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June 12, 2018 at 7:27 pm #21813June 12, 2018 at 7:45 pm #21814
The first link, the seller has 0 feedback. Scam of some kind, almost certainly. You’d have to be mad, drunk and minted to bid that kind of money on a coin with a zero feedback seller.
It’s hard to tell because of the different lighting in the two listings but the paper under the coins is very similar. I smell a big, well planned scam.
June 12, 2018 at 8:26 pm #21818What I can’t understand is why so much bidding on that one coin when the seller has 0 feedback and there are 2 or 3 other such coins being auctioned.
June 12, 2018 at 8:34 pm #21821Probably shill accounts, not looked into them but I reckon they’ve bought low value items to build up feedback, making the bids look genuine.
June 12, 2018 at 10:43 pm #21829This one is for sale from Pontyclun (by coincidence ? next door to the Mint)
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June 12, 2018 at 10:48 pm #21830The rarest 50p is Kew Gardens, it’s worth 50p however since its rare most buyers will pay around £100 to £150 for a circulated coin, and between £15 – £50 for an un-circulated coin since they are not as rare, there are however a lot of Chinese fakes entering the market which have distorted the value of all 50p’s.
Paddington is a new release since the mint has not released official figures as to how many will be minted its value is 50p and anyone paying more is likely to pay upto £50 until the final mintage figure is released. £16,100 is likly to be a fraudulent bid. The name and date on white paper is a standard way of saying I’ve found a new release, it also prevents you from using stock ebay images to sell. The 2 coins appear to be different since coin 1 has a a mark on Paddington that coin 2 does not, both pics are of poor quality though.
Change Checker is a good source of all things 50p.
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June 12, 2018 at 11:00 pm #21831This one is for sale from Pontyclun (by coincidence ? next door to the Mint) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PADDINGTON-BEAR-IN-PADDINGTON-STATION-2018-50P-RARE-ACCIDENTAL-RELEASE/132660613632?
The description in your link looks very similar to the one with £16k of bids. I’m 99.99% sure it’s the same person.
June 13, 2018 at 2:23 am #21836This one is for sale from Pontyclun (by coincidence ? next door to the Mint) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PADDINGTON-BEAR-IN-PADDINGTON-STATION-2018-50P-RARE-ACCIDENTAL-RELEASE/132660613632?
The description in your link looks very similar to the one with £16k of bids. I’m 99.99% sure it’s the same person.
The one bid is from a bidder who has only made seven bids, on seven items, so one each. Five of them are on coins.
June 13, 2018 at 10:45 pm #21852A retired police officer mate once told me that 50p. coins comprised the largest percentage of counterfeited British coinage. Now that the Chinese are in on that game, it must be worse. I recall that some machines, a few years ago, were refusing and rejecting some 50p’s. I was with my ex-copper mate in a car park, trying to pay the machine, when this happened, and that’s when he told me. Apparently machines were adjusted to take all 50p’s, whether light (forged) or full weight (genuine). In other words, the authorities gave up the unequal battle.
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I'm out.June 13, 2018 at 11:43 pm #21853If the Chinese see bobs post. They can happily send me as many 50p they wish. If the perfect the £50 note, all the better.
If the layers are reading, I don’t condone any type of forgery.
(call me China)
June 13, 2018 at 11:54 pm #21856If the Chinese see bobs post. They can happily send me as many 50p they wish. If the perfect the £50 note, all the better. If the layers are reading, I don’t condone any type of forgery. (call me China)
Neither do I, but never got the moulds right anyway!???
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