amount of that garbage almost makes the search not worth the trouble.

I must have some twisted sense of duty, lol.  ;D  I'll even contact a seller when they're auctioning an unattributed variety they could sell for more--or I'll just buy it if I don't have one already.

another good negative is 10 mm  or 11 mm
or smallest coins of the world   ???

If you think this is 80 gram gold think again it is copper with a little goldplating

http://cgi.ebay.de/CHINA-OLYMPIA-2008-DIE-FREUNDLICHEN-FUNF-55mm-GOLD-80g_W0QQitemZ400002548768QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item400002548768&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Wow a professional vendor asking 1450 euro and putting fingergrease on the coin he is selling can you believe that ?
Answer from my friend the american coindealer
and several times over -- it's been cleaned quite a bit. he probably had to rub it on his nose to get that much grease on it -- he should have mixed in some sulfur -- at least the tone would be more accurate.


http://cgi.ebay.fr/LOUIS-DOR-A-LA-MECHE-LONGUE-LOUIS-XIV-1652-AMIENS_W0QQitemZ200263949283QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200263949283&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

How bizarre can you get
copper with a micron layer of silver and over that on a very small part a micron layer of gold


http://cgi.ebay.de/10-J-Euro-Jubilaeumspraeg-veredelt-m-Gold-und-Silber_W0QQitemZ160292417037QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160292417037&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Aw man.  August, after peeking at that pretty Louis XIV coin, I wandered off into the depths of Ebay Frances, and found something I like. :(  My French is definitely not up to par, so I don't know if I will bid on the coin or not.  Of course, in four days, the coin may not be so reasonably priced, either.   Oh, and it isn't gold, either. ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350108986660&category=127199&_trksid=p3907.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSI%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D15%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D54

Seller doesn't take paypal, which makes a transaction difficult, I can imagine he takes IBAN, but who in America does that?

Man is retired after 40 years of working and selling his 30 years of collecting coins
Not satisfied money back
He takes two weeks of vacation and warns that payment received after 24 octobre will only be seen 3 novembre
I asked him what his shipment costs are to the US since he only quotes local
Payment is no problem because every mainland european has a BIC and IBAN number and transfer is free of cost
So you bid and if you win I will transfer him the money
Since he was French I signed Auguste since only the French know that is a male name  8)

BIC is bank identifier code
IBAN  is international bank account number

Rules . You have to live in the european union , you have to have a bankaccount in euro so british only comply if they open a euro account : under those circumstances all european transfers in euro only cost the same as a transfer in the country of origin which in my case is zero since I pay a fee per month of 2.5 euro whatever I do  .

Oooooh, thank you!

So if I bid and win, I will pay you.  And do you take paypal, or only gold?  ;D

Well we can negotiate the price afterwards but a virgin sacagawea untouched by greasy fingers and  in an holder might be the deal but
only if I am not getting more then I give because in my ignorance I think I could get that for ten to fifteen dollars plus mail if I tried  ;D
Over here they come only goldplated or greasy  ??? and neither appeals to me  ::)

PS paypal would be fine too
PPS you other knightesses and knights don't make offers of Saca's cause I do not plan on a harem  :D

I can probably manage an untouched sacagewea for you.  ^^  Even if I have to go buy one and an airtite for it too.  The pretty copper lion is worth that, and a bit more even.

Ok but you realise I will have to have your address to give to the vendor  ;D

That isn't a problem at all. I will PM it to you right now.

I received your address

I have never seen so many mistakes made by so many ebayers  ???

Another guy who stopped his auction cause he made a mistake in the starting price he says
Most just say the article is no longer available

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=170270705301

99999 pure gold if there is any gold in this american indian
and a whopping 0.5 gram
If they make them any smaller a draught will blow them away

http://cgi.ebay.de/Goldmuenze-Goldbarren-Indian-Head-99999-reinstes-Gold_W0QQitemZ270290333020QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270290333020&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

No more offers? Shoot I was just getting ready to advise my Belgium friend I know where and how to get my paws on a Sackie PROOF that has never even been breathed on! Darn the luck!

I would not believe that those guys at the mint wear oxyen packs  ;D and the sulphur in the air would require controlled environment as well which I bet you they do not have . They probably do not even have a dust free environment .
I saw a mosquito between the glasses of the front window of a car a long time ago . I wonder what a mosquito would look like coming out of the coinpress  :)

PS I will proof my Sackie by spraying shellack over it ( an old european custom )

Use of smudge tool on reverse at 8 o'clock


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=270289506384

Hurray!  I received feedback from Fernand today!  This means the payment has gone through, and my coin should be on the way before he leaves for his vacation.  :D

I do wish I could translate properly what he said, though.
I can translate the words into English, but somehow I think part of the meaning gets lost.

Mr. Auguste, I will pick out the Sac dollar Saturday morning, and make it the best one I can find. :D  I will ship it out ASAP after that, as well.  *bounces happily* 

(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/953828.jpg)
Paraguay, 1/12 Real, copper.  1845.  The country's first coin, KM 1.1.  1 of 2 coins struck in reales, decimalisation occurred in 1870.

EK,
That's a striking design! Great style--and very nice grade! :) I really like the idiosyncrasies of this period, such as that "1/12" and the hand-punched look to the lettering--the positioning wanders a bit. 

Translation
Perfect transaction with a sympathic person

I am happy you got it
Keep the coin dry

and another gold dollar but if you read the body of text it is of course junkplated

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ETATS-UNIS-ONE-DOLLAR-JAMES-MONROE-2008-UNC-USA-OR_W0QQitemZ400004108452QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item400004108452&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

"Objet non valide"
Très bien!  :D

Link still works for me
James Monroe gold

Well, that's odd...perhaps Ebay.fr is blocking US traffic?  ???
I was hoping it was taken down, since eBay is rife with bogus auctions.

This is a gold essai
But if your read carefully it is bronze 1980 ( and if i remember rightly i got the bronze silver and gold ) ;D



http://cgi.ebay.fr/ESSAI-DE-LA-MEDAILLE-REVOLUTION-FRANCAISE-MOD-20-FR-OR_W0QQitemZ120323769222QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item120323769222&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Sir Auguste;

I have (hopefully) your coin in hand.  After browsing over the selection at my local store, I picked out an 2000S proof Sacagewea for you.  For only 3 extra dollars, it came with the rest of the 2000 US mint set.  I hope that is fine?  If it is, I'll post it out to you on Monday A.M.  If it isn't, I can crack the Sac out and post only that coin. ;)

I can also scan it for you if you wish to see it before posting. :)

Thanks!

KT

Dear Knightess

Of course that is fine
Let me know what I owe you on balance .
Thank you ; this will be my first set

Auguste

The French are goldplating everything these days
A goldplated 2000 quarters set for "only" 25 euro plus shipping

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Coffret-complet-USA-STATE-QUARTER-DOLLAR-2000-plaque-or_W0QQitemZ270292791470QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270292791470&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Sir Auguste, you don't owe me a penny.  ... Unless it's Australian, of course.  I hope you enjoy your set! 

Thank you my lady  :)

Now we are really heaping injury on insult or is it the other way around
1752 Louis XV replica and in gold plate  ???

http://cgi.ebay.fr/SUPERBE-MONNAIE-OR-1752-EPOQUE-LOUIS-XV_W0QQitemZ250314904445QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250314904445&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

This one is great
He sells an italian goldcoin putting it in Asia and it is only goldplate  ::)

http://cgi.ebay.fr/MAGNIFIQUE-MONNAIE-DE-LITALIE-OR-1974_W0QQitemZ250314907851QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250314907851&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

An essai in only nine coins ever minted and sold in a butt ugly coffin for 7400 or 7900 buy it know by an american in france
I wonder it will sell and I hope the scratch is on the coffin not the coin  ;D

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Rarissime-100-Francs-Bazor-Essai-SPL-FDC-Or-Gold_W0QQitemZ180302551088QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item180302551088&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

I just read in my legal advisory lettre that ebay was condemned by a Paris commerce judge for ebay france selling fake Vuiton and parfume from daughter enterprises
The judge said that if you get money for fake you are not a platform but a broker and please that is 38.6 million euro fine
Ebay is going to appeal against the judge  :D :D :D

Wonderful...maybe they'll be forced to clean house?  :D  Here in the USA, I think we call that a "fencing operation".

Here's a story:
Years ago when I was more naive, I tried to buy a used Tag Heuer watch on eBay.
I made a bid, and shortly thereafter I discovered the watch was an Asian knockoff (obvious by small details).
I declined to pay, citing a forgery, and the seller actually threatened legal action.

So I took some legal action of my own, now armed with better knowledge of these watches.
I copied down all the seller's fake watch auction #s--and any others I found--and faxed them to Tag Heuer's legal counsel.
That made a big dent on eBay for a while--and it just took a few hours of my time.  ;D Why can't eBay do the same?  ::)

I won a 25 000 won coin from a professional seller for way below melt
He suddenly discovered after the auction was over that it was a mistake and he did not have the coin any longer
I saw from his feedback this was not the first mistake of the kind
So I gave him a resounding negative feedback

The effing vendor cannot give a revenge neg anymore on ebay germany but he went and reclaimed the posting cost and said both seller and vendor agreed not to have a deal  ???
So I told ebay in the most polite terms what happened appending the emails from the vendor .

After a week ebay sent me a 20 euro voucher saying they hoped I was not discouraged by the contretemps  ::)

It's here It's here It's here It's here It's here!

My lovely South American Lion made it to my house today, and I have to say that was a fast transaction!

I also -highly- recommend Ferdeparis as a seller on Ebay.  He was awesome!  Even returned my messages in English, while I practiced my awful French on him. :D

She's such a beautiful coin...

Monsieur August, Merci!

KT, after that build-up...you know what I'd like to see? Pics to enjoy the coin w/you.  :D

Btw, I won that old Sweden "cat coin"--plus an amazing find: 1915-H Australia Shilling...for just $10  ;D
--pics when they arrive!

(http://www.omnicoin.com/coins/953828.jpg)

This is my Lion from Paraguay. :D  I posted it before, but it's on the previous page. :(

Oh...now I feel silly for forgetting that so quickly!  ::) :D
I must have been distracted by this "kitty coin" of my own--soon to arrive.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2976896946_72ac0cb472.jpg)

I am very glad you got the coin and so superfast . I am also very happy you like it in hand cause pictures can go both ways better or worse.
Also I could not have mailed it from Belgium for that price . France and Austria have cheap posting rates compared to us.
Ferdeparis in now 14 days on vacation and he is liquidating his collection since he is retiring .
By the way your French is good . As good as his English.

Enjoy whilst I go on painting my wagon .  ;)

First he steels a foto of a coin by googling since he has no camera
Then he sells a gold ounce that is not gold and not even an ounce  ::)

   1OZ Unze 999,9er Gold 28,35gramm
Last time I looked an ounce was still 31.1 grams


http://cgi.ebay.de/1OZ-Unze-999-9er-Gold-28-35gramm_W0QQitemZ220305201158QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item220305201158&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

I guess he should use Google translate on "Silver" or "Argent"?  ::)  :D

Bless ebay  :D
I just got a box with three certificates of something I don't know what from Austria
Something if the figures are real like an heavy half ounce of gold and two one ounces of silver all at melt .
Since my last complaint I had a 20 euro paypal voucher so this is indeed a cheap purchase  ;D

Can you believe this professional power seller is selling 3 coins for more then 1000$ apiece with the same picture ? ??? ??? ???

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=220306979524

Milady thank you
Sacagawea and tribe arrived safely in Belgium  :-*

And yet again they are selling non existent gold american dollars

http://cgi.ebay.de/2007-United-States-John-Adams-Gold-Dollar-Coin_W0QQitemZ170281323159QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item170281323159&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

(http://i8.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/1c/49/ce68_1.JPG)

MS70 with ugly white spots
I hope the price is in Zimbabwe dollars  :D

http://cgi.ebay.de/1-1993-Silver-Eagle-Cert-NGC-First-Strike-MS70-UNIQUE_W0QQitemZ120221454620QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_Bullion?hash=item120221454620&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308

(http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z180/jdanielrarecoins/NGC/19931ASENGCFSMS70b.jpg)

Bwahaha the most pure goldplate Buffalo :D


http://cgi.ebay.fr/2008-50-AMERICAINS-BUFFLE-PREUVE-COPIE-DE-PIECE-DOR_W0QQitemZ270309963388QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Pi%C3%A8cesMonde?hash=item270309963388&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Hey you can have up to five of them! Now that's stupid  :-\ :D

This is my searchstring and I still get 105 pages at 50 items a page most of them shit

gold -mini -bar -nuggets -small -1865 -adams -united -maximillian -sacagawea

First time I see an Ukraine one ounce

http://cgi.ebay.de/Gold-Gedenkmuenze-Die-Ostroger-Bibel_W0QQitemZ300277707222QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item300277707222&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

(http://i20.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/21/0e/2e86_1.JPG)

Allways the same a Belgian 50 Ecu coin sold as a proof which it certainly is NOT and there are 1 500 000 of these coins made for a population of 11 million  ???


http://cgi.ebay.de/Belgien-50-ECU-1987-PP-15-5-Gramm-900-Gold_W0QQitemZ370123882461QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item370123882461&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

(http://i13.ebayimg.com/01/i/001/21/62/bdd1_1.JPG)

Now this is the way to show a
350 year old coin  ;D

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Louis-d-or-a-la-meche-courte-Louis-XIV_W0QQitemZ230312264331QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item230312264331&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

(http://i3.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/21/ed/8284_1.JPG)

Fishy fishy and I am too lazy to look it up
Gold (but no weight given) Canadian 2$ with such a bad picture it probably is a minicoin and the coin has the legend centre 22 carat  ???


http://cgi.ebay.de/1999-Gold-2-Nunavut-CANADA_W0QQitemZ160304131177QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item160304131177&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

For that coin, not a bad opening bid.  Currently the market for these coins is ridiculous - they and the 1/2 oz coins often sell for double melt.  I wanted to buy some, but I was hoping to find them when I was in UA last month - all I could find there were Swiss gold coins and bars.

It is quoted vendor will sell in germany only and at 4000 pieces it is not really rare
I have seen though that in general the germans like the Russian coins like the ones with the seal of Ivan
However I only pay those collector premiums for coins that are at least 150 years old

Beautifull coin but the vendor uses of course a promo pic
Nearly all the coins are damaged cause the Monnaie de Paris made the wrong holder and it is a curbed coin which swings round and round in the holder during the postal journey

http://cgi.ebay.fr/MONNAIE-DE-PARIS-ULTIME-FRANC-OR-750-PAR-STARCK-2001_W0QQitemZ400016641702QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item400016641702&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

The coin did not sell and what does she do ? Sheoffers it one cent cheaper to start  :D :D :D
These vendors will never learn ; they will offer the same coin over and over again hoping this time that newyear brings a better price
Well I made some good buys because most seem to be cash-less  ;D


http://cgi.ebay.de/Gold-Gedenkmuenze-Die-Ostroger-Bibel_W0QQitemZ300281126459QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item300281126459&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

(http://i6.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/21/0e/26f1_1.JPG)

Awesome : the same girl with a russian bear for 5000 euro wow

http://cgi.ebay.de/TOP-RARITAT-200-Rubel-1993-Russischer-Baer-Gold-PP_W0QQitemZ300281125435QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item300281125435&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

(http://i5.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/21/0f/51e1_1.JPG)

Oligarchs will pay that kind of money for those, nobody in Russia really trusts banks.  Which to some extent is to their credit :D

I never thrusted banks because they allways made mistakes and allways treated you as a pauper when you came to complain
Now since the start of the year I do not trhust them because they can go bankrupt

But to pay 7 times melt is ridiculous for a brandnew coin

I sure wish Russia would strike that design in silver so I could afford it!!! ;D

Do not be too sure Terry cause they might strike it in 5 ounces and ask 500 euro  ???

I agree as all governments tend to SPEND far more than they ever take in. Must be pretty nice to have an unlimited bank account with NO chance of an overdraw. Just squeeze it out of the taxpayers! Still like to see that coin in silver and get it at a fair price. Wasn't too long ago we had to pay dearly to get coins literally smuggled out of the Soviet Union but now it seems to have eased up a bit but with that came higher prices. Go figure?

"Why back in my day, I......." Gawd, I hate that term! As I was saying, I remember getting the U S silver proof sets for $2.10 AND the guv'ment paid the postage. No, I don't know what silver was at that time but the silver content of the U S proof set was .622 oz. I then realized that the Canadian P L (they refer to the P L as 'Proof Like') set also had a silver dollar, unlike the U S set. Although the Canadian P L sets were 'only' 80% silver compared to the U S sets being 90%, the Canadian P L set contained 1.12 oz of silver. The sets sold for $4......33% more than the U S proof sets, BUT they contained 80% more silver! Needless to say, I purchased many and still have them.

Now they are selling those crappy 10 mm coins in France
Vendor is even to stupid to spell St Gaudens makes it Goldens  ???

http://cgi.ebay.fr/1-pieces-OR-MAXIMILIANO-1865-1-GOLDENS-US-AMERICA-SUP_W0QQitemZ220331773772QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item220331773772&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

I am trying to find out about Spanish coins

As not surprising KM is wrong again

Schlumberger 1988 and Friedberg 1976 seem to have more information

Does anyone have these goldcoin catalogues ?

I have the Friedberg, and might get some more info regarding Spanish gold coins, what do you need?

It seems to me that according to Krause starting with the 2 escudos 1868 (68) they put a date between brackets
also the 1865 is stated 175 $ uncirculated and the 1868 (68) 1500 $ uncirculated

Far down the page for a 10 peseta 1878(62) Krause states that the date between brackets is a  1962 restrike from original dies
for 85 $ uncirculated. On the internet I found that 19 should be in the left star next to the date and 62 in the right star next to the date
making it clear that 1878 is a restrike from 1962

My confusion is what does it mean when the date between brackets is the same like 1868(68) and why would a restrike if it is one be 8.5 times more
expensive then an original form 1865
Krause gives no strike numbers so I do not know that mintage is part of the answer

The information on the stars came either from Friedberg or Schlumberger
 

Well, 1868 was the year that Spain started to use the dates on the star system (silver and gold), before that was like everywhere else, none of the coins minted before had the date on the stars (which was easier now that the Seville - 7 pointed star - and Barcelona - 8 pointed star - had stopped minting coins).
I.E.: The (68) coins are not restrikes, but the (62) are restrikes (very obvious because they weren't dates on the stars before 1868...)

...and the only spanish restrikes are the Alfonso XII gold coins.

The (62) restrikes are common but (61) restrikes are quite scarce!

Let me know if i couldn't explain clearly.

Jose  8)

Thank you very much
So 1868 (68)  means there is a date 1868 and 68 on the stars and it is an original and the only restrikes are 1961 and 1962 Alfonso XII coins ?

Exactly! ;)

Thank you very much

Bwahaha
This newby belgian thinks he is going to sell three St Gaudens for 3000 $ apiece with only one picture  :P

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/3-gouden-20-dollar-muntstukken-vd-eeuwwisseling-1900_W0QQitemZ170288513869QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_123?hash=item170288513869&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

He call this a tone stain

(http://thewrightportal.com/ebay/f99.jpg)

http://cgi.ebay.com:80/VICTORIA-1890-UNCIRCULATED-FARTHING-WITH-LUSTRE-SEE-PIC_W0QQitemZ380091172094QQihZ025QQcategoryZ98761QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

A knight made of pure gold he says
well either it is a microscopic knight or it is an electroplate

http://cgi.ebay.fr/SAINT-SEIYA-PEGASE-LE-CHEVALIER-EN-OR-24-K-LIMITER_W0QQitemZ170291377817QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item170291377817&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Pay first by banktransfer and then pick up only he says  :D
What is wrong with money in the left hand and taking the bar in the right hand  ;D


http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/lingot-Or-999-9-37-5g_W0QQitemZ330298553210QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_23?hash=item330298553210&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Nice set from a guy I know

(http://www.edelmetalle-muenzen.de/Bilder/ebaybilder/icons.jpg)


http://cgi.ebay.de/Icons-of-Commonwealth-3er-Gold-Satz_W0QQitemZ370140486816QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item370140486816&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

I sure hope 2009 brings a better selection of new releases around the world. There won"t be any cheap gold so I guess I have to hope for beautiful silver designs! ;D

Cheap is relative
It is our coldest winter in 10 years and I just had to replace my carbattery and paid 212 euro which is more then 300 US$
For that price I had the most wonderfull two coin set a few weeks back
I will have to try and photograph this because the scan does no justice to the 2 scudi and 1 scudo from San Marino ( identical coins except for size )
It is their rendition of Liberty ( Libertà )

(http://www.knightsofthecointable.com/kotctgallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2694&g2_serialNumber=1)

And to think I about had a cow when I paid $85 for a battery last month. It was the best battery they had for my vehicle! It would have been cheaper for you to buy one over here and have it shipped!!! ;)

Oh but it would be shipping dangerous goods and only possible by boat like 50$  and then 18 % value added tax and 20% or so import tax and 15 $ collection fee and it would arrive in september when customs feel like working again cause the wharehouse is filled to the top
Nah I am used to paying 52% direct tax and 18% VAT at 300% mark up prices
I do not want to cheat the vendors out of a living  >:(

And to think that we will easily catch up to your taxation and fees in a few years.....a sobering thought.

Gold it says in title
Goldplate on bronze it is  :D

(http://i20.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/2b/13/cb2e_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.de/Waterfront-Bumboats-1959-1984-Gold_W0QQitemZ280302752223QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item280302752223&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Selling something that is only made the 20 th of jan
I guess this Polish knight looks like D Carr could have done it

(http://i14.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/2a/df/4b3c_1.JPG)



http://cgi.ebay.de/200zl-Husarz-2009-GOLD-Historia-Jazdy-Polskiej-200-zl_W0QQitemZ330300750952QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item330300750952&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Obama colored "sic" and covered in fine gold

The picture is right click protected  ;D



http://cgi.ebay.fr/BARACK-OBAMA-1-4-DOLLAR-COLORISE-DOREE-OR-FIN-24-CARATS_W0QQitemZ270330210670QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Pi%C3%A8cesMonde?hash=item270330210670&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Daniel Carr is an excellent artist, I would like to commission him to come up with some coins for my little country.  Only in gold, but of course.

MS 64 with free fingerfat included at five times melt
Shame on the slabber and shame on the vendor

http://cgi.ebay.fr/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330301156100&indexURL=0&photoDisplayType=2#ebayphotohosting

(http://i9.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/2b/51/f9c8_3.JPG)

17 000 euro once 17 000 euro twice 17 000 euro NOT gone

http://cgi.ebay.fr/RARE-LOUIS-XIV-DOUBLE-LOUIS-DOR-1647-LA-ROCHELLE_W0QQitemZ120363926504QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item120363926504&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Euforix calls this near mint
He is euforic allright

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/1884S-Full-Gold-Sovereign-coin-Young-Victoria-NEAR-MINT_W0QQitemZ160311757885QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_23?hash=item160311757885&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

This is the first time in my life I see a sex censured coin on ebay germany
Normally they only censur the swastika

http://cgi.ebay.de/Kamasutra-Farbpraegung-24-K-vergoldet-EROTIK-GOLD_W0QQitemZ220350689355QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item220350689355&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

I guess the term "near" is relative,such as,New York is near Hong Kong,when compared to Alpha Centauri... ;D

Welcome
and you are right
of course near should mean AU
but then again everything is relative

UNIQUE never seen before does not exist cannot exist but is for sale on ebay france
27 carat junk

(http://i13.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/0b/57/0d0e_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.fr/20-or-1870-CC-liberty-usa-27-carats-34mm-et-18g_W0QQitemZ220350908974QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Pi%C3%A8cesMonde?hash=item220350908974&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

So what you are suggesting is, it is 110% pure ;D

Wow,a 27 Karat gold piece,Now thats rare!! ::)...and the best part is that someone is probably going to buy it!

Unfortunately there are would be collector idiots that are buying fake 1 DM pieces all the time .
I use now a search filter that is so long with the string of exclusions of crap that IE refuses to save it as a bookmark
And even so I get 5000 hits on ebay germany still full of crap since they change the names all the time

I would say there is perhaps 40% good stuff on eBay gold, and the rest is a bunch of mini, replica, crap, etc.  I have -mini -replica -tribute filters now.

From one of my favourite ebay sellers, who gives me dibs before they are cast to the ignominy of ebay:

(http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/usa/1909SPCGS62Saint.jpg)

(http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/usa/1911DNGC63Saint.jpg)

Ebay germany has again more then 6000 pieces of which 90% I do not even want to see
My filter is

gold -mini -bar -nuggets -small -1865 -adams -united -buren -maximillian -presidential -vatikan

and I should add *nugget* and folder but I allready ran out of space since IE7 refuses to save this string

Tragic
Anythink below MS64 is a Near Miss

Me and my friend the coindealer have our own classification system but it is largely unpublishable

Like cherry unpicked immensly fxxxxble that would be MS65 or better
Unfingered desirable MS64
Rouged whxxxx

( they use a spinning brush and rouge to buff the coins which after several years result in an unnatural reddish color)
Anyways I am now stalking Brittania herself  ;D

I had the first design of the Marianne in silver and just got it in gold
Ebay buyers are so confused they do not know what to do at todays prices
It makes it easy for me ; I want to finish my program and this is one coin less on the program
Just a few more coins ( like in just a few more hours from Doolitle in the film My Fair Lady )

Limbo Rock
How low can you go
Piece of crap 10 mm minicoin St Gaudens 0.5 grams with DEFAULTS  ??? ??? ???

http://cgi.ebay.fr/1-piece-en-plaquee-or-saint-gaudens-reproduction-FAUTEE_W0QQitemZ300289976474QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Pi%C3%A8cesMonde?hash=item300289976474&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Here you can see the mistake monnaie de paris made
The winning designer Starck made a non flat coin ( that is the coin is golving )
They put it in a normal capsule and the coins highest point damaged the coin and the capsurle by turning around in the mail
I do not think a single coin survived the mailing unscathed

(http://i11.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/2e/60/c0bb_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Piece-1-Franc-en-OR-STARCK-2001_W0QQitemZ320336078683QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item320336078683&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Unbelievable
29 euro for 1 share of Durban deep worth 0.52 cents on friday

http://cgi.ebay.de/Durban-Roodepoort-Deep-Ltd-DRDGold-Suedafrika-GOLD-2004_W0QQitemZ200305025645QQcmdZViewItemQQptZHistorische_Wertpapiere_1?hash=item200305025645&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Now I am going to have to dig mine out and check it for damage!!! :o You must admit it was a very unique design and, if I remember correctly, it did win the COTY Award (Coin of the Year). I have noticed, if the coins were left in thier original packaging they toned very quickly. Certainly not my favorite coin but still a unique holding even if it is now worthless?

Since they are ALL damaged I guess it does not matter much . I personally do not like toning since it changes constantly

My friend has reported this fraudulent vendor a few times but ebay does nothing
Selling a LMU 5.8 grams for 10 grams and even the date does not match

http://cgi.ebay.com/NETHERLANDS-10-GR-1932-GOLD-COIN-UNC_W0QQitemZ120289970323QQihZ002QQcategoryZ45154QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Well Paint Your Wagon we have at least one thing in common. I don't like toning either. As you said, toning is damage, regardless of the extent of it and it can only get worse! Never better!

I absolutely love the Netherlands silver bullion coins that are produced each year. The design changes as the KNIGHT on the obverse is from one of their Provinces (I believe they call them provinces) every year. I sure do favor those KNIGHTS for some reason or another but they are a bit pricey in my mind but ALL silver from the world's mints are pricey now!!!

In Europe silver is a consumer product with every country having a value added tax VAT of between 17 and 22%

I have an exclusion string so long IE7 (or ebay ) refuses to bookmark it and yet I turn up like 5000 items most of which are crap
Like these gold playing cards one dozen offers back to back

(http://i3.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/2b/34/6330_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.de/Karten-in-999-9-Gold-Kartenspiel_W0QQitemZ180326912435QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item180326912435&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

LIke two dozen postage stamps in gold

(http://i17.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/30/d1/4419_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.de/Raritaeten-in-Gold-Zypern-5-Pounds-in-99-8-Feing_W0QQitemZ230324157958QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBriefmarke?hash=item230324157958&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

More the a dozen paper folders talking about gold
I wish ebay would create a real gold coin category  ??? ??? ???
Oh and I mean and inforce it by deleting the crap

(http://i11.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/30/ce/552b_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.de/FOLDER-1-ZUR-MOZARTSERIE-1991-GOLD-und-SILBER-ATS-engl_W0QQitemZ180326891621QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item180326891621&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Now how spammy can you get
six times the word gold for a piece of crap that may have .0.25 grams


(http://i16.ebayimg.com/06/i/001/2c/f9/b7a4_1.JPG)


http://cgi.ebay.de/GOLD-GOLD-GOLD-Kruegerraand-GOLD-GOLD-GOLD_W0QQitemZ260358535513QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item260358535513&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

I was intrested in this Russian coin and what do I get
No longer available for sale
I do not understand why ebay allows this nonsense all the time
This is happening more and more frequent
I gave a neg to a professional seller who lost it after the sale was closed  ??? ??? ???
I think my days on ebay are coming to a close before the summer

(http://i14.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/27/9b/91ad_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=390028388333

Part of the problem is the fact Ebay will let a seller PAY to advertise in more than one area. Coins could be listed under the proper country, gold or silver, bullion, relics, antiquities and so on. It makes Ebay money but they then MUST have that auction appear under those lists even if WE do not wish to see it.
Another problem I am having, just as you are, is the mere fact sellers have learned ways to figure out how to NOT sell if they don't get the desired price. Just this week a seller, whom I had won an auction for a glider (plane) for my little boy, notified me he would be refunding my money immediately as most of his shipment was damaged. My answer to that was bull ____! You can't tell me he did not inspect the contents when they were delivered? The fact of the matter, after checking his other auctions for the same plane, was I got a heck of a deal on the auction I won as it was far below his "Buy it Now" price on the same item. Also my auction was offered with FREE SHIPPING so the seller would not make squat. He cancelled because he could and it is as simple as that.
I have had dealers in the past, who lost big money, simply tell me the coin was lost or it would be weeks before it could be located as they were moving into a new building. Yeah right! I insisted on waiting and made that dealer send me the $60 coin I bought for $12. I can play the game just like they do!

I bought Friedberg goldcoins of the world for half the price and the book got lost in the mail and I was offered a refund
I started an ebay complaint and said I would up it to a paypal complaint in seven days
After two days the professional store said the book was returned to them by the postoffice because some date was wrong
Three days later I got the book and as suspected apart from the printed postage stamp there was no date whatsoever

I have been told by persons that have done it that if you offer 500 euro outside of ebay for a coin worth 500 euro and you can pick up the item
it suddenly gets delisted with no cost to the vendor and no risk to the buyer
Unfortunately I am not going to drive to germany for a coin but between all the crap I have to look at and damaged goods and cheap purchases getting refunded , I am quitting in a few months when goldprices are probably going to explode

For the moment I love this freaked out world out of money
I got a 100 year old MS66+ for melt ( 20 soles ) and an Icelandic Kronur that goes normally for melt plus 35% for melt plus 6.8%
Helas my main bank Fortis looks like it will need to be saved for a third time since the shareholders refuse to accept they lost their equity

This guy must be crazy asking 4 times melt for a Slovakian coin  :D

http://cgi.ebay.de/SLOWAKEI-2008-PP-10-Kronen-1-2-Unze-Gold-rar_W0QQitemZ170301110510QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item170301110510&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

You have to keep in mind he is looking for someone crazier than he is and Ebay is just the place to find them!!! ;D

Yes but it is getting more and more difficult to find a crazy with MONEY who is stupid enough to spend it on gold

This is one of those days I may like ebay
I just got a gold maja desnuda from an innocent german hausfrau for 17% below melt because it is a medal and germans do not like medals any more ( The was a time that a uniform and a medal were the highest aspiration )
Now I just have to wait and see wheather the medal is actually going to reach me .

To each his own but I think this canadian gold coins is ugly on both sides

(http://bilder.coinstore.at/bilder/11022009/11022009_131.jpg)

http://cgi.ebay.de/CANADA-150-CAD-2008-GOLD-PP-JAHR-DER-RATTE_W0QQitemZ120377146601QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item120377146601&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Crappy design

(http://bilder.coinstore.at/bilder/11022009/11022009_112.jpg)


http://cgi.ebay.de/CANADA-300-CAD-2007-GOLD-PP-PANORAMA-CAMERA-TOP_W0QQitemZ120377146627QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item120377146627&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Look Ma

Somebody wants 999 euro for the avatar I use on all other forums

http://cgi.ebay.fr/GOLD-COIN-20-EURO-OR-GAVROCHE-V-HUGO-2002-Europe_W0QQitemZ260361380982QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_monnaie_pi%C3%A8ceseuro?hash=item260361380982&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

I have about had it with ebay and I am not sorry to see the last of them

I was going to get this gold silver palladium coin at a good price and the coin again is withdrawn

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=370155723944


(http://i14.ebayimg.com/01/i/001/30/b1/c2a0_1.JPG)

goldplated crap ? I would not know since I only know my gold coins

(http://i10.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/17/a8/f915_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.de/ECU-FRANKREICH-1993-CHARLE-MAGNE-GOLD-AUFLAGE-RAR_W0QQitemZ400032249458QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item400032249458&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

For my ongoing education my coindealing friend send this
He says the vendor did a good job of using baking soda to clean the coin and a nice job to retone it . But somebody forgot to tell him that you have to wash the baking soda off twice or three times and wait untill the coin is dry and check it before retoning .

http://cgi.ebay.com/1892-Argentina-Dos-Centavos-sharp-features_W0QQitemZ270350273433QQihZ017QQcategoryZ45161QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

What is a Brolga ?

(http://bilder.coinstore.at/bilder/03032009/03032009_153.jpg)

http://cgi.ebay.de/AUSTRALIEN-50-AUD-2008-GOLD-PP-1-2-OZ-BROLGA-KRANICH_W0QQitemZ120386626030QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item120386626030&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

The Brolga (Grus rubicunda), formerly known as the "Native Companion", is a bird in the crane family. The bird has also been given the name "Australian Crane", a term coined in 1865 by well-known ornithological artist John Gould in his Birds of Australia.

The Brolga is a common gregarious wetland bird species in tropical and eastern Australia, well known for its intricate mating dance.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Brolga-1-Healesville%2C-Vic%2C-3.1.2008_edit.jpg

Thanks looks familiear
Either family of the austriche or the fisheating terrors that eat 1000 $ koifish and are protected
From your wetland description I suppose the latter
( Birds and Food are the two most difiicult categories for somebody using his third language , even in the mother tongue they are difficult subjects since all our delicious food normmaly still are sold under the french name in restaurants )

Now I am really shocked
ANACS slabbed a polished lucky angel as MS62
Are they hoping to be bought by Ebay ?
She should change her name in shoppinsuckermom because she was clever enough to put in the category "circulated"

http://cgi.ebay.com/1898-FRENCH-20-FRANC-GOLD-COIN-LUCKY-ANGEL-MS-62_W0QQitemZ400034564403QQihZ027QQcategoryZ539QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

(http://i24.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/36/d4/48d2_1.JPG)

Beverly Hills vermin selling an ounce of gold Obama on fleabay France
If there is more then 1 gram ON it I would be truely amazed
Only subtitle says it is goldplated but unfortunately a lot of people only translate the title with an automatic translator

(http://i5.ebayimg.com/01/i/001/32/83/59a7_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.fr/1-OZ-DOR-BARACK-OBAMA-Signe-Presidentielle-Pieces_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ66Q3a2Q7c65Q3a10Q7c39Q3a1Q7c240Q3a1318QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem280320183713QQitemZ280320183713QQptZFRQ5fGWQ5fPiQc3Qa8cesMondeQQsalenotsupported

Where is my 10 x led magnifier -- I do not find my golcoin without it  :P

(http://i20.ebayimg.com/08/i/001/32/87/d4e5_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.de/Palau-1995-solid-9999-proof-10-Gold-Coin-Mermaid_W0QQitemZ390035754164QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item390035754164&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

This FAKE 100 kronen is so well made that only the weight gives it away as a fake IMO

(http://i.ebayimg.com/05/!BNoF58w!Wk~$(KGrHgoH-CYEjlLl8jjFBJqritbyH!~~_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160318961346

Now here we have a superb coin from an american powerseller
He says the marks are on the capsule
My friend says they are polishing marks since they do not go onto or over the rim and the vendor might be lying

(http://augustacoinexchange.com/ebpics/1983_MP_GY_0220.jpg)

http://cgi.ebay.com/1983-China-Marco-Polo-10-Yuan-Gold-Piece-PF-CAMEO-244_W0QQitemZ110360087741QQihZ001QQcategoryZ547QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

And another brushed piece of crap

(http://i.ebayimg.com/09/!BOo86pwB2k~$(KGrHgoOKigEjlLmbZRpBJvrB9RG7!~~_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.com/REPUBBLICA-ARGENTINA-1893-DOS-CENTAVOS_W0QQitemZ190294277907QQihZ009QQcategoryZ81721QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

NGC lost it
AU58 my ass AU50 when I feel good and happy said my friend since I was unwilling to go higher then XF
The last three months we have seen so many questionable grades of NGC we wonder what is happening


(http://i.ebayimg.com/24/!BOsgKT!Bmk~$(KGrHgoH-CsEjlLlvGm7BJv-k)wb6w~~_3.JPG)


http://cgi.ebay.fr/RARE-OR-40-F-LOUIS-XVIII-CERTIFIE-AU-58-1818-W-SUP_W0QQitemZ220379713226QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_PiècesFrancs?hash=item220379713226&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Looks like the Russians hired people from Monnaie de Paris to design coins


(http://i11.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/3f/65/4eaf_1.GIF)

http://cgi.ebay.de/Russland-200-Rubel-2009-Gogol-Gold-PP_W0QQitemZ350186744603QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item350186744603&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

oh my god
monnaie de paris is doing shitty garbage now
0.04% of an ounce at exhorbitant price


(http://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/001/38/fb/8a0e_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.de/Frankreich-5-Euro-Gold-2009-PP-Semeuse-1-244g_W0QQitemZ360144495526QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item360144495526&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Monnaie de Paris has to be the most active mint in the world. They turn out more garbage in record numbers than any mint I have seen in my life. If I remember correctly they did 92 commeratives in 2002? The only good thing I can find out of this type of gouging is the fact their mintages are usually around 10,000 unless it is an item the whole world might be interested in. Greed driven

I seem to see that Monnaie de Paris has a few marketing strategies

1 turn out 5 ounce gold coins at 99 pieces only
2 turn out 1 ounce or half ounce gold coins at 500 pieces
3 turn out medals and silver coins as fast as possible
4 this is a little known strategy : monnaie de paris by charter has the right to coin MONEY ; so anybody willing to pay their price can commission anything he likes and it will not be a medal but a COIN

250 year old CLEANED coin for sale on the bay

7 gulden 1760 Holland

(http://i.ebayimg.com/16/!BUZvNDQBGk~$(KGrHgoOKi4EjlLm,WWnBKNVo-CqQ!~~_1.JPG)

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/TOP-7-Gulden-1760-Holland-Goud-Prachtig_W0QQitemZ260428920163QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_146?hash=item3ca2c5f563&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

King Arthur 2008
Copper coin silverplated and then goldplated 9999 pieces

(http://i.ebayimg.com/08/!BT,ngFwB2k~$(KGrHgoH-CEEjlLl0us,BKI(f4TVOQ~~_1.JPG)

http://cgi.ebay.de/Gold-Gedenkmuenze-Die-Tafelrunde-Koenig-Arthur-RAR_W0QQitemZ220435445040QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item3352f9f530&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

I am amazed ICQ saw the coin was cleaned
Who in his right mind uses a powder and brush cleaning on a Mint State coin ?

http://cgi.ebay.fr/PIECE-OR-20-DOLLARS-U-S-A-1901certifiee-M-S-60-SPL_W0QQitemZ290325219984QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Pi%C3%A8cesMonde?hash=item4398bb4a90&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

Can you believe this idiot is holding a rare coin in his fingers  ???
Acetone and expertise will be needed to detox

http://cgi.ebay.fr/1-Ultime-Franc-P-Starck-2001-OR-18K-26-10grs_W0QQitemZ250478738227QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item3a51b23b33&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 
   SO THAT IS WHAT KING ARTHUR LOOKED LIKE--BEAUTIFUL LOOKING COIN--BUT I THOUGHT HE WAS TALLER--I DID NOT GO TO THE WEB SITE--WHAT IS THE ASKING PRICE?
               JUST CURIOUS--THE TEMPLAR

It sold for 8.5 euro plus mailing cost

  THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW THE COST OF THE KING ARTHUR COIN---MAY I ASK WHO PUT IT OUT AND IS IT STILL AVAILABLE?
               YOUR SERVANT--THE TEMPLAR

This guy sold them
Does not seem to have any left

http://shop.ebay.de/merchant/kevmakue_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ

Weird coin from Cook
( the new ebay layout does not allow for easy copying of photos , I wonder why that is  ;D  )

http://cgi.ebay.de/Papst-Gedenkmuenze-Besuch-in-Bayern-Gold-Swarovski_W0QQitemZ260471683775QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item3ca5527abf&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

And there we go
With the price of gold rising the fakes are going to go on a rampage
Fake 2008 Krugerrand weighing only 21 grams  ???

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Krugerrand-OR-FACTICE-21g-env_W0QQitemZ300354721013QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_monnaie_lingots_pepites?hash=item45ee8954f5&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

(http://i.ebayimg.com/16/!BZq)hLw!mk~$(KGrHgoH-CsEjlLlvGm7BKn20,U3VQ~~_35.JPG)

(http://i.ebayimg.com/04/!BbI4,eQ!mk~$(KGrHqEH-CkEquVK52J+BKul0MLvlg~~_35.JPG)

I had no problem copying the pics here.

Not really gold but my wife wanted this
So I asked the Limey if I could bid ( he as zero offers sofar and there are about a dozen americans selling this)
Limey said NO
He said only English could bid
Well I will watch with intrest whether he sells or not
He or She should change their name into IF I growup which is not certain
In the meantime a german woman ungraciously allowed me to be the highest bidder and then talk to me when I am the highest bidder . These ebayers have a rude awakening coming the following years

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Swarovski-Crystal-Columbine-Ltd-Edition-from-2000_W0QQitemZ150389934823QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Art_Glass?hash=item2303f04ae7

A new grade is made
MS58  ::) ::) ::)
And the vendor is serious about is MS58  :D
It looks quite overgraded at that , quite circulated

http://cgi.ebay.fr/20-Francs-OR-GOLD-1849-A-Certifie-SUP-MS-58-RARE_W0QQitemZ250556001656QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item3a564d2d78

An amazing rarity in Mint State 58 as over here there is NO such grade. I could live with a AU-58 grade but I do get so sick of reading all the Ebay hype of rare! Rare is defined as "Highly valued due to uncommonness" or "Infrequently occurring; uncommon," which does not apply to most coins in the world. When an Ebay seller titles his auctions with rare I know it is a con before even opening the auction.

Here is a bigger con for people who do not read past the first screen and don't scroll down
Who knows what 100 mills is ??? I seem to remember it is millionth of an inch thick

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Lingot-1-ounce-Maple-Leaf-1-Troy-OZ-100-mills-999-Gold_W0QQitemZ130356448966QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_23?hash=item1e59d98ec6

Sheldon rarity scale

http://www.coinresource.com/articles/dies_variities_error_numbers.htm

A fourth rate coffin maker graded this MS65 and look at the price they want  ::)

http://cgi.ebay.de/25-Gulden-1930-Danzig-Polen-MS65-st-Gold_W0QQitemZ120518164871QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item1c0f714187

I did not know that emergency money ( notgeld) came in goldplated bronze
1923 and 10 000 mark

http://cgi.ebay.de/Westfalen-10-000-Mark-1923-Westfalenross-in-st-vz_W0QQitemZ360226081012QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item53df25c8f4

A lustrous Vicky he ?
It is a VF clunker
This guy Ahold can make any clunker look good and allways overgrades like a cheap coffinmaker would
IMHO

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LUSTROUS-1884-M-VICTORIA-GOLD-SHIELD-SOVEREIGN_W0QQitemZ110484064539QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Coins2?hash=item19b95d091b

Halleluja

A new grade almost beautifull uncirculated
It is an MS with lots off slide

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1926-SA-SOVEREIGN-GEORGE-V-BRITISH-GOLD-COIN-aBUNC_W0QQitemZ200430818601QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Coins_Bullion_Bars_SM?hash=item2eaa9b9529

And another clunker sold for beautifull uncirculated
XF or maybe better (ugly coin)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1978-SOVEREIGN-ELIZABETH-II-BRITISH-GOLD-COIN-BUNC_W0QQitemZ200430795116QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Coins_Bullion_Bars_SM?hash=item2eaa9b396c

Top rated seller hé
MS60 clunker

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1981-SOVEREIGN-ELIZABETH-II-BRITISH-GOLD-COIN-BUNC_W0QQitemZ200430789353QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Coins_Bullion_Bars_SM?hash=item2eaa9b22e9

Maybe that is what I really am an MS Clunker? Nah, probably just another AU clunker! ;D

For real eye appeal in gold you need to be an MS64 plus or a smooth XF or lower

Now look what Gibraltar did to Europe on the bull
They sank a 30 grams copper capsule in the middle of a 20 grams gold ring
Why make so big a piece of shit ? 50 grams at 40% gold only ?
And what a tame fairy design  ???

(http://i.ebayimg.com/10/!Bkg5vl!BWk~$(KGrHqYH-DQEs+YzuL,pBL(2GI334w~~_35.JPG)



http://cgi.ebay.de/GIBRALTAR-2003-GOLD-BI-Metallmuenze-FEINGOLD-20-8g-999er_W0QQitemZ220546976686QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item33599fcbae

AND they put clothes on her! What were they thinking? :o

Yes the " Brittish" are still quite prudish as well as the "American"
When I was in Daytona beach florida they asked money to drive your car onto
the beach and they backed their halftrucks or station wagons straight into the
ocean ; dangling their feet in the water and having crates of beer beside them
At the same "time" in Ibiza I wandered by accident onto a full nude beach and
all beaches were topless the girls running excercises topless  :D
I learned german by watching uncensored films when all europe was still
using those ugly blacked out circles  >:( that was like1963 ish

We still have ugly black SQUARES as the puritans are alive and well in the USA. Heaven forbid that someone would actually be proud of their body over here!!! :o  Control comes in many forms! You must be taught fear and shame as we are not born with it!

Yes the roman italian catholic church tried to instill sin and confession with three collections of money every sunday . It is now run by an Hitler jugend
That reminds me that those pedophile priests are the biggest sinners of them all and are just transferred to another village to start allover again as long as the church can hide it
In the meantime the new Archbishop of Belgium -like 75 years old - does not condone contraception
If he did he would not have been born I am sure .
We were taught fear and shame in order to control us . The person that can absolve our sins in the name of
God has to be far superior . One of those retired f_____s had the nerve to ask my wife if he could come
and have lunch with her every weekday when I was working . I am happy to say she kicked him out of the house with his unseemly request . I guess that as a retired priest he lost his maid  >:( >:( >:( and wanted replacement

More then 8000 dollars for a set of proof buffalos ? and there are 6000 sets made

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350309593899&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.de%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm38%26_nkw%3D350309593899%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1

Well I am sure he found some woman who was blinded by his white collar? Got to give him a little credit though, apparently he had good taste in women? ;) Your wife should be commended for seeing through all the fog they spew everywhere they go! They tell me there are two kinds of people overhere you DON'T want to do business with! Cops and Priests!!! Of course that is just a rumor! ;)  Guess there is something to feeling like you are above the law or better than everyone else? Now we have added a third and fourth to the list! Politicians and Corportate Executives!!!

What about Lobbyists and banksters ?

I saw a medal that is too much trouble
MS60 with light scratches ( nearly invisible the vendor says and those scratches
shout at me )
Napoleon I and Ludovica ( which I presume is Marie Louiese his second wife)
No weight given, no purity given and a zero feedbacker selling it
Not to me though

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Medaille-Napoleon-I-Ludovica-en-Or-Excellent-etat_W0QQitemZ300395068386QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFr_GW_Monnaie_?hash=item45f0f0fbe2

Ah the list grows longer. Bottom line the filthy rich didn't get that way by being honest! They are like screwdrivers and we are the screws! ;D

I always shy away from those Ebay sellers with low feedback and tremendous coin & medal knowledge. They are the ones who always use the word "RARE" and usually if you check their other offerings they have four or five of those RARE coins for sale at the same time! :o

I remember them talking now of the top 1% giving it to the other 99%

On ebay three years back I bought a rare coin with Grace Kelly on it
The vendor must have bought the whole strike lot because he offered a coin for like three
years now and every week at that .

Maybe I should commission Daneil to strike a "Witch Nut" medallion which would actually be rare and valuable money in their domain? And of course I would be the only one to have access to these rare and valuable coins to be sold on Ebay and all the faithful followers of the Legend! ;) I would have years to sell them off? Thanks PYW for another great idea as I would control the entire mintage!

Go for it and make it a copper strike first silvered and then guilded so you can say it
is guilded silver . Say it is very rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrare at only numbers one to ten
and the number them A1-till A10 etc till Z1 till Z10 then AA1 till AA10 :
you get the idea  ;D
And for the knights you make a first edition strike in silver  :D

My wife her birthday present from ebay just arrived from germany
Oh how pleasant buying on ebay can be
Now let's see the private insurance squeem

(http://www.knightsofthecointable.com/kotctgallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3110&g2_serialNumber=1)

Hey, no fair, what about us?   

All for one, one for all, and all that. 

Oh, wait, that was the Musketeers, not Knights of the Coin Table. 

How about some Witch Nut Woodies for 2010?

Well Nevol I don't see a huge demand but I will look into a little something that I might use as advertising.  If dated they will be 2009 as the 2010 would have to go with the release of "The Witch Nuts, The Enigma Begins!" Of course I will keep you posted as we all are so very proud of our Woodies!!! ;)

I think I got my first real gold real fake sovereing
rare 1917 no mintmark
MS64
Shiny without being cleaned
0.04 grams underweigth according my calibrated weighscale
A dozen "craters" like exploded bubbles on the reverse ( sandpouring method)
I asked the coinforgery forum but did not get an answer in 24 hours yet

(http://www.knightsofthecointable.com/kotctgallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=3113&g2_serialNumber=1)

I managed to buy a fake U.S. dollar a few years back. It is well know over here they were the most counterfeited gold coin for years and years. After getting it authenticated (which is wasn't) the dealer gave my money back and promptly placed it back in his display case for sale! I don't do business with him any longer and I NEVER look at $1 gold coins any more. Too many fakes!

PYW I sure hope you come out on that one. Those craters are a pretty good give a way! Keep us posted!

I posted the question on the forgeries forum

A good fake sometimes is worth a lot more then melt

I am allowed to give it back for melt I paid 10 days ago but
I don't know that is a good option
Keeping a good gold fake may be better
Any exchange agent will give me 95% of melt on a gold fake

What is the world coming to
1 ounce 100 mills silver plated crap with silver 0.999 in the description
Pure trap for those that do not know their vocabulary
And I think on ebay France that is 99.9 % of all people

http://cgi.ebay.fr/LINGOT-ARGENT-GIRLS-GONE-WILD-or_W0QQitemZ270533327674QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_monnaie_lingots_pepites?hash=item3efd0afb3a

The vendor paid back the auction price 120 euro (presumably by way of the insurance )
but NOT the mail costs of 9.90 euro
What do I do ?
Give a negative nonetheless or try to squeeze the other 9.9. euro out of him ?
I am soooo convinced he packed it broken up to swindle the insurance since some of the glass splinters
were outside the bubble wraps . But I cannot accuse him because I have a witness but do not know
the possibilities of this breaking inside a double bubble wrap and then splinters getting outside the double bubble wrap ( but I feel it close to impossible )

I would explain that why should you pay the 9.9 euros for something you didn't get? Be persistant.

You are right of course
Once somebody shows me goodwill I get too soft .

But I seem to have read somewhere in the insurance policies of paypal or ebay or
the post that postage is not refunded

If the vendor were Belgian I could demand substitution by a perfect undamaged example
delivered to my doorstep ( that is the theory because with my totalled car it took me
3 years court to get what was mine )

I just gave an history lesson to a german ebayer in english

I paid 120 plus 9.90 euro for a broken Swarovski figurine
He paid me back 120 but not 9.90 postage
I told him so
Now he has the nerve to apply for ebay cancelation
I answered him the same that general said in the Ardennes during WWII

NUTS

He will understand that he can take a flying fuck at a roling donut  ???

He was unhappy with Nuts
and called me a coward

Now he claims he paid back the money because he wanted to be nice
not because he had to

So I told him the german government offered to pay back my father for the failed
vacation of 1940-1944 about 50 years after the claim was in and about
5 years after my father died and that I no longer knew what to think of a
figurine packaged in a way it could not break and still arrive in 8 pieces

I think he shipped it broken ; but I cannot say so because that is libel
But the splinters of broken glass were outside three layers of bubble plastic

I rest my case ( and hope to get unaddicted to ebay in a hurry : I am going to go into
selfhypnosis and tell myself I loath ebay : ebay makes me sick : ebay is only for suckers :
do not push submit buttoms ; do not even look anymore ; forget ebay exists  ;
now I am going to wake up in 5.4.3.2.1 counts and will have forgotten ebay exists )

I gave the guy ample time to reply and his last answer is that I should be glad he paid back the insured statue and that I only loose the postage
So I gave him a negative feedback
Only the 7th or so in 7 years ebay
Really should have been nr 28 or so

Here is one of those coins saying
Gold I gave to protect and iron I took for honor
( they should have said lead in a firing squad)

http://cgi.ebay.de/1916-Gold-gab-ich-zur-Wehr-Eisen-nahm-ich-zur-Ehr_W0QQitemZ110502844922QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item19ba7b99fa

Gold sure has a strange color in Germany doesn't it? ;)

The seller is a Suisse girl called Ernuesli
She call everything uncirculated unless it spend the war on the tracks of a panzer tank
She is very notorious with the cognicenti

I bought a cheap vicky sovereing from her and it never arrived and after 3 months
I was refunded
I bougth a double eagle MS64 from her and she shipped it in such a way customs
wanted 18% tax
Never ever again do I even bid on Erdnueslis beautifull rare uncirculated coins  ???

It is a mistery to me she has such a good feedback the way she overates everything to
uncirculated and rare

Nobody knows what she looks like because she sells in Germany and she is Swisse
Her company is called Peanut.AG

Her good fortune is explained by the fact that 95% of the ebay buyers
don't know a pollished jeweller piece from a MS65 coin

ahaha

Certificate nr 1 and an horrendous price

What the seller ( littlewingdarlinggirl) does not know is that
certificates are allocated by luck of the draw
So the first coin minted can have nr 500 on the certificate

http://cgi.ebay.de/100-Euro-Gold-Frankreich-06-Zertifikat-Nr-1_W0QQitemZ290410841728QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item439dd5c680

Nice new 50 ruble coin of st george and the dragon

http://cgi.ebay.de/50-Rubel-Russland-St-Georg-Drachentoeter-2010-GOLD-NEU_W0QQitemZ360241999584QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item53e018aee0

Nice medal
But three times too expensive

http://cgi.ebay.fr/QUATRIEME-REPUBLIQUE-Module-de-20-Francs-or-Mai-1955_W0QQitemZ140389995258QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item20afe552fa

Expensive 5 ounce cat

http://cgi.ebay.de/Zaire-10-000-Nouveaux-Leopard-5oz-155-5-g-Gold-extrem_W0QQitemZ320500351498QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Coins_Bullion_Bars_SM?hash=item4a9f4f420a

This is the fourth time this guy puts this thing on for 35 000 euro
I do not think he is ever going to sell it on ebay for that price

http://cgi.ebay.de/Audemars-Piguet-Gold-Skelettuhr-UNIKAT-178-Diamanten_W0QQitemZ290412949107QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDE_Kleidung_Schmuck_Accessoires_Uhren_Armbanduhren?hash=item439df5ee73

A two dollar coin I never saw before by my very own  Erndnuesli
She says stgl which is MS63
No way but it could be MS60 if it is real
She guarantuees authenticity ; but this is a coin I would surely submit for grading and authentication

http://cgi.ebay.de/2-Dollars-1888-Gold_W0QQitemZ310206424295QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item4839be64e7

Gee whiz
I thought this 10$ indian coin was MS with something feeling wrong

The professional vendor says very honestly the coin was lightly cleaned
which was the something wrong I felt
A good piece for jewelry buyers

http://cgi.ebay.fr/USA-ETATS-UNIS-10-DOLLARS-OR-GOLD-INDIAN-HEAD-1907_W0QQitemZ160415137325QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Pi%C3%A8cesMonde?hash=item25597cbe2d

They never do specify whether it was "lightly" cleaned in 1930 or just before it was posted for auction and the photo? Also they never reveal whether it was cleaned by dipping, a Q-tip or a wire brush? ;D

Looking at the picture it was no Dip and no Q-tip
Probably a copper cleaning fluid to make it shine
It is retoning so the cleaning should have been 20 years ago
The interesting question is ; are there scratchlines under 12X maginification
visible
If not in another 20 years it will retone so that virtually no average collector can see
the cleaning any more .
So might be an intresting coin for somebody that still has 20 years time to wait  >:(

I have seen cleaned coins that were very appealling and were needed for my collection. Many times I was ready to buy when I pulled out the magnifying glass. Isn't it amazing what a magnifying glass can do for old eyes? It just kills me to walk away from a coin I have been dreaming about for years because some idiot decided to make it "more" presentable! Sometimes the best intentions don't always work out. I guess we all find out, in this hobby, there is a right way and a wrong way to do things. ;)

When I was 12 I cleaned a dozen napoleons with sidol copper cleaner because I liked them sparkling
When I tried to sell them later I lost 5% of value because of the cleaning and they were generic coins ; probably sold for full price to the next client

So I asked myself what is dirty ? Fingerfat and dirt .
So I put the coins in a row on top of the kitchen cupboards
I was making french fries every day in those days .
I turned the coins over regularly for 2 months untill the were sticky as hell
I then went to the cellar and toke the dust from the wine bottles and smeared it on
till the coins were no longer sticky .
I then sold most of them to an exchange agent who does not take out a magnifying glass
on routing coins and I had won 5 % .

I still have a few of the coins cleaned in the 60's and it is impossible to see 50 years later
which coins were cleaned unless you take out 10X maginification
They retoned nicely .
My coindeling friend retones them with a bunsenburner in 5 minutes  ::)

I just was second bidder on a Vicky sovereign 1880 in AU condition at 10% above melt
Jee I figured everybody was out of money ( pensions are tomorrow and salaries 27 th like)
But there was this whole sale buyer putting no more then 3 bids above mine of which only
the first was activated : he is going to be happy.
I got an MS shieldback so I was not really trying but I hate
to come in second .

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390169302811&autorefresh=true

France is selling a dozen very rare Obama golddollars

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Tres-RARE-Piece-1-dollar-Barrack-OBAMA-OR-Neuf-A-Voir_W0QQitemZ250601487981QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Pi%C3%A8cesMonde?hash=item3a59033e6d

They also sell a gold replica of the Philharmoniker

http://cgi.ebay.fr/100-Euros-DOR-2009-Osterreich-Replica-FDC_W0QQitemZ180484239143QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item2a05b2ef27

NGC MS64 Napoleon
Yes but with slide and I am not going to pay 100% over melt for a "slide" coffined coin

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Spendide-20-Francs-Or-Oro-Gold-1860-A-MS-64_W0QQitemZ320505691821QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs?hash=item4a9fa0bead

Bought at nearly $100 under melt - guess nobody likes Ethiopian gold:

(http://scottishmoney.net/gold/ethiopia.jpg)

Also bought a 1931 Austrian 100 Kronen at about 75 % of spot for the gold in it.  Pays to look at the overlooked coins in online auctions.

Yes you are right but I am starting to think about an exit strategy
From 2016 on I may sell some
With that in view I do not buy anything under melt anymorebecause I may just be able to sell at melt minus 10 % and have to drive twice for evaluation and payment

I am now focussing on sovereigns and napoleons but that is not easy to get at melt
However I just oredered a 2006 mexican ounce at melt and that was luck
it being sold on a german forum

King Arthur and the Knights of the round table for sale
Copper covered with silver and gold


http://cgi.ebay.de/Gold-Gedenkmuenze-Koenig-Arthur-Ritter-der-Tafelrunde_W0QQitemZ180486367309QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item2a05d3684d

Unbelievable
I have seen gold bars down to 5 grains this week

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Lingot-en-OR-avec-certificat-Goud-5-g-Gold-995-Bar_W0QQitemZ130379650185QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_23?hash=item1e5b3b9489

MS66 ?
NGC must be joking
First thing I saw was a rim damage at 10 O'clock and the reverse has fingerfat in the fields
MS64 would be more like it

http://cgi.ebay.de/NETHERLAND-GOLD-10-GULDEN-NGC-MS-66_W0QQitemZ260580886347QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item3cabd4c74b

Christ
Marta wants ten times the price of silver for an Aussie ounce

http://cgi.ebay.de/2010-Treasures-of-Australia-Silver-Proof-with-GOLD_W0QQitemZ260581902169QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3cabe44759

Now I have seen it all
A one gram feather bar only goldplated  ::)
Who would want to pay the postage on that ?

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Lingot-en-Argent-1-Gramme-Plaque-OR-24-Carats_W0QQitemZ130381437403QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_23?hash=item1e5b56d9db

Some fool who thinks he is buying gold? And, quite obviously, it is apparent most folks other than coin collectors DON'T know what a gram bar would look like. The photos are great but paying a $1.00 for a gram of silver adds a whole new meaning to the high price of silver. Makes those full ounce coins worth well over $32.00 (By the gram) and brings a smile to the postal workers faces when you buy by the gram! What a joke and people are actually bidding on them? :'(

Starting price is 2.5$ a gram that is 78$ an ounce for the goldplated silver and lets guestimate 5 dollar for the goldplating that is 73$ for the silver
And he says replica has not to be imprinted since it is an original design  ;D :D ::)

I don't know what a 1 gram bar looks like . The smallest I got are 5 grams Credit Suisse
feather bars  :) Of course I have a few 1/10 th of an ounce coins in a full series of 1 ounce down . I am trying to buy Marianne Roosters at melt with no luck . 5.8 gram gold
according to the Latin Standard

Why can't we make a limited series in silver plated copper 1 gram and sell it for 1 $ plus 4 $ postage ? They just said on TV the price of belgian houses is rising cause copper and steel are going up ( not a word about gold)

A new all time low
Medal of 0.22 grams of unknown % of gold
I would not even be able to way it on my electronic scale at 0.01 gram accuracy  ???

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Medaille-en-or-0-22gr-UMBERTO-II_W0QQitemZ320514763325QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_23?hash=item4aa02b2a3d

Those remind me of those fake California territorial "gold" pieces that were so popular 10 years ago (I still see them sold on ebay in waves every now and again).

It's like gold foil.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1852-CALIFORNIA-GOLD-STAR-1-2-TOKEN-OCTAGON-UNC_W0QQitemZ350337005354QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item5191b6772a

"gold content unknown."    You don't say.

Thanks for the link ; those do not make it to Europe because we got an underground factory of smallest coins of the world which are 0.5 grams gold content unknown

I think if you sneeze this medal would flutter away if it was not plasticised in board

On the other hand I used to apply " sturmgold" to my silk paintings . Gold is the only material that can be made in a monomolecular layer . 10 sheets of gold 24 carat 4 x 4 inch were like 2.5 dollars . You apply with some adhesive and it looks like a lick of goldpaint . You cannot dry clean cause the gold all 0.25 cent of it will be gone .
On the other hand for that price I have been known to reapply the gold .

Manet 500 square coins only
Another honest ebayer who trippled the postage cost to make an extra 32 dollars without
paying ebay

http://cgi.ebay.de/20-EURO-2008-EDOUARD-MANET-GOLD-NUR-500-EX_W0QQitemZ140398699107QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item20b06a2263

By happenstance I saw this silver dragon from Swisse
Took me 10 seconds to find out where the dragon was  >:(
What a sorry excuse for a dragon  ???

http://cgi.ebay.de/SCHWEIZ-20-Franken-1996-Silber-Drache_W0QQitemZ350341894826QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item51920112aa

can you believe this joker ?
a 12 900 euro coin he is holding on his fingers  :D
Possibly fake as hell

http://cgi.ebay.fr/AUREUS-OR-DE-MARS-SUR-UNE-MONNAIE-DE-CARACALLA-RARE_W0QQitemZ110524008010QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_GW_monnaie_pi%C3%A8cesantiques?hash=item19bbbe864a

God spare me
Very rare ( only 5000  ::)
1 gram silver with gold plate
Dragon

http://cgi.ebay.de/LUNAR-DRACHE-GOLD-SILBERBARREN-PP-SELTEN_W0QQitemZ130386307779QQcmdZViewItemQQptZM%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen?hash=item1e5ba12ac3

This looks like an MS61 5$ worldwide shipping

http://cgi.ebay.fr/SUBLIME-BRILLANT-FRAPPE-5-OR-1897-/380228733283?cmd=ViewItem&pt=FR_GW_Pi%C3%A8cesMonde&hash=item5887660963

Anybody ever seen a french gold purse for goldcoins ?
With 6 pearls and 2 rubies and 2 diamonds
First time I see this on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.fr/PORTE-LOUIS-OR-RUBIS-DIAMANTS-42-8-gr-/280499790354?cmd=ViewItem&pt=FR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs&hash=item414f172212

I can see right now I am in the wrong line of work! There is a great amount of money and fools out there just waiting to buy whatever I can create! What have I been thinking? ;D

If it's only for gold coins, I'd have exactly 3 coins to put in it.  Hardly worth it!  ;D

He says he tested the purse wire and it is 8 carat and worth 450 euro to melt
what if it is only silver plated with 8 carat gold ? or worse
A density measurement would be needed to determine but at 8 carat and the clasp 14 carat and the ruby and the diamonds that is not practical .
So it can be anything

I would not put my coins in a metal purse even if it were real gold

Interesting comments in this Ebay item:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1907-P-PCGS-20-1-OZ-GOLD-ULTRA-HIGH-RELEIF-PROOF-70-/330428825031?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item4cef17bdc7

So what is new ?
If with a 10x led loupe in hand you cannot see the cleaning then it is not cleaned or retraining is needed

A few months ago I bought two lucky angels off ebay france and  both were cleaned and I complained
I got as an answer from the vendor HE did not clean them ; so it was not HIS fault
I gave two negative feedbacks and he considered that VERY HARSH treatment  :o

Everybody is out their to grab your money ???

It is disgusting to see the US certificate calls this a golden proof  ???
Anyway can anybody tell me that half a pound equals 8 ounces ?  >:(

This is the huge golden Sacagawea

http://cgi.ebay.de/Gedenkmedaille-SACAGAWEA-2000-8-Unzen-999-24-k-Gold-/330429756345?cmd=ViewItem&pt=M%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen&hash=item4cef25f3b9

Now who would pay money to have a restrike certified ?
I have one guess

http://cgi.ebay.fr/PIECE-DE-20-F-OR-COQ-ANNEE-1912-/220601370689?cmd=ViewItem&pt=FR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs&hash=item335cddc841

SEWER Gold  ::) Bwahaha
These french should at least take a dictionary to tranlate the action
of throwing grain to grow

http://cgi.ebay.fr/500-OR-2010-SEWER-GOLD-RARE-/130399217532?cmd=ViewItem&pt=FR_GW_monnaie_pi%C3%A8ceseuro&hash=item1e5c66277c

NGC

Is Brilliant Uncirculated a grade ?

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Statere-Aureus-dOR-Brutus-Koson-43-42-JC-/220621084719?cmd=ViewItem&pt=FR_GW_monnaie_pi%C3%A8cesantiques&hash=item335e0a982f

I reckon that would depend on who you talk to. I see it used a lot. The Sheldon 70-point scale and the Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for U.S. Coins make no note of such a grade. So I would say no Brilliant Uncirculated is not a grade. I'm sure some would disagree.

Through trial and error me and my coindealing friend established that FDC ( fleur de coin)
should be MS65 if the vendor is honest . BU however is allover the place from MS60 to MS64 I have the impression. So I am amazed NGC got away with a BU which means zip apart that it hopefully is uncirculated

I understand NGC grading on French coins less and less
Cathy from whom I bought many times has a series coffins
This is one of the first time in 7 years that I see the grade MS61 handed out so many times
Normally it is MS60 for a really scarred bagmarked coin or MS62 for  a somewhat better
specimen
Here those MS61 look better (if they are really MS because coins that old really retone)
On the other hand the AU coins look way overgraded . The AU55 is low XF in my opinion

http://shop.ebay.fr/cathy92400/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340

This guy is looking for an idiot to give him 3900 euro  :D :) ::)

http://cgi.ebay.fr/20-Francs-Or-Genie-2eme-Republique-Rare-1849-TTB-/260620909501?cmd=ViewItem&pt=FR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs&hash=item3cae377bbd

Here we go again
A trustworthy vendor where I bought dozens of times now has idiot help
selling that Canadian junk for 900 gold

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110547831402&_trksid=p2759.l1259

A set of 1848 testpieces from a "championship" to design the best coin
First time I ever see these ( they are zinc )

http://shop.ebay.fr/pidulux/m.html?_nkw=or&_sacat=0&defsort=12&_odkw=&_osacat=0&bkBtn=&_trksid=p3911.m270.l1313

Cartwheels fabricated by using two powerfull lights on a VF that may be cleaned
20$ coin

http://cgi.ebay.fr/Superbe-de-20-DOLLARS-OR-ANNEE-1895-/320550343425?cmd=ViewItem&pt=FR_GW_Pi%C3%A8cesMonde&hash=item4aa24a1301

A templar geocoin
first time I see that

http://cgi.ebay.de/Templar-Geocoin-Antique-Gold-/130401967606?cmd=ViewItem&pt=M%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen&hash=item1e5c901df6

Shame on ¨PCGS
They give an MS63 and it is an AU58
http://cgi.ebay.fr/FRANCE-20FRANCS-OR-NAPOLEON-III-1868A-PCGS-MS63-/330444733602?cmd=ViewItem&pt=FR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs&hash=item4cf00a7ca2

   I have found that dealers and "big" money clients tend to get higher grades than us normal collectors. Of course the grading services will deny that but it is a lifelong fact in my opinion. They have to take care of their big business so to speak!

The guy who taught me everything I knew about grading was first a professional fotoshopper and then a coindealer until his wife left him
He did estate purchases and retail sales
When you submit your coins ten at the time every week you tend to be known as
somebody who needs to be satisfied or he goes to the competition
The most honest seems to be NGC , when they make a mistake it is because they got
a new grader or somebody who had a very nice night behind him .

If anybody is intrested
I know this guy for 7 years
sells worldwide
10$ 1893 in XF condition

http://cgi.ebay.de/USA-10-Dollar-1893-Liberty-GOLD-16-70-Gramm-/310229519425?cmd=ViewItem&pt=M%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen&hash=item483b1ecc41

60% over melt for a MS65 coffin of the lucky angel

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330444735559&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

a one gram brass buffalo ? WTF

http://cgi.benl.ebay.be/Lingot-BRASS-aspect-OR-1-gramme-BUFFALO-bar-/130405627395?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_23&hash=item1e5cc7f603

Germany is in vain trying to conpete with silver eagles and leafs and philharmonics and pandas etc
Berlin Mint is making a one ounce medal in silver
The Quadriga has a very nice design but feels too expensive to me

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260630739762

Now this is a success story
Germany started a gold coin series of 1/8 of an ounce ( very weird denomination)
With the first coin comes the box for all further year coins  ??
On top of that in all their wisdom they decided to half the volume because ??
Result the mints got 150 euro for the coin plus box and all of ebay is getting
300 euro or better immediately from those that missed the start of the new coin

Here is a guy who says 4 times he only sells the box and gets 265 euro  ::)
But he posted a photo with the coin it the box  ???

http://cgi.ebay.de/20-Euro-Goldmunzen-Etui-Etui-Holzetui-Deutscher-Wald-/290461828027?pt=M%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen

MS61 beats me why NGC gave that grade
It is either AU59 or MS63 and I would only bid AU

http://cgi.ebay.de/SERBIA-GOLD-20-DINARA-TYPE-1-NGC-MS-61-/260656966243?pt=M%C3%BCnzen_Medaillen

MS63 and the most ugly I ever saw
Even the vendor hesitates to call it splendide and makes it superbe+++ which is like AU58
I would go with MS60 in view of all the bagmarks
PCGS seems even loser then NGC

http://cgi.ebay.fr/FRANCE-50-FRANCS-OR-GENIE-1904A-SUPERBE-QUALITE-/330467932078?pt=FR_GW_Monnaies_Pi%C3%A8cesFrancs&hash=item4cf16c77ae