Foy & Gibson

bellyflorin · May 19, 2015, 08:18:37 PM

[attachment=3232] here's my perth ,sorry about photo lol

The fake bag's were easy to pick ,what i remember , they were made out of modern day smooth paper , not a pulp looking paper , if that make sense lol, and the colour was wrong .

ausjack · May 19, 2015, 08:44:07 PM

:scratch_one-s_head: gee that looks very much like the one I thought I left down there..I wish :mocking:

trout · May 19, 2015, 08:44:30 PM

I may be missing something here but it seems like a bad case of "packyboxitis" to me.
This may be an important numismatic item to some and collectable but for me it is simply the packaging the coin came in and people are paying ridicules prices for a grubby old paper bag Sans coin :angel:

proof27 · May 19, 2015, 08:47:44 PM

Very nice Belly, very jealous.

ausjack · May 19, 2015, 08:52:05 PM

:laugh2: your no :angel: that's my spot

yeah it's only a little bag but they buy all sorts of packaging these days, even seen a wedding set box amongst other things on ebay

Goldseeker · May 19, 2015, 08:53:38 PM

Dere ya go as requested:

Oh, the two UNC Coins are in another package alongside the above.

purplepennyhunter · May 19, 2015, 08:59:33 PM

Quote from: 'Mister T' pid='72665' dateline='1432028981'
Quote from: 'nealeffendi' pid='72543' dateline='1431839995'I'm too timid to buy one of those bags as there are alot of fake ones out there (to go with the Chinese florins). How do collectors identify the real bags?

I have a feeling there was a Coin and Banknote magazine article about it a few years ago, or an article somewhere anyway.

There was a spate of fakes a few years ago now that prompted this - Fake Foy article

I love the story behind the bag, the Mark Foy story, their history and how it was issued.

proof27 · May 19, 2015, 09:00:22 PM

How has the writing come through to the back?

purplepennyhunter · May 19, 2015, 09:03:33 PM

Quote from: 'proof27' pid='72688' dateline='1432035022'How has the writing come through to the back?

It's the printing off another bag?? -so technically it's 1 1/2 bags -does that make the grade better??

proof27 · May 19, 2015, 09:07:15 PM

I have the bag but not the coin, noticed you have a MS65, do you ever see a higher grade around PPH?

interest · May 19, 2015, 09:12:38 PM

Quote from: 'proof27' pid='72688' dateline='1432035022'How has the writing come through to the back?

In printing terms it's called set off, where the ink has not dried, thus setting off against next item.
As they were all done by Letterpress & not Lithographic the chance to have set off is greatly increased.

The first lot of blue 1993 Ten dollar notes had the same issue because of the amount of ink used to print the blue number 10.

proof27 · May 19, 2015, 09:14:47 PM

I was just reading about the $10 note today, never knew that.

robbiegal · May 19, 2015, 09:22:37 PM

oh
I thought that bag may have been a obverse brokage ha ha

Quote from: 'bellyflorin' pid='72679' dateline='1432032517'here's my perth ,sorry about photo lol

The fake bag's were easy to pick ,what i remember , they were made out of modern day smooth paper , not a pulp looking paper , if that make sense lol, and the colour was wrong .

hi belly boy!!

interest · May 19, 2015, 09:37:34 PM

Quote from: 'proof27' pid='72692' dateline='1432035887'I was just reading about the $10 note today, never knew that.

Not only did they change the BLUE to GREY but they changed the screen so it would carry less ink, no more set off!

purplepennyhunter · May 20, 2015, 07:28:44 AM

Quote from: 'proof27' pid='72690' dateline='1432035435'I have the bag but not the coin, noticed you have a MS65, do you ever see a higher grade around PPH?

I have an MS65 myself and The Purple Penny has one listed and has sold a number over the years.

Eric has a couple of 66's on his site. Drake Sterling