Chris Perkins

Hmmm, I've read about this thing called 'Wobbly Hedgehog Syndrome' or WHS (who also buy my books!) that is similar to multiple sclerosis in humans. A problem with the nervous system that seems to start with the back legs and spread until the poor thing can't move at all :-( His back legs do often get tangled, and if you don't hold him when he eats he just falls over or sort of hobbles/rocks around in circles. There are other things that can cause hedgehogs to act a bit drunk, but from what I've read and compared with his symptoms, it doesn't really look good. WHS is not curable. He also seems to have trouble swallowing and eats bits of meat but then they fall out of the left side of his mouth. Also, his left eye never opens and his head is always curled round to the right. If the antibiotics don't do fix Igor, then I don't think he'll ever be able to fend for himself.

No, I was expecting to, especially after the 2 injections, the drops and of course the doc's time! I went and asked the nice Fraeulein how much I owed and she said if the dr didn't send me out with a bill, then nothing. Perhaps we'll end up paying something next week. I really don't mind as I feel responsible for the little fella now.

3 days ago we found a hedgehog over the road during the day on the pavement looking a bit dazed and confused. He was dangerously near to the road. I went over and 'shoed' him into a basket thing and took him into the garden. He didn't seem properly awake somehow, almost as if he was drunk. He ate plenty of cat food, part of an apple and an egg and drank some water and then went to sleep. He stayed asleep (very deeply, a sort of quick hibernation because the nights have been very cold here) and finally woke up today. He still behaved drunk and couldn't stand up properly. We thought he'd perhaps broken a leg or something as he spends most of his time on one side and when he tries to walk he almost rolls over, either sideways or forwards. So, earlier we took him to a vet, half expecting him to say that "his leg is broken, we'll have to have him put down"! He checked his legs (inbetween him being rolled up tightly!) and all 4 seem to work ok. He seems to have a big co-ordination problem and the doc said he may have had a bump on the head or a stroke (less likely because he's very young). He said it's a very good sign that he's lived 3 days and that whatever it is may get better on its own. He got 2 injections of antibiotics against infections and had some drops applied under his spikes to kill of all the parasites that seem to plague hedgehogs. We have instructions to keep him fed and watered over the weekend to see how he goes. We'll take him to the doc again next week for a check up. Just now he ate and drank well, and as long as he's breathing, eating and drinking he may recover. I named him Igor because it's the closest name to the German word for hedgehog, which is "Igel" (pronounced just like Eagle actually).

All of the different types are illustrated in 'Check Your Change', which is illustrated in the top area of the forum and available from Early June.

Looks alright to me AU58 seems well graded enough and the 'A' is for 'About'. Why do you think that is isn't uncirculated?

I think the Yo* might be so that it's easy to tell the listings that are from this seller.

I wasn't exactly overwhelmed, so most of the above is now on ebay. (user chrisperkins)

Very well done NumisMattist.

You're just being naive! They are real coins, probably photos stolen from other listings (that has happened to me quite a bit). Once the buyers have sent all the money, he simply withdraws it from paypal and then does a runner. He probably used a stolen credit card to verify his paypal account, so they will have trouble getting the money back for the buyers, who won't receive anything. I bet the seller is really in China.

I always fancied a go in a TR8 (or TR7 with a V8). You can bore those Rover V8 engines and change the crank and make them over 5 litres!

In the 70's someone put a Merlin engline in a Rolls Royce Car! Did you ever read about that?

The old Jensen Contraceptor! Someone I know had one of those when they were new and it blew up (well agressively caught fire) on a long stretch of A road. Probably electrical too. My dad had a Daimler 250 V8 (1969) and sold that way too cheaply before I passed my driving test! Mind you, it was brown. This is the website of a good friend of mine: http://www.dovercourtrollsroyce.com/ The blue Silver Shadow top left on the cars page was nearly mine but I decided to go for one less lairly with less mileage and a wee bit newer.

You're right, so I've split this off the coin related topic that it ruined! Have a look at the RMA these people are offering for sale: http://www.richard-shrive-cars.co.uk/ The Silver Shadow II's are the last of the real R-R's in my opinion. In 1980 when the Spirit came along they ended up with massive square headlights and looked like gigantic Ladas (apart from the Corniche which stayed good looking until the mid 90's)! Then after that they went all foreign, so they don't count even though they are also wonderful machines! SSII's for breaking are around £2k. Tatty but working examples are about £5k. Better low mileage examples with full service histories can go right up to £15k, but those kinds of prices are not often asked. On one hand it's not a lot of money for such massive well specced cars, but it helps if you know where to get cheap parts and specialist labour for them because that can be a killer! The previous owner spent £1500 on mine just freeing up the brakes after the car had been standing for some years! The heater/air con had also stopped working, so had the cruise control and the motor had seized that drives the headlamp wipers. It's a big problem with old cars in general but especially with complicated ones....They need to have regular use or things stop working. So when I get it back to Germany, I shall try my very best to use it every day.

I heard they can be a pig, especially with the original alloy/cast engines. That's what it's all about though, you drive around in it because it makes you feel good, and it doesn't matter what it costs to keep it going! I've recently acquired a 45,000 mile 1980 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow II. It's in England at the moment, a nice original car. I'm driving it to Germany in June.

Absolutely, assuming they are removed from the car! Have you got a '77 Stag? Did you know I grew up with Triumphs and had 15 of them over a very short space of time? Never had a Stag though.

Sounds like you need some of my wonderful digital calipers too. Finest German quality (and we know how accurate the Germans are reputed to be) and only £25 plus postage. Hussulo already has a set (en route).

Cabinet friction. Just a slight rub on the lustre from storage. NEF 1904 (on the website) is the best EDVII florin I have at the moment. 1902 BU is pretty common, but my stock is so low and I haven't had a good buy-in for ages.

Thought I'd offer these here before putting them on eBay. Save my fees buy buying them through here! Maundy Set 1905, as struck, matching tones. Supplied in a newer (good quality) red case. £70.00 Maundy Set 1908, as struck, dark matching colours. Supplied in a newer (good quality) red case. £70.00 Maundy Set 1873, virt as struck (slight cab friction on 4d). Supplied in newer red case. £100.00 Part Maundy set 1892. Missing 4d. As struck, 3d a bit brighter. In red case as above. £60.00 Part Maundy set 1820. Missing 4d. 2 & 1 as struck, 3d slight c/f. No case. £80.00 Half Crown 1902. Slabbed MS63 PCGS. Truly UNC, but imprisioned. £110.00 Half Sovereign 1866, die 15. GVF charming mid to high grade coin. £170.00 Sovereign 1931 SA mint. UNC, bright. £100.00 Crown 1933 EF-GEF/GEF and attractive. £190.00 PM me or email cp@predecimal.com. Most of the above is not on the website. Pictures on request, but I'll like you more if I don't have to bother and you trust me!

You think the rev is identical? From a picture I have in a book, it looks vastly inferior in workmanship. It's obvioulsy supposed to be the same rev as the real thing, but it doesn't look very well done to me.

They're on their way!

You're right E Dawson, the gold coins, which would have been all too tempting to spend at the time are often never seen in true BU. And with gold being so soft it usually always has marks.

That's not the official one. The official one is by Croker of of much higher quality. That one may be contemporary. In the Croker medal the Queen faces left and the reverse is the same but of higher relief and with better executed figures.

Nothing has been changed, but you do normally only have the edit option for a few minutes after posting.

Ah yes, that'll be where he's going wrong! Like most people that find an unknown coin that has a rare variety, they always assume that thier coin is one of those rare varieties without having a comparison and in many cases without even understanding what the variety concerns! I'm afraid the chances of your 1889 Sovereign being worth much more than bullion value are pretty slim.

I don't have a Coin Yearbook 2007. But I can assure you, there are no rare 1889 Sovereigns. It's either a printing error, or you're looking at the wrong coin. Get yourself one of these (seriously): http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0948964...ASIN=0948964537 Once you have that you'll never need another Coin Yearbook!