ebay

[Paint Your Wagon]

Gold it says in title
Goldplate on bronze it is 



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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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://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

[Paint Your Wagon]

Obama colored "sic" and covered in fine gold

The picture is right click protected 



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

[scottishmoney]

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.

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Eringobraugh]

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

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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



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

[scottishmoney]

27 carat junk

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

[Eringobraugh]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[scottishmoney]

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.

[scottishmoney]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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 

[Paint Your Wagon]

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 )

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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://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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[TwoShadows]

Now I am going to have to dig mine out and check it for damage!!! 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?

[Paint Your Wagon]

Now I am going to have to dig mine out and check it for damage!!! 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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[TwoShadows]

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!!!

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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://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

[Paint Your Wagon]

LIke two dozen postage stamps in gold



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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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://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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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





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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[TwoShadows]

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!

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

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

[TwoShadows]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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 .

[Paint Your Wagon]

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



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

[Paint Your Wagon]

Crappy design




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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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



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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

What is a Brolga ?



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

[Humpybong]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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 )

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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



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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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



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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

And another brushed piece of crap



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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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://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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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




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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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




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

[TwoShadows]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

[Paint Your Wagon]

250 year old CLEANED coin for sale on the bay

7 gulden 1760 Holland



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

[Paint Your Wagon]

King Arthur 2008
Copper coin silverplated and then goldplated 9999 pieces



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

[Paint Your Wagon]

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

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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

[Templar]

 
   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

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It sold for 8.5 euro plus mailing cost

[Templar]

  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

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This guy sold them
Does not seem to have any left

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

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

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

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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

[Triggersmob]

I had no problem copying the pics here.

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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

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A new grade is made
MS58  
And the vendor is serious about is MS58  
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

[TwoShadows]

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.

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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

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Sheldon rarity scale

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

[TwoShadows]

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

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

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

[TwoShadows]

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

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

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 
I learned german by watching uncensored films when all europe was still
using those ugly blacked out circles  that was like1963 ish

[TwoShadows]

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!!!   Control comes in many forms! You must be taught fear and shame as we are not born with it!

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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!!!  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

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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

[TwoShadows]

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!!!

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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 ?

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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

[TwoShadows]

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!

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!

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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 .

[TwoShadows]

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!

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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 
And for the knights you make a first edition strike in silver 

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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

[Nevol]

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!

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?

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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!!!

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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

[TwoShadows]

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!