Chris Perkins

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.

Dear Dave, I'll answer your query in here, instead of over email. I would be 99.9% sure that what you have is a modern novelty set of Crowns. Often referred to as 'Fantasy'. The Royal Mint never made a 1936 Edward VIII Crown or a 1936 George V Crown, and the fact that you have them must mean they are modern repros. 1937 Edward VIII Crowns may exist in patten form probably in the British Museum or Royal Mint collection, but the only 1936 Crown was the George V wreath type.

This is what Ted Fletcher or the UK metal detectorists magazine Treasure Hunter had to say about Collectors' Coins Great Britain 2005: BOOK REVIEW Collectors’ Coins Great Britain 2005 ISBN: 0-948964-42-1 Publisher: Rotographic I can think of one or two hard-backed and rather pricey books on collecting modern coins that fail to provide their buyers with so much as half the useful knowledge served up in a slim A5 paper-back titled Collectors’ Coins: Great Britain 2005 that has just crossed my desk. This should not surprise me, bearing in mind that the publishers, Rotographic, can trace their pedigree back to those halcyon pre-decimal days in the early 1970s when anybody with a spirit of adventure and an eye for a bargain carried a copy of the miniscule Check Your Change in his/her pocket or purse; when bank clerks suffered all-day harassment to change pound notes for two-hundred-and-forty-pennies in hope that one of them might be a scarce 1918KN or even a legendary 1933. For non-detectorists those days are gone forever; but weekend searches on any clay soil site still hold the possibility of Treasure Hunter readers finding at least F-grade examples of almost any coin from the past two hundred years. So if you missed the chance to buy the previous edition of this little book when I reviewed it about a year ago, here’s the very latest opportunity to add a fact-packed and extremely useful publication to your reference shelves for just £4.95. You’ll get 90-odd pages crammed margin-to-margin with information on every non-gold coin issued in Britain between 1797 and 2004. You’ll also get considerably improved illustrations, and a wealth of numismatic erudition served up in bite-sized snippets that make each turn of the page a minor revelation. Better still, you’ll have at your fingertips crucial price data culled by the editor and his researchers from a range of sources to ensure that prices quoted are accurate and up-to-the-minute. I’m aware that a lot of Treasure Hunter readers bought the 2004 edition, but let me offer a few reasons why it’s worth investing a modest fiver (with 5p change) in this year’s edition: a stronger spine and hardier cover means the new book should stand up to a lot of heavy use as you tug it from your pocket to check on that nice Viccy shilling you’ve just detected; the sharper, brighter clearer illustrations will provide speedy identification of your finds; the improved layout means quicker flicking to the very page where your discovery will be identified; you’ll know at a glance the current value of any British coin find from 1797 right up to last year. Go ahead, invest £4.95 and pocket a constant reference to rarity and value in modern money. Coming soon: ancient coinage given the same treatment! Watch out for my review of Collectors’ Roman Coins Part 1. If your detector retailer or local coins shop doesn’t stock these book go to www.rotographic.co.uk or phone 0871 871 5122. Ted Fletcher. 20 November 2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Those of you that have stumbled upon this post and are not in the know, the book written by me and reviewed above is available from Predecimal.com: http://www.predecimal.com/books/ccgb2005framed.htm

Oh I see. The thing is, ancient coins tend to be so irregular in shape and size do you really think a scale would be any use? The images are shown as close as possible to actual size, but the real ones were rarely perfectly round of course. I suppose it would be useful for readers to measure their own coins against.

What do you mean by a scale Geordie?

Damn, I'd left this forum wide open so the whole world could see it! That wasn't the intention at all. Geordie and Juan (Unknown) I've moved you up to be part of the 'Numismatic Research group', so now you can see this area (and another) and have full rights to post in it. There are only a few select members in here because this info is not really for the public. So Geordie......printing it out is fine, but don't go photocopying it for your mates (as if that wasn't obvious) This book should be around 75 - 80 pages long, so at p53 I'm already a considerable way through. The images are fiddly, but not nearly as hard at soucing all new ones like with CC2005. I hope to have the book proofread, with a fancy cover and printed in January. Then hopefully the Silver coin version a few months after that.

If you want to, you can download this pdf file of the work so far on Collectors' Roman base metal 2005: http://www.rotographic.co.uk/books/Roman1-53.pdf It's about 2mb in size. I was thinking about a title too....For those that aren't aware, the book will give market values for all base metal Roman coins (or at least most of them). it was last printed in 2000 and is called "Collectors Roman Coins Part 1" with the sub title "base metal coins and their value". For the updated version I thought perhaps simply "A Price guide to Roman Base metal Coins". It also has to be quite different to "Roman coins and their values" By D Sear.....And most importantly, I wanted the title to actually suggest what the book contains, instead of all this "Collectors'.." nonsense. And the book on silver Roman coins (I haven't started it yet) can simply be "A Price guide to Roman Silver Coins". What do you think? And you're welcome to go typo spotting in the PDF.

Surely if lots of people sue for example the local council it will mean that the local council has less money to provide services to you, a local person. If you sue an educational authority, it will mean that the schools will get less books/equipment. I'm sure they have an amount of money for legal action stashed away, but ultimately the people suffer in some small way. The compensation culture can respresent a selfish side to today's society. If I tripped up a paving stone when I was younger (and indeed now!) I would be told to bloody watch where I was going.