Leaderboard

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Great-Britain-Half-Crown-1927-KM-835-Silver-Proof-ChVF/382510982516?hash=item590f6e6574:g:E8sAAOSwW9FbPV1c You can only speculate about this coin but it's a fair chance that the original owner fell on bad times during the Great Depression and was forced to spend it.

The fair is on 3 floors with the coins on the upper two (stamps on the ground floor). There is a lift. There are seats dotted around the dealers tables although generally quite limited. The bar is situated next to the coin section and this has seating. It's always a good fair, if you make it I'm sure you'll have a great time.

Worth being there on the Friday I'm told. My sister now lives South of Darlington but they are jetsetters.The drive and coin fair would be too much (return journey).I will do a Midland before snow sets in.

Looking in coin news Mike the show is on two floors but there are lifts plus a bar which i would of thought had seating

Talking about the Midland a few dealers do accept card but cash is king. If you can turn up with notes you always stand a fair better chance of agreeing on a price you both find acceptable.

Although i have never been Mike ,i speak to a couple of dealers who will be there,some take cards and i know one will always take a deposit if he doesnt know you. Cash will always be better i would of thought especially for a discount I hope you find something and have a good day

Your post brings back memories of the gentle hum of a valve amplifier

Excellent! I just love vintage valve HiFi, particularly EL84 and KT66 amps, I still have a couple of dozen various makes/systems. M-O were widely considered one of the best manufacturers today, and command a premium. I am not technically particularly able, though I can generally undertake amplifier repairs. As in so many things, I am driven by the collecting bug, I also have thousands of LP’s, several series Landrovers, many hundreds of antiquarian topography books and a very patient wife. I also collect real ale, but can never seem to hold on to it for long. Jerry

They are very hard to find in top drawer condition. I got mine in a partially completed Whitman Folder of threepenny bits, predominantly worn specimens, apart from the 1960's, but with this really nice 1948. Not, however, as nice as Mick's. Never realised before that the 1946 and 1949, were specifically minted for the West Indies, so thanks for the info. Knew the 1950 and 51 pennies were.