Chris Perkins

What do you mean by a scale Geordie?

Damn, I'd left this forum wide open so the whole world could see it! That wasn't the intention at all. Geordie and Juan (Unknown) I've moved you up to be part of the 'Numismatic Research group', so now you can see this area (and another) and have full rights to post in it. There are only a few select members in here because this info is not really for the public. So Geordie......printing it out is fine, but don't go photocopying it for your mates (as if that wasn't obvious) This book should be around 75 - 80 pages long, so at p53 I'm already a considerable way through. The images are fiddly, but not nearly as hard at soucing all new ones like with CC2005. I hope to have the book proofread, with a fancy cover and printed in January. Then hopefully the Silver coin version a few months after that.

If you want to, you can download this pdf file of the work so far on Collectors' Roman base metal 2005: http://www.rotographic.co.uk/books/Roman1-53.pdf It's about 2mb in size. I was thinking about a title too....For those that aren't aware, the book will give market values for all base metal Roman coins (or at least most of them). it was last printed in 2000 and is called "Collectors Roman Coins Part 1" with the sub title "base metal coins and their value". For the updated version I thought perhaps simply "A Price guide to Roman Base metal Coins". It also has to be quite different to "Roman coins and their values" By D Sear.....And most importantly, I wanted the title to actually suggest what the book contains, instead of all this "Collectors'.." nonsense. And the book on silver Roman coins (I haven't started it yet) can simply be "A Price guide to Roman Silver Coins". What do you think? And you're welcome to go typo spotting in the PDF.

Surely if lots of people sue for example the local council it will mean that the local council has less money to provide services to you, a local person. If you sue an educational authority, it will mean that the schools will get less books/equipment. I'm sure they have an amount of money for legal action stashed away, but ultimately the people suffer in some small way. The compensation culture can respresent a selfish side to today's society. If I tripped up a paving stone when I was younger (and indeed now!) I would be told to bloody watch where I was going.

I don't see how fox hunting has anything to do with race (which is basically what 'multi-cultural' is the PC term for). The hunters are white, so are the protesters. The hunters might well be toffs and the protesters are more likely to be working class, but those are not cultural differences on a par with banning Christian symbols. I have no opinion at all on fox hunting, I like the traditional looking part of it but it does seem cruel to the foxes....Then what do I know, i'm not a country person.

No doubt some of the young forum members here deserve a good slap sometimes!

Good teachers are all that's needed, although I'm sure the cane would be a damn good threating device! I was hit at primary school once by Mr O'Brien, a brand new teacher on his first day. He slapped me very hard accross the back of my head because I was hitting paper balls at Kevin with my desk lid (who was returning most of them, we called the game simply 'desk tennis'). I happened to be the closest to new Mr O'Brien when he came into the room. I think that would have been about '88/'89 before the ban on corporal punishment in school, which I think was made in about 1990.

Thankyou Syl, I'm pleased you got there before he did, saved me a groan or 2! Von Muenzen, Sprechen Sie Deutsche?

Metalwork. The Irony...

Do you have one of my books too Emex?

I can't have every Tom, Dick and Guest posting pictures and using bandwith all over the place!

Make it your own work Oli, not Spinks! It has to be more accurate, so just refer to Spink for the odd info snippet.

Well what a wonderful introduction (you'll go a long way!). It is indeed an 18th Century regional token (otherwise known as a Conder). If it's in average condition it's unlikely to be worth very much. I'm afraid I can't really help with the rarity level. Most of them are common and it should state around the edge in small lettering where it was payable/issued.

I must admit to being a bit of a Southerncentric, in that I have not yet bothered to travel outside of London to a coin fair Nothing against the Northen collectors (in fact most of this forum are Northerers I think, and probably more than 50% of my customers too, going by the addresses I send things too). I suppose I'm turned off my the extra fees for accomodation and the looong drive. Perhaps you could sing the praises.

Geordie, I have your email address for your order recently. Shall I reset your password and then tell you what it is? That way you should be able to log on anywhere (if you can remember them!)

I'll probably be stuck indoors in January. I cannot commit to much during Jan-March as the weather gets severe here and I cannot guarantee leaving the street, let alone get to an airport. We already have a good 3 inch snow covering here in the Erzgebirge region (where I am). It's about that time when the TR7 has to be put into hibernation.

Not at all. Anyone that hasn't found your website already is far too stupid to be a customer of mine.

And feel free to pinch the pictures of the Book from predecimal.com

I can't remember how many posts you have to make, I think it's only 10. Of course, it means Newbie in here, not in coins.

Great. The more you sell, the more I'll like you, it's as simple as that!

And you Andy, and welcome in here.

Well I never, another blatant advertisement in MY forum! I don't stock Spinks, so please do feel free to get one from Andy, I can vouch for his honesty.

I would have thought the forum software might have a problem if you wanted both computers to keep you logged on (because each would have a different IP address). There should be no problem for you to log on on the laptop using your user name and password. Are you sure you know what your password is? You should be able to get the laptop to 'remember' it, if it's set up that way. If all goes pear shaped I can give your user ID a new password and then email it to you. I am unable to read what your current password is.

I think he's confusing demonitisation with coins simply not being made in certain years. And from the young portrait, that's 1736 unless I'm very much mistaken. The '3' often looks like a '5'.

Yes, if you like. They should of course have a mention, but without detail if that what you want to do.