Chris Perkins

My No.8 Newsletter is scheduled to go out in 20 minutes. It contains 180 New coins in list form (no pictures this time round because my time has been taken up by the book). It also includes a discount on Collectors' Coins GB 2005. And here it is: http://www.predecimal.com/newsletter/number8.htm

But the difference is, collectors usually have full time jobs and lots of other commitments. Proper coin dealers do the same kinds of things daily and they gain a big experience on the kinds of things people want, and also how to price and grade their coins. They usually keep a good general stock too. Anyone can be a 'dealer' on ebay, but it's likely to be a very ameteurish hobby affair unless you have an independant regarded point of sale such as a shop or a website. And to be a proper dealer, some kind of dvertising is good too and you need punters and contacts. It would be hard to be a coin dealer just using ebay to buy and sell.

Yes, that's probably the case.

And when the time comes, you better be careful where you put your Henry. Like it!

Mine's Henry (and I put 'Chris Henry Perkins' as the author of CCGB2005 in the front cover) I'm the 3rd generation to have a 'Henry' somewhere.

The Australian that lives near me always refers to the Head side as the back. Isn't that the most illogical conclusion to come to, even if you know nothing about coins. (in my mind it is) He and I were talking on the phone about a commemorative 1934 Melbourne Florin that I wanted to sell him...And he said 'You have to grade those by the front, because the Crown and head are always sharp as UNC'. It took me a while to work out exactly what he was talking about. Mac, why did you call the head side, the back?

The first is a 'One and a half pence' (or three-halfpence). Not worth a huge amount if in average condition. The 2nd is indeed British African, but without dates and more useful info I know as much as you do!

Regional tokens issued by local authorities, merchants, factories, firms etc at that time. They served as a local substitute for small change and were guaranteed to against regal coinage. Do a google search, the Americans love them for some reason (more so than their own countrymen!)

That looks like a 'BRUTUS' token. A Conder from my Granddads birthplace of Walthamstow (which was then very much Essex, now it's London E17). But I could be mistaken. Has to be a Conder though, i'd say.

It's a tough one so far, even for most options, with most people not giving a damn!

That picture is better, and exactly what part of the border is missing?? The colons have been blocked in the die, but are clearly there. In short, it's nothing special.

You're absolutely right Custard. But the PDF is a lot more convenient than the printed version, with full colour, resizable images and the portability of using it on your laptop/PDA, home, work or school PC's. If they don't sell I'll put the price down. I'm just trying it out and haven't taken into account any possible income from the PDF version.

vidlerdidd, My opinion is that it's not a major mis-strike (it's not that off centre), and the colons on similar aged coins have been known to clog up on the dies in the past, leading to none appearing on the coin. Couple that with the fact that it's low grade I would expect it would be worth not more than a couple of pounds...To the right person.

Bacon's worse because it spits so violently!

None of you young member will have a clue who any of those people are, but I'll give this a try!

I thought I'd give you the glory of mentioning Morocco Kuhli Those things are very popular email questions because they look old, have an old date on them (in arabic) and a Jewish star for some reason.

No really! I was in Arundel once on the Sussex coast and the locals there told me about a fierce dragon that used to terrorize the inhabitants just 600 years ago. You obviously didn't have Dragons in Spain Juan!

I think the nakedness was probably artistic licence, but who knows, he could have been in a nudist area when all of a sudden a great big dragon nabbed a sausage off his barbeque or something! But there were real dragons and he did slaughter them, I have no doubt about that!

Dear Alex, I have a few nice 1935 King George V Crowns and earlier ones, as well as 1990 (Queen mum) ABU £6.00, 1998 (Charles) UNC but bag marked £5 and 1996 (Queens Birthday) BU ex set £7.50. I also have some lovely Victorian Crowns: http://www.predecimal.com/forsale/crowns.htm

That is horrible isn't it. And also the 'Lets Roll' could really be taken in a right wing way. To me it sometimes looks like life in America is just one big long movie anyway! 9/11 was the biggest single loss of US lives outside of a warzone, but all this commemorative crap that's coming after it is in danger of doing the exact opposite of what it's supposed to do, and actually trivialise the whole event. (although everyone knows it only supposed to make money) To be honest I've had it up to my ears hearing about those 'brave' victims and all the American patriotic crap that I'm sick of the bloody thing now and I'd almost forgotten that there actually were poor innocent victims that had lost their lives! It makes it look like 9/11 was all just a big money making exercise!!

I think it's most likely North African, and most likely not as old as it looks...Owing to the fact that modern minting equipment didn't reach a lot of the world until about the late 1800's. Not my area though.

Go for the ones that cost face value and don't pay silly prices for bits of card/plastic that are unlikely to help the coin ever be worth more. I have a few post 1990 Crowns, which do you need?

I think the first batch sold out sharpish. I should be getting one soon from a dealer friend. (Sponk )

And what happens if one side is more worn than the other? Do you get AU58/EF45, or does it bring the whole coin down to AU50?

What's FVG???