Hmm...

[Sylvester 15]

I'm in love...

And my am i struggling to raise the funds for this beaut. but i'm working on it, i've got a down payment on it already... (+ a 10% discount)

[Chris Perkins 223]

Go on, how much is it?

[Sylvester 15]

Go on, how much is it?

Was five hundred and odd, but running at 10% off i've managed to get it down to £470, and as part of that £105 of it was a part trade with my cleaned die flawed 1693 sixpence...

But for a coin with that eye appeal i think it's worth it, it'll always be a seller, unlike my other ex-1693 which i couldn't get shut of.

[Chris Perkins 223]

That sounds fair, lot of money for a student to spend on a sixpence though! I bet your mates must think you're loopy.

[Sylvester 15]

That sounds fair, lot of money for a student to spend on a sixpence though! I bet your mates must think you're loopy.

Ah well i don't think anyone at Uni actually knows, it's not something i broadcast simply from a security point of view, i've only got to tell someone who tells someone elsewho knows the address and knows when no-ones in and, bye bye collection.

So i keep stum.

[Chris Perkins 223]

Very sensible I suppose. I can never keep anything to myself, especially when I'm excited about something!

[PAUL.J 0]

Wise move Sylvester!

When I was a student I showed one of my friends my newly purchased William & Mary shilling that I had just obtained from a coin fair. He took it out of the envelope I had brought it home in and flipped it shouting 'heads or tails'!!! He seemed quite shocked when I didn't find it funny!!

[Chris Perkins 223]

I hope you knocked his lights out for that.

[Emperor Oli 0]

He took it out of the envelope I had brought it home in and flipped it shouting 'heads or tails'!!! He seemed quite shocked when I didn't find it funny!!

Foooooool! Nobody with brains would do that, it's like throwing a Chippendale chair onto a fire and saying you need the heat!

[william 0]

I'm just relieved your friend didn't drop the coin, Paul!

[Emperor Oli 0]

I showed one of my friends my newly purchased William & Mary shilling

Is he still a friend??

[PAUL.J 0]

Luckily the coin was unharmed!! I suppose it had survived well for just over 300 years prior to that little incident and quite a few people have probably flipped it!!

It was at that point though, the most expensive coin I had bought. £125.00 for a NVF/VF 1693 Shilling. Lovely tone!! That would have been around 1993!

I do get very nervous when anyone asks to handle my coins. That doesn't happen very often though as most of my friends are not interested!! Probably best.

[Emperor Oli 0]

They should keep their mitts orf! I want a pair of white gloves for mine but when I saw them on a site (this one??) you could only buy them in lots of 5 pairs or something

[william 0]

Really? But you only need one pair!!!

[Emperor Oli 0]

Really? But you only need one pair!!! 

Maybe they think one would wear them out from handling so many coins