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😉 All this talk of varieties reminds me of a recent conversation with the wife of my work-colleague, who lives round the corner. One night she came round to my house and invited me out for a drink in the local pub. Her husband was out of town and I assumed she just wanted a bit of a chat. During our first drink, she was telling me about a small raised ‘dot’ that she thought I might like to investigate, and kept mentioning the letter G. Given the conversation, I naturally assumed that she must be talking about a Farthing, and it must be some sort of ‘G spot’ variety. I hadn’t realised that she was a fellow numismatist, but she reminded me that she also had a couple of delightfully toned thruppeny bits. She assured me that that her G spot variety was very pleasing for the grade and told me that she was currently keeping it in a tight pocket near the top of her thighs. She also said that the variety was best viewed after a light rub. Now I know the forum’s views on cleaning coins, but she said that it had seen plenty of circulation and further rubbing would, if anything, enhance the eye appeal. We agreed to adjourn to my place for a close visual inspection of the variety, and she suggested low light and closed conditions. I carefully opened the tight pocket and, following clear instructions, proceeded to administer the light rubbing. I found this was best done in a gentle circular motion, followed by more vigorous strokes (clear guidance from her did help). I tried to take some photographs of the variety to post on the forum, but despite a great deal of digital manipulation, they all seem to have come out a bit blurry and damp. Not worth sharing… And so, while she is adamant (indeed very vocal) that the variety exists, I am unable to confirm it, as it was impossible to remove the G spot from its snug pocket. Perhaps it’s a bit like Schrodinger’s cat (or perhaps more aptly, Schrodinger’s pussy). In any event, she says that she has another couple of specimens that she will hold in the same pocket, and will let me know when her husband is next out of town, as that seems to be the best time for her to squeeze me in. I told her that I was nothing if not a keen and thorough researcher, and would therefore be delighted to probe further. Just doing my predecimal duty… 😉😋

And he's normally such a pleasant and polite old gent. Always ready with a kindly, helpful remark. Ready to accommodate anyone.

Ebay does not make things that straightforward. That would allow bidders to be identified. The username is encoded into a random sequence, probably containing few of the original letters. In this case, the m and o are just coincidental as you can see that the seller has 125 feedback whereas the bidder has 234.

Peck, You are more articulate than me and have just presented the rub of it. However views do change, George VI and Elizabeth II pre-decimal were not popular in their time but are certainly increasingly viewed as collectable now. Your point about proofs is particularly apt. Surely a proof should be exciting, something to get the blood boiling, an unusual event. Not just the mint churning out thousands of coins because marketing has thought of a new angle. Take the 1927 proof set or if broken down individual coins, I still enjoy looking at them, checking how close to FDC they are, just knowing that relatively low numbers in production make them more interesting. The point about cost is a fair one. Think if that is a factor I might look at something else but perhaps that's just me. M

I worked as a betting shop cashier for a year in 1990-91 and during that time (with the shop manager's express permission) I swapped out from my till 2 silver shillings (1935 and 1946) and 3 silver florins (1922, 1929 and 1941). I still have the 1929 and 1941 florins and sold the other 3 coins as scrap silver. https://imgur.com/a/azGawQF

Esp females that might be considered "eye candy" And not me

Rob's "hot and cold" is relative. In one sense the decimal market has always been flat, for the simple reason that no dealer will ever come close to the over inflated prices that the Mint charges for new issues. To anyone contemplating collecting in that field I have one thing to say: "Buy only in the secondary market and never from the RM".

The decimal market is like any other - it blows hot and cold. 6 months ago I couldn't find enough proof sets to satisfy demand. Sold all I had, then bought a date run of them. Since then I've sold four. If you can work out in advance what demand is going to be like, I'll have a pint of what you're drinking.

Not sure why you're unhappy with that first one? It's rather unlikely you'd upgrade that in a hurry.

if you click on the bids, then the bidder, you get to see how many bids the bidder has with that seller. Whenever that figure is 100%, you can certainly get a feel for whether you're being had or not.

I've collected five varieties of 1787 Sixpences so far. Not happy with the condition (of coin and/or die) of any of them, so will be looking to upgrade as funds allow. NS6 (No Hearts / Serif Type 1 / 6 Strings) NN7 (No Hearts / No Serifs / 7 Strings) NN6 (No Hearts / No Serifs / 6 Strings) HS27 (Hearts / Serif Type 2 / 7 Strings) HN7 (Hearts / No Serifs / 7 Strings) The variety designations and naming scheme are just my method of identifying the examples of 1787 Sixpences that I want to collect. The serif type relates the "7"s in the date and the number of strings refers to the harp in the Hibernian shield.

Do you think he's now hoping to draw interest with a shill bid? Anyone viewing his item would see the page includes many examples of the same repro being offered much more cheaply. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/123397155401?_trksid=p2471758.m4704

Did you want me?

By eye candy I mean the Elizabethan and Mary gold and the many superb other coins of the stuarts and the commonwealth. It was not the sole reason for going, the afternoon was spent at kensington palace (was a bit dissapointed) and a lovely walk in hyde park (Superb) My first choice was buckingham palace but I wrote to prince philip asking if he would invite me for tea and never got an answer

Any coins?