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The blossoms on my trees this year are amazing , we live on the top of a hill and its not unusual for all the blossoms to blow off, but the last few days have been kind to them and the result is a profusion of colour. Picture of my cherry tree below.

It's well documented that one of the weaknesses of George V pennies prior to the late 1920's, is the poor or weak strike on so many. This typically results in either very poor hair detail, or the breastplate very weak or absent. I've been trying to obtain as many as possible which have decent examples of both. I've now obtained a 1916 penny, which is not a recessed ear type, but does have a decent breastplate and good hair detail. Proves that if you're patient, you can obtain good specimens. I've now got well struck up examples of all the period 1911 to 1927, with the exception of 1913 Freeman's 175 (poor breastplate and hair) and 176, (very good hair but poor breastplate). It's quite unusual to get such a good non recessed ear specimen for 1916.

Thank heavens for my allotment. Fresh air and exercise every day and people to talk to on neighbouring plots 2 metres away. Potatoes are in and the whole allotments have never looked so neat !

Cheer up everyone...have some Thames money.

Done some digging, and although it looks dry on the surface, it's still like a bog underneath, making the soil heavy to turn. In fact, I thought I could hear it squelching as though there was water underneath. I'll post a photo like you've done Blake, when I've finished. Too ashamed at the moment. Anybody re-wilded their garden? It's a great excuse not to have to do any work in it.

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Yes, that's a nice example. Finding a good one is rather haphazard since the reverse ghosting and weak breastplate aren’t deliberate but often occur 'accidentally' as a result of the deep obverse design - it's not always going to be the case. However the weak hair IS deliberate - it resulted from the overuse of dies during and immediately after WW1.

3. His horse is called Monday?

Ruby Wax was on BBC QT and made a great point : while maintaining social distance, make the effort to make eye contact, smile, even wave. Our mental health is important.

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Temperature, highest October on record, recorded in March, Cambridgeshire,

@Paddy Indeed. I also ordered an annual set from the RM - it has the Team GB 50p but they've canned the games now, so that will be a non-event for this year too

I see that you sold your 1861 F33 1/1 on ebay yesterday for what looks like a good price to me...………….and I think more than you would have achieved had it not been an overdate. Were you pleased? I found this F33 proof with similar, but not same, overdate to yours.

3. Monday is his horse.

I know this post is related to pennies for once - unusual for me- but could the Eagle Eyes look at this and decide what it is? Thanks!