blakeyboy

I really don't get this crap. Sometimes I can see the demeaning small short-term profit as the hordes panic when the issue runs out. Long term? No. As soon as stuff is flogged as 'limited edition' ( only 46 million), a 'future investment' ( you only lose a quarter of what an item bought from TKMax loses in value in the same period) and it's all 'Nice 'n' shiny', I run a mile, while a pile of idiots with a mental age of 15 and no life experience runs the other way. I should put wire mesh in front of my TV just in case that pompous knobhead from the 'London Mint Office' comes on again.... None of this is coin 'collecting' !!!!! It's 'accumulating'. It's also, at times, preying on the gullible... At today's birthrate, there's one born every 1.8 seconds. My collection of old audio gear went up in value by more than I earned, last year. I bought none of it, over the last 40 years, at the going rate either. OR, I could have spent the equivalent time and money buying a new VHS recorder from Currys each week and stashing it away as an 'investment'........

Or hope not to bump into.....

In my younger Rock n Roll days, I was the Queen Mother's hip replacement......

Where the Hell (!) did you get my sister's photograph???

This did happen in just one town- Kidderminster. I was 'helping' to run the school Tuck Shop, but of course was just there to go through all the change... The first turning up was a surprise, but over the months it was just bizarre. There was still a lot of silver in the change- I remember a 1912 shilling turning up, but it was the condition that was amazing- sometimes almost BU- blazing lustre, with all the other kids not seeming to notice...really odd.

Sadly, no- I'm sure I had lost it- and it had vanished on the Viz site, but that above is a scan of my copy that had the advert in it. I remember when my late father got to the 'Tick box to pay an extra £10' bit we all thought he was going to have a seizure.....!

And your point is....?

Tick here to pay an extra £10......

Pardon the language, but this Viz advert sums it all up.

I've just remembered something- in the early '70s, in the Midlands, I suddenly found that there were a lot of florins in EF+ turning up in change, all strangely dated 1941 to 1946. I mean a surprising amount- I had no money then, but still managed to grab probably 50+ over a couple of years. I never worked out exactly why- just one person having a clearcut by dumping their odd collection? Why such good condition, when the list value even then was way above face, even without the silver content? Does this ring any bells?

I got off the Copenhagen to Malmö train this summer and there were 'border police' on the platform, but they were definitely not interested in me- they were just looking for arms and drugs, like other European border police do. I had a non-binding amendment on a train to Paris once....

An old next-door neighbour was the first person to come to mind for me, if I'm honest....

Agreed. Don't get me started on the use of 'Unc' when circulation is obvious. That's my grading scale base mark, from where the scale up from there (corrosion, finger marks, bag marks 'carbon' spots, lustre etc etc) and the scale down from there ( circulation amount, corrosion, flaws, damage etc. etc..) are centred. When that point moves, the scale is ruined, even if it was never intended to be a relative comparable scale that someone else can use.

You know, I was mulling that over too, but then this is so crude i can't see any 'State' involvement. Perhaps it's a crude token of some sort, but the numerals do look Eastern Bloc.....

To keep my feet on the ground regarding some Ebay users, I sometimes search for 'chester draws' ( sic) for a laugh.......

Yes, same coin, I thing the pics were taken at different angles. I've been told this morning it's exactly an inch across.

Glad you liked it. It's so worth the wait for the ridiculousness to really build, and everyone is on top form. You would also like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfawvs5PouA

Just been sent these pictures- no size or composition info yet. 1943? Soviet? Head of Lenin? The '9' looks Russian to me....

Thank you for this. New Decimal pieces aren't my thing, but this is most interesting.

Ah- it's the first one after the intro....!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00024pp I hope this works. Richard Osman's treatise on 'nuts' is testament to why BBC Radio should be heard by everyone on the planet. Best thing I've heard for months....

Lingering afterburn......wonderful. Did the Aussies really try to ban this? It was, admittedly, before their wine industry got good...

Well it's hardly a replacement....