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  1. 4 points
    Apropos to the above: A man travels to Spain and goes to a restaurant near the bull arena for a late dinner. He orders the house special and he is brought a plate with potatoes, corn, and two large meaty objects. "What's this?" he asks? "The Matador Special, Senor," the waiter replies. "What meat is it?" the man asks. "Cojones," the waiter explains, "They, are the testicles of the bull who lost at the arena this afternoon." At first the man is disgusted; but being the adventurous type, he decides to try this local delicacy. To his amazement, it is quite delicious. In fact, it is so good that he decides to come back again the next night and order it again. This time, the waiter brings out the plate, but the meaty objects are much smaller. "What's this?" he asks the waiter. "The Matador Special, senor," the waiter replies. "No, no," the man objects, "I had the Matador Special yesterday and it was much bigger than this." "Senor," the waiter explains, "the bull does not always lose."
  2. 2 points
    Good job they're not dipped in glitter....that would be pretty nuts
  3. 1 point
    Now online if anyone is interested. Pete.
  4. 1 point
    Can’t claim originality unfortunately but thanks all the same Blakeyboy 😊
  5. 1 point
    Oh extraordinary!! Pun of the Year so far, Dear Boy!!!!!
  6. 1 point
    Most people think that all testicles are pretty much the same, but there's a vas deferens.
  7. 1 point
    I would think it is more likely that the batch of coins was in a hopper and the hypo solution was tipped in to achieve the toning. Then, as well as the issue of some coins being tightly packed together, and so getting uniface treatment, there is the issue of the hypo becoming used up as it reacts with the coins, resulting in different levels of toning through the batch. It is possible that all coins went through the process, some ending up heavily toned, some partial and some not at all. It may also be that the experts in the past had access to Royal Mint records saying all were toned and were repeating that information, regardless of the evidence of different levels of toning apparent in circulation.
  8. 0 points
    Hmmm.....this is how it looks in hand. Not darkened as in the e bay photo. Only done one side as they're both the same. How misleading can a photo be? Oh well, at least it's better than the one I've got, so not a total waste of money.
  9. 0 points
    Lot 1152 - slabbed as LCGS 78 - Uncirculated or Mint State 63-64. There's months of wear on that. Not even EF.





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