This has been announced on other newgroups in the past few hours by a dealer friend of mine, but if anyone comes across any of the following coins; Crown 1663 bright Good EF Crown 1687 choice Crown 1695 OCTAVO S3470, ESC 87 Unc or near so and retaining some original brilliance Crown 1700 DVODECIMO Good EF with underlying mint bloom and a few flecks of haymarking S3474 Crown 1821 SECUNDO Choice even grey tone toned Crown 1845 choice grey tone Crown 1847 Gothic choice, toned Crown 1893 LVI EF Crown 1893 LVII Unc Crown 1894 LVIII Unc lovely tone only the odd minor bag mark prevents the piece being choice Crown 1960 Crown Good EF some origibal brilliance strong strike Farthing 1719 EF with a hint of lustre reverse, pleasing S3662 Five Guineas 1686 Five Guineas 1700 Five Guineas 1729 NGC MS63 as further certification ensues this piece will surely prove to be high or top of the population statistics Half Noble Edward III Treaty Series S1506 EF Half Sov 1899 Unc Half Sov 1915s Unc Halfcrown 1698 DECIMO ESC 554 better than EF with some original brilliance, some flecks of haymarking obverse Halfcrown 1917 Unc Halfcrown no problems Unc with some originally brillaince, as godd as you will see for this date Halfpenny 1685 James II in Tin Obverse No Stop after SECVNDVS. BMC 539. NVMMORVM FAMVLVS (5 pointed mullets). Weight 11.07g. With the exception of a few small spots of corrosion, this piece is practically as struck with almost full tin lustre, even on the edge, which is complete and intact. Ex Cooke's Nicholson sale Cooke stated ".... it is difficult to imagine an example in a finer state of preservation" Halfpenny 1753 PCGS AU58 Halfpenny 1868 Cupro-Nickel Proof Penny 1825 Proof in copper pleasing aFDC with a hint of lustre and rare Penny 1855 Unc lustre Rose Ryal James I Second Coinage 1605-06 mint mark Rose S2613 pleasing Good VF or better and ex Garrett sale. London Coins Nov 2004 Lot 662 Shilling 1856 EF Sixpence 1675/4 NGC MS65 Any of those then email me and let me know and i'll get you through to the right people who have the contacts for the collector that's had them stolen. This is any collector's worst nightmare and the more publicity we can get the harder it will be for the crooks to sell them on.
I can personally attest to that fact. That collector must be feeling sick to his stomach. Good luck to him on recovering his coins, and bringing the criminal(s) to justice.
Even worse actually Jody, new info suggest the guy that's had them pinched was actually a dealer. So not only have they taken his coins but also a substantial part of his livelihood. So of those pieces are irreplacible in the scheme of things. The James II tin coin being one of the ones. 17th century tin coins with near full lustre are probably less than 2% of the total surviving population. That's my hazarded guess but tin corrodes real bad.
What is the likely venue for the thief or thieves to dispose of these items. They're not the kind of thing you walk into any local coin store and sell.
I can certainly understand how those pieces would be irreplacible, Sylvester. Hopefully, as a dealer, the gentleman had his inventory insured. That would at least cover his investment, and keep him in business. Insurance is a must, not only for the dealer, but the collector, as well.
GRRRRRRRR If I get my hands on this low life thief, there will be no need to spend taxpayers money on trial--
This seems to me like the type of thing that an intelligent criminal (which I will confess is arguably oxymoronic) would take up to London or another big city. An unfamiliar face with rare, but hardly unheard of, coins is much less likely to be questioned there about the coins' provenance than another dealer in the Surrey area would do. Unfortunately, Ebay is also a pretty easy way to get rid of stuff like this.
Well dealers have been, informed as have auction houses. It turns out that it was an armed robbery, as far as we can tell no one was hurt, it occurs at the dealer's house. The dealer is Mark Davidson who was part of the team that wrote the Coincraft catalogue of UK coins. So it's quite a high profile dealer. Sounds like a professional job to me.
Sylvester, Is this the same Mark Davidson that helped edit the hammered coin part of the Coincraft Catalog? I'm pretty sure I once purchased a George III sixpence from his place in Surrey,not in person..e-mail and snail mail.I hope his coins are recovered. By the way,WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN??
Miko Sylvester posted this last year....but it was posted in again so that is why it looks new. Speedy
Perhaps it might be better to publize the NGC number? Or by ridicious luck, you might be able to find some idiot trying to sell them on scambay?
