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As I've said before on here I don't often buy coins these days but will, once in a blue moon, spend an idle hour or so grubbing about on Ebay. It would seem there are still occasional bargains to be had as I've just bought this. BIN £1.50, and with free postage.

He'll need admin to remove it, as it's too old to edit. They'll need to remove it from your quoted post too.

Chequebooks at the ready

Just enjoy the country side and leave your horned helmet at home.....Wales well we are still able to shoot the feckers....head to mumbles for a bit of a do....I still scratch.

Speaking of Welsh .. what happened to John Welsh ... ‘Choice BU’ that never was in my experience

Welsh....nicely overgraded....and still going.

I think coins were collected fairly soon after the concept of a coinage was introduced. The evidence is certainly there for numismatic hoarding by the Roman period, because the Bolsena hoard, sold as part of the Sarti sale in 1906, contained practically as struck sestertii covering a period of 200 years or so. There is no way that high grade sestertii would survive in circulation for so long, leaving a numismatic collection as the only sensible alternative. The artistry employed in engraving coins would be as recognisable as that seen on jewellery or other artefacts, so there is no obvious reason for not collecting them.

Colin's "update" - was a handwritten list of each item number that had been sold off the list which he then photocopied on his fax machine. He would send this to anyone that was unlucky when they phoned up for an item. Inverted commas to emphasise it was his special touch of customer service.

My late wife phoned Colin about a Peck....he put her in touch so when I appeared from London one day I was greeted by a 2nd edition with dust jacket. Blimey really fond memories.

People say John Minshull is somewhere in the US these days if he's still alive. I would love to see an old Farthing Specialist catalogue from the late 70's/early 80's. That would be a trip down memory lane, always an exciting event every 6 months or so when a new one turned up.

OK, it's not that funny, but was worth buying.......

Means tired or similar really but often used as in mithered or pestered. So if the wife keeps asking me to do something i will say "alright stop pow faggin ". Just a daft Lancashire thing 🙂