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blakeyboy
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He's very good at sleeping, is Frank.... He came in the workshop recently, when I was really busy, him miaowing his head off as usual, pretending he was starving to death, so I quickly grabbed the pack of cat treats, poured some out under his nose, and he looked up like I was an idiot. I was. I'd poured him a neat pile of ground coffee......
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Frank the old farm cat having a bit of a kip in the barn.
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Wonderful Tenby.
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I get that when i'm not helping them....:-)
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Is the bottom falling out of the Penny market ?
blakeyboy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Really? Are penny values ( poor examples and excellent examples ) really that depressed in real terms? If there is a lull, it surely will pick up again, I think in a few years, not a 'lifetime'... There are new young people collecting...there will always be a supply of the right sort of brain in each generation. Maybe there are people under 20 reading this.......:-) -
Oh my God!! I've got loads of these just like in the picture!!! I'm rich, I tell you, rich!!!!! Aston Garage for me tomorrow.. That's 'Garage'----rhymes with 'Farage'........
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Is the bottom falling out of the Penny market ?
blakeyboy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Never enough... -
Is the bottom falling out of the Penny market ?
blakeyboy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Ahhh..... Penny Irving....... -
Is the bottom falling out of the Penny market ?
blakeyboy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Curiously parallel to my business, all this. I restore old studio recording consoles, all one make, British, from 1968 to 1980. I've collected all the parts and console bits I can find for 25+ years. The prices over the last five years have trebled, as people that can't find places to invest their cash join in the feeding frenzy, looking for investments. The good stuff rose first, followed a couple of years later, the average stuff. A nice console now can be £250K...... I'm happy, since my stock of consoles and console parts will give me a pension. However, for example, consider my stock of old audio transformers. What used to be £10 is now £250. Fantastic, you would assume, BUT I now control the world price. If I wanted to sell 300 to buy a really nice car, I would get £100 each, or less, since the _perceived_ rarity is what is keeping up the price. So- what if collectors of good rare pennies sensed that interest rates were going to rise, Swiss banks no longer charge negative interest rates......they'll sell, and all the rare stuff that has never been counted, like F169's all appear at once, and people find that there are actually 50 of them, and the new 30 are all EF+...... Either, collectors buy them up at a good price and flood the market with their old average ones, lowering the price of examples in Fine, or, the flood of EF examples lowers the price of the EF ones......... Maybe. -
Is the bottom falling out of the Penny market ?
blakeyboy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Yes Pete thanks for reminding me- same in everything- quality always holds up. -
Is the bottom falling out of the Penny market ?
blakeyboy replied to secret santa's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
Hmmm...this thread is a worry- I was toying this week with selling lots of stuff, including my pennies, to fund a couple of daft projects/ideas. maybe not the best time???? -
air traffic controller's speech
blakeyboy posted a topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
My late father in law, a pilot, used to play this to my wife when she was a girl. Still a masterclass in deadpan public speaking..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KbUNzi58wM -
Absolutely!!!!!!! I used to have to multiply and divide £ s d when at primary school- we were using base 20, 12, 6, 4, and 2 every day. Ask any kid to do that now. Seven out of four people can't do fractions....
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Predecimal coins in change - When did you last see...
blakeyboy replied to Sylvester's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I can imagine it, and they were 50 odd years....... -
Is it just me? .....grrr...
blakeyboy replied to blakeyboy's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
'£3 or more' ???....you haven't been in London lately....it's ridiculous. No- one EVER sells me a coffee that 'hits the spot' like one of my coffees do, and they cost 10p each.... -
Predecimal coins in change - When did you last see...
blakeyboy replied to Sylvester's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
God Peter that makes my early life flash in front of me... My late Father would give me a half crown if he wanted me out of his hair for the afternoon, and I would hang around in the small amusement arcade that was on the ramp down to Tenby Harbour, inside one of the arches set into the cliff. I would try and not incur the wrath of the arcade owner by watching for the penny waterfall to get ready for a big drop.....and yes, my faithful dog-eared copy of 'Check Your Change' was in my pocket.! -
Bit like that guy who lists coins, but keeps putting up pictures of a tree or a skirting board..........
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Just got in from the workshop shattered, so maybe that explains why my quick look at this lot looks OK...... Has something changed from 3 days ago?
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New one on me too!
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Old Time Dealers-Reminising
blakeyboy replied to Colin88's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
One of my favourites. Not a dud scene. "The next train's gone!" Someone recently found where it was shot, and the line of the edge of the platform is still there in the ground. My father insisted we went on a train ride in the early '60's - turned out I was on the last BR Severn Valley train. Want a day out? Board at Kidderminster, all the way to Bridgnorth, lunch in a pub, and they sell Bathams beer on the train!!!! Best combination ever. -
The most important copper coinage debate
blakeyboy replied to damian1986's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
1853 to 1857, 5 and 10 Centimes struck in Marseilles under supervision by Heatons, showing what they could do in bronze whilst everyone else was producing copper..... -
Is the given letter or number to a gap or a tooth?
blakeyboy replied to 1949threepence's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I now think I've done that with a 1911 penny this week. Done it before on a 1909- the picture was definitely showing '1' over the tooth. Not when it turned up. Same coin, different lighting..... -
Stuff to Make Us Laugh
blakeyboy replied to Madness's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Drove past this today. Nearly crashed laughing. A44 near Rhayader. -
Another Wear/Weak Strike Question
blakeyboy replied to ozjohn's topic in British Coin Related Discussions & Enquiries
I concur. Nicely put. I would add one thing: in my position, I collect for pleasure, but I would make a profit one day on every coin I have. I hope! My pension pot isn't massive, so this sort of thing will help. I always have 'value' versus 'price' in the back of my head when viewing lots. However, grade versus strike/ beauty is a minefield. I replaced my 1903 penny for a better condition one. I still miss the one I sold- it was one of those that anyone with no knowledge of coins would pick out immediately, saying how lovely it was....... Try looking at your collection from that person's perspective. Surely 'eye appeal' has a value??? -
So, Brexit....What's happening?
blakeyboy replied to azda's topic in Nothing whatsoever to do with coins area!
Just seen this- apologies if it's been seen before. Her speech does have some very interesting angles on the German perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63IcW4eo4uM