Chris Perkins

Oh you're British too! I'm right over in the East, near Chemnitz. There are no Brits probably for 50 miles in all directions! Although I do know an Australian. I know what you mean about getting UK coins cheaper in Germany. What's your ebay id? if I see you bidding against me on ebay.de perhaps we can come to some arrangement and get the coin but share the profit or something.

It's alright Pete, no problem at all. We could really do with a few more non British Members, even if they are not at all interested in British coins. I'm in Germany too, where are you located?

But he's right you know, if the coin is in top grade and a rare year/mintletter it can be worth EUR30-50. Like with a lot of coin ranges, there are rare years/types, but the vast majority are not worth very much at all. The reason I'm always conservative and try not to get peoples hopes up is because usually people have a load of very common very worn coins! The chances that the original poster had a rarer one in EF or better condition are very small. 1957G is a scarcer one (the original post specified 1957), but only worth more than a pound or 2 if EF or better.

Thanks Syl, Waterstone's and Ottakers are both taking stock. (From Gardners Books) I think i've tried every major bookseller, but it really isn't easy getting some of them to take your book....or everyone would be writing books I suppose. Yesterday the Republic of Irelands largest bookseller (Eason and Son) took 300 copies. Such lovely people...They said they would call, and half hour later they called with a respectable order. Why can't those people in Swindon be like that.

I have singles on ebay (so does another seller) but I don't yet have 10's and 100's. I will do at some point.

I'm not too impressed either, the thing is, if they don't take the 1000 books that I basically printed with them in mind there is a rish i'll end up stuck with them!

Following my online order, I got an email from WHSmith: We have received a report that the above order is currently out of stock with the supplier. We apologise for the inconvenience this delay causes. We will keep the order recorded on your account and we will only charge your card once the order is in stock and ready to be delivered to you. Erm, that's strange, because I'm the supplier and I have over 3500 copies stored in the house over the road!!!

Don't you already have one? Fair enough.

'Re-Supply', that's either rubbish, or they've been getting them from Gardners books. Hopefully they'll need to order through me before the 3rd. I don't mind if WHSmith order, or Gardners books, but I'd rather they came to me directly, because they tend to buy loads at once, and Gardners only take smaller amounts. If you get a copy Geordie, send it to me and I'll pay you for it including postage costs.

I've now ordered one online for delivery to someone else (so it looks like a gift!). On the last page it said: We are happy to confirm that you will not be charged for this order until we are ready to send it to you. So that may imply that they don't have any, which now means they have to get some Next time I'm in the UK I'll order it in lots of different branches too, until they (or a wholesaler acting for them) order a large quantity.

That wasn't there when I last checked! They either suddenly updated their book database (which comes from a national group that all publishers add new books to) and they're getting stock from a book wholesaler, and not from me. There is a small possibility that me ordering one yesterday triggered their system to add the book. But however it managed to get there, is of course great!

Oh dear, I can see how perhaps someone who wasn't into coins might think that an average price for a range of coins might do the trick in some cases. I don't think any coin collector would think that though! Keep it quiet a, leave them to do it how they want. I don't want any more adequate competition! By the way, Coin News won't let me advertise my book in their mag, because it will compete directly with the Coin Year Book.

WHSmith are pissing me off. Everytime I try to call their non fiction book buyer at their Swindon HQ, she's either busy, not there, on the phone etc. Despite emails and umpteen messages left with her colleagues to get her to call me back, she simply isn't! So, as a result of that, WHSmith, who usually take at least 1000 "Collectors Coins" books when they are fresh every year, have absolutely no books at the moment. The reason this pisses me off slightly is because every day lost means Christmas sales lost, and how are people supposed to buy my book if it isn't there! So, I would like you loyal British based forumees, if you get a chance, to either phone or visit your local WHSmith and ask them to sell you a copy of "Collectors' Coins Great Britain 2005" (ISBN 0-948964-42-1). They'll find of course that they don't have one in stock and that they do not recognise the ISBN...... To this you can reply: 'Well, it is a very new book, perhaps it isn't showing on your system yet'. Then ask them to order it in for you, they will then ask for your name and a phone number. Tell them your real name if you like and your real number and ask them to contact you when they have it, as 'It's important, and needed as a Christmas gift'. Hopefully they'll then order it in, and should you receive a phonecall you can simply say that you managed to find a copy elsewhere. The main thing is that if as many WHSmith branches as possible show an interest at HQ for the book, it may well cause them to get their fingers out and order a big stock of it. I did it just now with a Kent branch, seemed to work pretty well. (in the event that you somehow have to buy the book, the purchase will be funded by me!)

No, never. They were bloody useless. In fact I was more angry with Western Union that I was with the conning Russian in the end. They simply didn't want to know about how their representatives in the post office in Chemnitz were not properly trained and had caused me to loose £100! So now I simply don't use Western Union.

Here's the picture: (downloading the zip file is not necessary)

No, my account isn't anywhere near as full as I'd like it to be!

It seems that whenever I want to log on it's slow and completely unreliable. I have other accounts too and they always work fine. Natwest online banking is smoothest in my experience.

Honestly, Hoework at your age JMD, that's outrageous!

Anyone else use Barclays Online banking and finding it consistantly (for about 2 years) the most unreliable website in the world?

Super, thanks. There is already a little interest in it, generated from the website and the people that have the first edition. They're good basic books with a lot of info squeezed in for the price and size.

Yes, the ceylon cent will not be worth a great deal unless it's in VF or better condition.

Yes, part 2 will be for silver coins (although the titles of these new versions will probably loose the 'part 1/2' thing). Both of them will go up to about 518 AD when Anastasius reformed the coinage and the Byzantine era 'officially' begun. I'm up to page 62 now on the Base metal version, probably only about another 15 pages and it'll be finished!

Yes, it's perfectly normal (until the Jubilee head shilling of 1887, when they put the reverse round the other way).

It's out, it should be in shops. Over 1000 copies sold in less than a month. What do you think? http://www.rotographic.co.uk/collectors_co...eat_britain.htm

I think you'll perhaps generate more interest if you interact with other forum members in other areas, instead of just blatant advertising.