TomGoodheart

Ironic? Sad more like. I (probably like others here) bought a few times from the circular and was (am) happy with my purchases. I liked the little red boxes they sent the coins in too! But last time I looked there were stamps and medals. But coins? No. Then the website got so crap I couldn't use it any more and I've given up. Coupled with my no longer subscribing to the SNC, it's not terribly likely I shall be buying from them again in the near future. Can it really all be because Paul Dawson was unwell? Whatever the reason, it's a sad comedown I think.

Right after the word piefort stops being used. Double thick pies? Yum! Gosh. How times have changed. I get that with my Skoda. 1.4l TSI. Nice little engine.

See. I feel sorry for you guys with your expensive cars. I like my Skoda. You know where you are with a Skoda. O - £1 in under 3 seconds.

I've removed your email address just for your privacy Ako. While you need to register to post here, some of the forum can be viewed by non-members. You might not want your details visible to anyone that visits! If you want to send a message (which is more private) to any member just click on the icon of the little envelope under their name. If you put in your email when you registered, any messages sent to you will be forwarded from forum members to you without them needing your address. If not, I believe you can read them here on the forum, where they show up top right corner of the page, near your name.

Bottle of Old Peculier and a Toblerone here! And now we're going to all sit down and watch Sherlock together.

Well holy Invisible Pink Unicorns there's obviously been a leak! First rule of Numismatic Research Group is "Don't talk about Numismatic Research Group" Apart from the fact that it's supposed to be invisible! Anyway. While we figure that out I just need a routine retinal scan for our files; please look into the light ...

LOL Welcome back Hello. Haven't seen you for a while!

LOL Chris set it up to garner views and comments prior to updating Collectors Coins GB and the other Rotographic titles. Not sure what you guys can see. But as a subtitle it says "The forum for brainstorming and editorial comment regarding the forthcoming new Rotographic books, published by me. This group is only visible to the members I have given permission. No one else. " Darn. I can't remember if I'm supposed to kill you now, or just get you to sign the Official Secrets Act. Oh, well. Just promise you won't tell anyone else, OK?

Personally I find it odd that tin is still used, given the pest problem. Makes Eddy look like the zombie King!

Because of course anything £2499 or less is of no interest to people who knock over grannies for their purses, steal dvd players or nick vodka from corner stores to sell for harder drugs? Oh, even with a left mindset, I find it depressing Rob!

I think I'd strike too if my paycheck was always in the post but never delivered!

The CGB blog suggests that this follows on from the French post office's decision last year to restrict carriage of 'Declared Value' items (which I presume equates to British Registered Post or insured post). Items over 750 euro in value can apparently only be collected from main post offices. Why? The Post Office does not want to put their employees lives at risk, says Michel Prieur of CGB. He goes on to say "This is the famous French method, stop everything and nothing bad happens! Always the same logic: let cars only go 5 mph and there will be zero deaths on the road! Stop all activity and there will be no fraud! All die and no one will be sick!" If my and Google's translation skills are up to speed.

Apparently it is interdite (prohibited) to send coins by post in France. As of 21 May this year. Original decree here for anyone who wants to read it (in French): L'insertion de billets de banque, de pièces et de métaux précieux [inclusion of bank notes, money and precious metal] est interdite dans les envois postaux [in postal communications is prohibited], y compris dans les envois à valeur déclarée, les envois recommandés et les envois faisant l'objet de formalités attestant leur dépôt et leur distribution. Which is a bit of a pain for companies like CGB.fr who deal in .. coins. Fortunately they have taken the sensible decision that rather than close down and make all their staff redundant, they will just ignore it. "We will not apply this law which is backwards and perverse. To do so would mean the immediate closure of cgb with the loss of twenty-five jobs as over the counter transactions without mailing represent less than 1% of our turnover" (If anyone can improve upon my translations, please do!) As for what this means for people who sell a coin to someone in France and then post it to them ... I have no idea! Hmmm. What a mess.

Yes, that's the sort of thing I had in mind. Not necessarily mixed with the drink. Well, not at first anyway!

LOL Yes, I am quite skinny, though my testicles are in the usual place. And though I enjoy outdoors, I can walk to the local climbing wall. Unless I climb old Victorian railway bridges (which kinda needs ropes to be interesting) the closest bouldering would be somewhere like Derbyshire, which is a bit of a drive. Hence the lazy option of somewhere close, with nice padded floors to fall onto and a cafe to sit in while I recover afterwards! Did I mention I also suffer from vertigo?

I'm wondering if maybe I'm going through a mid-life crisis? Though I have to say I thought I'd done that in my late 30s! Of course, being me, I just have to be different. Instead of yearning after a Porche, I'm thinking of taking up (indoor) bouldering. Which on the face of it sounds like a sport for Gurls, since to do it you need a pair of uncomfortable shoes and a handbag (to put your chalk in). Garish clothing is also an option. But I reckon I might be good at it. After all, being a family man, I've had years of experience climbing up the walls. So this should be a doddle.

Welcome! I'm sure you'll find it interesting here. And if you have any photos of your coins you'd like to show off ... well, we're always keen to see those!

Interesting stuff Martin. Like you, I was aware of the 5% vat banding, but I don't get many coins from overseas and so far haven't been clobbered much. Where I have however, it has been the Post Office handling charge that has most annoyed me as it was disproportionate to the amount of duty I needed to pay. In retrospect I probably didn't need to pay duty, but seem to remember it was under £2 which I didn't really mind. However the PO charge was about £8. My problem is that while presumably the form you mentioned would allow me to reclaim (or have adjusted) the duty, I'm not sure if it's possible to challenge the PO collection charges. It seems to me that, as you've observed, it's a bit of a Catch 22. You can't have the item without paying the fee, but unless the PO is prepared to allow you to inspect the item, hold on to it while you challenge the charges it's difficult to query the duty levied. And you risk your item(s) being returned to the sender as uncollected if the process takes too long. So the temptation is just to pay up. I suspect that if HMRC had to refund the PO handling fee as well they might get the point. I don't think that's unfair since it's their mistake that it was levied! Anyway, well done on pursuing this. Hopefully things will improve ... at least at that particular Depot!

I certainly wouldn't have a clue. But then the gothic crowns would fool me too. I wonder if those guys could knock up a couple of Dorrien Magens shillings for me for a tenner?

£100 for the lot doesn't seem too bad if you're going to a US coin fair and can off-load a few. But £45 postage!!? Ouch! You may have read that wrong Richard. £100 was just the Start bid, he wanted £1100 BIN Oh, I just assumed nobody would be daft enough to pay that! But it might be worth an £100 bid if you were sure you could get rid of the things! Though I have to say the phrase "200 uncirculated Churchill Crowns in sealed bankers sack, never been opened" does bring the words pig and poke to mind! ....

£100 for the lot doesn't seem too bad if you're going to a US coin fair and can off-load a few. But £45 postage!!? Ouch!

I've only bought one coin from Guy, a rarity, as are a few of his coins. But that was via his website after he put it to Best Offer on ebay and AFAIK most everything else of his has sat there for a long time. Anything that will sell .. I suspect sells quickly. I have no experience of CNG as a seller, nor knowledge of their commission, but have observed they have a good range of coins, including ancients. And of course, any Charles I shillings I'm always on the look out ... but I'm sure you know that.

Well, thank goodness you're all technically minded! I wouldn't know a thingy from a whatsit. Even a cheezy one!

Pinned. Though probably a whole new forum would be better, my Admin powers don't stretch to setting one up. In theory, forgerynetwork.com should be a place to consult for such things. But I have to admit that I've not posted anything there for a while and I really don't know how many people are aware it exists ..

Well ... perhaps someone can find a use for those? Coins into art Stacey lee Webber