Do these saxon pennies look genuine?

I was going to have a bid on a few of them, I was wondering if thinks these look dodgy or genuine?


http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/com68_de/...me=STRK:MEWAX:IT&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562


Cheers

F

 

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The pictures don't look too bad - about what you would expect for a collection of Saxon coins, mostly picked up from metal detecting. And clearly other people are bidding on them happily.

I would be more concerned about the seller:

1. Not much feedback so far,
2. Most of that from One buyer,
3. Virtually no previous sales of coins.

It is very easy for Sellers to steal pictures from other places, including this forum. I would proceed with caution - happy enough to risk 20 or 30, but not more.

Paddy

 

PS. I would also question why they are selling a bunch of predominantly British coins from Germany? Anything cross-border immediately makes any claim of mis-selling more complex.

P

 

Germany isn't too far from Cnut's Scandinavian holdings; a few Anglo-Saxon pennies could easily be found there. And the coins themselves look fine to me.

Of course, Paddy's reservations about the seller still apply. Caveat emptor.

 

Thanks for info both

I probably won't go mad on them.

 

​Seems OK to me.

 

cheers

 

they just don't ring true to me. perhaps ashmore coins........