Chris Perkins

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on what way you look at it) English really is the global language, and although other languages are very important, and to learn them certainly broadens horizons...If English is your first language you perhaps have less need to learn another. I'm finding German very difficult, I suppose partly because of lack of time, and not actually needing to speak German every day. I'm also not very disciplined, and like George I, I just can't be bothered even though I know it has to be done!

I hope you knocked his lights out for that.

Very sensible I suppose. I can never keep anything to myself, especially when I'm excited about something!

That sounds fair, lot of money for a student to spend on a sixpence though! I bet your mates must think you're loopy.

Go on, how much is it?

You're right, I always take that legend with a pinch of salt because people always write it wrong, start in the wrong place or the letters are too worn, so they guess. You need to post a picture Karen.

Thanks, mine's a bit better too, from memory.

In all areas, the students are indeed revolting! Regardless of the year their school was established. Anyway, I'll leave it there.

You're welcome, now I'm just going to slate you in some other areas...

Then it's either a guinea, or a fake guinea. Value of course depends on if it's real and what condition it's in. If it is real it'll be worth at least £55 for gold content. You need to let me see a picture to assess. Where are you? Either email me, or register on here and post one.

Stood back and heard yourself lately?

Sort it out Olli, I know it's your birthday today, but get your head out from up your arse! It doesn't matter if you are fortunate enough to have got into a grammar school (established 1554) or if you go to a 'normal' comp. As long as the individuals get the opportunity to reach their potential. At most schools, with decent enough teachers that are able to spot potentials, and assuming the pupils want to reach it, then that is achievable. I went to a normal 'Comprehensive' (established 1936) as I failed my 11+. Nevermind, I'm doing alright, and am happing doing it. And guess who's finger is on the 'ban' button today!! Oh the power.

What is the diameter size (in mm) and what does the writing say on it? Also, does it feel heavy like gold, or not?

First is a British Threepence, second is a New Zealand threepence. Both are worth very little unless in mint condition (and even in mint condition they are just worth a couple of pounds)

I'd hazzard a guess that the car is a Bentley 4.5 Litre and that the token was issued at a shell garage. The Shell company often make little collections of car, football and goodness knows what else coins. I would imagine it's pretty new, probably no older than the 50's. Maybe it was part of a series of British Sports car coins, one from each decade or whatever.

What a strange thing that is, why and how would anyone do that? Maybe it's a secret club symbol, you know, funny handshakes, right nipples out, and all that. Maybe it was cursed or something, and that's why it was thrown away

In Germany we're supposed to seperate paper, glass and plastic from the rest of the rubbish and put them in different bins. It's such a drag, especially when many things are made of 2 different things. Like Jiffy bags with paper on the outside, plastic bubbles on the inside etc. The authorities have been known to actually check what rubbish come from whom, and there are fines and probably even prison sentences! We have a blue bin for paper, an area for glass (but only milk and i think Wine bottles. The other glass bottles have to go back to the shop), a yellow bin for plastic (which should be cleaned of foodstuffs first) and a dark bin for the rest. We have to clean the yoghurt pots and other plastic packaging before throwing them away. Non PET plastic bottles have to be taken back to where you purchased them for the return deposit. Because people can't be bothered to return the drink bottles, and especially in summer, some areas run out of bottles, so they have to make new ones anyway. The fact you have to take them back to where you got them is a nightmare too, especially if you're travelling. I have a coke bottle from Berlin that i've had for a year and a half because I haven't been back to Berlin! I so look forward to going to the UK and just chucking everything into one bin without having to clean them, split them up and risk being arrested if I don't! But of course it's better for the environment, and the UK is way behind the lengths the contintal peoples go to. Although I heard that the transport costs of getting all the packaging/bottles back to the factories or reprocessing plants, as well as having to supply seperate bins, and pay different companies to collect different things, the extra time it takes in the shops to seperate the returned bottles by type/colour, that it would probably work out cheaper to just make new packaging and bottles!

Now don't be too hard on the poster William, that's actually quite nicely written compared to some of the emails I get from the brain dead morons, in 'What's it worth' land.

This sounds like an unofficial set of 10 coins from 10 commonwealth countries all dated 1977. If so, it's nothing special, but I won't speculate until we get some decent details!

The reverse pic is the St George one above I believe.

You know, you may laugh at the eco warriors, but every green party in Europe has the same ethics and could probably unite far more easily than the other parties ever could. Can you imagine a super European Green party? I saw a thing on TV. They even have pan Europe Green party meeting now you know.

The tone goes all wrong, it kind of looks clean and yukky. I had a friend at school who had such sweaty hands he could do it just by holding a coin for an hour or so. Yuk

Very well put, and they are available in far more varieties.

Great. All the best,

Email me tony: cp@predecimal.com, and we'll talk about this.