I am want to meet a good boy!

[I am want to meet a good boy!]

Marina - in my eyes that conjours up a couple of things from the mid sixties.

The lovely bardot inspired puppet that always came to troy tempests rescue.

Or maybe just a pier that stinks of fish

[I am want to meet a good boy!]

Oh chris your a real doubting Thomas arn't you .

Even to the point of thinking she was not female...

[I am want to meet a good boy!]

26 years old and born in 1975 ????

Someone is telling porkies

[I am want to meet a good boy!]

If she wants a boy Hello17 might be suitable- I suspect she might have him for breakfast though.

A bit like Jordan did with Garath Gates......

[I am want to meet a good boy!]

Looks like she would have my collection put on ebay , sold and dissappear into the night

[Bullion Shops]

I always look at the scraped silver in a local scrap dealers stall he is at all the local collectors fairs /flea markets.

The saddest thing is the silver medals from the first world war probably sold for £17.50 or so , it really was not worth selling them 10 years ago - they would have fetched a £5 note.

To just hold one and think about what the holder had to do for the medal breaks your heart.

£17.50? The darn things should be priceless!

[A blast from the past]

Americans DON'T hate slabs at all scott ,(And it's by far the biggist numismatic market in the world). It's just this tiny island over the pond (and most of europe too ), that hate the darn things

[A blast from the past]

VERY impressive! .

Surely you could pass that off for serious money now , was the plug all silver?

I have often wept at lovely coins with a hole on them- proper coin collectors consider them almost worthless.

[A blast from the past]

VERY impressive! .

Surely you could pass that off for serious money now , was the plug all silver?

I have often wept at lovely coins with a hole on them- proper coin collectors consider them almost worthless.

[Premium on high grade coins?]

same goes with the 1895 halfpenny as well - but really i would expect the buyer to go for a more common date like 1901 they are pretty cheap

[Premium on high grade coins?]

A 1902 halfpenny in around mint state should have a lot of appeal to a type set collector.

This might account for some of the silly prices offered.

But if you just wait and are prepared to be outbid a few times you should get a nice one on the bay for £40 - £70 depending on it's grade and if anyone else wants it.

[London Mint Office]

Avoid the london mint office like the plague unless you want to buy unsellable crap.

[London Mint Office]

You would need nad's like a bull and a brain the size of a pea if you hope to make a profit out of anything the london mint office sell. LOL

I do know they sell a mean plastic gold plated ingot

[hi new confuded dad here with 12 n 3 year old collectors]

Try getting him into crowns from the sixties ,seventies and early eighties.

They are really cheap and will be fun for him as well

[THE PRINCE OF WALES MODEL HALF SOVEREIGN GOLD COIN RARE]

Funny enough seller does not say if it is 9 carat 18 carat or 21 carat gold - it's a bit important is it not?

[1775 Halfpenny]

And that george washington probably used this as admission to a public toilet in 1776 $500 -$1500 guaranteed

[THE PRINCE OF WALES MODEL HALF SOVEREIGN GOLD COIN RARE]

I have contacted the seller and pointed out that it is brass not gold.

The seller is either away or chooses not to reply/alter/end the item.

I have therefore contacted ebay and told them it is a fraudulent listing.......................

The seller will be so pleased with you argent

NOT <<< LOL

better disguise yourself now

[London Mint Office]

To describe this stuff as junk is doing it a favour.

Think very carefully before parting with good money for this rubbish.

In two hundred years time you would be lucky to get your money back off this pile of c**p

Invest in bullion pennies for their bronze content or scrap silver but not this

[THE PRINCE OF WALES MODEL HALF SOVEREIGN GOLD COIN RARE]

i was lucky enough to get around £20 for one of these once - there a few avid collectors around ,

They are always brass never silver or gold

[Another large detecting find]

Found in the woods - obviously an early example of a "hedge" fund

[china coin]

"puppet" government - kind of reminds you about the lib dems

Or should that be muppet

[1775 Halfpenny]

Oh by the way the american's love these and they can sometimes go for silly prices on ebay

[1775 Halfpenny]

IMHO almost certainly a fake - it was almost certainly surposed to be less heavy than it actually is, but looks very much like a fake as well look at the crude brittania

[Soap tax]

Did you know that a tax on soap was a major earner for the government for many years, earning as much as 10% of all government revenue until it's abolition in 1853.

To raise a similar amount now tax on soap would have to be around £100 a bar based on an average consumption of ten bars a year by the average person.

This also assumes that usage does not go down with people using fairy liquid or other related products instead of soap

[1876 H farthing large 6]

Sorry there i mean the part of colin cookes site dedicated to sold collections.

Colin's own collection and the nicholson collection of halfpennies are the best reference for us coin collectors, but the other collections are also superb reference works as well.