Chris Perkins

With his foul langauge and with John Prescot as his mentor, i'm sure he'd go far!

I emailed him asking exactly what it was that he was selling, because the image, title and description seemed to conflict with each other. I also asked if the picture was of the actual item for sale. No reply, but he has ended the listing.

A likely story Well it doesn't bother me, it was bought as bullion.

Oli: I can get them on their own, but they are the expensive SAFE type, and work out about 50p each. I think it makes sense to have 10 for £3.00, and if you want to spend £10.00 you can get 3 lots of 10. I think perhaps the ecomics and the time involved in sending out capsules will stop me from doing that on the website....But if you fellows of Predecimal want singles, from now on it will be so. HPJ: Yes, got your package, still having trouble getting the 26mm capsules from Lighthouse. By the way, did you notice the certificate refers to a 2001 coin, whereas the coin is a 2000? If I have no caps by Tues I'll send the 2 coins and the last 10 caps I have.

They're very snug (especially the newer halfcrowns) in my Lighthouse 32mm capsules, but they fit. I always go the extra mile for my customers colliewalker, I'm sure I could have sorted something out for you. I can get the SAFE caps individually (although more expensive than the lighthouse 10's), I just chose not to offer them that way....Perhaps I should.

And if you look at his response to his latest negative feedback, particularly the negative he left for the person that last left him negative feedback. His language proves to me that he is probably a really foul man. (or woman, but that's unlikely)

Phillip, You'll find my grading's usually pretty good. Did you get the farthings yet? There is a lot of rubbish on ebay being sold by a lot of people that haven't got a clue. You'll be alright with the well established websites like this one, and, oh I couldn't possibly name any others!

I find they sell better when they are completely untoned, so make sure you're fussy and specify untoned sets if you can.

I've found that note in 'Collectors' Banknotes' too. Shame it's a bit of a mess because they go for over £300 in Fine! It's known as a Dardanelles Campaign overprint.

I only just found this post. Did you JMD, Wow. So you can pick it up right down your way too. It's surprising how far out it goes on AM.

Must of been one of the phrases I picked up from living the first 25 years of my live in or around London!

EF coins are nice, so are UNC coins. Collect what you can afford and whatever you like the look of. The WWII plane thing is all very well, being a bigger far more complex object with so much more importance and relevence than a coin, it's only right that one with bullet holes and battle damage would have a more interesting history than a new one. (Although I do have a Double florin with bullet damage!) I think that each UNC coin that has not been spent despite the massive temptation is a small miracle.

Yes, I should have it in my mits for a short while. Perhaps short enough to take a picture of if I have my camera to hand! Thanks for the info, I know they are like rocking horse droppings in BU, even in EF!

Guess why he's ended the auction It shall be mine, but not for long as I've already sold it! Interesting info Custard, in fact if you have other info about BU 1869's, like prices realised etc etc I'd be glad to hear, because it will be good to tell my buyer.

If you want to advertise or link exchnage, contact me personally. I don't feel there is anything on that website that is not over priced and very common. It therefore would be of no interest to the serious numismatists that frequent this forum. This topic will be removed in 24hrs unless someone can put up a good argument for keeping it!

Yes, I think many were made for that purpose. Although at one stage I think Lauer were just showing off their skills by making tiny intricate accurate replicas of British coins! I wonder how many Victorian children ended up swallowing them? I have a tiny collection of tiny coins, I don't think they sell for all that much. Like with all coins, an example in mint condition with full lustre would be far more desirsable than an average example. There's probably a book on it somewhere. I'm afraid I hadn't paid much attention to your posting times! I'm an expat living in Germany.

It is, it's a Lauer toy or model coin. The German company made small copies of most British denominations.

And is Iranian a language, or do they speak Arabic?? I don't know. I like what you did in the other section JMD, that's why I made it a bit more official, but with respect, you don't really know all that much about Foreign or Ancient coins, and now I have to take the time to go through making your unofficial rules more official! Like I said before though, i do like your enthusiasm.

He offered me that, and I thought he'd wait until I got back to him before he re-listed it!

But JMD, I really only consider Roman and Celtic (so 200BC up to 500AD) as being ancient. You can't call tudor coinage ancient! Strictly speaking the ancient period stopped when the dark age begun after the Romans had moved out.

To be perfectly honest, the history of that coin in my opinion is completely irrelevant. Not that i'm doubting the person listing it, but unless you can speak to the African that found it (or better still, get him to sign a piece of paper describing where and when he found it etc) then there is no way you can guarantee it was found where it says it was. The African gentleman who bought it at a boot sale in Harare (or wherever) could have sold it to the Englishman telling him he found it by a specific river in order to sell it for more. The African gentleman could have even claimed it came out of the belly of a wild Tiger that he shot while it was attacking Michael Caine during the filming of Zulu if he wanted to! 1836 was a long time ago, who knows where the coin has been since then. Maybe it was dropped by the river a week earlier by someone on their way back from the previous weeks boot sale! What I'm saying is, buy it if you like the look of it, but take the history with a pinch of salt. Removal of the stain will depend on what it is, I also think the stain should stay as it would be better than a hairlined cleaned surface, and any future keeper of the coin would have the option of cleaning it should they want to.

The same response you got last time from Custard1966 applies for these too. Values go from £1 - £12 so like with all coins it depends on the condition to determine where within that range that they fall. In my experience the 3d is often the most difficult Jubilee coin to get (after the 1888 groat) and when I have them they always sell quickly, but not for huge amounts.

Sylvester, Yes please do send what you have, It'll be good to show the 'artist'.

Yes, I know. I see no reason why my book shouldn't contain a listing of every known rariety for every denomination, but right now I shall concentrate on getting it finished, proofread, printed with a stunning cover and then out into the shops!

Whatever it was, it's not a World record because Americans pay ridiculous amounts for some of their rarities.