Jump to content
British Coin Forum - Predecimal.com

50 Years of RotographicCoinpublications.com A Rotographic Imprint. Price guide reference book publishers since 1959. Lots of books on coins, banknotes and medals. Please visit and like Coin Publications on Facebook for offers and updates.

Coin Publications on Facebook

   Rotographic    

The current range of books. Click the image above to see them on Amazon (printed and Kindle format). More info on coinpublications.com

predecimal.comPredecimal.com. One of the most popular websites on British pre-decimal coins, with hundreds of coins for sale, advice for beginners and interesting information.

scottishmoney

Admin
  • Content Count

    1,030
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

Everything posted by scottishmoney

  1. scottishmoney

    EU referendum - in or out?

    For awhile while Ukraine was dismembering itself some wise head in Donets'k proposed that Donets'k secede from Ukraine and declare itself part of the UK since it was founded by John Hughes, a Welshman in the 19th century. I might propose a trade, Britain gets Donets'k and Ukraine, or whatever crumbs are left of it gets Edinburgh - or whatever is left of it. I might bring that up with the powers that be in the DPR, since Russia is not always the most trustworthy of allies of late.
  2. Mine was when I was about 10-11 years old and being in an antique centre and paying the then equivalent of 50p for a well beaten 1861 Victorian penny. At the very stretch it might have been worth 10p, I only learned later that condition should have dictated the price. Then when I was about 14 paying £25 for a rather well worn 1723 Woods Hibernia Halfpenny. That stupid thing is not even worht £25 now. And £25 was a lot of money to a then 14 year old, it was like 10 weeks of my allowance.
  3. scottishmoney

    Another Hoard Found

    I'd sure love to study that hoard
  4. scottishmoney

    Bells for VE Day!

    Book was an amazing read, and a stark reminder that people do not make war, governments, fools and armaments companies do.
  5. At the rate they convert to decimal it would be a better option to sell them in bulk as older coin to a collector. I have some £90 worth of predecimal myself and it just sits in jugs although I did sift out the pre-1947 silver awhile back as I may sell it.
  6. scottishmoney

    Civil War Pound.

    No gloves on those grimy paws - and depositing body oils on a £50K coin!
  7. King Charles III will likely only have a single portrait.
  8. Mary Gillick, primarily because I rather do like finding those portraits in my change - ie Canada cents and five cent coins and occasionally even a spare silver 10c coin.
  9. scottishmoney

    Malcolm the 4th Scottish penny 1141- 1165

    The coins referred to as having been stolen were from the Lord Stewartby collection. As for a Malcolm IV penny, I'd really like to see an image of that - even in catalogues they are rather skint.
  10. I'd really like a design with Britannia stoshing her trident into a terrorist.
  11. scottishmoney

    Any dies for sale?

    I've seen some of his offerings, he's expensive in my opinion and his coins all seem to have a similar tone There is always something disconcerting about coins having similar tones - like cleaned and baked.
  12. scottishmoney

    Alex Salmond

    The Beeb ain't perfect, but it is one heck of a lot less biased than CNN, RT, Fox etc.
  13. scottishmoney

    The Latest Royal Mint 'Offering'

    I'd sell you one of each, ie the five monarchs for a quid.
  14. scottishmoney

    Alex Salmond

    If Alex Salmond was Viktor Yanukovych getting them to "vote" wouldn't have been a problem. In fact lots of dead people voted in the 2004 election. At least Scotland had a real election with very little if any tampering. I cannot ever expect that in Ukraine.
  15. scottishmoney

    Alex Salmond

    Wow, there really are more than a mere few people in say Texas and Alaska and some other western USA states that wish they had the opportune moment to vote themselves out of Washington's hegemony. Scotland was afforded a unique opportunity - most nations only can achieve such an opportunity by taking up arms with much senseless death and destruction. I do believe that 1.6 million discontented Scots canna be ignored though - they are not being currently represented - especially now that the First Minister has let his head roll when many were predicting that it would have been Cameron's head rolling this morn.
  16. scottishmoney

    Alex Salmond

    A more apropro recognition would factor the Kingdom of Northumbria which broached both sides of Hadrian's wall.
  17. scottishmoney

    Alex Salmond

    No doubt at all that all British citizens will thence benefit from the collective nation having overcome a serious trial by an election. Salmond have brought upon a discussion, the one aspect of which has been resolved - but the government in the whole shall have been afforded the opportunity to be much more representative of all it's citizenry.
  18. scottishmoney

    Alex Salmond

    Back in days of old when knights were bold and forgiveness wasn't invented he'd have his head racked up on a pike tall and cold and look not contented.
  19. scottishmoney

    Alex Salmond

    Was seeing on the BBC a bit ago that they are starting their major coverage at 2200 GMT whence the polls close. Extended voting to 16 year olds, voting into the night - what other concessions have been made to make this possible?
  20. scottishmoney

    Alex Salmond

    I have been reading various accounts of whether Scotland would become a republic or retain QEI as monarch. As a part time resident of Balmoral I wonder if she will vote?
  21. scottishmoney

    Alex Salmond

    Rather interesting, but whence I was in Paris just before the intro to the Euro the money changers were actually giving more favourable exchange rates for Scottish notes than BoE notes - because the Scots banks cleared the funds a day quicker than BoE. Northern Ireland banks were given a less favourable rate of exchange vs. English and Scottish notes. Back in history Scottish banknotes were much more reliable than their English counterparts. Banks being stabilised by the joint stock banking system were a help, bank failures in Scotland were the exception rather than the rule. It was not Scottish banks that necessitated the Banking Act 0f 1844, but rather English banks. Bank failures in England were rife, even in the late 19th century. Scotland had a mere one catastrophic bank failure - City of Glasgow Bank in 1878. Ordinarily when a bank in Scotland was on the skids another bank stepped in and bought them out or merged. When Renfrewshire Bank was sequestered in the early 1840s it's notes were slowly and surely paid out - I owned one that had dividend stamps over a period of a couple of years. Which is why you find so few 19th century Scottish banknotes in collections now - they were paid out and destroyed, rather unlike English provincial banks - the number of which you can find for a pittance still.
  22. scottishmoney

    Edward 1st Farthing

    I't be a fair bit of Anglish booty e'en for a Scotty! I like wee bodles meself.
  23. scottishmoney

    Alexander III thoughts on grade

    GVF, one I would buy an' enjoys myself.
  24. scottishmoney

    Alex Salmond

    I rather think all the commotion down in Westminster and the last minute offers of greater autonomy etc are a driving force behind the growth in the polls of the yes vote. It has been right interesting watching the whole dustup on the BBC.
×