Master Jmd

So, now we have extremely rare books! I take it that you used a qualified proof reader, no?....anyway think of it as beginners bad luck ...when do we get them? ...can i have a double T copy?

A while ago, i mentioned about my 1953 farthing that had a toothed border on one side and beaded on the other. Now, checking through my few victorian farthings, i have found that some of them also have this toothed on one side and beaded on the other (eg: 1893 and 1900). My question; is there a reason as to why they were they minted like that?

I also hate football... strange; 5 people in a coin forum, only 4 does not like football!

Sovereign (providing it is in mint condition) = £100 Half Sovereign (providing it is in mint condition): BP = £60 M = £1300 (The BP is the engravers initials (of the london type), and the M is for the Malbourne mint...both of these letters are found in the exergue (where the date is )

I agree...

To me, going to the Euro would be horrific in terms of a) the british coinage system would be lost, for atleast one-thousand years britain has had its own unique coinage, and c) i simply detest the design of Euro coinage.

There are many different types of collector, from a coins type to a coins grade. A collector can focus on an era (ie: collecting only George II types) and from that a collector can also focus on a coin type from an era (ie: Farthings from Charles II, and Half Crowns from Victoria). The motivation to start collecting can be from anything, with me it was recieving a bag of predecimal coins from my great uncle. It can be from being left some coins all the way to seeing an advert to buy a coin that could come through allong with junk mail in the post. I would say that more satisfaction is achieved in the collecting not the 'having collected', mostly because it is a challenge to collect. But on the whole, collections are never completed (ie: 'the other man's grass is allways greener' ).

thats why i put 'not exactly the best of the best' in brackets

Ebay: Good things, 1. Wide selection of coins from all over the world. 2. Lots of different dealers with experience in coins. Bad things: 1. Most of the coins are 'scrap' (not exactly the best of the best). 2. Profits on Ebay are generally out of the question.

Im in , i hate the fact that spink only lists the early milled rare varieties as 'extremely rare' rather than obtaining the actual prices...i would be happy to focus on Charles II - Anne farthings, and then maybe even George I - Vicky ...i would also be happy to find out a bit of history ... Sorry to jump in...but yes, love to help

Im not going to reveal my middle name, as i have said before, its my password to this forum...but i can confuse you about it: Its either French or German and was once the last name of my Great Great Aunt (maybe another Great, but i have forgotten). It has the letter Z in the middle of it!

If you dont want it then spend it on something...generally most shop keepers do not know the difference between fakes and the real thng

is it me, or has the picture gotten brighter?...anyway, it is now clear that remanents of dots from the colons can be seen faintly

ah, i hadn't thought of that...now it makes sence

here at £10, isn't the pdf a little too expencive for a book that only costs £4-5?...i would put the pdf at £6-7... maybe its just me though

If the last high pricing was in 1980, i think that prices will continue to rise much longer than 2006/7...the internet was not around in the 80's, and the internet is a great 'storage' of coins

Hehe...the only one i dont know of is Dave Gilmour...i would say keep it, but if you really want something new then use the triumph

hehe...maybe there's some connection between the policeman and HPJ Sponk --- and no, i have not got a copy, nor have i seen any for sale!

GVF (Good Very Fine)...hehe...FVG (Fine Very Good) i suppose that as we sometimes use (example) 'obverse is VF, reverse is NVF' (VF/NVF), the american system would be 'AU58/EF45' as you said

Thanks, do you know anywhere that i could get the notes for it?...i have googled with no success

Does anyone know the piano music used in the british airways advert when the man goes to bed in Japan (i think) and wakes up in London (i think)? ...i ask this because that is the peice that i want to base my GCSE music around

Surely the colonial mints though were part of the royal mint, no?

Oh i would. In about 5 or 10 years it wouldn't surprise me idf they didn't sell of the circulation coin minting royalties to another private company, either that or they'll shift production to China/India like everyone else seems to have done and make a better profit. Or, knowing our luck, we go to the Euro (€) and our RM will be doing all Euro countries currency...we (us brits) used to make the coins for all of our colonies once didn't we?

My opinion... History should not be sealed away...a historical object is supposed to be historically preserved in its own way. A building can be hundreds of years old, people put supports into them to stop them from falling down or braking (which is okay as it helps to keep the history standing). To me, putting a coin into a capsual is like braking a coin, it stops the coin from being touched, used, damaged. History is not supposed to be protected from every little calamity in life.

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