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Not exactly a resolution, more the fact that I have to shed around 20 kilos, I will leave the demon drink alone until I can touch my toes. There again, it's 7 AM on New Years Day and I 'm touching my toes. Only because I'm mainly lain on the floor in an irregular Z shape, fighting off my mighty chihuahua.Fortunately my toes are near my hands, otherwise this would have been a wasted exercise. And the demon drink is on a hiding to nothing as I'm just about to finish the last bottle of port. Happy New Year Chaps. (To be honest, I'm really impressed with myself for typing so coherently, when I can't even stand up)

Happy New Year to everyone on the forum. And thanks for all the help you have given me over the past year.

Hope you all get what you seek. Happy 2018 ☘

Happy New Year, to all on the Forum.......from the Colonies!

Happy New Year all. Hope you all get at least one really great acquisition in the coming 12 months.

Maybe they will replace eBay as the place to go for dodgy coins? One last heave chaps..................

Definitely the original! Shame - I like jazz. YouTube? HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!

I have already reported this item https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/One-florin-1870-Great-Britain-England-UK-United-Kingdom-1-gothic-silver-coin/273003745559?hash=item3f904a9117:g:zEoAAOSwBjdaSA-i to no avail. Perhaps a few more reports may move Ebay to remove this item.

To 2017, may everyones hopes and dreams (and especially much sought after aqusistions) be realised in 2018. Happy Nerw Year! Kev

HAPPY NEW YEAR, guys an’ gals, from the Bridge Inn, deepest Herefordshire, to all for whom the forum is important, Happy Hunting for the year ahead. Jerry and Libby

Yes Happy New Year everyone ! 2018 might be the year I finally get a camera as I suspect taking photo's of coins is an interesting hobby in itself ! My work is bringing in (through enterprise bargaining) a policy where you can cash out your annual and long service leave so I will force myself to spend some of that on a camera set up. Get ready for some shocking pics of coins ha haha. Cheers Garrett

This is an ongoing debate. Personally, I've never seen anything that suggests to me that they are genuine, in fact exactly the opposite. Leaving aside this one, In the case of the two towers pieces, I find it inconceivable that they would make a series in penny increments all the way from 6d to 1s4d plus the higher values. All that would be required would be to get approximately similar pieces of plate, weigh them, and stamp the value. It's not rocket science. You get an example or two of each denomination - which doesn't make sense. Although the denominations seen on the castle and gateway types are more sensible, I also struggle somewhat from a perspective view, and think the castle may be viewed looking at the inside wall. It is also important in my view that Cholmley is reported as producing coins to pay the troops, but no mention is made in connection with this of the quantity of CARA farthings found at the bottom of the castle well (cf. Peck p.56). Although there are pros and cons for them being contemporary with the siege, not least the fact that they constitute the early issues of copper farthings. When one considers the designs employed on some of the provincial civil war silver, they clearly hark back to the early part of Charles' reign, so it would be wrong to exclude the CARAs as possibly being made at Scarborough. Although some of these pieces were in collections going back to the end of the 17th century, that still doesn't place them as being contemporary with the siege. I think it is significant that other siege pieces such as Newark and Carlisle were struck in towns, not just within a castle. I had a discussion with kal about 3 and a half years ago on this topic. I laid my views out in a note, the contents of which are attached. I haven't changed my view on this since then. I'm sure kal will come back on this given his interest in the subject. 140731-Kal on predecimal discussion.docx

The only song for gold coin collectors. Or if you prefer the original: Fabulous piece written by Ennio Morricone.

Always loved Florence

Having just seen the Bill Bailey link, I'm compelled to share this:

Not strictly speaking a song as such, but definitely one of my favourite clips!