Chris Perkins

I expect Lobel would want a massive sum for it, and it would probably need someone already in the coin trade to do it justice. Is there anyone with the time, money, inclination and suitability I wonder....Possibly not.

Yeah, I know what it is! I've always had a link to prdecimal.com in my listings. I had had things stopped a few times, but only because I was selling something that was available cheaper by following the predecimal.com link. Maybe the rules are different there.

A link to your website would have been a good idea too....i didn't see one.

Well if he gets that much for it I'll be very distressed, as I sold a better one with some lustre for just over £3000 late last year!

It'll be worth about £26 (bullion value) unless it's in perfect condition. Check it's a half and not a full sov...It should be about 19mm diameter.

And what's this doing in here?

You see them on the telly in Germany, on the day time equivalent of Trisha etc. They don't quite have the same dress code, but you still find yourself wondering why on earth these useless individuals don't get jobs and sort out their lives. Mainly I find myself wondering what purpose they have on this earth, apart from being exploited on daytime TV and being there to fill up council flats that should really never have been built (note: not all council flat tenants are chavs). Any of you people know East London at all??? (probably not). There's this building you see to the right when travelling down the A12 and a couple of miles from the mouth of the Blackwall tunnel (at one point it's in the same view as Canary Wharf). It is absolutely the most awful beige double block of council flats (joined with elevated walkways) that I have ever seen in any town of city in either the UK or Germany. It is my most hated building by a long way, and thousands of people have to look at it everyday when queuing to go under the tunnel. I expect it's full to the brim with Chavs! That area (which is probably part of Bow) has a large population of asian and black people. I've noticed that all the Chavs I've seen so far have been white. Do asian or black chavs exist?

Use them as antique paperweights.

I suppose there were Chavs at my secondary school in the 90's, even if they didn't have that name then. Although I must say that they were rare, probably only 1 or 2 per form group, and they certainly didn't have Burberry caps then.

At last, we see what Oli looks like

I simply wouldn't have the time I'm afraid. There are other books on the way though....Someone wants to do a GB hammered book for me, Conquest - Cromwell. If that one goes ahead it will fill the gap before Sylvesters.

Upon my recent visit to the United Kingdom, I heard this word being used a couple of times too. I asked my good friend Neil about its meaning. He said apparently it means something like "Council Housed And Valueless". So yes, the ones you see walking round with there socks tucked into their shell suits, with baseball caps and hoodies is probably fairly accurate.

Ok, good point, I'll try to make my status clearer from the signature and notes at the side. You add pictures by using the "You may attach a file to this message." prompt when you post.

I sell average sets 1895-1901 for £3.00: http://www.predecimal.com/forsale/coin_spe...cial_offers.htm So £1 for a single is probably too much.

That's alright, just do what a lot of people do... Use my time and expertise, and then don't even consider selling the coin to me! Nothing personal, but you're not the first to do that, and it's a little annoying that so many fairly clueless non collectors choose to list coins on ebay instead of selling them to dealers, like me. Any chance of at least a link to the ebay listing, and a post of the picture?

I think I sold a 'Fair' one for £35 last year. But don't my word sight unseen. If you register you can post a picture.

If it's worn it'll be in the lower range, possibly even less then £50 (I've certainly sold them for less than £50 in the past)

Careful JMD, you'll go blind! Perhaps I should censor this area.

She has those too you know. Nice little ones in perfect proportion to her petit bod.

Picture's awful, impossible to tell.

A lot of them are pretty worn, so I'm sure they were. Possibly until 1869 (I think) when the Victorians collected in all the copper after replacing it with bronze.

Nope, they're unofficial and have been gold plated at some point.

Well done! By the way, what country is the top level domain .tk ?

Well it was indeed launched yesterday, in that it existed for the first time. I called the printers on friday and I will go and pick them all up tomorrow. About 400 copies are already sold, all of those are in quantities of 10's to 50's and will be sent mainly to coin dealers and a metal detector shop. A few will also be going to Vera Trinder and Barrington Smith (wholesalers) and they sell to book shops and other coin dealers. 80 will be going to the USA. As yet I haven't heard anything that positive from a major national bookseller chain, but I find it's easier to talk to those people when you have something to show them, so early days! I'll also employ the usual tactic of buying some of the books myself to massage orders and get more of them on shelves. I expect I'll also be calling WH Smith branches pretending to be someone else and asking them to call me when they have a copy in stock (and then never going to pick it up!). In fact as I didn't write this book I may as well pretend to be myself this time. I will of course be asking once again that the fabulous forumees can help me with this task.

I don't have a Magnentius coin, how much do you want for it?