Chris Perkins

Yes, that's pretty good, but would a regular reader know it was 'CC'? I'd like to move away from the old fashined image, I suppose I need to stick my toe in the water and just try something without worrying to much about it.

I agree with Oli about the shadowed lettering. Makes it look a bit superman, if you know what I mean. I like Aethelreds blue/white attempts and I think Sylvester's needs some attention! This is all good, perhaps I'll pick a few of the best and either use one, or use the basic ideas. Haven't decided yet.

Like your Led Zep signature Aethelred, one of my most favourite bands.

Yes of course, looks like a fake shilling...(23mm, more like sovereign size, but brass fake shillings are very common)

That's certainly 3,000,000 times better than the current cover!

Yes, I got a CD from the good doctor myself and thought I'd market it properly. £20 including postage to forum members. Dr Sriro sends them out himself (he's in the US).

I don't, but I have a few. Have you seen this on my website, it's fantastic, and more up to date than D&H: http://www.predecimal.com/books/condor_tokens.htm (it's in the book section, that's just the frame)

No, it's brass, and would have originally been silvered to be passed off as a Half Crown. No one would ever have accepted a very light Half Crown sized gold coin, which would have been an ovbious fake. People would have been more likely to accept a sligtly underweight Half Crown.

Thanks, I could certainly make use of that. What I will probably do at some point in ask you lot if you kind find certain images for me to use. I can find most from my own images or from using Colin Cookes, but there will be others I will need, I'm sure.

For a start it's not a £5.00 coin, only modern (from 1990) Crowns were made legal tender for £5.00. Until then they were 5 shillings, or 25p. If it's in mint condition it'll be worth about £1, if not then face value 25p.

I expect it was the front page headline, in such a sleepy Northern city

Happy birthday Geoff! Where would we be without our very own 'Father of the forum'? Thanks for all your input over the months, and I'm sure I speak for us all in wishing you a rather good Birthday.

Yes, and please don't get excited by the earlier Catwheel responses, the large copper coin is worth just £20 or so in that condition, trust me, I've sold enough of them.

She's (I assume Allamanda is a she) not a member, so she can't post pictures yet.

I heard from RJ Marles today, he asked if I wanted him to do the 2005 as usual and suggested he put the new Four Minute Mile 50p, The Fourth Bridge £1, and the Steam Loco £2 on the fornt cover!! I politely decilned and just asked for his price data. I know that it for some reason has been a tradition to feature the latest coins on the front cover in recent years, but for gods sake, they look poo compared to some of the older designs, and frankly who really wants to know what the new coins are worth, when it's already fresh in their memory what they paid for them. I think quality older coins are what's needed on the front cover, doesn't have to be anything that valuable, just a nice old BU something.

I don't know much about hammered coins, but I doubt a real one would state 'Henry Tudor' on it. 1485 was Henry VII, but I think all the legends were in latin, so 'Henricus', not Henry Tudor. I would suppose it's a modern repro, but don't take my modern milled orientated word for it.

Thanks Geoff, done those. I had to OCR a copy of the book to extract the text, as it was quicker than using the stupid DOS programme that RJ Marles had the files on. Some of the errors have been caused by the software reading the wrong letter, and me not spotting them.

This is just a post to bring this forum to the top of the list again!

I'm afraid it's sold now William, I sold it yesterday. Thanks for the comments so far, I'll make ammendments to the master today.

Feast your mince pies on pages 1-27: http://www.rotographic.co.uk/1-27.pdf I have corrected the mistakes previously mentioned and made a few selected additions/omisions. I've added a couple of pages, and the biggest addition was the Freeman numbers for all the bronze coins (except fractional farthings because they're not in Freeman). Thanks to DAS for lending me the Freeman catalogue. So apart from adding the odd picture and perhaps minimal revising, that's the copper/bronze section done and dusted. As ever, let me know your thoughts, and delete the older version which is now completely superceeded.

I had an Anne 1713 Pattern farthing.....Sold it.

Freeman says it's R17 (Probably 16-50 examples)

I like: 'And we'll basque in the shadow of yesterdays Triumph' (Roger Waters, Pink Floyd. Shine on you Crazy Diamond. Wish you were here album 1975) It's a great line, and I have a little sticker of it on the back window of my Triumph TR7. Other motorists can basque in my shadow!

You must be joking, have you seen that Russian girl? She's like Kornakova (spelling?) but more attractive and actually pretty good at tennis! I'd like Portugal to win the football, I'm not a sports fan, but it would be good for moral in Portugal if the home nation could win the whatsit.

I don't know, have you got the latest version of the PDF viewer?