Peter

The fog on the Tyne is mine all mine..lets have a wee up the wall.

THAT is as good as you will get. Maybe I'm an old duffer but some coins are awful. Do you just need an example ? I just leave alone.I took an early BSE mint Ed 1 penny described as VF but was a pile of tat.It was VF for issue.S1377. I don't like it,never will.Then Clive sends me an Aethelred 11 and I must have looked at it every day.

I do believe he likes a good dig.

Don't disregard quality farthings.They are the size of sovereigns.Buy a quality piece pre 1775 and you won't lose.The price variation between dealers is massive.Most of my quality coins have come from dealers not specialising in copper.Before you buy anything just know your market.

For those that are interested just do a google search ...images on Hobo tokens.

I'm almost like George Pill except rather than stealing it I'm hung like one

I wholly agree, that's why I collect Anglo-Saxon and Norman primarily and am working on a paper on the iconography of these pennies and their influences. The pennies of Edward I really look awful in comparison. I agree but all the peck marks on early coins proved coins were merely lumps of silver.I think by Edward 1 coins were more trusted and even the issues copied on the continent.I find early hammered as quality works of art..what happened then until the recoinage after the 1st batch of Edward 1?...again we slipped back to shoddy until the Fine silver issue of 1551/2. To cap it all how the heck did we end up with paper money?...I promise to pay etc...A good spin doctor. and today? I went to pay for Mrs Peters car with cash...they would not accept it and wondered why I didn't want their finance deal.I said if I couldn't afford it I won't buy it.Next time I will take 15,000 sovereigns....but hey they are now worth £450k

When we talk about Normans,Celts,Romans,Vikings,Saxons ETC. Remember we are a Mongrol race with wet noses and waggy tails. The architecture is our inheritance My wife has Scottish,Irish & French blood in her...she also has a bit of Suffolk

Although it isn't too desirable to have hammered silver in varying shades of green, if the metal wasn't mixed well it can easily occur. Civil War coinage is more prone to it as is the debased coinage of Henry VIII and Edward VI. If they were trying to miantain a certain standard, sometimes it became necessary to throw a bit of copper into the pot. A very dangerous collectible...I would not go near this unless unlimited funds are at your disposal.

That wouldn't have cost you more than a groat where I come from. What did you do with the other tuppence? Oh, I'd install an actress in a house 2 miles distance, and keep her in oysters, oranges, and mead Peck You are Charles 11 reincarnate & I claim my £5

It is easy to collect silver of the period wanted to be counterfeited. Get a skilled oriental from the local chinky to make the dies,dig out that bunsen burner you borrowed from school and away you go. I've got my 1st batch of Aethelstan 1's maturing a foot below my cannabis patch.

These crop up on Ebay all the time.Even when described as Ashmore the punters love them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Ashmore

I haven't seen Andy Bruce about for a long time!!!! A visit to BNTA web site lists dealers and their sites.

It is London mint.I haven't got my reference books handy.

Why would anyone get less than £20 of silver bullion slabbed? The slabbing must = the bullion value. Fools and money are soon parted.

I'd go along with that. Decent Edward V11 florins are difficult to find at a reasonable price.The last date letter wears quickly.

There are websites but cash wasn't always king and bartering was common place. I checked a google search and it returned a 6d as having £3 buying power in 1700.

The River Tay also has its attraction.We also walked up a stream in Aberfeldy...how we all survived I will never know.We lived on a diet of beer,scotch and toast

ebay is like the bbc,like anyone else there is a market.Let the market decide...Ghengis Khan get orf my seat

Normally I would agree with you choolie but crowns in VF and above kind of overstep my budget! I have most of the crowns post 1818 except the Proofs, 1847 Young Head, a few of the old heads and the only Wreath I have is the 1928. Just thought it would be nice to try and get a few earlier examples staying in budget of cause which this one did. Wow, you have a Gothic crown? Now any of those DEFINITELY oversteps my budget! If I ever win the lottery, Peckris, I declare here I will buy you one! And I you! (Hastily goes out and buys a lottery ticket...) Not that I would wish for you to get too excited, but I won my first ever tenner tonight - and this is since the lottery began! I think those odds in themselves are statistically interesting, given that on average I've been a regularly participator since the very beginning, more or less! None-the-less, an uncirculated FDC gothic crown is your's should fortune favour me! The first lottery winner was an Irish navy who I was working with.He won 44k and pissed it up the wall.I have won a few 4 nrs....but

Surely she meant to say (new) 'wife', John? If only I had the money..... in fact I think I would stay single and spend it on important things like good Malts, fine wines, Cuban cigars and fishing :D invite me to your party...I'm a 6am man and pay for it from Mrs Peter...my eldest daughter is going out with a hopeful Para.I gave him a Monte Christo and a slug of Glenmoray...he is now converted.

Leave the Jock alone we got him on board about 300+ years ago...I also met a nice bit of totty in Kenmore a few years back....and yes we kipped down at Taymouth castle (rich mate dad owned it at the time)...now that was a lads holiday

I Like it....that makes 2 of us.

Debbie Take your purse to the Midland fair.I usually buy on the third circuit Delve deep into the trays there is often a bargain.

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