Chris Perkins

Normally Hadrian coins with Britannia on the back are quite sought after. Can you give size details ans provide a picture?

And he was a previous MP of Sidcup, where I was born. I think he lived there until recently, or maybe even still does. Whatever your political persuasion, being a PM is no doubt a very stressful job, and probably getting to 89 isn't doing to bad at all for a former PM.

Ok, but don't expect the value to go up more than inflation, I imagine they will be just as common in 20 years. Worth keeping if the whole thing is mint perhaps.

If the coins are all untoned and the cover/case is perfect then max £10. I've seen them sell for just £3 though, and potentially less I would have thought.

That's so cool, where can I get one? No traffic problems here, but imagine commuting in one. Simply fly 10' over the cars.

You got them on Saturday! Bloody hell I only took delivery of the books on Friday and posted them on that day. That's an overnight service to the UK from Germany! The quality is fabulous of the silver book. It's almost worth buying it just for the quality.

Gaming token? Coin Weight? Tourist piece?

Yes it certainly will. The old printers let me down with CCGB2005...I did ask for at least a 150gsm cover, but got something about 90gsm! The cover of Roman Silver is 220gsm, and the pages are 100gsm! The cover is also laminated (properly) and the print is very crisp on the cover and within. I simply can't wait to see CCGB2006 looking like this. Such great quality.

Roman Silver Coins - A Price Guide is now available at £5.95. The quality of this, the latest Rotographic title is very high. The cover is stiff, the pages are thicker and it's an all round better job (a new printer has been given the task this time). I'm off to Prague tomorrow, so will be putting the book on predecimal.com on Monday. It's already available to order on Amazon.co.uk (search on 'Roman Coins'). Or if you want one direct, please email cp@predecimal.com or post in this area.

It's tempting to add everything you find, I know. Some varieties are rare and difficult to explain without images. Overdates are easy to explain, so they can go in if they definitely exist. As for the values, if no one knows about them then surely they would be sold for the same as the normal type?

Could anyone help me with this question: How much 60 pences in 1936 would be worth nowdays? 60 pences was the price of the first penguin paperbacks sold when the company was lauched in 1936. I wonder what was the price of a pint of milk or some essential food in 1936? Thanks a lot for your knowledge. 5 Shillings for a paper back in 1936 would have been a hell of a lot of money! Probably something like at least GB£10.00 nowadays, or US$18.00 I would imagine. Are you sure they were that much, they're cheaper now.

If they're mint or near mint then they will be worth more than £50. There are no doubt some rarer serial numbers too, the first and last prefixes usually have a premium, as do replacement notes etc. But basically, if they're tatty, pay them in to your bank account.

Hey, here's an idea. Why not inform Mrs Rob and Mrs Peter of my existance and provide my details, and you can rest assured that should the worst happen, she won't be taken for a ride by someone. I take my business as a coin re-ownership agent very seriously.

What have you taken today Syl?!? Of course she didn't use magic, it was a real flying bicycle. Do you think they'd have them on ebay if I looked?

I saw on telly once a human powered flying machine with pedals and a professional athlete somewhere very warm, and I seemed to remember his flew it for 72 miles! But I'm not a professional athlete so I'd be happy with a supergran type machine!

Was that flying bicycle thing in Supergran actually real? I mean, how easy is it to build a human powered flying machine....One where can I get one!?

I'd say it looks Thai, Burmese or Cambodian, or something around that way.

The whole bloody city is always overrun with fat Americans and really over zealous Japanese people, so it probably won't even notice! I'll have to make sure my house is free in 2012 so I can rent it out for 3x normal rent money, as it's only 1hr from central London by train.

I think that's probably just visible to you. I had to enter an MSN id, and then it didn't work.

Hey Geordie, you're like, well old! Happy Birthday. (This forum is becoming basically a peoples Birthday forum at the moment)

Are you sure it's really uncirculated? Most people that I know who can tell a coin is truly uncirculated know that the WW refers to the William Wyon initials on the Queens neck. Post a picture. (and please, keep related posts in this one area)

Well it was alright if you like that kind of thing. Just between you and I though, I think I would rather have been in a British pub with a choice selection of chums Lets hear it for pubs and British chums! (I'm no drinker, I just like to be around friends in that kind ot atmosphere)

Finland seems ok now, Pennias before Markka. France KM902.2 has a large C or a small c listed. France KM888b.1 lists now include 1948-50 and 1952. Italy KM188 is still $65 (what should it be?) I've got the 3rd edition 1801-1900 edition, is that the latest?

Yeah it looks a bit mucky to me, and the fields aren't at all prooflike.

So far Worldpay have informed me that they will be refunding some fees that they took in commision after a Nigerian attempted to spend about £10,000 on Coin books! Rightly so I thought, and I had to threaten turning them off and going to the press, but it was nice to know I'll get some money back on my birthday! I remember on my 21st Birthday I got a cheque for £500 from my insurance company that was completely unexpected, as a payment for the inconvenience of my Spitfire being written off! I'd received the payment in full for the car some weeks prior, so that was a nice surprise. And yesterday, the TR7 sailed through its MOT, so that was also good. Although, I will be having it renovated to a presentable standard, and that won't be cheap in the long run! We'll have a barbeque tonight.