Have you been a Numisbid winner today?

[trout]

Very Happy with this coin, My First half Sovereign :yahoo:
Delightful little coin 

[keldaw]

lovely coin Jim , you must be proud to own something like that .

  is it Australian or English ..?? and how can a person that don't know

   anything about them know if it is full or half . ??  

                             ,, kel ,,

[trout]

lovely coin Jim , you must be proud to own something like that .

  is it Australian or English ..?? and how can a person that don't know

   anything about them know if it is full or half . ??  

                             ,, kel ,,

The Mintmark is above the date and the Half Sovs are about the size of a sixpence .
The full sovs are about the size of a shilling :ok:
Yes there is a lot of satisfaction having coins like these in my collection because of the sacrifices made to obtain them.
They are nice but I have got more satisfaction out of acquiring the two Pagodas for my Proclamation set than the Sovereigns I got this year.
I may be a little bit weird  but the History and circumstances about the proclamation coins makes them Far more interesting and challenging Than the Sovereign coins  for ME personally.

[keldaw]

thanks jim ,..  if I get over this problem
 then I will go looking for I or 2 of them too ..

    ,, kel ,,

[ausproofs]

Any winners from today's auction ?

[Fr45h3R]

Only one
http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/coinfacts.aspx?i=1327312&sid=100630

[kchan1111]

I tripled the size of my collection of florins!

1951 Florin - PCGS MS63

1960 Florin - PCGS MS65

:biggrin:

[ausproofs]

Well done guys... I won 2 lots,

http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/19711098.html
http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/30191650.html

[serial]

I got a couple for my pcgs sets. Would have got more but SOMEONE bought the 1951 florin I needed to upgrade my ms61 :p

[duggee27]

none for me , kept sitting on my hands to stop the urge ...

but noticed this ..
one small step up in grade and giant hole in pocket , compare these ..

http://www.numisbid.com.au/Browse/1964-Y_Penny_PCGS_MS64RB/9590

http://www.numisbid.com.au/Browse/1964-Y_Penny_PCGS_MS65RB/10668

woo hoo !!

[accumulator]

NO, because i forgot AGAIN :ireful:,gunna hafta put post it on the computer screen so i don't forget.:dash1::@

[ausjack]

Ok now this isn't having a go at Walter so please don't think it is because you can get some real bargains at auction but you've got to be careful and if your like me and actively searching for the best deals around yous have got to start to do your home work so you don't over bid as two of our member had/have them for sale because I was looking at them for quite some time, Eric has a couple and PP had one but someone bought it in the last few hours. If I was going to bid on the 51 ms63 I google search to see what comes up as Eric's was $50 and PP's was $35 so I don't know why ya's don't suss them first to at least get a price guide for the auction as I have found both EXCELLENT to deal with but each to their own but just thought I'd tell as I thought about not as I'm bound to offend some but hey that's just me and I know we aren't all super rich

If anyone wants any help just yell out and I'll help as much as I can and ya's are lucky as I thought about buying them all but as I'm getting more into my proofs I don't worry but still try and keep an eye on what's going on around the traps and bargains of course :winkextra:
Oh and well done to the winning bidders, some nice coins there peoples :good:

[Fr45h3R]

Good point AJ.
This happens in most auctions though where people haven't done the research. Easy to get caught up in a bidding war, especially as the bid increments change.
I think the chat in Numisbid is great, but I'm surprised how much belief people have in the estimates.
If you get a coin for well under estimate, is it a bargain ?
Or, if you pay over the estimate for a coin (as I did) are you getting ripped off (as opposed to it being a strong result) ?

[stevo1962]

Good point AJ.
This happens in most auctions though where people haven't done the research. Easy to get caught up in a bidding war, especially as the bid increments change.
I think the chat in Numisbid is great, but I'm surprised how much belief people have in the estimates.
If you get a coin for well under estimate, is it a bargain ?
Or, if you pay over the estimate for a coin (as I did) are you getting ripped off (as opposed to it being a strong result) ?

From my perspective the price you paid for your coin was a good result as I  also have a PCGS MS63RB 1939 roo halfpenny and it would seem that there was a lot of interest in it

[Australian coin]

bump* coin auction today 7hrs
http://www.numisbid.com.au/Browse/