Chris Perkins

I doubt it Jmd. It's a mistake to put a coin under the wrong denomination, but I doubt he's put a coin from the wrong country in the right denomination. Why don't you buy it, and claim a refund when a Crown turns up!

I spotted that the other day. I think he must have listed a 1981 Charles and Di Crown in the wrong section! That kind of thing wouldn't go on, on predecimal.com

I'm actually allergic to Turkey (the bird, not the country) and the last time I ate it I went into anaphilactic shock and had to have an ambulance. And that was on Christmas day! I also have a less accute problem with Chicken, which is a shame because I actully like the taste of Turkey and Chicken very much.

Thanks Geoff, To be honest all this romantic Predecimal reflection by the 11-15 year old group gets right on my @$t$ too! It should all be about economics, and if the Euro is right for the UK economically and if it will help the UK be stronger in the the world scene, then stuff the Machin head coins and lets put jobs, industrial and financial etc gain for all at the top of our priority list. However, I do think the the UK can continue to be in the strong economic position its in without the Euro (so far it certainly hasn't suffered from not being in the Euro), and I like everyone, don't like the idea of financial control being lost to Brussels. But, if we need to join the Euro boat, even temporarily, and if it can be profitable to all of us, then I really think the traditionalists need to change their mindset and stop harking. If for some reason the £ goes belly up in a South American fashion, then I would absolutely welcome a Euro currency. I don't think that will happen, and I don't think the people would vote Euro in a referendum (even if the £ did an Argentina) because most of the public are fools, and they just follow each other like pathetic sheep. Anyway, for the moment, lets keep the £ but remain realistic, it certainly does us no harm, but for gods sake, keep an open mind you lot, and stop drawing the line purely on 'Pounds look and feel sound' grounds. Your narrow mindedness scares me slightly! By the way, on Oli's political compass link website, I came out about where bloody Ghandi was, so don't argue!

I don't know much about Celtic coins, but I do know that they are 'Stater' not 'Slater' and the Quarter Stater was indeed a quarter of a Stater, the Full Stater also is thought to have existed. There is also Reference to a 'Unit' and a 'Quarter Unit'. The thing is, no one actually knows what the Celtic people called their coins because there is no written evidence. The names Stater and Unit were simply guessed at by academics based on what was used in other parts of Europe. So for all we know they called have been called 'Cows' and 'Quarter Cows'!

No, I won't because these experienced US forumees have kindly used there own bandwidth, and you'll find those pictures are all hosted on their own webspace, so they can post as many as they like without size restrictions!

What are you gonna use to keep your trousers up now?

you show me an 1806 BU penny for less then 100 pounds with full lustre! Jmd!!! £100 less, read the posts!

You know, I'll be damned! You can help me update the prices in the Collectors George III book. I'll think about giving you American members access to a secret area reserved for the discussion of my forthcoming publications But you'll have to behave though.

No, not really, I merely skimmed and recognised a place name I have a little collection of George III fakes. Nothing special though, you can see some of them on the website in the area where I wrote about them.

I think it's nice, I don't see a problem with toning if it's ended up that way because they didn't know the packaging would do that in 1911. It's original, it's part of the coin. And you're not using my bandwidth, oh thankyou so much!

That's Great stuff 'dead king'. Super coins. I was born near Eltham and lived there a few years. We used to hang around the Castle there, and walk past it on the way to the pub.

Well, in case she comes back, I won't say. Don't want to go airing dirty laundry, but it was nothing to do with the way she spoke/spelled. I said something that i think she must have taken as being quite rude.

Is that a proof, toned from being in it's case of issue? I had one like that.

What is a "regular American" Chris? I guess that means my car has a hood not a bonnet, have no "u" in my color and don't get to see the Queen at Christmas? No I meant, the last American to use this forum on a regular basis. I couldn't possibly say what a 'regular American' was, as I'm quite sure you have a diverse and varied culture, and it would be far to complicated to generalise. I'll tell you when I've been to America and seen for myself. I live in Germany, so I'm afraid I miss the Queens speech too.

We most certainly will not! You'll find us very much set in our ways. You'd better be careful you don't start speaking and spelling properly. (Watch out for Emperor Oli ) The last regular American hasn't been back for quite a while after I think I may have offended her

I sometimes think there must only be about 50 serious coin collectors in the world....And I probably know 45 of them! And you didn't find this place without being told about it first?

He never usually needs all that much persuading does he With all his student loans going on coins I wonder what he uses for books, or what he eats?

Wow, all of a sudden there were 3 new American looking faces! Sylvester did mention he would go recruting tonight, and he has obviously left the Kings shilling in the bottom of your glasses. Welcome. Are you by any chance the chap who bought the George III Coin book off me earlier, and knows Tom?

John, It depends on how 'good' your good is. Coins are graded precisely, and the value depends on the exact amount of wear. If they are both very circulated they will be worth very little. There's some useful info on grading and the scarcer dates in my advice hub: http://www.predecimal.com/coinadvice.htm If they are good enough to cover the postage costs, you can sell them to me, I always offer 60% of what I hope to eventually get for collectable coins. You can email me cp@predecimal.com

That's very true, and the same for pennies of course if you take 'red' in the American sense, meaning lustre. Very sly Slyvester!

That's a strange question, I'll do what I have done before and compare coins to one of my other interests: How much are Volkswagen Golfs worth 1980 - 1990? The same as with coins, it depends on the date/variety and most importantly, the condition. A worn Golf may just be worth scrap value (same goes for coins), a mint condition VW Golf with low mileage may be worth considerably more...Same goes for coins. You'll have to be a lot more specific John.

Yes, Like 1934 Crowns....Only 932 ever made. In the last 3 years I've handled 6+ of them and can probably tell you where at least 20 of them are. The rarity of a particular coin is all very well, and of course it makes them harder to come by, but if you wave enough pound notes around and they'll come to you!

Master Jmd, I dare say if you had enough money and made enough people aware of your hard cash and need for a BU 1806 penny, you could probably find one every six months!

No probably not. Until 1952 they just recorded the number of coins of each denomination that were struck. They didn't even take the years into account (eg if a 1938 dated coin was struck in Jan 1939 it would be counted in the 1939 mintage number)